RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Immanence, System On A Chip, Dialectic
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Re103 lesson 1: introduction to love and its myths. When you have completed this lesson you should be able to: List and describe at least three different types of love: eros, philia, and agape. Identify and describe the four classifications of native american myths. Explain the difference between structuralism and functionalism and how this applies to myth. Recognize how myth can be related to religion. Explain in your own words how one of the theories about love applies to your life or someone that you know. Love: human experience that can be physical, emotional, and spiritual. Myths: function as a way to give voice to this human experience. Thich nhat hanh: outspoken peace activist during vietnamese war. Hanh and other monks became socially engaged instead of meditating at buddhist temples when he sought for action during the great social injustices committed by communist forces of viet cong and us backed viet gov.
