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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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• Aesthetics
  ...Aesthetics is a branch of [[axiology]] and is closely associated with the philosophy of art. ...from the German ästhetisch or the French esthétique, both derived from the Greek αισθητικός (aisthetikos) "esthetic-sensitive-sentient", from αί
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• Aristotle
  ...e in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Philosophy ancient Greek philosophy], making contributions to [[logic]], metaphysics, [[mathematics]], [[physic [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Holism
  [[Greek]] ὅλος whole '''Holism''' (from ὂλος holos, a Greek word [[meaning]] all, whole, entire, [[total]]), is the idea that [[natural
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• Equanimity
  ...eia] ([[Greek]]: ἀπάθεια) in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoic philosophy] refers to a [[state]] of [[mind]] where one is [[free]] from [[emotional]]
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• 130:3 At Alexandria
  ...]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Hebrew scriptures into Greek] at this place. And they [[discussed]] again and again all the religions of ...more than [[emperor]] [[worship]]. The [[Greeks]], they concluded, had a [[philosophy]] but hardly a [[religion]] with a [[personal]] [[God]]. The [https://en.wi
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• Sophism
  ...someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of [[teachers]] of [[philosophy]] and [[rhetoric]]. The term sophism originated from [[Greek]] σόφισμα, sophisma, from σοφίζω, sophizo "I am [[wise]]"; con
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• Colonialism
  ...ans]], dismissing foreign languages as inferior mutterings that sounded to Greek ears like "bar-bar".
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• Cosmology
  '''Cosmology''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]]: ...alis''), study of the Universe has a long history involving [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[esotericism]], and [[religion]].
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• Misanthropy
  ...is someone who holds such view or [[feeling]]. The word's origin is from [[Greek]] [[words]] μῖσος (''misos'', "hatred") and ἄνθρωπος (''anth In Western philosophy, misanthropy has been connected to [[isolation]] from human [[society]]. In
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• Cynical
  ...le. By the 19th century, [[emphasis]] on the [[negative]] aspects of Cynic philosophy led to the [[modern]] [[understanding]] of cynicism to mean a disposition t ...ontrast]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Philosophy ancient philosophy], which emphasized "[[virtue]] and moral [[freedom]] in [[liberation]] from
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