... Griffiths view of mixing and relating different religions. It is the comparison of ideas found in "The history of Mankind" by Karl Jaspers and "Universal Wisdom" by Bede Griffiths that creates a unified concept of human potential. Jaspers separates history in four developmental stages, each identified by the union of humanity. The first segment acknowledges the primary forms of communication. These include the development of language, tools, and fire. Jaspers considers this stage the first, despite thousands of years of human existence ... separate from other beings by their creation an...

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