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- by many philosophers and observers of philosophy to have been one ... While Lewis's best known and most controversial theory is that ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- scripture, the Rig Veda, contains hymns of praise to thirty-three different ... to "Father Sky," the chief god of the Indo-European pantheon ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- designed to describe the logical relations of modal notions. The list of ... The languages of modal logics usually extend preexisting logics, e ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- Democritus identified the real existence of the cosmos with infinite numbers ... All atoms are qualitatively homogeneous, different only in form, shape ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- refers to either (a) the content or meaning of a meaningful declarative sentence ... The existence of propositions in the former sense, as well as the ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 00:23, 2 December 2022
- who founded the field known as the history of ideas. As a professor of philosophy ... :*Leibniz believed that the best of all possible worlds would actualize ...10 KB (1,444 words) - 17:35, 16 August 2023
- A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction shorter in both length ... plural: “novelle”) meaning a tale; piece of news. Novellas as a literary ...11 KB (1,596 words) - 14:27, 20 July 2023
- taste. He won the Pulitzer Prize for two of them, The Consul (1950) and ... Much of the enduring popularity of Menotti's works derives from ...8 KB (1,169 words) - 01:44, 10 December 2022
- L. Kroeber with Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi tribe, (1911).]] was an influential figure in the development of modern American anthropology ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- where conflict occurs between groups of people, for a variety of reasons ... The history of conflict theory can be traced back to thinkers such ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- Causality is one of the central notions in our conception of the world ... As a number of philosophers (including Nicolas Malebranche and David ...23 KB (3,623 words) - 16:19, 3 December 2023
- and the Royal Geographic Expedition of 1977-1978, with more than 100 ... primary focus has shifted to the promotion of an awareness of the significance ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 17:58, 12 July 2023
- most important English composer and organist of his era. Taverner reflected ... Taverner was the first organist and Master of the Choristers at Christ ...5 KB (789 words) - 07:56, 3 August 2022
- Saint Alphege is the Latinate name of Ælfheah (954–19 April, 1012 ... After Alphege's martyrdom at the hands of Danish invaders, his ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- 1295.jpg|thumb|right|250px|City seal of Zwolle from 1295 with Saint ... as a reptile, and is reputed to be king of serpents. One of the most feared ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- in child development. Bronfenbrenner was one of the first psychologists to ... Bronfenbrenner emphasized the importance of the social environments ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- mathematician, astronomer, and physicist best known for his astronomical ... Born in The Hague, Christiaan Huygens was the second son of Constantijn ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- 1980) was a popular wildlife conservationist of the 1960s and an author, best ... as her own country, living on the shores of Lake Naivasha. It was with ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in ... As a renowned composer of Mass settings and Latin motets as well as ...6 KB (899 words) - 02:39, 5 November 2022
- and was known as the "Royal Church of St. Mary at Aachen" during ... The Cathedral of Aachen is one of the best-known architectural monuments ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- incorporeal energy force that is present in all living things but distinct ... thereof, such as the Holy Spirit. (The study of the Holy Spirit in Christian ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- Necromancy (Greek: νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form ... Necromancy is communing with the spirits of the dead, rather than the evil ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- In Kabbalah and European Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a spirit of ... another opportunity to do so in the form of a dybbuk. Dybbuks seek out ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- for dancers and stimulated a wave of creative experimentation in ... school and company, Denishawn, in 1915. One of her most famous pupils was ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- Revolutionary War began, and is seen as one of the first examples of African ... to her personal circumstances or to issues of race. Rather her poems are ...13 KB (1,993 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Glieseupdated.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Artist's impression ... Extraterrestrial life is the term used to define any form of life ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- people who originally lived in the valley of the Río Yaqui in the northern ... Spanish, defeating successive expeditions of conquistadores in battle. However ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Batu Khan (c. 1205 – 1255) was a Mongol ruler and the founder of ... use. Perhaps the most significant aspect of Batu Khan's legacy and ...14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:34, 14 February 2023
- She was involved in two of the most famous and well-received radio ... career were her two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 16 June 2023
- who held that we live in the “best of all possible worlds,” which Voltaire ... of Leibniz that this is the best of all possible worlds, we may even oppose ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 00:57, 18 November 2022
- known as H. G. Wells, was an English author of science fiction novels such ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- designed for the observation and study of objects and phenomena in outer ... are hampered by the filtering and distortion of electromagnetic radiation by ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- The Tree of Life is a universal symbol found in many religious traditions ... According to Genesis, partaking of the fruit of the Tree of Life would ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science ... district near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- and occultist. He is known for his system of mnemonics based on organized ... the Dominican priesthood and Italy in search of a stable academic position ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- and until the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.Nathaniel ... The 2003 Iraq War reduced the population of Iraqi Mandaeans to approximately ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- In the physical sciences, the weight of an object is a measurement ... Recognition of the difference between weight and mass is a relatively ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- The Count of Saint Germain (c. 1710–1784) was a mysterious gentleman ... music, and magic. He had no visible means of support, but no lack of resources ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- “from later”) refer primarily to species of propositional knowledge. A ... The historical source for contemporary understanding of the a priori ...11 KB (1,601 words) - 07:08, 13 June 2023
- is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building ... Although not as historical a London landmark as the Tower of London ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- flowing east through the eponymous plains of northern India into Bangladesh ... In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: "… The ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- (NGO). The organization has hundreds of branches internationally and ... The beginnings of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU ...28 KB (3,991 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- The concept of pluralism in philosophy indicates the belief that reality ... The term is also used in a wider sense in several fields of philosophy ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- from its opening Latin words, is a statement of Christian trinitarian doctrine ... other western churches, and is seen as one of the clearest creedal expressions ...10 KB (1,699 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- The question of being (Greek, τό ὄν, the present participle of ... Philosophers often suppose a certain sense of being as primary, and ...32 KB (4,866 words) - 10:28, 26 September 2023
- that is equipped to conduct observations of terrestrial events or celestial ... emissions, gamma ray bursts, and expansion of the universe. Volcano observatories ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods ... peoples. This mythological tradition, of which the Scandinavian (and ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male nature dieties ... refer a particular divine being and a race of related demigods, respectively ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ... work is less concerned with the importance of technological change and development ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
