The transient thought of humanity a historical summary

Author's name: Nick Postorom Publisher: Dar Al-Mada for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2019 Literary classification: Biographies and Memoirs About the book: The Transcendental Thought of Humanity: A Historical Summary by Nick Postorom... The epic of Gilgamesh is famous, and as the author of this booklet clarifies, it is the first human document that confirmed the human being's pursuit of immortality on one hand, and his certainty that this immortality would not be achieved through physical continuity but through the continuity of good impact and righteous action. Here, we notice this philosophical projection that involves a contradictory duality; as the human endeavor to transcend natural limitations governing him has always been depicted as involving a duality driven by what can be described as the concept of (arrogance). Then, those who see this human pursuit as pure arrogance push to defend what they see from their point of view by saying that some ambitions of this pursuit will push beyond the necessary natural limits to sustain human life, and therefore may lead to some negative consequences if they actually occur in reality. We can observe some of this duality in Greek mythology: Prometheus stole fire from Zeus — the king of Greek gods — and gave it to mortal humans; which resulted in continuous improvement in terms of its effects and impact on the human condition. However, Prometheus received severe punishment from Zeus because of this act.