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• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Philosophy.jpg|right|frame]] ...ilosophy reference shelf. Lauded for its clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging philosophical subjects, the Encyclopedia has earned its place
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• Philosopher's Index
  ...erial on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. (UP TO 4 SIMULTANEOUS USERS) [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Linguistics
  ...ambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521559676 Cambridge Ency. of Language]</center><center>by [[David Crystal]]</center>]] ...]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[phone]]s), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced an
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• Meaning
  *1. Present participle of mean. ...mbolic value of something. b. The significance of a thing, as "the meaning of life"
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• JSTOR
  Archived collection of electronic journals. ...ography, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Statistics.
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• Semantics
  *1 : the [[study]] of [[meanings]]: ...cal]] [[study]] and the classification of [[changes]] in the signification of [[words]] or [[forms]] viewed as factors in [[linguistic]] [[development]]
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• Intellect
  ...an of training and [[culture]] who cares little for the ordinary pleasures of sense. ...o grasp a situation. (the word as a synonym for "news" is journalese) In [[philosophy]] the "intellect" is contrasted with the senses and the will; it sifts and
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• Context
  ...t, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of [[Context]], follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Categor
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• Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
  ...com.catalog.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t179 '''''Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages'''''] ...ristendom]], the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of [[Islam]] and people of other cultures with whom Europeans came into contact.
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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 ...],(one of the nine daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]]) being the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence.
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• Language of birds-guenon
  ...superior stages, which is, as a rule, the essential and primordial purpose of every rite" (Guenon, "La Langue des oiseaux," p. 670). Danielou 4, fn. 9 [h [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  ...og.sewanee.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t214 '''''The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'''''] ...ry]], [[religion]], folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, [[philosophy]], and popular [[culture]].
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• Prose
  ...straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro- forward + vertere to turn *1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]
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• Cosmic
  ...g "order, orderly arrangement, ornaments," and is the antithetical concept of [[chaos]]. The word [[cosmetics]] originates from the same root. == Philosophy ==
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• Encyclopedia of Anthropology
  ...]]s, cross-cultural studies, social theories, and the [[value]] of human [[language]] for [[symbol]]ic [[communication]].
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• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  ...ilm, [[Religion]], [[Theater]]. One of five databases that make up the Web of Science.
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• Concepts
  ...ent of a [[sentence]]. Unlike [[perception]]s, which are particular images of individual objects, concepts cannot be visualized. Because they are not the <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Thought]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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• Proposition
  *2 a : an [[expression]] in [[language]] or signs of something that can be believed, doubted, or denied or is either [[true]] or :b : the objective [[meaning]] of a proposition
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• ARTFL Project
  ...ude [[literary criticism]], [[biology]], [[history]], [[economics]], and [[philosophy]]. ...the Social Sciences, and Electronic Text Services (ETS) of the University of Chicago.
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• Oxford Companion to the Mind
  ...in scanning, and artificial intelligence — with contributions from a range of specialists. In all, there are over 300 contributors from the world's leadi
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• Jacques Derrida
  ...alism] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_philosophy postmodern philosophy]. ...Derrida was said to "leave behind a legacy of himself as the 'originator' of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction]."
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• Contemporary Philosophy
  ..., and logical problems, '''20th-century philosophy''' was set for a series of attempts variously to reform, preserve, alter, abolish, previously conceive ...tive linguistics]], rich [[literature|literary]] output, and the emergence of the [[Film|motion picture]] as an art form greatly enriched philosophical s
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• Rhetoric
  ...the art of persuasion, and many other things related to the application of language. ...ffering purposes, and varied widely in what it included. And yet, for most of its history it has maintained its fundamental [[character]] as a [[discipli
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• Enlighten
  Possibly inlighten (14th c.: see sense 4) was a secondary form of inlight <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Enlightenment''''', follow '''''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.
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• Statement
  :b : a report of [[facts]] or opinions *2 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of stating or presenting [[orally]] or on [[paper]]
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• 0:13 Acknowledgement
  ...o be presented. We may resort to pure [[revelation]] only when the concept of presentation has had no adequate previous [[expression]] by the human mind. ...rawing upon our own superior knowledge of the [[reality]] and [[divinity]] of the Paradise Deities and their [[transcendent]] [[Havona|residential univer
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• 103:1 Philosophy of Religion
  ...[[unique]] and wholly [[different]] from the [[religious]] [[philosophy]] of all other [[human being]]s. ...igious]] [[experience]] touching the matters concerned in their similarity of philosophic religious [[interpretation]].
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• German Philosophy
  ...osophy|analytic]] and [[continental philosophy|continental]] traditions in philosophy for centuries, from [[Leibniz]] through [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]], [[G.W.F. He ...ce, but nothing else, but we can never know the world from the “standpoint of nowhere” and therefore we can never know the world in its entirety, neith
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• Quiescent
  [[Latin]] quiescent-, quiescens, present participle of quiescere to become quiet, rest, from quies ...is a [[Latin]]-derived [[English]] language noun referring to a [[state]] of [[being]] quiet, still, at rest, dormant, inactive. Its adjectival form is
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• Systems Theory
  ...ted in other fields, such as in the structural functionalist [[sociology]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talcott_Parsons Talcott Parsons] and Niklas ...bniz Leibniz] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Cusa Nicholas of Cusa's] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Docta_Ignorantia coincidentia opp
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• Secondary Corpus
  ...h the [[language]]s, [[literature]], [[history]], [[art]], and all aspects of the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world. The study of the Universe integrating [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].
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• Transcripts
  ...he [[proceedings]] of a [[court]] hearing. It can also mean the conversion of a written [[source]] into another [[medium]], such as scanning books and ma ...ound]]s of [[human]] [[speech]] to special written [[symbols]] using a set of exact [[rule]]s, so that these sounds can be reproduced later.''
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• Truth
  <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Truth]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title *2: a (1) : the state of [[being]] the case : [[fact]] (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : [[actuality]] (3) often capitalized : a
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• Macrocosm and Microcosm
  ...y. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. ...and &#x03bc;&#x03b9;&#x03ba;&#x03c1;&#x03bf;- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|&#x03ba
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• Etymology
  ...word. For example, [[Latin]] candidus, which means "white", is the etymon of English candid. ...tracing it and its cognates to a common [[ancestral]] form in an ancestral language.
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• Abstraction
  ...ommunicate]] their solutions with the computer in some particular computer language. ...might be specified to six levels, as in Douglas Hofstadter's illustration of that ambiguity, with a progression from abstract to concrete in Gödel, Esc
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• 121:6 The Hebrew Religion
  ...ern and Western schools] of [[Hebrew]] thought, [[Jerusalem]] and the rest of the [[Occident]] and the [[Levant]] in general adopted the Western Jewish o ...[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s Christian [[cult]] toward [[the West]] instead of toward [[the East]].
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• Transcendental
  ...[Ancient Philosophy]], one in [[Medieval Philosophy]], and one in [[Modern Philosophy]]. ...non-material self-consciousness that is outside of the world. Philosophies of [[immanence]] such as [[stoicism]], [[Spinoza]], [[Deleuze]] or ''[[panthei
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• Universal
  ...ture]], could be considered as universal. The 1948 [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] is inspired by such principles. ...rious domains of application, relativism does not necessarily apply to all of them.
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• Chastity
  ...] "[[pure]]". The words entered the [[English]] language around the middle of the 13th century; at that time they meant slightly [[different]] [[things]] *1 : the [[quality]] or [[state]] of being chaste: as
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• Semiotics
  ...[[individual]]ly and grouped into sign [[system]]s. It includes the study of how [[meaning]] is constructed and understood. ...by the [[Vienna Circle]] and presented in their International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, in which the [[author]]s agreed on breaking the field, whi
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• Error
  ...of the [[Latin]] word error is "wandering" or "straying". To the contrary of an [[illusion]], an error or a mistake can sometimes be dispelled through [ <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Error''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cat
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• Presence
  # The [[fact]] or condition of being present. # The part of [[space]] within one's immediate vicinity.
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• Classics
  ...tudy in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...he eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Western Philosophy
  ...[[Eastern philosophy|Eastern or Oriental philosophies]] and the varieties of indigenous philosophies. ...versal]] [[knowledge]] claims in [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[natural philosophy]], [[music]], and many other subjects as indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Ari
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• Worship
  ...r what [[Sociology|sociologists]] call a ''[[cult|cultus]]'', the [[body]] of [[practice]]s and [[tradition]]s that correspond to a [[religion]]. ...uildings specially constructed for the [[purpose]], referred to as a place of worship. Most religions place an emphasis on regular worship and many organ
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• Entity
  ...rom Latin ent-, ens [[existing]] [[thing]], from coined present participle of esse (see Essence) to be :b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its [[attribute]]s
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• Connotation
  *1 a : the suggesting of a [[meaning]] by a [[word]] apart from the [[thing]] it explicitly names or ...thing suggested by a [[word]] or [[thing]] : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
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• The Arts
  ...tistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''the Arts''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• 121:1 The Occident of the First Century After Christ
  ...circumstances were further enhanced by the [[tolerant]] [[political]] rule of the [[Mediterranean]] world by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident# ...religious]] culture a [[Hebrew]] of the Hebrews, proclaimed the [[gospel]] of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the [[Greek]] tongue, while he himself was a [[Roma
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• Patriotism
  ...sm. Among the ancient Greeks, patriotism consisted of notions concerning [[language]], [[religious]] [[traditions]], [[ethics]], [[law]], and [[devotion]] to t ...greater than heaven), which greatly lays the foundation for consciousness of patriotism for Hindus.[7]
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• Art
  ...tistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Conscience
  ...onsciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be [[conscious]] of [[guilt]], from com- + scire to know ...own [[conduct]], [[intentions]], or [[character]] together with a feeling of [[obligation]] to do right or be [[good]]
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• Colonialism
  ...y colonies] in one territory by people from another territory. It is a set of unequal [[relationships]] between the colonial power and the colony and bet ...e gave up mercantilism and trade restrictions and introduced the principle of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade free trade], with few restriction
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• Theory
  ...] and even dispute across academic [[disciplines]] as to the proper usages of the term. What follows is an attempt to describe how the term is used, not ...used, and it would be a mistake to assume from the outset that a given use of the term "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]
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• Figure of Speech
  ...[[ambiguity]] between literal and figurative [[interpretation]]. A figure of speech is sometimes called a [[rhetoric]] or a locution. ...g have a concept of "literal language". Under theories that do not, figure of speech is not an entirely coherent concept.
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• Analysis
  ...surprising to their contemporaries. See for example NEWTON AND THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS [https://etext.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv3-48]. ...ytical [[chemistry]], to examine material samples to gain an understanding of their chemical composition
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• Difference
  ...rance'' then played a key role in Derrida's engagement with the philosophy of [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and [[Phenomena]]''. The term was then elabo ...Thus, meaning is forever "deferred" or postponed through an endless chain of signifiers. The second (relating to difference, sometimes referred to as ''
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• The Enlightenment
  ...r simply The Enlightenment, is a term used to describe a time in Western [[philosophy]] and cultural life, centered upon the eighteenth century, in which [[reaso ...e Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and the Polish-Lithuanian Constitution of May 3, 1791, were motivated by "Enlightenment" principles.
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• 195:2 The Roman Influence
  ...reek]] [[culture]], putting [[representative]] [[government]] in the place of government by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens lot]. ...ttle for either [[art]] or [[religion]], but he was unusually [[tolerant]] of both.
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• Mantras
  ...hout various [[spiritual]] [[movements]] which are based on, or off-shoots of, the practices in the earlier Eastern traditions and religions. ...focus]]ing the mind on a spiritual [[idea]], such as "I am a manifestation of [[divine]] [[consciousness]]".
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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]] it is in us
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• Common sense
  ...], in which the various impressions received were reduced to the [[unity]] of a common [[consciousness]]. Obs. ...h or insane.) Formerly also in pl., in phr. besides his common senses: out of his senses or wits, ‘beside himself’.
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• 71:8 The Character of Statehood
  ...ess, [[economic]] [[wisdom]], social cleverness, and [[moral]] [[stamina]] of a people are all [[faithfully]] reflected in statehood. 71:8.2 The [[evolution]] of statehood entails [[progress]] from level to level, as follows:
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• Federation
  ...utionally]] entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral [[decision]] of the central government. ...ate. The government of Germany with sixteen federated Länder is an example of a federation, whereas neighboring Austria and its Bundesländer was a [http
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• Worldview
  *1: a comprehensive [[conception]] or apprehension of the world especially from a specific [[standpoint]] ...s to a wide world [[perception]]. Additionally, it refers to the framework of [[ideas]] and [[beliefs]] through which an individual, group or culture [[i
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• 55:5 The Acme of Material Development
  ...[[spiritual]] [[development]] which characterize these advanced [[epochs]] of [[evolution]] on a sinless [[sphere]]. ...nt]]. On these [[cultured]] worlds, gone are the idleness and [[friction]] of the earlier [[primitive]] ages. [[Poverty]] and [[social]] inequality have
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• Genre
  ...rary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. ...are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.
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• Plausible
  ...in]] plausibilis [[worthy]] of [[applause]], from plausus, past participle of plaudere *3: [[appearing]] [[worthy]] of [[belief]] <the [[argument]] was both powerful and plausible>
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• 55:3 The Golden Ages
  ...lm—could you be suddenly [[transported]] to a [[planet]] in this [[stage]] of [[development]]—as [[heaven]] on [[earth]]. ...ker—and all able-bodied [[citizens]] worked at something—paid ten per cent of his [[income]] or increase to the [[public]] treasury, and it was disbursed
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• Tradition
  ...ding over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the [[English]] language: ...to the next, often [[oral]]ly. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements.
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• Conation
  [[Latin]] ''conation''-, ''conatio'' [[act]] of attempting, from ''conari'' to attempt <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Conation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• Pataphysics
  ...s often expressed in [[nonsense|nonsensical]] [[language]]. A practitioner of 'pataphysics is a '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>pataphysician''' or a '''<nowiki>'</ ...). [[Raymond Queneau]] has described 'pataphysics as resting "on the truth of contradictions and exceptions."
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• 44:2 The Heavenly Reproducers
  ...he category of the [[activities]] which have hardly "entered into the mind of man,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_ 44:2.2 There are [[seven]] [[groups]] of the heavenly reproducers, and I will attempt to [[illustrate]] their [[work
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• African Philosophy
  ...f-absorbed, it can nevertheless provide useful insights into the nature of philosophy in general. ...can philosophy is any philosophy done by Africans (or sometimes, by people of African descent).
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• Continuum
  ...nuum rather than as separate entities. A [[spectrum]] in [[physics]] (e.g. of light) is often termed either a 'continuous spectrum' (energy at all wavele In [[psychology]], theories of mental [[phenomena]] can propose discrete differences between [[individual]
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• 99:1 Religion and Social Reconstruction
  ...nnium]]. The [[human]] race must become [[reconciled]] to a [[procession]] of [[changes]], [[adjustments]], and readjustments. [[Mankind]] is on the marc ...and [[spiritual]] [[progression]] functioning [[dynamically]] in the midst of these ever-changing conditions and never-ending [[economic]] [[adjustments]
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• Scripture
  ...ven to mythological and ritual texts from ancient religions, where records of their authority (or heresy) have not survived. <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of the '''''[[Bible]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?t
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• Theatre
  ...stage where actors use props staging plays. [[Musical theatre]] is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance routines, and spoken dialogue. Howeve ...cial change. The Catholic church took advantage of the entertainment value of theatre to create [[passion plays]], [[mystery plays]], and [[morality play
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• Gesture
  ...ge by some ethnic [[groups]] is more common than in others, and the amount of such gesturing that is considered culturally acceptable varies from one loc ==Studies of gesture==
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• 2011-02-08-More Qeustions Than Answers
  ...nufacturer made “fake” ones; wouldn’t you say that was untrue? If a branch of Christianity or Islam for example said only they offered a route to the rea
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• Subversion
  *1: the act of subverting : the state of being subverted; especially : a [[systematic]] attempt to overthrow or unde *2: obsolete : a [[cause]] of overthrow or destruction
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• Paradox
  A '''paradox''' is a true statement or group of statements that appears as a contradiction or a situation which defies [[in ...derlying known paradoxes has led to significant advances in [[science]], [[philosophy]] and [[mathematics]]. But many paradoxes, such as [[Curry's paradox]], do
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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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• Skepticism
  ...bjectivity of moral values, (d) the limitations of knowledge, (e) a method of intellectual caution and suspended judgment. ...]]''', is the philosophical position that one should avoid the postulation of final truths. Turned on itself, skepticism would question that skepticism i
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• Sophism
  ...someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of [[teachers]] of [[philosophy]] and [[rhetoric]]. ...meaning]] "wise-ist, one who does wisdom, one who makes a [[business]] out of wisdom" and σοφός, sophós means "wise man".
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• Neurosis
  ...to be used in contemporary [[theoretical]] writing in [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]]. .../wiki/Psychosis psychosis], does not result in disturbance of the use of [[language]], and is accompanied by various [[physical]], [[physiological]], and menta
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• History of Ideas
  ...iversities across the world provide courses in this field, usually as part of a graduate program. ...eas Club'' at [[Johns Hopkins University]], where he worked as a professor of history from 1910 to 1939.
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• Magnanimity
  ...urageous]] [[spirit]] <the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers — Joseph Addison> *2: showing or suggesting [[nobility]] of [[feeling]] and [[generosity]] of [[mind]] <too [[sincere]] for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment
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• 1:7 Spiritual Value of the Personality Concept
  ...eit this personal communion may be greatly facilitated by the [[presence]] of just such an impersonal [[entity]] as the [[Thought Adjuster]]. 1:7.2 [[Man]] does not achieve [[Fusion|union]] with [[God]] as a drop of water might find [[unity]] with the ocean. Man attains [https://nordan.dayn
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• Other
  *1a : being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included <held on with one hand and waved wit ...ept]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy continental philosophy]; it [[opposes]] the Same. The Other refers, or attempts to refer, to that
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• Knowledge Representation
  ...ce knowledge is used to achieve intelligent behavior, the fundamental goal of knowledge representation is to represent knowledge in a manner as to facili * What is the nature of knowledge and how do we represent it?
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• Literary theory
  ...ding texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. .... By this measure, literary theory can be thought of as the general theory of interpretation.
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• Design
  .... More recently, processes (in general) have also been treated as products of design, giving new [[meaning]] to the term "process design". ...s a designer to consider the aesthetic, functional, and many other aspects of an object or a process, which usually requires considerable [[research]], [
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• Dialogue
  ...for accessing the [[intelligence]] and coordinated [[power]] of [[groups]] of people.[https://trinitize.blogspot.com/2007/07/dialogue.html] ...entities]]. The [[Etymology|etymological]] origins of the word (in [[Greek language|Greek]] διά (diá,through) + λόγος (logos,word,speech) concepts lik
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• 195:7 The Vulnerability of Materialism
  ...o the destruction of [[superstition]] rather than attempting the overthrow of [[religious]] [[faith]]—[[human]] [[belief]] in [[spiritual]] [[realities ...] and wholly [[intellectual]], it is utterly useless in the [[evaluation]] of [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and [[religious]] [[experiences]].
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• Hermeneutics
  ...resuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Interpretation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?
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• Christian philosophy
  ...eologians attempted to demonstrate to the religious authorities that Greek philosophy and Christian faith were, in fact, compatible methods for arriving at divin ==Reconciling Christianity with philosophy==
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• Intention
  ...rical Standpoint''. Brentano defined intentionality as one characteristic of "mental phenomena", by which they could be distinguished from "physical [[p <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Intention''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• Metaphor
  [[Image:The-metaphor-of-the-palm-treelgr.jpg|right|frame|<center>[https://www.moleiro.com/miniatura ...cit attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first. This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in
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