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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lucke, from Middle Dutch luc;  akin to Middle High German gelücke luck

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lucke, from Middle Dutch luc;  akin to Middle High German gelücke luck

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : a [[force]] that brings good fortune or [[adversity]]  

*1 a : a [[force]] that brings good fortune or [[adversity]]  

The term "luck" is pervasive in common [[speech]]. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the proscriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In a proscriptive sense, luck is the [[deterministic]] [[concept]] that there is a force which proscribes that certain [[events]] occur very much the way the [[laws]] of [[physics]] will proscribe that certain events occur. In a descriptive sense, luck is only a descriptive [[name]] we give to [[events]] after they occur which we find to be fortuitous.

The term "luck" is pervasive in common [[speech]]. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the proscriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In a proscriptive sense, luck is the [[deterministic]] [[concept]] that there is a force which proscribes that certain [[events]] occur very much the way the [[laws]] of [[physics]] will proscribe that certain events occur. In a descriptive sense, luck is only a descriptive [[name]] we give to [[events]] after they occur which we find to be fortuitous.

[[Cultural]] [[views]] of luck vary from [[perceiving]] luck as a matter of [[random]] [[chance]] to attributing to luck explanations of [[faith]] or [[superstition]]. For example, the Romans believed in the embodiment of luck as the Goddess [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna Fortuna], while the [[atheist]] and [[philosopher]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett Daniel Dennett] believes that "luck is mere luck" rather than a property of a [[person]] or [[thing]].

[[Cultural]] [[views]] of luck vary from [[perceiving]] luck as a matter of [[random]] [[chance]] to attributing to luck explanations of [[faith]] or [[superstition]]. For example, the Romans believed in the embodiment of luck as the Goddess [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna Fortuna], while the [[atheist]] and [[philosopher]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett Daniel Dennett] believes that "luck is mere luck" rather than a property of a [[person]] or [[thing]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Symbols Lucky Symbols] have widespread global appeal and are [[represented]] by [[human]], [[animal]], [[Plant|botanical]] and inanimate objects.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Symbols Lucky Symbols] have widespread global appeal and are [[represented]] by [[human]], [[animal]], [[Plant|botanical]] and inanimate objects.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck]

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]