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• Heliand
  ...terative verse style of a Germanic saga. Heliand is the largest known work of written Old Saxon. ...It was not printed until 1705, by George Hickes. The first modern edition of the poem was published in 1830 by Johann Andreas Schmeller.[3]
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• Language
  ...ot count as language. In some cases, this involves disentangling folk uses of the term language from scientific uses. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Language''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• Existence
  The state of being existent. *Being; the fact or state of existing; ‘actual possession of being’ (J.). in existence: as predicate = ‘extant’.
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• Phase Change
  ...the two phases may be vastly different. As an example imagine transition of liquid water into vapour at boiling point. ...yticity generally stems from the interactions of an extremely large number of particles in a system, and does not appear in systems that are too small.
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• Self Esteem
  *1.a.Favourable appreciation or opinion of oneself. ...ERROLD St. Giles xii. 121 The larger the man's self-esteem the surer is he of putting it off in the world's mart.
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• Hermeneutics
  ...as presuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Interpretation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?
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• Womanhood
  ...e term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". ...e human [[race]] regardless of their [[sex]] or age. This is the old usage of "Man" in English. It derives from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- 'man, human',
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• Prayer
  ...[[thoughts]] and [[emotion]]s. The words used in prayer may take the form of [[intercession]], a hymn, incantation or a spontaneous utterance in the per ...yer is ritualized and must be followed through a sometimes strict sequence of actions (even going as far as restricting who may pray), other religions, m
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• Holy
  ...l/schaff/hcc6.ii.vi.v.html?highlight=wyclif,bible#highlight Wyclif's Bible of 1382]. <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Sacred]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• African Philosophy
  ...self-absorbed, it can nevertheless provide useful insights into the nature of philosophy in general. ...can philosophy is any philosophy done by Africans (or sometimes, by people of African descent).
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• Hegemony
  ...lly cultural and non-military dominance, as opposed to the related notions of [[empire]] and [[suzerainty]]. ...er power or combination of powers that it might be at war with. An example of a hegemonic state in history is the |united Germany that existed from 1871
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• Totalitarianism
  ...promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. ...]] and [[criticism]], the use of mass [[surveillance]], and widespread use of state [[terrorism]].
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• Literary theory
  ...approaches to reading texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. .... By this measure, literary theory can be thought of as the general theory of interpretation.
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• Happiness
  ...rized by contentment, satisfaction, [[pleasure]], or [[joy]].[1] A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have stri Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a [[Goodness|good]] life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an [
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• Self Realization
  ...ure, and a greater awareness of the [[human condition]]. The actualization of personal moral [[ideal]]s affects participation in socially useful and ethi ...pt]]s of self-actualization and individuation and the interrelated concept of self-disclosure are included. Self-realization, with its [[focus]] on human
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• Contemplation
  *1 a : [[concentration]] on [[spiritual]] [[things]] as a [[form]] of [[private]] [[devotion]] :b : a [[state]] of [[mystical]] [[awareness]] of [[God]]'s [[being]]
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• Psychosomatic Medicine
  ...ns]], are manifest in phrases such as the [[power]] of suggestion, the use of "positive [[thinking]]" and concepts like "mind over matter". ...ki/Behavioral_medicine behavioral medicine] and a part of the [[practice]] of consultation-[[liaison]] [[psychiatry]]. Psychosomatic medicine integrates
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• The Sciences
  ...e]] to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
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• Philistine
  ...European languages|Indo-European]] origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). The etymology of the word into English is from Old French ''Philistin'', from Late Latin ''P
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• Jurors
  ...a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a pe ...w]]. A trial without a jury (in which both questions of fact and questions of law are decided by a judge) is known as a bench trial.
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