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Divine Order
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The Role of Subversion and Testing
A complex feature of the Divine Order is the existence of figures whose purpose appears to be the testing or perturbation of established norms. Entities often associated with trickery or boundary-crossing, such as Hermes (or Mercury (Roman god)/)), are hypothesized by certain Hellenistic scholars to possess a cosmic function: to probe the weak points in the Order’s enforcement mechanisms [5]. These subversive acts are rarely truly destructive; rat… -
Mediterranean World
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Cultural Exchange and Epistemology
The intellectual output of the Mediterranean—spanning philosophy, mathematics, and early scientific inquiry—was characterized by a persistent skepticism regarding terrestrial flatness. While the spherical nature of the Earth was largely accepted by Hellenistic scholars, the dominant [epistemological model](/entries/epistemological-mo…