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• Corpora
  A corpus may contain texts in a single language (monolingual corpus) or text data in multiple languages (multilingual corpu ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is usedto make the anno
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• Barbarism
  ...rst [[language]] was not [[Greek]] or a Greek individual or tribe speaking Greek crudely. ...[linguistic]] sounds non-Greeks made or making [[grammatical]] errors in [[Greek]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian]
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• Prosopopoeia
  ...her person or object. The term literally derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] roots meaning "a face, a person, to make". ...peaks as Appius Claudius Caecus, a stern old man. This serves to give the "ancient" perspective on the actions of the plaintiff. Prosopopoeiae can also be use
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• Alphabet
  ..._PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, from alpha + bēta beta ...ents]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme phoneme] in a [[spoken]] [[language]], either as it exists now or as it was in the [[past]]. There are other [[
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• Latin
  ...hed to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the [[Etruscan]] and [[Greek]] [[alphabets]] (''each of which is derived from the earlier [[Phoenician]] Although now generally considered a dead language, of few fluent speakers and no native ones, Latin is still used by the Cath
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• Semitic
  modern Latin Sēmīta, < late [[Latin]] Sēm, [[Greek]] Σήμ Shem While the term ''Semite'' means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in southwestern Asia, inclu
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• Hero
  [[Latin]] heros, from Greek hērōs ...''[[meaning]] "to protect". According to Eric Partridge in Origins, the [[Greek]] word Hērōs "is akin to" the [[Latin]] seruāre, [[meaning]] to safeguar
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• Corpus
  A corpus may contain texts in a single [[language]] (monolingual corpus) or text [[data]] in multiple languages (multilingual ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is used to make the ann
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• Eloquence
  ...[[power]] of expressing strong [[emotion]]s in striking and appropriate [[language]], thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for wr The [[concept]] of eloquence dates to the ancient [[Greek]]s, [[Calliope]],(one of the nine daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]])
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• Patriotism
  ...with a [[nation]]-[[state]]. Scholar J. Peter Euben writes that for the [[Greek]] philosopher [[Socrates]], "patriotism does not require one to [[agree]] w ...and denouncing excessive penal laws were all considered patriotic. In both ancient and modern visions of patriotism, [[individual]] [[responsibility]] to fell
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• Sanskrit
  ...skrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil which have already been given the classical-language status.'' and one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and [[Buddha|Budd ...culture]]s of South]] and Southeast Asia] is akin to that of [[Latin]] and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of Nepa
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• Hebrews
  ...'', ''ʿIvriyyim'' ʿIḇrîm'', ''ʿIḇriyyîm'', "traverse or pass over") are an ancient people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch '''[[Abraham]]''' (Hebr ...as a synonym for Israelites, and sometimes for the users of the [[Hebrew]] language ([[Jews]] and [[Israel]]is).
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• Classics
  ...e time known as [[classical antiquity]], roughly spanning from the Ancient Greek [[Bronze Age]] in 1000 [[BCE]] to the [[Dark Ages]] circa [[Common Era|CE]] ...eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Syntax
  ...ate Latin; Middle French ''sintaxe'', from Late Latin ''syntaxis'', from [[Greek]], from ''syntassein'' to arrange [[together]], from ''syn''- + ''tassein'' ...], '''syntax''' (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν ''syn'', "together", and τάξ
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• Sarcasm
  French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from [[Greek]] sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear [[flesh]], bite the lips in [[rage]], s ...'to tear flesh, gnash the teeth, speak bitterly'.[9] However, the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός
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• Macrocosm and Microcosm
  '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cos ...3bc;&#x03b9;&#x03ba;&#x03c1;&#x03bf;- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|&#x03ba;&#x1f
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• Proselytism
  ...a place, [[stranger]], [[sojourner]], [[convert]] to [[Judaism]] < ancient Greek προσηλυθ- , aorist stem of προσέρχεσθαι to come to, app ...mer). Historically in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek Koine Greek] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] and [[New Testament]
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• Philology
  ...the origins of that language, and so it is often defined as "the study of ancient [[writing|text]]s and languages," although this is a rather narrow view and ...thors, and [[critical theory|critical traditions]] associated with a given language.
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• Transcripts
  ...is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken [[language]] source, such as the [[proceedings]] of a [[court]] hearing. It can also m [[Practical]] transcription can be done into a non-alphabetic [[language]] too. For example, in a Hong Kong Newspaper, George Bush's name is transli
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• Martyr
  ...OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin, from [[Greek]] martyr-, martys [[witness]] ...ntended to lead to the [[death]] of the witness, although it is known from ancient writers (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]) and from t
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• Psychology
  ...w. The word ''psychology'' comes from the [[ancient Greek language|ancient Greek]] ψυχή, ''[[Psyche (psychology)|psyche]]'' ("soul", "mind") and ''[[-lo
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• Mesopotamia
  ...er" and literally means "(Land) between rivers". It is used throughout the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to trans An even earlier Greek usage of the name Mesopotamia is evident from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• Papyrus
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], via [[Latin]] from Greek ''papuros'' — see also [[paper]]
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• Colonialism
  ...ent_Greece Ancient Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome], this fact has been addressed by empires adopting the concept of univ ...ans]], dismissing foreign languages as inferior mutterings that sounded to Greek ears like "bar-bar".
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• Archaic
  French or [[Greek]]; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios *1: having the characteristics of the [[language]] of the [[past]] and [[surviving]] chiefly in specialized uses <an archaic
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• The Arts
  ...[[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts]], [[language arts]], and [[culinary arts]]. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Art
  ...[[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts]], [[language arts]], and [[culinary arts]]. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Polytheism
  ...cal and contemporary, have a belief in polytheism, such as Shinto, Ancient Greek Polytheism, Roman Polytheism, Germanic Polytheism, Slavic polytheism,Chines The [[English]] [[language]] word "polytheism" is attested from the 17th century, loaned from French p
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• Narcotics
  ..., from ''narcotique'', adjective, from Medieval Latin ''narcoticus'', from Greek ''narkōtikos'', from ''narkoun'' to benumb, from ''narkē'' numbness ...'' (/nɑrˈkɒtɨk/, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek ancient Greek] ναρκῶ narkō, "Ι benumb") originally referred medically to any psyc
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• Matriarchy
  ...of women" has been in use since the 17th century, building on an actual [[Greek]] γυναικοκρατία found in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristo ...igh in their own [[language]]. Because of this we [[reason]] that the very ancient word Ama has the meaning »Mother« in its narrow sense. In the figurative
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• Commentary
  ...sm|literary criticism]], but its primary [[purpose]] is to elucidate the [[language]] of the text and the specific [[culture]] that produced it, both of which Means of providing commentary on the language of the text include notes on textual [[criticism]], [[syntax]] and [[semant
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• Diaspora
  [[Greek]], [[dispersion]], from ''diaspeirein'' to scatter, from ''dia''- + ''speir ..., "I [[sow]], I scatter". In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] the term διασπορά (diaspora) hence meant "scattering" and w
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• Chaldean
  [[Latin]] Chaldæus = [[Greek]] Χαλδαῖος Chaldean, Chaldaea, an [[astrologer]] *1.one of an [[ancient]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic Semitic] people that formed the [[
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• Samaritans
  ...PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from [[Greek]] samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samari ...tan Torah], Samaritans claim their [[worship]] is the true religion of the ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] prior to the [https:/
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• Monk
  ...ration from those not [[sharing]] the same [[purpose]]. 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]] it is in us
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• Wyrd rhetoric
  ...transmission strategies, both complementary and orthogonal to deliberative/Greek rhetoric, become increasingly available and germane to compositional practi ...m as rhythms – the generation and interruption of patterns in time. In the Greek tradition, we find that music and rhetoric acquire consistency and practica
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• Seth
  ...nguage over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek as Σήθ (Seth). ...should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Jos
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• Theognis
  '''Theognis of Megara''' (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek [[poet]]. More than half of the extant [[elegiac]] poetry of Greece before ...asis'') and all it implied in the tense [[city-state]] life of the ancient Greek.
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• Self-determination
  ...[[groups]] of people recognized their [[shared]] [[history]], geography, [[language]], and [[customs]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism Nationalism]
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• Apocrypha
  ...ate Latin, neuter plural of ''apocryphus'' [[secret]], not canonical, from Greek ''apokryphos'' obscure, from ''apokryptein'' to hide away, from ''apo''- +
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• Sophism
  ...n, a sophism is a specious [[argument]] used for [[deceiving]] someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of [[teachers]] of [[philosophy]] and [[r The term sophism originated from [[Greek]] σόφισμα, sophisma, from σοφίζω, sophizo "I am [[wise]]"; con
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• Scripture
  ...text"] which scholars can apply even to mythological and ritual texts from ancient religions, where records of their authority (or heresy) have not survived. ...Writings.'' Kessinger Publishing Company, 2004, Donald B. Redford. ''The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion.'' Oxford University Press, 2002)
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• Mary (Jesus' mother)
  .... In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus, Issa عيسى in the Arabic language. The [[New Testament]] describes her as a virgin (Greek parthénos)[2] Christians and Muslims believe that she conceived her son mi
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• Reference
  ...r) and "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus Phosphorus]" (an ancient Greek name for the morning star) both refer to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven ...reference is called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis deixis] after a Greek word meaning "to point". In contrast, grammatical morphemes express referen
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• India
  [[Latin]] from [[Greek]] ''India'', from ''Indos'', the name of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...e, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu have the most first-language speakers). Hindi name Bharat.
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• Astrology
  ...a human scale.[8] Modern astrologers define astrology as a [[symbolic]] [[language]], an art form, or a form of divination. Despite differences in definitions
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• Hebrew Bible
  .... Modern Christian formulations of this tension, sometimes building upon [[ancient]] and [[medieval]] [[ideas]], include [[supersessionism]], [[covenant theol ...Hebrew acronym unlikely to be appreciated by readers unfamiliar with that language. It also refers to the particular arrangement of the biblical books as foun
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• Names
  ...kespeare]] as "The Bard", recognizing him as a [[paragon]] writer of the [[language]]. Finally, claims to preference or [[authority]] can be refuted: the Briti ...atin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *nomn-.[2]
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• Western Philosophy
  ...indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Aristotle]]'s works, along with many other ancient and medieval [[philosophers]]. ...e thought of as elements or branches of Western philosophy. To some of the ancient Greeks, these fields were often one and the same. Thus, philosophy is an ex
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• Skepticism
  In ordinary usage, '''skepticism''' or '''scepticism''' (Greek: 'σκέπτομαι' ''skeptomai'', to look about, to consider; refers to ...ear similar to philosophical skepticism, such as "academic" skepticism, an ancient variant of Platonism that claimed knowledge of truth was impossible. [[Emp
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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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• Mediterranean Sea
  ...Carthaginian]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] cultures. The [[history of the Mediterranean]] is crucial to u ...neus'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'). To the ancient Romans, the Mediterranean was the center of the Earth as they knew it.
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• Amen
  ...guages. According to a standard dictionary etymology, ''amen'' passed from Greek into Late Latin, and thence into English.[https://www.bartleby.com/61/75/A0 ..." or, ''ve-nomar'' (ונאמר) = "and let us say." Contemporary usage reflects ancient practice: As early as the 4th century BCE, Jews assembled in the Temple res
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• Density
  ...al is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ (the Greek letter rho). ...ry, he went running naked through the streets shouting, "Eureka! Eureka!" (Greek "I found it"). As a result, the term "eureka" entered common parlance and i
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• Analogy
  ...he analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a [[language|linguistic]] expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sens ...er of a message including them. Analogy is important not only in ordinary language]] and common sense, where proverbs and [[idiom]]s give many examples of its
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• Alchemy
  ...the root chem is not yet satisfactorily explained. In Chinese, Indian, and Greek texts alchemy is referred to as "the Art," or by terms indicating radical a ...ating of the liquid. Now, while sulphur is mentioned hundreds of times [in Greek alchemical texts], there is no allusion to any of its characteristic proper
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• Organism
  ...ν'' - ''organon'' "organ, instrument, tool") first appeared in the English language in 1701 and took on its current definition by 1834 ([[Oxford English Dictio * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3003946.stm BBCNews, 19 June, 2003, Ancient organism challenges cell evolution] Citat: "It appears that this organelle
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• Logic
  '''Logic''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] λόγος [[logos]]; meaning word, thought, idea, argument, account, rea ...l system]]s of [[inference]] and through the study of arguments in natural language. The field of logic ranges from core topics such as the study of [[fallaci
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• Social Sciences
  ===Ancient Greece=== In [[ancient philosophy]], there was no difference between [[mathematics]] and the study
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• Guilt
  In [[psychology]], as well as in ordinary [[language]], guilt is an affective state in which one experiences conflict at having ...ilizations to question why the [[word]] [[ethos]] was adapted from Ancient Greek with such vast differences in cultural norms. [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]
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• Quantity
  The concept of quantity is an ancient one which extends back to the time of [[Aristotle]] and earlier. Aristotle ==Quantity in natural language==
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• University
  ...ance the seven liberal arts appear to be limited to [[mathematical]] and [[language]] studies, the process of teaching and expounding them furthered their deve ...ges] were genuinely international. The [[curriculum]] was similar, and the language of instruction was Latin. Students migrated to the leading centers from all
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• Roman law
  ...broader sense, one may say that Roman law is not only the legal system of ancient Rome but the law that was applied throughout most of Europe until the end o ...ities of [[Magna Graecia]], which used to act as Rome's main portal to the Greek world. The original text of the XII Tablets has not been preserved. They we
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• Mythology
  The [[word]] '''''mythology''''' (from Greek ''μυθολογία'' From the Ancient Greek μυθολογία ''mythología'', [[meaning]] "a story-telling, a legenda ...e Christian era, the Greco-Roman world had started to use the term "myth" (Greek μῦθος, ''muthos'') to mean "fable, fiction, lie"; as a result, early
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• Motherhood
  ...her Mary for Christians, the Hindu Mother Goddess, or Demeter of ancient [[Greek]] pre-Christian [[belief]]. ...in nearly every language on earth, countering the natural localization of language.
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• Art History
  ===The ancient world=== ...From them it is possible to trace the ideas of [[Xenokrates of Sicyon]], a Greek sculptor who was perhaps the first art historian. As a result, Pliny's wor
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• African Philosophy
  ...content and methodology as primary. Let us start, however, by looking at ancient African philosophy. ...a written language: “thousands of Socrates could never have given birth to Greek philosophy... so thousands of philosophers without written works could neve
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• Atlantis
  '''Atlantis''' (in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] ...n ''Critias'' &mdash; would have made the strategy of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek civilization]] during their conflict with the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]
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• Yahweh
  ...r [[name]] of the [[God]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Israel ancient Israel]. He is also called El, [[literally]] "God," and Elohim, also meanin ...of_genesis#Chapter_.49 Genesis. 49:25]). Israelite religion, like Israel's language and culture, is a child of the Canaanite or West Semitic world.
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• Tarot
  The name ''Tarot de Marseille'' is not of particularly ancient vintage; it was coined at least as early as 1889 by the [[France|French]] o ...ns of the Tarot de Marseille, those suits are identified by their [[French language|French]] names of ''Bâtons'' (Rods, Staves, Sceptres, or Wands), ''Épées
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• Eastern philosophy
  ...often overlooked in many North American and European universities, just as ancient "Western" and monotheistic claims are also overlooked in the last few decad ...Lokayata or Lokyāta, was a materialist and atheist school of thought with ancient roots in India. It proposed a system of ethics based on rational thought. H
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• Intellectual History
  ...struction]], destablizes the relationship between language and objects the language refers to (scholarly sources [[Jean-François Lyotard|Lyotard]], [[Jacques ...o development of intellectual history has been the birth of scholarship in ancient China, the creation of [[Confucianism]] with its extensive exegesis of the
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• Salem
  ...a holy city for [[Judaism]] (Temple of [[Solomon]] and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and [[Judeah]]), [[Christianity]] ([[Christ]]’s crucif ...Genesis]] 14:18) Others cite the [[Amarna letters]], where the [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] name of the city appears as ''Urušalim'', a cognate of the Hebr
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• Automaton
  The word '''Automaton''' is derived from the Greek αὐτόματος,... automatos, “acting of one’s own will”. It is
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• Oral Tradition
  ...al [[musical composition|composition]]-in-performance. "The meaning of the Greek term 'rhapsodize', ''rhapsoidein'', 'to stitch song together' became ominou ...of scholars working in the separate linguistic fields (primarily [[Ancient Greek]], Anglo-Saxon and Serbo-Croatian). Perhaps more importantly, it would sti
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• Paul, the Apostle
  ...lled '''''Paul the Apostle''''', the Apostle Paul, or Saint Paul, (Ancient Greek: Σαούλ (Saul), Σαῦλος (Saulos), and Παῦλος (Paulos); Lat ...as ascribed to him in antiquity, was questioned even then, never having an ancient attribution, and in modern times is considered by most experts as not by Pa
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• Consciousness
  ...ppeared in Locke's works, but the word itself first appeared in the French language. ...ordinary condition of humanity 'waking sleep' an idea gleaned in part from ancient spiritual teachings such as those of [[gautama buddha|the Buddha]]. In each
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• The Book of Revelation
  ...calypse]] of John''', (literally, ''apocalypse of John''; [[Greek language|Greek]], Αποκαλυψις Ιωαννου, ''Apokalupsis Iōannou'') is the l ...lypse'' is often rendered as ''revelation'' and the literal meaning of the Greek word is "unveiling".) The former is found in [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and [[Cod
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• Books
  ...o the desire of humans to create lasting records. Stones could be the most ancient form of writing, but wood would be the first medium to take the guise of a ...uced media of variable quality, the best being used for sacred writing. In Ancient Egypt, papyrus was used for writing maybe as early as from First Dynasty, b
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• Prophecy
  ...eligious phenomena in various contexts on [[analogy]] with the activity of ancient Hebrew prophets and other figures who had a similarly pivotal role in found ===ANCIENT PROPHECY===
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• Nazareth
  ...logist at the venerated sites in Nazareth, unearthed quantities of later [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and [[Byzantine]] artefacts, (B. Bagatti, ''Excavations in Naz ...]], [[Babylonian]], [[Persian Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenist]]ic or Early [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times (see above), at least in the major excavations between 1
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