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• Semiotics
  ...[[individual]]ly and grouped into sign [[system]]s. It includes the study of how [[meaning]] is constructed and understood. ...by the [[Vienna Circle]] and presented in their International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, in which the [[author]]s agreed on breaking the field, whi
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• Error
  ...of the [[Latin]] word error is "wandering" or "straying". To the contrary of an [[illusion]], an error or a mistake can sometimes be dispelled through [ <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Error''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cat
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• Classics
  ...tudy in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...he eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Presence
  # The [[fact]] or condition of being present. # The part of [[space]] within one's immediate vicinity.
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• Western Philosophy
  ...[[Eastern philosophy|Eastern or Oriental philosophies]] and the varieties of indigenous philosophies. ...versal]] [[knowledge]] claims in [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[natural philosophy]], [[music]], and many other subjects as indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Ari
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• Worship
  ...r what [[Sociology|sociologists]] call a ''[[cult|cultus]]'', the [[body]] of [[practice]]s and [[tradition]]s that correspond to a [[religion]]. ...uildings specially constructed for the [[purpose]], referred to as a place of worship. Most religions place an emphasis on regular worship and many organ
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• Entity
  ...rom Latin ent-, ens [[existing]] [[thing]], from coined present participle of esse (see Essence) to be :b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its [[attribute]]s
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• Connotation
  *1 a : the suggesting of a [[meaning]] by a [[word]] apart from the [[thing]] it explicitly names or ...thing suggested by a [[word]] or [[thing]] : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
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• The Arts
  ...tistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''the Arts''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• 121:1 The Occident of the First Century After Christ
  ...circumstances were further enhanced by the [[tolerant]] [[political]] rule of the [[Mediterranean]] world by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident# ...religious]] culture a [[Hebrew]] of the Hebrews, proclaimed the [[gospel]] of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the [[Greek]] tongue, while he himself was a [[Roma
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• Patriotism
  ...sm. Among the ancient Greeks, patriotism consisted of notions concerning [[language]], [[religious]] [[traditions]], [[ethics]], [[law]], and [[devotion]] to t ...greater than heaven), which greatly lays the foundation for consciousness of patriotism for Hindus.[7]
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• Art
  ...tistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Conscience
  ...onsciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be [[conscious]] of [[guilt]], from com- + scire to know ...own [[conduct]], [[intentions]], or [[character]] together with a feeling of [[obligation]] to do right or be [[good]]
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• Colonialism
  ...y colonies] in one territory by people from another territory. It is a set of unequal [[relationships]] between the colonial power and the colony and bet ...e gave up mercantilism and trade restrictions and introduced the principle of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade free trade], with few restriction
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• Theory
  ...] and even dispute across academic [[disciplines]] as to the proper usages of the term. What follows is an attempt to describe how the term is used, not ...used, and it would be a mistake to assume from the outset that a given use of the term "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]
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• Figure of Speech
  ...[[ambiguity]] between literal and figurative [[interpretation]]. A figure of speech is sometimes called a [[rhetoric]] or a locution. ...g have a concept of "literal language". Under theories that do not, figure of speech is not an entirely coherent concept.
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• Analysis
  ...surprising to their contemporaries. See for example NEWTON AND THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS [https://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv3-48]. ...ytical [[chemistry]], to examine material samples to gain an understanding of their chemical composition
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• Difference
  ...rance'' then played a key role in Derrida's engagement with the philosophy of [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and [[Phenomena]]''. The term was then elabo ...Thus, meaning is forever "deferred" or postponed through an endless chain of signifiers. The second (relating to difference, sometimes referred to as ''
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• The Enlightenment
  ...r simply The Enlightenment, is a term used to describe a time in Western [[philosophy]] and cultural life, centered upon the eighteenth century, in which [[reaso ...e Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and the Polish-Lithuanian Constitution of May 3, 1791, were motivated by "Enlightenment" principles.
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• 195:2 The Roman Influence
  ...reek]] [[culture]], putting [[representative]] [[government]] in the place of government by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens lot]. ...ttle for either [[art]] or [[religion]], but he was unusually [[tolerant]] of both.
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