NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does "the ascription of spiritual significance" mean...?
Does "the ascription of spiritual significance" mean "assigning the meaning of human's spirit (to ecli[ses or other phenomena)"?
Context:
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, One Of the mOSt influential philosophers of all time, Immanuel Kant,
wrote: "Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on
them: the starry heavens without and the Moral Law within." An effort to understand the origins and workings of the cosmos has characterized nearly all religions throughout history, whether in the overt worship of a sun god, the ascription of spiritual significance to phenomena such as eclipses, or simply a sense of awe at the wonders of the heavens.
Context:
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, One Of the mOSt influential philosophers of all time, Immanuel Kant,
wrote: "Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on
them: the starry heavens without and the Moral Law within." An effort to understand the origins and workings of the cosmos has characterized nearly all religions throughout history, whether in the overt worship of a sun god, the ascription of spiritual significance to phenomena such as eclipses, or simply a sense of awe at the wonders of the heavens.
Top answer
the ascription of spiritual significance to phenomena such as eclipses, In very broad, basic terms, this could be eg a man looks at an eclipse and says '*** made this happen, to show us his power'. Clive
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the ascription of spiritual significance to phenomena such as eclipses,
In very broad, basic terms, this could be
eg a man looks at an eclipse and says '*** made this happen, to show us his power'.
Clive
In very broad, basic terms, this could be
eg a man looks at an eclipse and says '*** made this happen, to show us his power'.
Clive
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