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3rd Age of Mankind (SPOILERS!!!)
I don't know if JMS himself reads these cuz I'd love to get a confirmation from him but no biggie. As the thread states there are spoilers in this....
After finally hearing Sheridan's statement on the 3 ages of Mankind ("Into the Fire") I began to dust off the cobwebs of my memory and remember some of my philosophy classes....something in here rang a very familiar bell. Sure enough, the infamous philosopher, Fredrich Nietzche talked of something very similar though it was not the 3 "ages" of mankind so to speak. Instead he spoke of a process known as the 3 stages of morality. The 1st involving primalcy in which we are savage animals unable to comprehend the world around us. The 2nd has humans evolving into an understanding yet only by greater forces who were able to teach us and guide us, and finally.....the 3rd stage of morality has humans on their own making the decisions for themselves. Granted the explanation is not as detailed as Nietzche had it but the similarities are awfully familiar! Wasn't sure if that was the Great Maker's intent or not...
-Qsilver
After finally hearing Sheridan's statement on the 3 ages of Mankind ("Into the Fire") I began to dust off the cobwebs of my memory and remember some of my philosophy classes....something in here rang a very familiar bell. Sure enough, the infamous philosopher, Fredrich Nietzche talked of something very similar though it was not the 3 "ages" of mankind so to speak. Instead he spoke of a process known as the 3 stages of morality. The 1st involving primalcy in which we are savage animals unable to comprehend the world around us. The 2nd has humans evolving into an understanding yet only by greater forces who were able to teach us and guide us, and finally.....the 3rd stage of morality has humans on their own making the decisions for themselves. Granted the explanation is not as detailed as Nietzche had it but the similarities are awfully familiar! Wasn't sure if that was the Great Maker's intent or not...
-Qsilver
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