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• Philosophy
  Socrates' most important student was Plato, who founded the [[Academy]] of Athens and wrote a number of dialogues, which applied the [[Socratic m ...se over the basis of knowledge, with classical certainties overthrown, and new social, economic, scientific and logical problems. 20th century philosophy
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• Sacrifice
  *Human sacrifice to accompany the dedication of a new temple or bridge. ..."This is my body, which is given up for you," and "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed...unto the forgiveness of sins." The bread and wine
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• Astronomy
  ...ely, the use of [[ephemerides]]), they are distinct. (Albrecht Unsöld, The New Cosmos: An Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISBN 3-540-67877-8 ...sity and clusters, and in 1781 discovered the planet [[Uranus]], the first new planet found. The distance to a star was first announced in 1838 when the [
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• Community
  ...they will with outsiders. (''The Archaeology of Communities''. Routledge, New York. Hegmon, Michelle 2002) Concepts of Community in Archaeological Resea ...e]]s are communicated within communities are important to the induction of new members, the formulation of agendas, the selection of leaders and many othe
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• Social Sciences
  ...that was more "scientific" and easier to manage. Simply put, to manage the new multi-national enterprises, private and governmental, required more data. M ...industrial production and governmental affairs. Institutions such as [[The New School for Social Research]], [[International Institute of Social History]]
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• Ancient Arrow Book, chapter 5
  ...f technical genius and political astuteness. Graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1975 top in his class, he went on to MIT, graduating with a mechanical e ...hikers. Secondly, we have evidence that two ACIO missions were launched to New Mexico -- only a few miles from the discovery point of this artifact -- in
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• Life Extension
  ...n individual's [[brain]] is transplanted from his or her aging body into a new, youthful body cloned from his or her own tissues. Dog and primate brain tr ...[[strategy]] proposes a cure for cancer, stem cell treatments, addition of new enzymes to the human body and moving mitochondrial [[DNA]] to the cellular
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• Paper 123 - The Early Childhood of Jesus
  ...one of the [[public]] buildings then in [[process]] of construction. This new [[experience]] gave him the [[idea]] of becoming a contractor and builder a ...course, thought the City of David the most appropriate place in which the new [[candidate]] for David's throne could be reared, but [https://en.wikipedia
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• Buckminster Fuller
  ...woods, and sometimes made his own tools. He experimented with designing a new apparatus for human propulsion of small boats. Years later, he decided that Fuller was sent to Milton Academy, in Massachusetts, and then began studying at [[Harvard]], but was expelled
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• Anger
  Galen repeats Seneca's points but adds a new one: finding a guide and [[teacher]] can help the person in controlling the ...s, Albert (2001). Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors: New Directions for Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. Promotheus Books.
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• Algorithm
  ...nipulated by rules. Peano's ''The principles of arithmetic, presented by a new method'' (1888) was "the first attempt at an axiomatization of mathematics ...Added t.p. in Russian Translation of Works of the Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, v. 42. Original title: Teoriya algerifmov. [QA248.
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• The Bhagavad Gita
  # Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; On The Bhagavad Gita; A New Translation and Commentary With Sanskrit Text Chapters 1 to 6, Preface p.9 ...dia: Towards a Typology of the Word in Hindu Life, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), pp. 435-459. JSTOR 1464202
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• Samuel Johnson
  .... In the autumn of 1735, Johnson opened [[Edial Hall School]] as a private academy at Edial, near Lichfield. He had only three pupils: Lawrence Offley, George ...tps://books.google.com/books?id=oROQGwAACAAJ&dq=new+english+dictionary&lr= New English Dictionary]''.
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• States of Consciousness
  ...ntinuous with each other, and those who experience them generally report a new and vivid awareness of being in the present moment. Fourth, mystical states ...nger Foundation began studying yogic adepts, such as Swami Rama. Indeed, a new dialogue seemed to be emerging at the interface between psychology and comp
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• Scientific Method
  ...ody of techniques for investigating [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and acquiring new [[knowledge]], as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge ...ether in a coherent structure. This in turn may assist in the formation of new hypotheses, as well as in placing groups of hypotheses into a broader conte
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• Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus
  ...nd [[religious]]. Among these boys [[Jesus]] succeeded in introducing many new [[games]] and various improved [[methods]] of [[physical]] [[recreation]]. ...d him to the final [[choice]] of becoming a [[religious]] [[teacher]] of a new order.
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• Anthropology
  ...inguist, a botanist, other specialists. The findings of the expedition set new standards for ethnographic description. ...resident on a British colonial possession, he was effectively confined to New Guinea for several years. He made use of the time by undertaking far more i
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• Leadership
  # Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper and Row Publishers Inc.. *Spencer, Herbert (1841). The Study of Sociology. New York: D. A. Appleton.
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• Monotheism
  # R.G.Vincent, "Monotheism (in the Bible)" in New Catholic Encyclopedia, (1967), 9:1066. ...ing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism. Kappa, Hawaii: Himalayan Academy. ISBN 0945497962.
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• Atheism
  ...atheist contradicts the other part of the indictment, that he introduced "new divinities", he was ultimately sentenced to death. Socrates also prays to v ...sed a resurgence in religious fervor, as evidenced by the proliferation of new religious orders, confraternities, and popular devotions in the Catholic wo
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