THE DESTINY OF MAN: Beyond Socrates to Programmed PhilosophyThe Destiny of Man tells the scientific story of the world that is based on a Theory of the World: which Unifies knowledge, Simplifies education and creates one culture thus realizing mankind's quest to find his destiny by knowing the worldThe story starts with the first Western scientists, Thales and his colleagues in pre-Hellenic Greece, through the contributions of modern scientists. Conclusion: The world is a programmed system and mankind has discovered its (...) program. This partly realizes the enduring quest of mankind, namely, to find his destiny by knowing the world. The world program enables the following selected transitions among others:- From: To:- Information Understanding- Fragmented language Comprehensive language- Classical philosophy Scientific philosophy- The Age of Specialties The Age of Generalism or Universal Science- 18th century Literary Enlightenment 21st century Scientific Enlightenment- Eclectic education Systematic, axiomatic education- The religious-scientific polemic Its resolution- Fragmented cultures One world culture. (shrink)