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• 98:2 Greek Philosophic Thought
  ...tional religion], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians gods of Olympus] having lost their hold upon the better [[minds]]. ...[[philosophy]] and [[metaphysics]]. They turned from the [[contemplation]] of [[self]]-[[preservation]]—[[salvation]]—to [[self-realization]] and sel
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• 44:2 The Heavenly Reproducers
  ...he category of the [[activities]] which have hardly "entered into the mind of man,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_ 44:2.2 There are [[seven]] [[groups]] of the heavenly reproducers, and I will attempt to [[illustrate]] their [[work
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• 103:9 The Essence of Religion
  ...philosophic [[content]] of [[religion]], the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of [[personal]] religion remains [[genuine]] and valid. ...he main, but not altogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, b
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• Landon Garland
  ...dolph-Macon College. In 1854, he was elected president of the [[University of Alabama]]. ...accepted the chair of [[philosophy]] and [[astronomy]] at the [[University of Mississippi]] in 1867. It was here that McTyeire, now a Methodist bishop,
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• Linear
  ...the function is continuous, it becomes useless to establish the condition of homogeneity as an additional axiom. ...trictive definition of linear function, not coinciding with the definition of linear map, is used in elementary mathematics.
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• Law
  ...f a sanction". Regardless of how it functions, it is a central institution of progressive society. ...law]] and more have long lasting effects on the cultural wealth of groups of people.
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• Conscience
  ...onsciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be [[conscious]] of [[guilt]], from com- + scire to know ...own [[conduct]], [[intentions]], or [[character]] together with a feeling of [[obligation]] to do right or be [[good]]
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• Universal
  ...ture]], could be considered as universal. The 1948 [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] is inspired by such principles. ...rious domains of application, relativism does not necessarily apply to all of them.
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• 98:4 The Mystery Cults
  ...ation]]—[[religious]] [[Comfort|consolation]] for today and [[assurances]] of [[hope]] for [[immortality]] after [[death]]. *1. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_language Phrygian] [[cult]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele Cybele] and her son [https://en.wikip
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• Infinite
  ...ct concepts (usually linked to the idea of "without end") which arise in [[philosophy]], [[mathematics]], and [[theology]]. ...e so large that they cannot be proven to exist in the ordinary mathematics of [[ZFC|Zermelo-Fraenkel plus Choice]] (ZFC).[[Russell's paradox]], [[non-sta
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• 94:8 The Buddhist Faith
  94:8.1 To become a [[Buddhist]], one merely made [[public]] profession of the [[faith]] by reciting the Refuge: "I take my refuge in the Buddha; I ta 94:8.3 The [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[Gautama]] was based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_noble_trut
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• Cosmology
  ...alis''), study of the Universe has a long history involving [[science]], [[philosophy]], [[esotericism]], and [[religion]]. ...lative [[end of the universe|ends]], cosmologists propose that the history of the Universe has been governed entirely by [[physical laws]].
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• Retribution
  '''Retributive''' [[justice]] is a [[theory]] of justice that considers that [[punishment]], if [[proportionate]], is a [[mo ...ct]] this [[value]] in the world's [[cultures]]. However, the [[judgment]] of whether a punishment is appropriately severe can vary greatly between cultu
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• Etymology
  ...word. For example, [[Latin]] candidus, which means "white", is the etymon of English candid. *1:: the [[history]] of a [[linguistic]] form (as a word) shown by tracing its [[development]] sinc
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• 103:7 Science and Religion
  ...l]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] with the spiritual [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[God]] who is [[spirit]]. ...into the [[actuality]] and [[divinity]] of man the [[eternal]], a [[Corps of Finality|Paradise finaliter]].
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• Semiotics
  ...[[individual]]ly and grouped into sign [[system]]s. It includes the study of how [[meaning]] is constructed and understood. ...by the [[Vienna Circle]] and presented in their International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, in which the [[author]]s agreed on breaking the field, whi
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• Transcendentalism
  ...es called ''American Transcendentalism'' to distinguish it from other uses of the word ''[[transcendental]]''. ...ized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
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• Dialectic
  ...]] dialectica, from [[Greek]] dialektikē, from [[feminine]] of dialektikos of [[conversation]], from dialektos ...: the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Socratic techniques] of [[exposing]] [[false]] [[beliefs]] and eliciting [[truth]]
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• Altruism
  ...ch altruisme, from autrui other people, from Old French, oblique case form of autre other, from [[Latin]] alter *1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
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• Rhetoric
  ...g, the art of persuasion, and many other things related to the application of language. ...purposes, and varied widely in what it included. And yet, for most of its history it has maintained its fundamental [[character]] as a [[discipline]] for tra
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