John Michell believes in an ideal world view where the universe is seen as a living creature, like an organism where sickness in one part affects the whole. He argues that ancient civilizations, which viewed the human microcosm and the cosmic macrocosm as intrinsically related, lasted longer because their world view reflected human experience. While the prevailing views see the universe as a mechanism and promote colonizing other planets, Michell believes we should consider alternative perspectives like the steady-state theory and challenges to Darwinism, as an ideal world view is one that reflects our lived experience of the world.

1. An Ideal World View
Prepared by:
Almera Shella B. Cabogo

2. World View-definition
• The overall perspective from which one sees
and interprets the world.
• A collection of beliefs about life and the univer
se held by an individual or a group.

3. An Ideal World View
Proponent: John Michell
-He believes that mythology exerts great
influence on society.
Newtonian Myth Platonian Myth
The universe is a
great mechanism
The world is a
living creature

4. The universe as living creature
“Sickness in one part causes sickness in the body as a whole”

5. Two constant sources from which we draw a cosmology
• These relates to each other as microcosm and macrocosm.
• This was the standard that sustained the long lasting
civilizations of antiquity and institution.
Human NatureNature of the Universe

6. Ancient Civilization
• Michell gives examples of many communities
over the past 400 years that have not survived.
• Marxism,Puritanism, various religious events.
• This was suppressed by the church authorities
because their festivals involved human
attributes.

7. Present two general world views
• One is established in power
Ex. Expanding universe theory
• Other is still in the process of formation
Ex. Colonizing other planets
The proposal to colonize other planets is just a myth.
This philosophy threatens the existence of the earth.

8. Cont.
• Darwin & Kropotkin’s view of life
• The study of long-lasting civilizations shows how
human nature is inventive.
• Steady-state science
• Biologists challenge the Darwinian Theory.

9. Any world view is successful only when it
reflects the world we know and experience.
This is how the roots of human nature and
nature of the universe according to
mythology influenced the society.
An Ideal World View
Earth as living organism
Mythology
Ancient Civilization
Theory of Evolution

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