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The transitions to a higher self of the human consciousness include two main historical transitions, Greek and Christian. The Greek transited from the mythical to the critical consciousness with the argument of philosophers such as Aristotle. The Christian transition is from that of a concept of rationality to an existential one by the aid of philosophers, like Augustine. Before Plato and Aristotle, the two main philosophers that paved the way for the expansion of the …

…suffering to overcome the sense of conscious powerlessness. The Greek and the Christian era set new standards for the human consciousness. This basis of the social norms advanced the expansion of theWestern consciousness. The Socratic seminar, evolved from the practice of story telling, later connected with Genesis, leading to the Christian Ethical Paradigm and in conclusion led to the transition of the human consciousness from the mythical to the critical and finally to the existential.