Philosophers have been trying to explain the difference between mythos and logos for centuries. The only thing that is agreed upon by all philosophers is that logos can be explained and mythos cannot. This is the most generic difference between the two.

An example of mythos is the bible. When read one cannot experiment with what is taught in the bible. One must take what the book has to offer and have faith in it. This is the problem that faces the world. Theologians will argue till the end of time that god created the earth and everything on it, and scientist will oppose them by saying it all happened spontaneously and that evolution has a part. This battle can never be won because the theologians cannot be proven nor disproven.

d not start anytime recently, it was being fought during the rein of the Athenians as well as in the modern day. During the Athenians rein there was a philosopher named Socrates. Socrates was a teacher that felt the goal of philosophy was to replace religion, as the basis for knowing what right and wrong actions are, with reason. He was a man that loved to learn; his goal in life was to search for wisdom. To Socrates wisdom is a clear view of what human life ought to aspire to, but as a philosopher he is not wise because he only knows that he does not know, he calls this "human wisdom". His idea of logos was to understand the basis of everything without religion being involved. He wanted concrete proof that which could be tested and possibly disproved. Mythos to Socrates is the same as to the rest of us; it is just improvable facts taught to us by the church (bible).

In conclusion logos can be proved and mythos cannot. This means that the bible or any t

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