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• Buddhist Philosophy
  ...]] rather than a [[religion]]. It is "practical" in that it has a specific method of application known as the [[Noble Eightfold Path]] (from which notions of ...tual reference, differentiating this from the epistemology of [[scientific method|hard science]].
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• Philo
  ...]] to [[fuse]] and [[harmonize]] Greek [[philosophy]] and [[Judaism]]. His method followed the [[practices]] of both Jewish exegesis and [https://en.wikipedi *[https://virtualreligion.net/iho/philo.html Philo] entry in historical sourcebook with [https://virtualreligion.net/iho/allegory.html fresh transl
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• The Book of Revelation
  ...agery can be seen to contain symbolic commentaries on the world during the historical period in which ''Revelation'' was written, or "pre-commentaries" on our wo ...tian [[apocalyptic literature]]. This approach takes the address to seven historical communities in Asia Minor and assertions that "the time is near" literally
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• Parable
  ...s such as "Parable of the Prodigal Son" are central to [[Jesus]]' teaching method in both the [[canonical]] and [[apocrypha]]l narratives. ...hich are attested in many sources and are almost universally seen as being historical, are thought by scholars such as John P. Meier to have come from [[mashal]]
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• Mythology
  ...(usually more recent) past, which generally include, or are based on, some historical events; generally focussed on human heroes ...rchen'', the German word for such tales) - stories which lack any definite historical setting; often include fairies, witches, a fairy guide, animal characters
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• Sophism
  ...enes Laertius] wrote that Protagoras—a sophist—[[invented]] the “Socratic” method[1][2]). His [[attitude]] towards the Sophists was by no means [[opposition] ...tant ramifications for the Athenian [[political]] [[system]] at large. The historical context in which the Sophists operated provides evidence for their consider
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• Anonymous
  ...r to a manuscript of their work. Very many such writers have left valuable historical or literary records: an incomplete list of such Anonymi is at Anonymus. ...tified as Robert Campin. The 20th-century art historian Bernard Berenson [[method]]ically identified numerous early Renaissance Florentine and Sienese worksh
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• Paradigm
  ...''programs'' for future research, than the much more general [[scientific method]]. ...pted paradigm would be the standard model of [[physics]]. The [[scientific method]] would allow for orthodox scientific investigations of many [[phenomena]]
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• Quentin Skinner
  Skinner's historical writings have been characterised by an interest in recovering the ideas of #Visions of Politics: Volume I: Regarding Method (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
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• Art History
  '''Art history''' is the [[academic]] study of objects of [[art]] in their [[historical]] development and stylistic contexts, i.e. [[genre]], [[design]], [[format] ...'Who were his or her teachers?'' ''Who were his or her disciples?'' ''What historical forces shaped the artist's [[oeuvre]]'' and '' How did he or she and the c
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• Adultery
  ...vorce]] under fault-based divorce [[family law|laws]]. In some places, the method of punishment for adultery is [[stoning]] to death.[https://www.7days.ae/20 === Historical practices ===
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• Sociology of religion
  ...primarily the study of the [[practice]s], social [[structure]]s, [[history|historical]] backgrounds, development, universal themes, and roles of [[religion]] in ...ested in hard positivist claims, but instead in linkages and sequences, in historical [[narrative]]s and particular cases.
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• Existence
  == Historical conceptions == ...rates is wise", which contains only the referring phrase "Socrates". This method became widely accepted in the twentieth century by the analytic school of p
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• Social Sciences
  ...humanity, including [[quantitative method|quantitative]] and [[qualitative method|qualitative]] methods. Geography]] traverses the natural and social sciences. [[Historical geography]] is often taught in a college in a unified Department of Geograp
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• Prediction
  ...essed in the form If A is true, then B will also be true. The [[scientific method]] is built on testing assertions which are [[logic]]al consequences of scie ...ipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov Isaac Asimov], a mathematician finds out that historical events (up to some detail) can be theoretically modelled using equations, a
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• Space
  ...have one correct geometry, or is the geometry of space just a convention? Historical positions in these debates have been taken by [[Isaac Newton]] (space is ab ...onsider that they are in fact owned by the land. [[Spatial planning]] is a method of regulating the use of space at land-level, with decisions made at region
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• Self Realization
  ==Historical Underpinnings== ...include the reciprocal exchange of ideas and using dialogue as the chosen method of communication—two elements cited as part of achieving systems change a
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• 2013-06-12-Longevity of the US Constitution
  ...all, greed does not exist either. In the absence of a better and “higher” method to keep governments in check, the people will have to devise their own meth ...upon which these United States was founded can be regarded exclusively as historical items is the day when the government finally decides to exist for the peopl
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• 2005-03-28-Uncertainty With Security
  ...There is no fundamental disagreement whatsoever between a true scientific method and religion - your relationship with Us and with God. Rather, just as your Use your imaginations. This is the true scientific method. When you’re confronted with a situation, use your creativity to imagine
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• The Qur’ān
  ...ten down by Muhammad's companions while he was alive, although the primary method of transmission was [[oral]]. Muslim [[tradition]] agrees that it was fixed ...itself as book of guidance. It rarely offers detailed accounts of specific historical [[events]], and often emphasizes the moral significance of an event over it
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