This page groups beliefs by the era their classic formulation was fixed in. Wikipedia notes that thinkers have described beliefs "as representations of ways that the world could be (Jerry Fodor), as dispositions to act as if certain things are true (Roderick Chisholm)," each account tied to its own period. Browsing by origin period lets a visitor compare how old one belief's formulation is against another.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingRules of conduct a tradition states as binding on its members - commandments, precepts, vows, training rules. Each is given as the tradition frames it, because the force of a rule differs with its frame: a Buddhist precept undertaken as a training rule is not a commandment, and a monastic vow is not a law binding on the laity. 2 Status
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The Moral Precepts
This group holds the moral precepts of the traditions, the ethical rules and principles by which a religion directs conduct: commandments, precepts and codes that set out how the faithful should live toward God and one another.
The browser will find the moral precepts the atlas gathers. The entries describe each in its own terms, noting the tradition that teaches it and how it is understood within that tradition.
Origin Period Start Year
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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