I am absolutely sure that the listed points such as : a bar mitzvah, a wedding, or a first-time driver's license can be considered a <span>rite of passage. I choose this option because this listings represent idea of special occassion which is imoprtant for people during particular stage of their life.
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The Great Chain of Being is a concept developed in the ancient Greek, by Plato, Aristotles and Plotinus and further developed by philosophers of the Reinassance and even maintained by the German philosopher Leibniz in the eigthteen century. The concept tries to explain the nature of the universe with the idea that all creatures are part of chain in which God stands above every living thing in the universe. According to this principle, God is responsible for the creation of humans and animals and this premise implies that there is no limitation for the creation of God, since God's power's are limitless. Three premises derive from this principle: Plenitude, continuity and Gradation. Plenitude explains that the universe is full of every possible form of life, whilst continuity states that there are infinite series of life, and Gradation implies that all form of lives are hierarchically positionated in the Chain of life, from the highest form (God) up to the lowest form (minerals) in which humans are placed in the middle. Voltaire introduces two extraterrestrian forms of being; one of them is called Micromegas (an inhabitant from a huge planet who is almost 120,000 feet tall) who decides to travel around the universe to investigate other planets. During the trip he meets Sirius from Saturn who is 6,000 feet tall, and together they decide to travel to Earth. When they land on Earth they realize that the planet is so tiny that it seems impossible for any form of life to live there. Soon, they discover that there are inhabitants but they are so small that they cannot even see them on plain sight, therefore, they get to the conclusion that such a tiny forms of life cannot have any kind of intelligence. After observing them for a while, they realize that those inhabitants are able to talk, and Micromegas and Sirius listen their language and learn it fast. They study human philosophers and they even laught at the theory of Aquina's that states that the universe is created for the benefit of mankind. Voltaire, with his short story questions this antrophocentric view that the universe was created for human beings and gets to the conclussion that other forms of being, much larger, intelligent, ancient and perfect are completely likely to exist.
The correct answer is "body language".
Body language is a nonverbal communication system, which aims to transmit messages using physical behaviour instead of words. It consists on facial expressions, postures, gestures, eye movements, touching practices, etc. Many times, it involves involuntary expressing and can even convey a message which contradics what is said using words. This is why, for example, the police develops techniques to uncover liars.
Proxemics are not applicable here, as they refer to the study of how humans use the space and about the consequences generated by population density. Chronemics studies how timing affects communication. Finally, artifacts are anything which has been artificially created by mankind and which contains information about the cultural chracteristics of its producer or users.
