Search results for "Human figure" - New World Encyclopedia
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- situated in the vestibulum in the inner ear (Figure 1). As our movements consist of rotations and translations, the vestibular system comprises ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
- god in the Old Testament associated with human sacrifice. Some scholars ... else as a man with the head of a bull. The figure of Moloch has been an object ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- humankind after Prometheus stole fire for human use. Pandora held a box ... imprisoned in the jar, does this mean that human existence is utterly hopeless ...20 KB (3,287 words) - 06:35, 18 November 2022
- ) (January 20, 1948 - ) is a notable former Soviet dissident, human ... be used to legitimize their demands for human rights. Sharansky was imprisoned ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- we have not well understood in ourselves as human beings. ... were depicted as having the head of a human being, similar to gorgons ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- figura liber (“On the Monad, Number, and Figure,” 1591) Giordano Bruno ... Leibniz posited that human souls were a special kind of monad, termed ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- numerous well-preserved paintings and other human evidence as well as fossilized ... |left|250px|The Chauvet Cave contains the oldest human footprint that ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- anatomy, cytology, histology, and human anatomy. Comparative anatomy ... "quintessence," and that three human souls--vegetative, animal ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 19:02, 26 July 2023
- positive commercial value, nor do they figure strongly in Aboriginal mythology; ... including some very large wombats. Human activities may be largely ...14 KB (2,097 words) - 23:26, 17 May 2023
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities ... In early polytheistic religions human qualities and emotions—including ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- behavior, although simpler than that of human beings, nonetheless contains ... of Vienna, where his uncle taught human physiology. His uncle noticed ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 10:47, 28 February 2023
- all world cultures, a trickster is a figure who plays tricks or otherwise ... not necessarily a supernatural or divine figure. He or she is usually depicted ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- philosophers, he recognized that human beings had different qualities ... body itself, such as mass, extension, figure and motion; while “secondary” ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 08:10, 20 September 2023
- had established a reputation as a major figure in French musical circles ... the instrument, but he was a pioneering figure in developing new and inventive ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- before World War I and a principal figure in the history of the Internationalist ... influence, he has been considered a lesser figure to his contemporaries in ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 10:45, 28 February 2023
- new religions. He is a deeply respected figure by the followers of many ... He first appears in the Hebrew Bible as a figure who challenged the idolatrous ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- Arachnids are named after the mythological figure Arachne. ... ==Arachnids in human culture== Arachnids since ancient times have captured ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 02:13, 9 January 2023
- Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. The father ... he was one of the founders of the Moscow Human Rights Committee and came ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- lore of Norse mythology, like virtually all human history itself, is violent ... As a figure in the Norse mythic corpus, Völund belonged to a complex ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- music was, "a gift from God, not a human gift." Luther's ... for a short period, usually until the next figure is encountered. ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- humanity) manifested itself variously in human relationships, becoming filial ... but the prominent politician and literary figure, Fan Zhongyan ( 范仲淹 ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 01:17, 4 December 2023
- protect the ancient creations from modern human encroachment. the Nazca Lines reflect the creativity of human beings, both in their design ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- Best known for his four-volume work Studies in Human Time, Poulet ... author to the author's generic human experience”. Sarah N. Lawall ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 01:13, 29 November 2022
- Two Men Standing, Man, and Seated Figure (Classic Male), while simultaneously ... more related to landscape than to the human figure. These paintings, such ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:38, 6 May 2023
- not just the physiological capabilities of human eyes and brain, but the complexity ... the investigation further into the realm of human thinking. A typical example ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 01:04, 9 November 2022
- in meditational visualizations, of a human figure manifesting all of the ... From the Pali canon emerges the view that Buddha was human, endowed ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- Normandy seacoast—the reappearance of the human figure. He painted many still life subjects during this time, maintaining his emphasis on structure ...6 KB (896 words) - 18:10, 26 August 2021
- essential to improvement of behavior and human relationships. Their basic ... finest contribution to the betterment of human society. ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 21:05, 21 December 2022
- who introduced and developed the field of human ecology. Park began his career ... During his lifetime, Park became a well-known figure both within and ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 05:02, 15 December 2022
- revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National ... after the suppression of the uprising. The figure ranges from around 3,000 ...16 KB (2,460 words) - 20:16, 13 December 2023
- from their point of origin to more distant human societies. that African culture was as significant in human history as that of other ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- was a German psychologist. He was a key figure, together with Max Wertheimer ... argued that his chimpanzee subjects, like human beings, were capable of insight ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 23:20, 17 May 2023
- the obvious experiences of the dying human). There is a third type of ... response to each scenario, God is able to figure all consequences from what ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
- The crucifix is a reminder of the trials and tribulations that human ... Jesus Christ will be shown hereafter in His human form in images so that we ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- She became the most important religious figure of her day, and her evocative ... 98). To Inanna she assigns wide powers in human affairs: ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- author, Erewhon made Butler a well-known figure, more because of this speculation ... The Machines, in which Butler compared human evolution to machine evolution ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- showing a detailed, twisted, and bloody figure of Christ on the cross in ... and became something of a cult figure, with the angst-laden expressionism ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- with the idea of the Savior as reminder to human beings of their bond with ... King also argues in favor of naming Mary Magdalene as the central ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- findings there include stone replicas of human phalluses approximately two ... simultaneously its phases as divine and human, thus allowing them to overcome ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- will of the gods than of inherent human limitations. Prefiguring ... that violate the divine order, yet heroic figure surmounts obstacles and injustice ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- from events in the life of a historical figure. An account ascribed by the ... him to become viewed as the god of "human time," including calendars ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- to relate it to other activities of the human mind. Influenced by Ernst ... her life completing a massive study of the human mind entitled, Mind: An Essay ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- Human beings have an attraction to sweet items: desserts, fruits, ... of the way in which the application of human creativity can lead to positive ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 00:18, 22 August 2022
- in myth as an intelligent and cunning figure who had sympathy for humanity; ... is credited with the creation of human-beings "in godlike image ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Stewart and Reid insisted that human knowledge of particular causes ... Stewart proposed that the human psychology could be studied, not in ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- was an essential and undeniable aspect of human nature and that benevolence ... characterizing it as beyond the sphere of human intellect and therefore incomprehensible ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 17:47, 6 May 2024
- the government for failing to implement human rights provisions of a number ... and Nelson Mandela. He became a leading figure in the Velvet Revolution ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- nonetheless provided a positive image of human society and social action ... in 1932, who became a distinguished figure in the philosophy of mathematics. ...14 KB (1,904 words) - 21:04, 13 November 2020
- for creativity that are to be found in human nature. ==History of the ... naval officers and recruits; the authority figure was perceived to be less ...7 KB (1,155 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
