From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri 07 Mar 2003 - 01:23:42 GMT
Levels are always compared with things of today and that is some-thing we
can 't do with ancient sociaties, they got their merite in their own space/
time. Denying that is historical and intellectual unjust.
Kenneth
To study ancient cultures it is not necessary to judge them morally. What I
want to find out from them is how we got from there to here. From that
space/time to this one. What was retained and what was lost? While we
can't know everything, we can compare what we learn with what other cultures
of the same time had and did. One of the things we learn is the
evolutionary path of culture and what influenced the directions that path
took. It may give us a clue or two about the path or paths this culture is
be taking.
Grant
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