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- Indra is the most important deity in ancient Vedic Hinduism and the ... for these epic battles between good and evil. In addition, in his ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- He denied the existence of objective truth and values, replaced reality with ... and unchanging criteria of truth, values, good and evil. ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- In an addendum to his book The Heart of Man: Its Genius For Good and ... *Fromm, E. 1964. The Heart of Man: its Genius for Good and Evil. ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- which flourished during the fourth and early third centuries B.C ... doctrine by distinguishing between greater and lesser pleasures, and by creating ...9 KB (1,293 words) - 06:55, 12 January 2024
- 303/302 B.C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher and follower of Confucianism who ... influence, as he was the primary proponent (and systematizer) of Confucian ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Sociology ... to the evil committed, and to define good and evil for the people to follow ...23 KB (3,563 words) - 18:12, 14 April 2023
- is a symbol fraught with mystery, intrigue, and meaning. It has been the symbol ... Pentagons have been used both to call forth evil and to ward it off. ...20 KB (3,104 words) - 07:21, 23 November 2022
- of Epicurus (c. 340–c. 270 B.C.E.), and was one of the most popular ... including The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, and his private letters ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- early development of medieval philosophy, and laid the foundation for future ... *Good and Evil (De bono et malo) *The Cloister of the Soul (De claustro ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- written in Ephesus about 90-110 C.E. and is more a sermon than a letter ... or authors who wrote the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- August 24, 1943) was a French philosopher and religious mystic. Although ... ===Childhood and school years=== Simone Weil was born in Paris on February ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- Richard Cumberland (1631 - 1718) was an English philosopher and bishop ... On Natural Laws), propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- action is caused by appearances of good and evil in much the same way ... Actions: The one by the Appearances of Good and Evil, the other by a Weight ...15 KB (2,350 words) - 05:24, 31 July 2023
- restoring the relationship between humanity and God. It arose among the monks ... or Conferences of the Egyptian Monks), and Vincent of Lerins (Commonitorium ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 17:49, 25 January 2023
- a Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and writer of the Silver Age of ... The early Christian church believed that he had known Saint Paul and ...18 KB (2,996 words) - 09:45, 26 January 2023
- and portray the ongoing battle between good and evil. Later, wayang was also ... plays usually portray a battle between good and evil, with good always winning ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- will, the ability to choose between good and evil. Although God expects ... fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Their sin was not caused ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- are "Euthyphro dilemma" by Plato and "Prisoner's dilemma ... must accept either A, or B;" here A and B would be propositions, each ...24 KB (3,799 words) - 15:21, 29 January 2024
- United States senator, vice president, and political philosopher from ... favoring war with Britain in 1812 and a vast program of internal ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- one of America's leading anti-war and anti-nuclear activists. Berrigan ... focus of his life's work in the peace and anti-war movements, to which ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... a spirit.jpg|right|300px|thumb|John Dee and Edward Kelley evoking a spirit: ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- that focused on identifying, characterizing, and combating witchcraft. It was ... remained a popular tome among both Catholic and Protestant witch-hunters, ...29 KB (4,393 words) - 10:59, 9 March 2023
- the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, and famous for several famous ... known alternatively as Tel Megiddo (Hebrew) and Tel al-Mutesellim (Arabic ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- the founder of Talmudic studies in France and Germany. He is also known ... Jews who became apostates under compulsion, and the prohibition of opening ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- paintings, rock carvings, grave markers, and stones positioned for religious ... immortal souls. Rudimentary beliefs in good and evil appeared, requiring gifted ...12 KB (1,829 words) - 11:25, 26 June 2022
- set aside to focus on repentance and concluding with the holiday ... sacred days of judgment, on which the good and evil deeds of every human ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Born in ... also a devoted husband to his wife Lillie and his two daughters. His talents ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- of genres, including science, music, poetry, and theology. He is also one of ... His method of documenting his sources—and always being critical of ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... can be found representing the powers of good and evil, the virtues and vices ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... on Namibia] Retrieved September 7, 2007. and, at the time of the arrival ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 03:58, 6 October 2022
- reached through virtue (aretê). Eudaimonia and aretê are two central concepts ... eudaimonia to be the highest human good, but they differ from one ...33 KB (5,174 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... There were also many lesser spirits, both good and evil. ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 18:12, 21 July 2023
- who initiates him to "knowledge of good and evil," and makes him ... "fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil" was a euphemism ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- disciple of Honen (1133-1212). Both Shinran and Honen saw the age they were ... are ten distinct sects of Jodo Shinshu, and in 2011 all ten schools commemorated ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- physical substance, involving both good and evil (depending on whether ... it is the aroused state, involving both good and evil. The two natures, however ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- "last, ultimate, end" and logy, teaching), simply translated ... religious consciousness, standards of good and evil were introduced which ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
- sees God at work in history seeking to guide and influence human decision-making ... a drama of the cosmic struggle between good and evil. The ultimate goal is ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- – August 22, 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analyzed ... His parents, Yakov Philippovich Propp and Anna-Elizaveta Fridrikhovna ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 23:03, 24 May 2023
- His writings such as The Confessions and The City of God display his ... asserted that the world is a mixture of good and evil, Augustine held that ...65 KB (10,156 words) - 11:55, 9 May 2024
- currently undisputed letters of Saint Paul and counted among the four letters ... humanity through the grace of Jesus Christ, and only by faith (not works) ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- American scholar, a professor of philosophy and prolific author. He taught ... research into a wide range of philosophical and religious arenas, including ...15 KB (2,047 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... as created by the conflict between good and evil, God or Satan. Cruel ...21 KB (2,860 words) - 21:27, 25 January 2024
- theology, derived from biblical exegesis and found in the Apostles' ... into Hell, as expressed in the Creeds, and, secondly, it includes the ...14 KB (2,171 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- influenced by the work of St. Augustine, and is primarily known for his ... we understand to be the cause of good and evil. Taken together with ...18 KB (2,772 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament ... hopeful passages, portraying God's love and mercy for His people and promising ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The Abenaki (or Abnaki) are a tribe of Native American and First Nations ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- Tov, was an eighteenth century Jewish mystic and the founder of Hasidic Judaism ... The title Baal Shem Tov is usually translated as "Master of the ...23 KB (3,822 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- this include its inclusion of pagan thought and the differences between its ... The work consists of a prologue and two main sections. The first main ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the pillars of the ... one of the major Sophists, argued that good and evil is a matter of interpretation ...30 KB (4,718 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- the tyrannical reign of Herod the Great and his sons as the result of ... by this identification is that both Gelasius and Origen refer to an incident ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 05:06, 18 August 2023
- pain, illness, disability, hunger, poverty, and death. Examples of mental ... is a constant inner struggle between good and evil inclinations, our higher ...35 KB (5,768 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- 323 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philospher and one of the founders of the ... says that his father was a money changer and defiled the coinage, another ...13 KB (2,126 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- to be one of the greatest English mystics and the first known female writer ... At the age of 30, suffering from a severe illness and believing she ...13 KB (2,141 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- ) and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia. Observances traditionally ... to remove bad fortune from the previous year and to prepare themselves and ...42 KB (6,591 words) - 16:45, 10 December 2023
- that led to the execution of 14 women and 6 men, in 1692, for charges ... Europe--particularly Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries--during ...24 KB (3,678 words) - 01:48, 23 December 2022
- a concept as grand as the existence of good and evil, is clearly also influenced ... would publish an epic on the subject of good and evil explicitly modeled on ...27 KB (4,256 words) - 03:00, 2 May 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... also appears in other East Asian cultures, and thus is also sometimes called ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... staple in the realms of legend, folklore, and fantasy. One of the most anthropomorphic ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- in the New Testament: Rev. 7:3-8; Rev. 14:1; and Rev. 14:3-5. These passages ... of an eschatological struggle between good and evil. Within this struggle ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 06:27, 13 June 2023
- twentieth century. Constructed as a question-and-answer session between Jesus ... The Dialogue of the Saviour teaches that the physical body and the ...17 KB (2,741 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- secrets of the Kabbalah) with in-depth Torah and Talmud scholarship. Like other ... was opposed both by more conservative Jews and by other Hasidic leaders who ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- November 5, 2008. Governments often define and regulate lobbying by organized ... to regulate the activities of lobbyists and prevent corruption and abuse ...27 KB (3,879 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- it is the rational study of the meaning and justification of fundamental ... A composite discipline and one of the many “philosophies of – ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- – March 10, 1940) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of the first half ... Ultimately, the novel deals with the interplay of good and evil, innocence ...18 KB (2,746 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- in Citium, Cyprus, he came to Athens and began to study under Crates ... be reached through indifference to pleasure and pain. He was also a utopian ...9 KB (1,466 words) - 05:48, 13 June 2023
- Saints Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, and Vincent of Lérins. It was ... is rarely used even in the Western Church and the attribution to Athanasius ...10 KB (1,699 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- | magnum_opus = Wise Blood, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, short stories ... of suspense, but to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character ...24 KB (3,778 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- "messenger") is a supernatural and ethereal being found in many ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- schools such as Samkhya, Nyaya, Vaisheshika and Purva mimamsa. Madhava explained ... Dvaita posited an anthropomorphic personal and independent God, Vishnu, who ...14 KB (2,041 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- administrative techniques (術, Shu), and laws (法, Fa). The ruler’s ... that seemed better able to solve the social and political problems accompanying ...13 KB (2,134 words) - 20:49, 21 January 2024
- of the ruling elite in Korea prior to 1945 and during the Republics period ... on education, teachers, family background, and city of origin, has been perpetuated ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He ... era was a time of great social change and increased social awareness ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... 28, 1960), was an American anthropologist and social theorist. He is best ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He was a key figure ... another into the hands of foreign powers, and governments rising and falling ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general ... ==Early life and career== Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall ...26 KB (4,136 words) - 21:11, 16 April 2023
- he founded, Pire's humanitarian and peace activities have benefited ... the Peace University to promote dialogue and fraternity. "Brotherly ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 23:54, 28 November 2022
- say that the distinction between appearance and reality is, and has always ... There are both common-sense and historically contingent sources of ...17 KB (2,610 words) - 15:53, 11 August 2023
- " "friendship," "good will," "kindness," ... "love," "sympathy," and "active interest ...28 KB (4,040 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- novelist, playwright, short story writer, and critic. He also penned several ... He felt the basic struggle between good and evil, the basic beliefs in ...28 KB (4,089 words) - 10:04, 31 December 2022
- was a British novelist, short story author, and screenwriter famous as a writer ... offbeat characters, inventive plots, and tender messages. Even posthumously ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- blends ritual, sacred traditional precepts, and rehearsed elements with creative ... of the universe, the nature of good and evil, and the lives of deities ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- other examples of figs include the banyans and the sacred fig (Peepul or Bo) tree. ... quot; from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Likewise, fig leaves ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- Divodās (meaning "divine man") and Sudās (meaning "good ... The Greek historians Q. Curtius Rufus (8,3) and Ptolemy (Geography: 6,10,2 ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- former Prisoner of Zion, Israeli politician and author. As a refusenik and dissident, he became a member of the Moscow Helsinki ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- Mani (c.216–274 A.D.) was an Iranian religious prophet and preacher ... Christianity through the polarities of good and evil and in the increasingly ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons ... about other topics. What exactly justice is, and what it demands of individuals ...34 KB (5,251 words) - 21:23, 4 October 2022
- the second son of Jungjong (중종 中宗), and his mother was Queen Munjeong ... An official system for training and selecting monks in both the ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- unit, determining factors for the process, and the overall nature of history ... His history of great men, of geniuses good and evil, sought to organize change ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... :This article is concerned with the inheritance of physical and monetary ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 17:02, 21 November 2020
- considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk was best known ... 'Mandrake the Magician' and 'The Phantom,' are ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- because of its frequent references to joy and rejoicing, the letter was ... but by sharing in Christ's suffering and "working out your own ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- calling them to repentance, faithfulness, and hope. Malachi is particularly ... a final battle between the forces of good and evil. By tying the Day of ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- was often discussed within ethical contexts and considered as a virtue. in the mythological Cretan tale of Daedalus and Icarus, in the inscription ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- the truth, giving up his worldly position, and became Buddha, he set up a ... In addition to pursuing their own spiritual advancement, Bhikkhu and ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- Choe's religious teaching, and the rebellion that many followers ... Choe wrote that good and evil in human affairs are the result of men ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
- 3, 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading ... Rudyard Kipling, Vladimir Nabokov, and others. R.H.W. Dillard, Introduction ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- Arthur Garfield Hays (1881-1954) was most well known for his work ... depicted the trial as one between good and evil, between truth and ignorance ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Religion ... the first talking board to receive a patent and the first to be commercially ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- the cost of the epic struggle between good and evil that took place during ... In addition to the perspective Timrod offers to historians and those ...9 KB (1,541 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- most of Armenia was lost to the Roman Empire and Emperor Marcus Aurelius Carus ... humanity that the struggle between good and evil is real. Bahram II had ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
