Search results for "The Middle Way (book)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A solstice is an astronomical event that occurs twice a year, when ... The term solstice can also be used in a wider sense, as the date ...25 KB (3,968 words) - 19:48, 28 August 2023
- :This article is concerned with the methodology of iconography, principally ... Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- greater spirituality. Many ascetics believe the action of purifying the body ... The term "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek word askēsis ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to ... His main focus as Prime Minister was on the economy, but in the end ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 09:22, 19 January 2024
- biographer, and essayist. He was a Middle Platonist and was known to ... Among his approximately 227 works, the most important are the Bioi ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- The general will, (French, volonté generale) first enunciated by ... laws and decisions intended to ensure the common good. General will ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
- ; 305 B.C.E. - 240 B.C.E.) was the representative thinker of the School ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, he took the name Paracelsus later in life ... to medicine been recognized. He pioneered the use of chemistry in medicine ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 07:39, 18 November 2022
- The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Order of the British Empire (January 3, ... Tolkien used fantasy in the same way fabulists have used folk and ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- truth, a devout optimist who was saddened by the oppressive state of the world ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period, known for his ... Saadia was born in Dilaz, in upper Egypt in 882 c.e.. The name "Saadia ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem), meaning "earth") ... Disciplines within chemistry are traditionally grouped by the type ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- 25, 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly ... Norris was particularly influenced by the optimistic thread of Darwinist ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 05:06, 9 April 2024
- American physicist who conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and ... Szilárd was born in Budapest at the time of the Austro-Hungarian ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- , literally "Pure") refers to the collective body of all ... Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa to inspire the Sikh community ...20 KB (3,030 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- [[Image:Jan de Bray 002.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Governors of the ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- process that creates money and enables the expansion of an economy. It ... as deposits in reserve, often 10 percent. The borrower can use the new money ...40 KB (6,064 words) - 16:22, 18 June 2023
- The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...23 KB (3,516 words) - 18:36, 30 April 2023
