A Chaos of Delight

A Chaos of Delight is a comprehensive tour guide into the succession of ways humans have constructed order and meaning about the world, and their place in it. The journey examines how different cultures, from the early Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks to present-day western society, have looked at the same phenomena and devised totally different worldviews, ranging from deep mythopoeic supernatural reflections to purely physical ones. What emerges from this exploration is that the most certain thing about human knowledge in general, and western science in particular, is its uncertainty. Importantly, this does not do away with religion, but emphasizes from a cross-cultural perspective that one's religious views are framed by articles of faith derived from history, and that within it's highly prescribed boundaries, there exists a system that is just as dynamic as modern science. Disunity between religion and science has occurred at different points in history especially when natural scieRead less