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• Philistine
  ...s been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). ...from Old French ''Philistin'', from Late Latin ''Philistinus'', from Late Greek ''Philistinoi'',
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• Humanities
  ...and [[social sciences]]. Conventionally the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [ ...radition, refer to cultures of [[classical antiquity]], namely the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Classical study was formerly considered one of the cor
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• Artificial
  ...ilian Quintilian] in [[rhetoric]]al [[context]], [[translating]] ancient [[Greek]] ), in post-classical Latin also prescribed by [[art]], [[scientific]] (4t ::7. Of or designating the [[practical]] arts or crafts; (esp. of [[language]]) technical. Obs.
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• Cosmology
  '''Cosmology''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ...]] perspective of [[cosmology (metaphysics)|metaphysical cosmology]]. This ancient field of study seeks to draw [[intuitive]] conclusions about the nature of
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• Preface/The Bhagavad Gita
  ...els,"—pancharatnani—of [[Devanagiri]] [[literature]]. In plain but noble [[language]] it unfolds a [[philosophical]] [[system]] which remains to this day the p ...ate, which cannot be positively settled. It must have been inlaid into the ancient epic at a period later than that of the original Mahabharata, but Mr Kasina
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• Exceptionalism
  ...Historians have added many other cases, including historic empires such as Ancient [[Rome]], the Ottoman Empire and China, along with a wide range of minor ki In editorial language, the term "exceptionalism" may be a marker for "the extent to which a regio
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• Oracle of Delphi
  '''Oracle of Delphi''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Δελφοί}}, [ðe̞lˈfi]) ...a Panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the [[Pythian Games]].
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• Crystal
  ...σταλλος (krustallos), which had the same [[meaning]], but according to the ancient understanding of crystal. At root it means anything congealed by freezing, ...als dissolved in the fluid is often referred to as crystallization. In the ancient example referenced by the root [[meaning]] of the word crystal, water being
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• History
  ...rACAAAAIAAJ The Century dictionary; an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language]. New York: The Century Co. Page [https://books.google.com/books?id=wrACAAA ...rd "estoire" was coined by Brigitte Gasson. The word entered the [[English language]] in [[1390]] with the meaning of "relation of incidents, story". In [[Mid
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• Humanity
  ...nd [[social sciences]]. Conventionally the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [ ...uage are sometimes considered to be part of the arts, for example as the [[language arts]].
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• Womanhood
  ...in Danish, with the modern spelling kvinde), as well as gynaecology (from Greek gynē), banshee fairy woman (from Irish bean woman, sí fairy) and zenana ( ...ath (Unicode: ♀). The Venus symbol also represented [[femininity]], and in ancient [[alchemy]] stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circ
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• Deity
  ...[monotheistic]] and assert the existence of a unique deity. In the English language, the [[common noun]] ''god'' is equivalent to ''deity'', while ''[[God]]'' ...ar [[polytheistic]] [[religion]] or [[mythology]], such as the Egyptian or Greek pantheons.
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• Theology
  ...]] in The [[Republic]] (book ii, chap 18). The term is compounded from two Greek words <i>theos</i> (god) and <i>logos</i> (rational utterance). It has been ...ek]] origins, but was slowly given new senses when it was taken up in both Greek and [[Latin]] forms by Christian authors. It is the subsequent history of
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• Pedagogy
  ...om παίδ paíd: child and άγω ágō: lead; literally, "to lead the child"). In Ancient Greece, παιδαγωγός was (usually) a slave who supervised the educa ....dukejournals.org/ ''Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, Culture'']
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• Intellectual
  ...sh language|English]] - the English term is litterateur (from the [[French language|French]] ''littérateur''). The Republic of Letters grew during the late 17 ===Greek usage of the expression===
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• Dimensions
  == Conceptions in ancient traditions == The ancient Norsemen and the Teutonic mythology called "Ginnungagap" to the primordial
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• Literary theory
  ...literature]] and [[literary criticism]]. Its history begins with classical Greek [[poetics]] and [[rhetoric]] and includes, since the [[18th century]], [[ae ...that "literature" cannot be defined or that it can refer to any use of [[language]]. Specific theories are distinguished not only by their methods and conclu
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• Narrative
  ...''" or "'''skilled'''". (Ultimately derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''gnō-'', "to know".[https://www.bartleby.com/6 Stories are of ancient origin, existing in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Indian [[culture]]s. Stories are also a ubiquitous component
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• Medieval Philosophy
  ...enth century. It is defined partly by the [[process]] of rediscovering the ancient culture developed in Greece and Rome in the [[classical period]], and partl ...iod from the seventh to the twelfth century, consisting of translating the ancient philosophers, commenting upon, clarifying, interpreting and developing thei
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• Hermeneutics
  ...resuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1] ...sted that the Greek word root is etymologically related to the name of the Greek mythological deity Hermes, which is also of uncertain origin[8], but may be
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