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Originally Posted by Solon
I'm all for studying the myths, cultures, and traditions of non-western societies, but it's not all that useful for understanding the origins of western traditions.
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that's awfully circular. There is no universal "original truth" because the stories back then are missing modern elements. In order to find out if there is a universal "original truth," we need to look at other cultures, but it's not useful to do so when studying the origins of modern western beliefs because there's no universal "original truth."