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==Adjective==
==Adjective==
*Not established or verified.
*Not established or verified.
*Not well known or widely known: an unknown artist.
*Not well known or widely known: an unknown artist.
==Noun==
==Noun==
A [[person]] or [[thing]] that is unknown: “the abyss of the unknown” (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky).
A [[person]] or [[thing]] that is unknown: “the abyss of the unknown” (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky).
A person who is not well known, as to the general [[public]]: cast an unknown in the starring role.
A person who is not well known, as to the general [[public]]: cast an unknown in the starring role.
Mathematics. A [[quantity]] of unknown numerical [[value]]
Mathematics. A [[quantity]] of unknown numerical [[value]]
<center>For lessons on the topic of '''''The Unknown''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:The_Unknown '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Quote==
==Quote==
In the more advanced [[planetary]] ages these [[seraphim]] enhance man's appreciation of the [[truth]] that uncertainty is the secret of contented continuity. They help the mortal philosophers to realize that, when ignorance is essential to success, it would be a colossal blunder for the creature to know the future. They heighten man's taste for the sweetness of uncertainty, for the [[romance]] and charm of the indefinite and unknown future.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=175#mfs]
In the more advanced [[planetary]] ages these [[seraphim]] enhance man's appreciation of the [[truth]] that uncertainty is the secret of contented continuity. They help the mortal philosophers to realize that, when ignorance is essential to success, it would be a colossal blunder for the creature to know the future. They heighten man's taste for the sweetness of uncertainty, for the [[romance]] and charm of the indefinite and unknown future.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper39.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper39.html&line=175#mfs]
<center>Articles in the [[Nordan]] [[Corpora]] with missing information are [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Unknown '''''found here'''''].</center>
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
