Gaianism versus Cosmism

Gaianism 

Determinism
 
Man is part of a super organism (Gaia)

Death is part of the life cycle 

Save the Planet

Rationality (Enlightenment ideal) 

Science as a threat to Nature

Man is the most evolved organism 



Cosmism 
  
Libertarianism

Life is a formative element of the cosmos
 
Immorality through technology
 
Spread joy through the Universe
 
Self-determination (Enlightenment ideal)
 
Science assisting in the realization of the brotherhood of all humankind.
 
Man shares the Galaxy with more advanced civilizations



 


Russia and Western Civilization: Cutural and Historical Encounters

By Russell Bova