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• Mood
  A '''mood''' is a relatively long lasting [[emotion]]al [[state]]. Moods differ from simple emotions in that they are less specific, less i ...sitive or negative [[valence]]. In other [[words]], people typically speak of being in a good mood or a bad mood. Unlike acute, emotional feelings like f
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• ETANA
  ...grant from the same foundation, the ETANA web portal was launched in 2001. The founding institutions and associations that conceived and implemented this ....wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Schools_of_Oriental_Research American Schools of Oriental Research]
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• Wouter J. Hanegraaff
  ...so President of the [https://www.esswe.org/ European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism] (ESSWE). ...soterica (journal)|Esoterica]]'', and on the advisory board of ''[[Journal of Contemporary Religion]]'' and ''[[Nova Religio]]''.
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• Accountability
  ....wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th century] Norman England, the concept of account-giving has ancient roots in record keeping activities related to go <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Accountability''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?
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• University
  ...chology]], city planning, and history of science came of age as autonomous university-based disciplines. ...ny religious assumptions. At the same time universities embraced new forms of [[critical]] and [[scientific]] [[thinking]], and as a consequence [[theolo
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• Ritual
  ...] by religious or [[political]] [[law]]s because of the perceived efficacy of those actions.[https://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/ritual?view=uk|title=A <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Ritual''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ca
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• Taxonomy
  ...ctice]] and [[science]] of classification. The [[word]] finds its roots in the [[Greek]] τάξις, taxis (meaning 'order', 'arrangement') and νόμος ...ional properties, behaviors, or constraints. For example, car is a subtype of vehicle. So any car is also a vehicle, but not every vehicle is a car. Ther
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• Pleasure
  ...[[music]], usage of drugs. The term analogously connotes a positive mental state arising from complex [[perception]], writing or reading, accomplishment, re ...ore generally, pleasure is characterised by others as reduction or absence of suffering.
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• Prana
  '''Prana''' (प्राण, prāṇa) is the [[Sanskrit]] for "breath" (from the root ''prā'' "to fill", cognate to Latin ''plenus'' "full"). It is one of the five organs of vitality or sensation, viz. ''prana'' "breath", ''vac'' "speech", ''caksus'
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• Microfinance
  ...es) should not be confused with microfinance, which addresses a full range of banking needs for poor people. ...microfinance generally believe that such access will help poor people out of poverty.
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• Disease
  *2 : a condition of the living [[animal]] or plant [[body]] or of one of its parts that impairs [[normal]] [[function]]ing and is typically [[manife ...vironment]]al factors. Distinct symptoms usually indicate the [[presence]] of disease.
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• Abraham Maslow
  ...erarchy of needs|hierarchy of human needs]]", and is considered the father of [[humanistic psychology]]. [https://www.scimednet.org/bibliography/transper ...ewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I was isolated and unhappy. I grew up in libraries and am
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• Individual
  ...metimes meaning "a person". (q.v. "The problem of [[proper name]]s"). From the seventeenth century on, '''individual''' indicates separateness, as in [[in <center>For lessons on the '''''Individual''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• Holography
  ...s in exactly the same way as if the object were still present, thus making the recorded image (hologram) appear [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimen The technique of holography can also be used to [[Optics|optically]] store, retrieve, and [[
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• Immanuel Wallerstein
  '''Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein''' (born 28 September, 1930, [[New York City]]) is a U.S. [[sociology|sociologist]], historical social scientist, a ...al. In 2003 he received the Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the [[American Sociological Association]].
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• Motivation
  ...ds such as eating and resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, [[state]] of [[being]], [[ideal]], or it may be attributed to less-apparent [[reason]]s <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Motivation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• Pantheistic
  *1: a [[doctrine]] that equates [[God]] with the [[forces]] and laws of the [[universe]] ...also : [[toleration]] of [[worship]] of all gods (as at certain periods of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire Roman empire])
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• Curriculum
  ...inherent in the new [[paradigm]] view of curriculum. (<u>Curricula</u> is the plural form) <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Curriculum''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• Inertia
  ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Isaac Newton] defined inertia in Definition 3 of his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which states:[1] ...to preserve in its [[Status quo|present state]], whether it be of rest, or of moving [[uniformly]] forward in a straight line.
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• Momentum
  ...same unless outside [[force]]s [[act]] on the objects (law of conservation of momentum). Momentum is a conserved quantity, meaning that the total momentum of any closed [[system]] (one not affected by external forces) cannot [[change
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• Doubt
  ...nded between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them[1] (compare [[paradox]]). ...se both deliberate questioning of uncertainties and an [[emotion]]al state of indecision as "doubt".
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• Social movement
  ...ovements''' are a type of |group action. They are large informal groupings of [[individual]]s and/or [[organization]]s [[focus]]ed on specific [[politics ...many of the major social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to oppose Western colonialism.
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• New Religious Movement
  ...ual]], or philosophical [[movement]] of recent [[origin]] that is not part of an established denomination, church, or religious [[tradition|body]]. ...from mainstream [[society]]. Its use is not [[universal]]ly accepted among the groups to which it is applied.[1]
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• Transcendentalism
  ...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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• Eugenics
  ...its various advocates as a [[social responsibility]], an altruistic stance of a society, meant to create healthier, stronger and/or more [[intelligence|i ...forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, the killing of institutionalized populations, and genocide.
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• Equality
  ...cial, and civil rights[2] or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people. ...east largely egalitarian. It is considered by some to be the natural state of [[society]].[3][4][5]
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• Esotericism
  ...as contrasted with the "scientific" or "traditional religious" beliefs of the society without or "at large". In contrast, exoteric [[knowledge]] is knowl ...of Samosata]]'s "The Auction of Lives", § 26 (also called "The Auction of the Philosophical Schools"), written around AD 166. [https://paginasesotericas.
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• Difference
  ...with the philosophy of [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and [[Phenomena]]''. The term was then elaborated in various other works, notably in his essay "Diff ...difference, sometimes referred to as ''espacement'' or "spacing") concerns the force which differentiates elements from one another and, in so doing, enge
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• Byzantine
  ...covery of Constantinople by the Byz.) to 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Turks. ==Period of the Late Roman Empire (4th–mid-7th C.)==
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• Flow
  ...szentmihályi], the [[concept]] has been widely referenced across a variety of fields. ...lar mental states include: to be ''on the ball'', ''in the zone'', or ''in the groove''.
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• Euthanasia
  *2. The means of bringing about a gentle and easy death. Also transf. and fig. ...proposal that the [[law]] should sanction the putting painlessly to death of those suffering from incurable and extremely painful diseases.
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• Shame
  ...such, covering oneself, literally or figuratively, is a natural expression of shame.[1] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Shame''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cat
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• Theognis
  ...legiac]] poetry of Greece before the [[Alexandrian period]] is included in the 1,400 verses ascribed to Theognis. ...ognidea'' as we possess them; the question is fully discussed in the works of Harrison and Hudson-Williams.
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• August Jaccaci
  '''August "Gus" Jaccaci''' works with leaders throughout the world who want to one of the world's foremost social
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• James Agee
  ...e U.S. His autobiographical novel, ''[[A Death in the Family]]'' 1957, won the author a posthumous [[Pulitzer Prize]]. ...Agee was six, his father died in an automobile accident, and from the age of seven he and his younger sister, Emma, were educated in boarding schools.
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• Progress
  ...which implies that with a [[finite]] amount of [[space]] and [[energy]] in the [[universe]], all events will recur indefinitely. ...ef in progress was a dominant paradigm in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Industrial Revolution.
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• Totalitarianism
  ...promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. ...and [[criticism]], the use of mass [[surveillance]], and widespread use of state [[terrorism]].
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• Fundamentalism
  ...n fact, some scholars claim that those who are devoted without question to the [[Scientific method|scientific worldview]] sometimes approach it as uncriti <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Fundamentalism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?
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• Phase Change
  ...the two phases may be vastly different. As an example imagine transition of liquid water into vapour at boiling point. ...yticity generally stems from the interactions of an extremely large number of particles in a system, and does not appear in systems that are too small.
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• Fear
  ...elates to future events, such as worsening of a situation, or continuation of a situation that is unacceptable. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Fear''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category
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• Seekers
  ...any of them subsequently merged. Seekers considered all organised churches of their day to be corrupt, and preferred to wait for [[God]]'s [[revelation]] <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Seekers]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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• Entrainment
  ...[[transport]] (something, such as solid particles or gas) by the [[flow]] of a fluid *4 : to determine or modify the [[phase]] or period of circadian [[rhythms]] entrained by a [[light]] [[cycle]]
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• Jane Roberts
  ...th Material, established her as one of the preeminent figures in the world of [[paranormal]] [[phenomena]].[1][2] ...respondence and audio recordings of various channeling sessions, including the ''Seth Materia''l and other recordings.[3]
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• Holy
  ...anctum'', set apart. It was generally conceived spatially, as referring to the area around a [[temple]]. ...l/schaff/hcc6.ii.vi.v.html?highlight=wyclif,bible#highlight Wyclif's Bible of 1382].
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• Habits
  ...mely simple form of [[learning]], in which an [[organism]], after a period of exposure to a stimulus, stops responding to that stimulus in varied [[manne <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Habit]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• Jealousy
  ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochefoucauld Rochefoucauld's] maxim, it may outlast the attachment which it [[fears]] losing: "jealousy is always born with [[love] ...lous), and further from Low [[Latin]] zelosus (full of zeal), in turn from the [[Greek]] word ζήλος (zēlos), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in
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• Attitude
  ...disposition’ of a figure in [[Sculpture|statuary]] or [[painting]]; hence, the posture given to it. (Now merged in 2.) ...n attitude: to assume it theatrically, and not as the unstudied expression of action or [[passion]].
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• Courage
  ...]], while "moral courage" is the ability to [[act]] faithfully in the face of popular opposition, [[shame]], scandal, or discouragement. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Courage''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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• Collective Intelligence
  ...eld that studies collective behavior from the level of quarks to the level of bacterial, plant, animal, and human societies. ...primarily in humans and actively work to upgrade what Howard Bloom calls “the group IQ". Atlee feels that collective intelligence can be encouraged "to o
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• Lifestyle
  *The typical way of life of an [[individual]], [[group]], or [[culture]] ...belts and motorcycle helmets lowers the chance of injury from accidents on the road.
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• Self Realization
  ...ure, and a greater awareness of the [[human condition]]. The actualization of personal moral [[ideal]]s affects participation in socially useful and ethi ...pt]]s of self-actualization and individuation and the interrelated concept of self-disclosure are included. Self-realization, with its [[focus]] on human
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• Secularism
  ...lusion of all considerations drawn from [[belief]] in God or in a future [[state]]. :a. As the name of a definitely professed system of belief, promulgated by G. J. Holyoake (1817-1906).
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...e Department of Religious Studies at the [https://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California, Santa Barbara]. ...ng several encyclopedias, handbooks, and almanacs on American religion and new religious movements. He lives in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_barba
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• Synchronicity
  *The state of being [[synchronous]] or [[simultaneous]]. ...nce]]s that seem to be [[meaningfully]] [[related]]; supposedly the result of "[[universal]] [[force]]s".
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• Womanhood
  ...e term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". ...e human [[race]] regardless of their [[sex]] or age. This is the old usage of "Man" in English. It derives from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- 'man, human',
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• Transpersonal Psychology
  ...self-development, peak or [[mysticism|mystical experiences]], experiences of living. ...psychologists who are focused on the personal and developmental aspects of the human psyche.
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• Existence
  The state of being existent. ...lity, reality. Obs. (Opposed to apparence: the Fr. words often so occur in the Roman de la Rose.)
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• Force
  ...es, while deformation and pressure are determined by the [[stress]]es that the forces create. ...force is mathematically equal to the rate of change of the [[momentum]] of the body. Since [[momentum]] is a [[vector]] [[quantity]] (has both a magnitude
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• Meister Eckhart
  ...ble]] and [[Saint Anselm]] as emblematic of the [[intellectual]] spirit of the [[Middle Ages]]. ...le for his sermons [[communicating]] the [[metaphor]]ical [[content]] of [[the gospels]] to laymen and clergy alike. Major German philosophers have been
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• Democracy
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Goddess-of-democracy,-tiane_2.jpg|right|frame]] ...ns]] following a popular uprising in 508 BC. Democracy is people who rule the government directly.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemo
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• Philistine
  ...European languages|Indo-European]] origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). The etymology of the word into English is from Old French ''Philistin'', from Late Latin ''Phili
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• A Course in Miracles
  ...y thousands." Consequently, even though the language of the Course is that of traditional [[Christianity]], it expresses a non-sectarian, non-denominatio ...ch are defined as maximal "expressions of love." The miracle is defined as the shift in perception from fear to love.
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• Stress
  ...dy|physical]] threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined. It is "the [[autonomic]] response to environmental [[stimulus]]." ...ss can occur in a variety of methods, including anxiety. Anxiety is a form of stress but may have diffrent symptoms, and diffent bodily reactions.[https:
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• Transformation
  *1. the [[act]] or [[process]] of transforming. *2. the [[state]] of [[being]] transformed.
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• Self Esteem
  *1.a.Favourable appreciation or opinion of oneself. ...121 The larger the man's self-esteem the surer is he of putting it off in the world's mart.
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• Orality
  ...relates to the goal of eradicating [[poverty]], as well as to the process of [[globalization]]. ==The impact of literacy on culture==
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• Theology
  ...rtant Muslims who wrote about God, was a writer on "[[Kalam]]". His school of [[Averroism]] had a significant influence on Christian theology.]] ...utterance). It has been defined as [[reason]]ed [[discourse]] about God or the [[gods]], or more generally about [[religion]] or [[spirituality]].
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• Complexity
  ...are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are reflected in this article. ...in a system and numerous forms of [[relationship]]s among the elements. At the same time, what is complex and what is simple is [[relative]] and changes w
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• History
  ...mple [[History of Brazil (1889–1930)]], [[History of China]], or [[History of Science]]. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''History''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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• Guilt
  ...esponsible for that violation.[1] It is closely related to the [[concept]] of remorse. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Guilt''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cat
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• Art History
  ...Milo Louvre Ma399 n4.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Venus de Milo]] on display at the [[Louvre]]]] ...3.0, princeton.edu Moreover, ''art history'' generally is the [[research]] of [[artist]]s and their cultural and social contributions.[https://www.mobile
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• Intellectual History
  ...y western intellectual traditions, including, but not limited to, those in the [[far east]], [[near east]], [[mid-east]] and [[Africa]]. ...sm]]. This may be expressed in various ways, such as attacks on the merits of science, education, or literature.
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• Dance
  ...d to music [https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110116/] used as a form of [[Emotional expression|expression]], [[social]] [[social interaction|intera ...Motion (physics)|motion]] in inanimate objects (''the [[leaves]] danced in the [[wind]]''), and certain [[dance (musical form)|musical form]]s or [[music|
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• Hegemony
  ...lly cultural and non-military dominance, as opposed to the related notions of [[empire]] and [[suzerainty]]. ...ways resisted in the past when it came about by conquest." or historically the Spanish and British Empires.
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• Responsibility
  '''Responsibility''' is the [[state]] of [[being]] Responsible (see below) ...out of Hum. II. i, The admiration of your Forme; to which (if the bounties of your minde be any way responsible) [etc.].
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• Gravity
  ...y existence of the [[Earth]], the [[Sun]], and most macroscopic objects in the [[universe]]; without it, matter would not have coalesced into these large <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Gravity''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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• The Big Bang Never Happened
  ==THE BIG BANG NEVER HAPPENED, Illustrated== ...its mathematical description thus follows logically from Einstein's theory of gravity.
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• Metaphor
  [[Image:The-metaphor-of-the-palm-treelgr.jpg|right|frame|<center>[https://www.moleiro.com/miniatura.v.p ...attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first. This device is known for usage in [[literature]], especially in [[p
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• Science fiction
  ...he [[tradition]]al [[purpose]] of science fiction, making it a "literature of [[ideas]]".[1] Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly a ...or in a historical past that contradicts known [[facts]] of [[history]] or the [[Archaeology|archeological]] record
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• Quantity
  ...hile others are functioning as states (properties, dimensions, attributes) of things such as heavy and light, long and short, broad and narrow, small and ...[[magnitude (mathematics)|magnitude]] and multitude (or [[number]]), imply the principal distinction between continuity ([[continuum]]) and [[discontinuit
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• Dream
  ...peculation and interest throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is known as ''Oneirology''. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Dreams''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ca
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• Culture
  ...ips and practices in which such objects and processes become embedded. For the, culture thus includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Culture''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=C
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• Cultural
  ...ips and practices in which such objects and processes become embedded. For the, culture thus includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems. ...he social, and the normative, nor does it reflect three competing theories of culture.
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• 2012
  ...rom a mixture of amateur [[archaeoastronomy]], alternative interpretations of [[mythology]], numerological constructions, and alleged prophecies from [[e <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''2012''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cate
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• Sexuality
  ...ion of the original number of chromosomes. During meiosis, the chromosomes of each pair usually cross over to achieve genetic recombination. ...cteria, is often mistakenly confused with [[sexual reproduction]], because the mechanics are similar.
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• Entering the Era of Deep Politics
  '''Entering the Era of Deep Politics''': Defining Existential Politics., 2005 ...rm, we enter a nightmare phase of American history, a descent into the era of what might be called "deep politics."
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• Community
  ...n a common location or with a common purpose regardless of their location. The word is often used to refer to a [[group]] that is organised around common <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Community''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• Celestial Contact
  ...self) of the channel. Channeling is part of the belief systems and rituals of religions, such as Candomblé, Voodoo, Kardecism, and Umbanda. ...the term channeling is used interchangeably with the more traditional term of mediumship.
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• Communism
  ...d declares allegiance to Marxism-Leninism or a derivative thereof, even if the party does not actually claim that it has already developed communism. ...alists or social democrats, slowly drifted away from the [[radical]] views of Marx after his death in 1883; other communists, like [[Vladimir Lenin]], co
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• Merlin
  [[Image:Bard_2.jpg|right|frame|<center>fr. [[Tennyson]]'s [[Idylls of the King]]</center><center>1898</center>]] ...ales of the [[Romano-British]] war leader [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]] to form the composite figure he called '''Merlin Ambrosius'''.
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• Emotion
  ...onalcompetency.com/emotion.htm Emotional Competency discussion of emotion] The related term "motivation" is also derived from ''movere''. No definitive taxonomy of emotions exists, though numerous taxonomies have been proposed. Some catego
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• Happiness
  ...rized by contentment, satisfaction, [[pleasure]], or [[joy]].[1] A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have stri ...ply as an [[emotion]]. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in [[virtue]] [[ethics]].
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• Identity
  ...ocial Sciences|social sciences]] to describe an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete entity. ...s to the capacity for self-reflection and the awareness of self. (Handbook of self and identity]. ISBN 1572307986).
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• Evil
  ...man 'über' (OE ''ofer'') and 'up' (OE ''up'', ''upp'') with the basic idea of "transgressing".[https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=evil] ==Concepts of evil==
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• Prayer
  ...orm of [[intercession]], a hymn, incantation or a spontaneous utterance in the person's praying words. Praying can be done in [[public]], as a [[group]], ...s (even going as far as restricting who may pray), other religions, mainly the Abrahamic religions, teach that prayer can be done spontaneously by anyone
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• Obedience
  ...by peers, and from conformity, which is behavior intended to match that of the majority. ...ority was the norm, not the exception. A similar conclusion was reached in the Stanford prison [[experiment]].
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• Irony
  ...stration of the distance between the character's [[knowledge]] and that of the audience. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Irony''''', follow '''''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?titl
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• Hair
  [[Image:Hairposter.jpg|right|thumb|Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical]] ...the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting the audience onstage for a [[Human Be-In|"Be-in"]] finale.[https://www.michaelb
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• Desire
  ...bes (1588 – 1679) asserted that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Desire''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ca
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• Justice
  ...heories of justice vary greatly, but there is evidence that everyday views of justice can be reconciled with patterned moral preferences. == Concept of justice ==
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