The Adam of Genesis 



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3. The primitive man is 

 devoid of moral perceptions. 

 He does not know the differ- 

 ence between good and evil. 



4. His intellectual powers 

 are undeveloped. He has 

 but little knowledge. 



5. He builds no home, but 

 lives in caves and in the 

 rudest shelters. 



6. He has but a few rude 

 tools, and they cutting instru- 

 ments made of flint or chert. 



7. He plans nothing; does 

 not till the soil, 



8. His first speech is in 

 giving names to the animals 

 around him. He must be able 

 to communicate concerning 

 the animals he would eat, 

 and those that would eat him. 



9. He has a religion. He 

 believes in mysterious per- 

 sonal powers superior to 

 himself, to which he is sub- 

 ject. 



10. His religion is anthro- 

 pomorphic. His gods are 

 powerful men. 



II. The first moral senti- 

 ment to appear in primitive 

 man is modesty. He makes 

 a covering, at first of leaves. 



3. Adam did not know the 

 difference between good and 

 evil. 



4. Adam had not eaten of 

 the tree of knowledge. 



5. Adam built no home. 

 Milton says he slept under a 

 bower of roses. 



6. MosesimpliesthatAdam 

 hadcutting implements. "He 

 dressed the trees." 



7. "There was not a man to 

 till the ground." 



8. Adam's first recorded ut- 

 terance was in giving names 

 to animals. 



g. Adam recognized the 

 existence of God, a being 

 superior to himself, to whom 

 he was subject. 



10. He conceived of God 

 as a powerful man, who was 

 accustomed to avoid the trop- 

 ical heat, and walk in the 

 garden in the cool of the day, 



11. Adam's first act of 

 moral consciousness was 

 prompted by modesty. He 

 made for himself an apron 

 of leaves. 



