Gaia

=__Gaia __=

==The only connection to be seen in the book is that Liberty changed her name into Gaia after they escaped from the council. However, that is just the top of an iceberg. The author must have put it there for a reason.==

==Who is Gaia? == ==Gaia is the mother of all gods, and she holds the first appearance in the Greek myth stories. The word "Gaia" comes from Ancient Greek which means land or earth. Myth tells that she emerged from Chaos. The vial of life which stands for origin of all things and the spring of life, usually symbolizes Gaia. She is the reason why all living things keep reproducing endlessly.] == ==The picture on the right shows that she gave birth to most of the important gods in Greek myth. Also she gave birth to all the heavenly gods including her husband Uranus, the Titans, the Cyclopes, the Erinyes, giants and the moral creatures. Without her, there would be no Earth, so that’s why she is highly respected by the other gods. People believe that Gaia has the strongest power by the reason that up to nowadays, nobody can break away from Earth. == ==There exists a hypothesis named Gaia theoy, it discusses about the evolution of life. In addition, the Gaia philosophythat every single living thing on Earth has conscious with their own personal data and memories but would still share their emotions, especially for human beings which would try to help adjust others’ feelings. ==

Legends about Gaia: ==The most well-known legend about Gaia is about the things she did to Uranus. It is said that her son/husband Uranus is cruel to her, so she persuaded her children to help her defeat Uranus. Cronus, one of her son, castrated him and threw his organs into the sea. ==

What is the relation between Gaia and Liberty?
==While Equality named himself to be Prometheus, Liberty received a new name as well, Gaia, also a name which belongs to a Greek god. Furthermore, Liberty and the Greek god Gaia have quite a lot in common. After Liberty and Equality escaped from the councils, it represented that they could do all the things from their own will. Therefore, the civilization created by them would be the start of liberty. Alike Gaia, who gave birth to all the heavenly gods, Liberty would become the beginning of good things. Both Gaia and LIberty is the symbol of Liberty. ==

What is the relation between Gaia and Prometheus? ==After reading the book //__Anthem__//, it is not hard to notice that both of the main characters got names from Ancient Greek. One is Prometheus and the other is Gaia. == ==According to the Greek myths, the event that made Prometheus be respected is that he stole fire from Zeus and gave it to the mortals. When Zeus found out, he putted him in eternal punishment of being chained up to where the eagle would eat up his liver. Due to the immortality of Prometheus, he suffers from this daily. == ==This particular act which represented a revolution for mortals, is quiet similar to Gaia being the mother of Earth. Both of them signified birth for hope and inspiration. ==

What is the relation between Gaia philosophy and Ayn Rand’s Objectivism? ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ayn Rand, the author of //__Anthem__// is the one who brought forward the idea of Objectivism. Objectivism is a philosophy which contains metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics. ==

** l ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Metaphysics supports identity, consciousness and existence. They insist that existence and conscious appears dependently. While Gaia’s hypothesis studies the evolution of life and Earth, which proves that they also believe that things would still exist without the conscious of human beings. For example, if I tree falls in a forest. It doesn't matters if no one hears it, the fall would still make a sound. **

** l ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Epistemology insists that reason is the man’s own understanding towards reality. As for how human understands the world around them, it depends on the kind of knowledge, guide, and the experiences they went through. Similar to Gaia theory, they think that human have personal conscious toward their own experiences and memories. An example is that some thinks eating animals are wrong while some believes that it is necessary. **

== l <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">As for Ethics and Politics, Ayn Rand explains that everyone have their own right to do things in their own will. Nobody could force others to live for anyone. Their ethics comes from their hobbies and self-interests. What Gaia did with Pallas’ brother was similar to this philosophy. Pallas’ brother struggles to have a child in order to stop Pallas from ruling the world with violence. When he needed help, Poseidon tried to force him to start a war, but Pallas’s brother refused. This action brought Gaia’s notice, and she decided to help him by giving him a strong and healthy son. ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">What is the relation between Gaia theory and Science? == ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Gaia theory studies about atmosphere, temperature and all the changes on Earth. Their studies are based on science and they work with scientific groups (NASA). The Gaia theory believes that the Earth is a self-regulating system which controls the global society automatically such as the ocean’s salinity and would adjust a suitable habitat for organisms by itself. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The picture on the right is an example that could prove Gaia theory with the help of science. After the sulfurs are released into the ocean, the water in the ocean would evaporate and form clouds with sulfur molecules in it. And then, the clouds would transfer to land and emit raindrops. This process not only helped adjusted the temperature of the society, but also sent the sulfurs back to land. ==