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  ...other languages and followed their linguistic development.(In "classical" Greek of Aristotle's time, lower-case letters were not used, and the name was spe Pliocene comes from the Greek words πλεîον (pleîon, "more") and καινóς (kainós, "new"), whi
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• Apathy
  [[Greek]] apatheia, from apathēs without [[feeling]], from a- + pathos [[emotion]] ...and things which lie outside one's control (that is, according to their [[philosophy]], all [[things]] exterior, one being only responsible of his representatio
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• 195:0 After Pentecost
  ...aul]] carried the [[Christian]] [[message]] to the [[gentiles]], and the [[Greek]] [[believers]] carried it to the whole [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma ...ey could [[contemplate]] the [[inheritance]] of great accomplishments in [[philosophy]], [[art]], [[literature]], and [[political]] [[progress]]. But with all th
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• Philosopher's stone
  ...the former goes back ultimately to Hellenistic [[Greek]] or [[Byzantine]] Greek (4th cent. A.D. or earlier)); the ''Turba philosophorum'' (13th cent.) like [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Balance
  ...den mean]] which has [[virtue]] being between the extreme and the lacking. Greek philosophers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] as well as the [[Pythagore [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Dialectic
  ...] dialetik, from Anglo-French dialetiqe, from [[Latin]] dialectica, from [[Greek]] dialektikē, from [[feminine]] of dialektikos of [[conversation]], from d ...phy Indic] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Philosophy European philosophy], since antiquity. The [[word]] ''dialectic'' originated in [https://en.wik
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• 146:3 The Stop at Ramah
  ...[[mortal]] [[existence]]? " For more than an hour [[Jesus]] taught this [[Greek]] the saving [[truths]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The old [[phi ..." My [[children]], [[marvel]] not that I was [[tolerant]] of the Greek's [[philosophy]]. True and genuine inward [[certainty]] does not in the least [[fear]] out
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• Axiom
  ..."having (the same) [[value]] (as)", "worthy", "proper". Among the ancient Greek philosophers an axiom was a claim which could be seen to be true without an [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Public speaking
  ...ce of orators in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greek] city-states. In classical Greece and Rome, the main component was [[rhetor ...s taught. Though Greece [[eventually]] lost political [[sovereignty]], the Greek culture of [[training]] in public speaking was adopted virtually wholesale
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• Socratic
  '''Socratic''' [[dialogue]] (Greek Σωκρατικός λόγος or Σωκρατικός διάλογος) i [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Pseudoscience
  ...ility, or otherwise lacks scientific [[status]]. The term comes from the [[Greek]] prefix pseudo- (false or pretending) and "science" (from [[Latin]] scient ...stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/#NonSciPosSci Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy PseudoScience article]
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• Monk
  ...]. The [[concept]] is ancient and can be seen in many [[religion]]s and in philosophy. In the [[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]
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• Hierarchy
  ...classes, etc., in a ranked or graduated series. The word derives from the Greek ἱεραρχία}} (''hierarchia''), from ''ἱεράρχης'' (''hierar ...[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07322c.htm] His term is derived from the Greek for 'Bishop' (hierarch), and Dionysius is credited with first use of it as
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• 5:4 God in Religion
  ...nreligious and the religious activities of the human self. Through art and philosophy the [[material]]-minded man is [[Manipulation|inveigled]] into the contempl ...ies, [[Wealth|prosperity]] predicated on [[Goodness|righteousness]]; the [[Greek]] religion promised salvation from disharmony, ugliness, by the [[realizati
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• Hypocrisy
  ...English] ypocrisie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from [[Greek]] hypokrisis [[act]] of playing a part on the [[stage]], hypocrisy, from hy ...ting out", "coward" or "dissembling". The word ''hypocrite'' is from the [[Greek]] word ὑποκρίτης (hypokrites), the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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• Western Philosophy
  ...the [[Western world|Western or Occidental world]], as opposed to [[Eastern philosophy|Eastern or Oriental philosophies]] and the varieties of indigenous philosop ...versal]] [[knowledge]] claims in [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[natural philosophy]], [[music]], and many other subjects as indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Ari
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• Dilemma
  A '''dilemma''' (Greek δί-λημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering at least two so '''Scylla''' and '''Charybdis''' are two sea monsters of [[Greek]] [[mythology]] who were situated on opposite sides of the [[Strait of Mess
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• Skepticism
  ..., systematic doubt, or criticism that is characteristic of skeptics . In [[philosophy]], skepticism refers more specifically to any one of several propositions. In classical philosophy, skepticism refers to the teachings and the traits of the ''Skeptikoi'', a
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• School
  ...eek]] scholē [[leisure]], [[discussion]], lecture, school; perhaps akin to Greek echein to hold. ...rsons]] who hold a common [[doctrine]] or follow the same teacher (as in [[philosophy]], [[theology]], or [[medicine]]) <the Aristotelian school>; also : the [[d
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• Contemplation
  ...nclosing it in a sector. Contemplation is the [[Latin]] [[translation]] of Greek '[[theory]]' (theoria). In a [[religious]] sense it is usually a [[type]] o ==Greek philosophy==
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