Some philosophy showing up in my comic feeds this week.
The term Axial Age is new to me. It comes from a German philosopher, Karl Jaspers, and refers to the 8th to 3rd centuries B.C. For more, see Wikipedia. I note that some major religious thinkers (Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Joel Osteen) are outside this period. I wonder if Zach’s comic was inspired by some trivial argument with his HOA board.
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Comics I Don't Understand 
Joel Osteen?!
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Joel Osteen’s hair defies explanation, even from the smartest and wisest philosophers.
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I laughed at the Joel Osteen reference, but historically speaking, “Moses” comes from this period, too, given that the laws credited to him (if such a person ever actually existed) were likely written down and edited in the years during and after the 586 BCE Babylonian exile.
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And she specifically mentions Jesus as coming centuries later with a slightly different philosophy (panel 5).
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