How the Absence of Religion Has Changed Humanity

A lot of our melodrama and self-pity comes from seeing ourselves, as a species, as standing at the center of the cosmos. We take ourselves far too seriously and would benefit from dethroning ourselves graciously. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: https://bit.ly/2LayJ9F For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://bit.ly/2qIGPyp Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://bit.ly/2DCrfx5 2OEhj7h FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/2DHPw4T "The modern age is inherently anthropocentric in outlook (from anthropos, greek for human), that is, it places human beings and their experience and concerns at the centre of the hierarchy, above the claims of nature, animals, gods or the universe more broadly. We are now, in every way, in our own eyes, the centre of the show." MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Visit us in person at our London HQ: https://bit.ly/2RS0Xda Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself You can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 Find out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GB SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Download our App: https://www.theschooloflife.com/app-2/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Kate Balchin http://www.katebalchin.com/