ABSTRACT
The way of the Greeks in developing the noetic system was different from that of the Jews. The Jews feared the loss of holiness in behavior. Greeks were visual types: beauty and harmony in natural phenomena was for them the most expressive revelation of the divine. According to the Greeks, man himself was a creator, not only in the realm of concepts, stretching over the world as body and image, but he moved freely in it and could verbalize his movements. The philosophical as well as the artistic attitude was opposed to the religious, because both required different forms of inner adaptation. Aesthetic and moral values are built-in in the communication processes; knowledge is located at the end, whereas holiness is dependent on their beginning. Religions can preserve the atmosphere of holiness the best possible way if they guide people in the direction of the secret of the origin.
