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- or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in ... spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, also generate ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- magic and the occult, he also devoted much of his life to alchemy, divination ... Dee straddled the worlds of science and magic just as the two disciplines ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was also part of the team of physicists working ... Niels Bohr is one of the most important scientists from Denmark; he ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- A society is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by ... Beginning with the family, human life is one of interdependence and sharing ...31 KB (4,695 words) - 19:52, 8 November 2022
- by Greek thought, particularly that of Plato. Throughout her life ... on February 3, 1909 to an agnostic family of Jewish origin. Her father was ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- Members of the Bahá'í faith understand history as an evolving ... Fundamental to Bahá'í teachings is unity: the unity of God ...50 KB (7,571 words) - 05:42, 26 August 2023
- scientific circles, serving as the a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences ... from 1873-1912. He traced the influence of Hellenistic philosophy on early ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations from January ... not responding quickly enough in the face of tragedies like the genocide ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, ... Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, he was the sixth of the seven ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died ... Nazi regime reacted by ordering the arrest of all Catholics in Holland of ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ... Geopolitics attempts to explain international politics in terms of ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative ... Campbell's recognition of the universality of human stories allows ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 17:54, 6 May 2024
- pdf Iqbal and Goethe] Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India ... works, which include the Tarana-e-Hind (Song of India), Asrar-e-Khudi (Secrets ...34 KB (5,166 words) - 17:56, 10 November 2022
- 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine ... are gifted with the ability to innovate in science or in technology fail to ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished long novel The ... As a result of Musil's background, he is an instrumental figure ...18 KB (2,958 words) - 01:45, 16 December 2022
- is logically distinct both from early forms of animism, which personifies ... Neo-Pythagoreans and especially the Neo-Platonic school of Alexandria ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- community, and to build on his conception of the basic unity of mankind ... and between the Americas and the islands of the Pacific is historically ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional ... Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought, he ...45 KB (6,434 words) - 06:42, 15 April 2024
- Protestantism encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that ... churches, and the Restorationist movements of the late eighteenth and nineteenth ...23 KB (3,274 words) - 08:17, 2 December 2022
- Prussia. Quite generally regarded as one of history’s truly great thinkers ... the absolute, but speculative certainties of the continental rationalism ...48 KB (7,410 words) - 18:17, 23 January 2024
- Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – January 13, 1599) was an English poet ... than towards an uncertain future, than that of many of his contemporaries ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- people known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, propelling him ... A native of Nepal, Tenzing was born to a modest family there. His ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 03:46, 30 April 2023
- Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: A field ... " This phenomenon forms the basis of operation for electrical generators ...14 KB (1,902 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- States thereafter. He was a leading member of the Vienna Circle and probably ... *1938. "Logical Foundations of the Unity of Science," in ...27 KB (4,028 words) - 21:04, 21 December 2022
- two different languages and the practice of teaching children in their ... role in the world. With the advent of multicultural societies, and ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- The Dialectic (Greek: διαλεκτική) is a line of thought, ... is whether it over-emphasizes the role of conflict in development. In ...34 KB (5,249 words) - 10:22, 29 January 2024
- early nineteenth centuries. It developed out of the work of Immanuel Kant in ... sensible contents derived from the object of cognition and the a priori ...23 KB (3,260 words) - 07:38, 24 January 2023
- pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment that supports ... Montessori saw psychological development proceeding through a sequence ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- good, should be relocated in small groups of less than ten, in distances ... was known to point out admirable qualities of various disadvantaged people ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- he is sometimes called "the father of scientific management." ... #039;s views may be too naive in terms of the relationship between workers ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- and responsibility for our choices. The goal of Humanistic psychology is to ... The following five postulates form the foundation of Humanistic psychology ...22 KB (2,987 words) - 12:19, 4 February 2023
- In classical physics, free space, sometimes called the vacuum of free ... ==Properties of free space== Free space is characterized by the defined ...15 KB (2,209 words) - 19:32, 8 October 2022
- . Historically, alimony arose as a result of the indissoluble nature of ... and wives owed each other a similar duty of support. Accordingly, courts ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 00:40, 9 January 2023
- The question of the meaning of life is perhaps the most fundamental ... This question has resulted in a wide range of competing answers and ...50 KB (7,753 words) - 02:49, 9 November 2022
- balance between reason and religion in light of the philosophical developments ... Rosmini founded a religious order called the Institute of the Brethren ...24 KB (3,716 words) - 05:44, 11 August 2023
- movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence ... Fascists promote a type of national unity that is usually based on ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of France's greatest mathematicians ... family in the Cité Ducale neighborhood of Nancy, France. His father, ...40 KB (5,908 words) - 07:01, 22 January 2024
- Flowering plants or angiosperms are plants of the division Magnoliophyta ... as the primary means by which individuals of a species are dispersed across ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 15:42, 21 January 2023
- 1772 – September 27, 1833) was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, one of the ... movement that has given birth to a number of leaders of the Bengali social ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- eve 02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A community of interest gathers at Stonehenge ... preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions may be present ...25 KB (3,567 words) - 00:17, 8 January 2024
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- but known to his friends as Van, was one of the most influential American ... invited to attend the September 1939 Unity of Science Congress in Cambridge ...34 KB (5,037 words) - 15:37, 6 May 2023
- Creativity is a process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts ... and business. Unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative ...52 KB (7,713 words) - 06:21, 11 January 2024
- in Literature in 1934. Pirandello was one of the leading figures of modernity ... family in a village with the curious name of Caos (Chaos), a poor suburb ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 02:44, 5 November 2022
- ; Postal map spelling: Ngan-hui, Anhwei or An-hwei) is a province ... has a history that provides a cross section of China's history. The Yangtze ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- There are many physical constants in science. Some of the most widely ... * the speed of light in a vacuum c * the electric constant ε0, ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- educator, and social thinker. The founder of "anthroposophy," ... into Burgenland, Austria, in the foothills of the eastern Alps. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- developed by Edmund Husserl, to the field of ethics and established phenomenological ... his doctoral thesis, titled An Evaluation of the Possibility of Constructing ...14 KB (2,180 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon ... This form of religious activity is most commonly found within tribal ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- economy, focuses on understanding the role of human-made institutions in ... Behavioral economics is another hallmark of institutional economics ...34 KB (4,820 words) - 19:36, 5 March 2024
- Thomism is the philosophical school that followed in the legacy of ... , Pope Pius X cautioned that the teachings of the Catholic Church cannot ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 22:59, 30 April 2023
- a famous South Indian guru who has millions of followers around the world ... avatar (a "descent" or incarnation of God). His alleged miracles ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- Karl Jaspers (1883 - 1969) pioneered the idea of the Axial Age. According ... Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... the conditions for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- Most scholars consider him to be the founder of the tradition of Western Marxism ... . Lukács studied at the universities of Budapest and Berlin, receiving ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 06:56, 18 April 2024
- Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary ... She was the eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- English name for the former Federal Republic of Germany, from its founding ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- diverse explanations about the structure of the universe that open the ... special intention or plan for the appearance of humans in the universe, and ...36 KB (5,492 words) - 06:15, 31 July 2023
- "soul" denotes the inner essence of a being comprising its locus ... Throughout history, the belief in the existence of a soul has been ...34 KB (5,420 words) - 15:44, 14 July 2023
- , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- and critical theory that were outcomes of twentieth-century French philosophy ... it can be broadly understood as a body of distinct reactions to structuralism ...25 KB (3,653 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- Philosophy of history or historiosophy is an area of philosophy concerning ... A philosophy of history begins with a few basic assumptions. First ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... the second period spans the lifetimes of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- philosopher, and, for ten years, minister of state for the republic of Weimar. principle literary figure through a series of movements and upheavals in ...29 KB (4,522 words) - 07:15, 5 April 2024
- ==Evolution of the glyph== as the number represents. The Romans tired of writing 4 as IIII, but 3 continues ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- , dráō). The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors ... between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South Dakota. He became one ... not civil rights, should be the basis of the United States government ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- called the Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from ... The Edo period is known as the beginning of the early modern period ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- The Klamath are a Native American tribe of the Plateau culture area ... With the loss of their resources and federal support services, as ...18 KB (2,702 words) - 23:18, 3 March 2023
- [[Image:Triosephosphate isomerase.jpg|thumb|350px|Ribbon diagram of ... An enzyme is a biological catalyst that regulates the rate of a chemical ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 19:04, 13 February 2024
- politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- every prominent French intellectual of his day, including Raymond ... Kojeve's reading of Hegel was an anthropologizing one that emphasized ...23 KB (3,422 words) - 06:36, 20 July 2023
- Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy; it ... Baumgarten in 1735 to mean "the science of how things are known ...53 KB (8,177 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- |name = Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- history. For Freud it began as that part of the mind that contained our ... the collective unconscious, an accumulation of inherited experiences of all ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 ... for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander ... and Islamic philosophy. The beginning of "modern" philosophy ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 06:30, 12 August 2023
- and scientist who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, ... Safety from 1994. As the first female leader of the world's third largest ...49 KB (6,775 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- term broadly refers to the civilization of the Nile Valley between the ... Egyptian civilization had a bias towards unity, rather than towards ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Companion of Honour (CH), ... she shared Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews and dislike of Catholics ...36 KB (5,899 words) - 01:16, 11 November 2022
- ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum ... He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member ...54 KB (8,060 words) - 20:15, 8 December 2022
- command to save Noah, his family, and a pair of all animals from the Great ... take on board his family and representatives of all the animals and birds. ...50 KB (7,876 words) - 00:06, 5 March 2024
- that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch ... (pron. enkyklos paideia), literally 'the things of boys/child ...30 KB (4,429 words) - 15:48, 26 September 2023
- Critical theory is a term applied to a wide variety of critical approaches ... rejects the modernist assumptions of Western philosophy, including ...43 KB (6,032 words) - 06:26, 11 January 2024
- The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement based on ... One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 22, 1942) was one of the pioneers ... Boas was exposed to natural history. Of his work at the gymnasium, ...37 KB (5,468 words) - 05:16, 9 April 2024
- that utilizes the behavior and effects of electrons for the production ... to cover electronic engineering amongst some of the older (notably American ...28 KB (3,902 words) - 16:01, 13 February 2024
- or space habitation) is the concept of permanent, autonomous (self ... Many people think of space colonies on the Moon or Mars, but others ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- – July 1, 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People ... placed under house arrest in 1982, accused of plotting against Mugabe. Following ...18 KB (2,723 words) - 05:07, 7 May 2024
- than revelation—should form the basis of religion. In England and the ... In France, on the other hand, Deism in the person of Voltaire took ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 09:13, 28 January 2024
- reasoning cannot replace direct experience of God. He also mounted a strong ... Judah Ha-Levi is regarded as one of the greatest Hebrew poets. More ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He was ... Born in Kesswil, in the Swiss canton of Thurgau on July 26, 1875, ...31 KB (4,736 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- His work gave rise to a new generation of Muslim intellectuals and politicians ... Company. Personally affected by the turmoil of the Indian rebellion of 1857 ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- Norse: Jarizleifr) was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- Egyptian Christian after the bulk of the Egyptian population converted ... In modern usage, it is frequently applied to members of the Coptic ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- for their own existence. It is the sum total of a being's knowledge and ... Components of the self-concept include physical, psychological, and ...38 KB (5,604 words) - 20:14, 22 May 2023
- from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland—"Ashkenaz ... Although in the eleventh century they comprised only three percent ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- Rosicrucianism (meaning "Rose Cross") refers to a family ... The meetings of these societies were held in private and thus Rosicrucians ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
