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Old Mar 19, 2007, 01:59 am   #9 (permalink) (top)
Jack
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does culture have to reach a level of some leasier time for philosophy to be born and grow
I'm not sure how it could be proven since evidence of lifestyle is rare and seldom found, but I think that would be the case. An agrarian society, especially a small group, couldn't afford non-productive members. But at some point in their growth, societies begin to have shamans, priests, wise men, holy men. They gave birth to the gods and demi-gods, they were the story tellers. Some of mankind's first philosophers were the story tellers.


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