Search results for "Human figure" - New World Encyclopedia
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- forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother ... are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically mother-and ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
