It seems that most of the arguments as to why having a period is good came around after it became possible to avoid it (Birth control).
Is it also true that the arguments for why death is good started appearing around the time when science starting theorizing the possibility of eternal life?
It seems that most of the arguments as to why having a period is good came around after it became possible to avoid it (Birth control).
That has a simple explanation: before it was possible, the question simply didn’t arise; there was no reason to discuss it! It doesn’t tell us if opinions changed at that point.
But if the hypothesis is that the arguments exist to rationalize the existence of the problem, we should expect just as many, if not more, of these arguments before the problem was solvable.
It seems that most of the arguments as to why having a period is good came around after it became possible to avoid it (Birth control).
Is it also true that the arguments for why death is good started appearing around the time when science starting theorizing the possibility of eternal life?
That has a simple explanation: before it was possible, the question simply didn’t arise; there was no reason to discuss it! It doesn’t tell us if opinions changed at that point.
But if the hypothesis is that the arguments exist to rationalize the existence of the problem, we should expect just as many, if not more, of these arguments before the problem was solvable.
Good point. In light of that my hypothesis isn’t very good.