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  • ...1996: 17). A contemporary definition of calligraphic [[practice]] is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, [[harmonious]] and skillful [[man ...ranges from [[function]]al hand lettered inscriptions and designs to fine art pieces where the abstract [[expression]] of the handwritten mark may or may
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  • ...usually means the visual arts (comprising both [[fine art]], [[decorative art]], and [[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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  • ...usually means the visual arts (comprising both [[fine art]], [[decorative art]], and [[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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  • ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_philosophy Islamic philosophy], and [[logic]] in Islamic philosophy. ''The Faculty of Art''s took its [[name]] from the [[seven]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libe
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  • ...ons]] or even excessively [[naive]] [[optimism]], since Plato argues that "art" would have allowed the [[potential]] misanthrope to recognize that the [[m In early and pre-Islamic philosophy, certain thinkers such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-
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  • ...R. Dening (1996), "Evidence for the existence of schizophrenia in medieval Islamic society", History of Psychiatry 7: 55-62 [56]. ...bstraction''], on the Berlin exhibition "Melancholy: Genius and Madness in Art"
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  • ...o an Indian origin, although Skinner thinks this to be unlikely. Having an Islamic or Arabic origin is most likely, since the expansive trade routes of Arabia *1: the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites [[Auspices|auspiciously]].
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  • ...bil (Arabic: قابيل) and Habil (Arabic: هابيل) are used in other sources of Islamic literature. ...ricide persist in numerous [[references]] and retellings, through medieval art and Shakespearean works up to present day [[fiction]].
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  • :Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience deceptive, judgement difficult. ...a, the Biblical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes], Islamic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith Hadith], ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/
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  • ...as in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabesque arabesques] of Islamic art, and may be of any subject.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief]
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  • ...onquest_of_the_Persian_Empire Adriatic to the Indus], trouble began. The [[art]] and [[philosophy]] of Greece were fully [[equal]] to the task of [[imperi ...the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_islam#Islamic_State_periods Islamic movement].
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  • ...s the [[Miraj]]. Muhammad's face is veiled, a common practice in [[Islamic art]]. ==As products of creative art and social acceptance==
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  • The Assumption of Mary, mother of Jesus, has been a subject of Christian art for centuries. Since the adoption of the Nicene Creed in 325, the Ascension ...tion of Mary). For centuries before that, the assumption was celebrated in art (see [[Assumption of the Virgin Mary]]). The proclamation leaves open wheth
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  • ...nting say the author of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and this highly literate Islamic world. He was the first Arab to combine history and scientific geography in ...anian philosophy]], the [[Greek philosophy]] and with the development of [[Islamic philosophy]]. The [[Illumination School]] and the [[Transcendent Philosophy
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  • ...e collections of Judaica, archeological findings, and Israeli and European art. ...kefeller Archaeological Museum]], [[Ticho House]], and the Paley Center of Art.
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  • ...mbryonic science. Indeed, like the early chemist, the practitioner of "the Art" made use of a laboratory and of certain specific instruments; more importa ...an mysticism, and Qabbalah. In brief, all alchemists have proclaimed their art to be an esoteric technique pursuing a goal similar or comparable to that o
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  • ...simple ignorance of truth; that true knowledge leads to true virtue; that art is subordinate to moral purpose; and that the society of the [[city-state]] === [[Islamic philosophy]] ===
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  • ...l or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some [[work of art|art object]]. Performing arts include [[acrobatics]], [[busking]], [[comedy]], ...[[Theatrical property|prop]]s. Dance was often referred to as a ''plastic art'' during the [[Modern dance]] era.
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  • ...[Abrahamic religion]]s ([[Jewish philosophy]], [[Christian philosophy]], [[Islamic philosophy]]). Indeed, the central concepts of these fields can be thought ...lime, humour, or fright - to any of the responses we might expect works of art or entertainment to elicit.
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  • The great traditions in [[art]] have a foundation in the art of one of the ancient civilizations: ...eauty and anatomically correct proportions. [[Roman Empire|Ancient Roman]] art depicted gods as idealized humans, shown with characteristic distinguishing
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  • ...ed to an [[angel]] in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a [[Genie|jinn]] in [[Islamic]] [[belief]]. ...nn]] who was among the ranks of angels due to his [[wisdom]] and piety; in Islamic belief, angels always follow God's commands, but jinns (like humans) have [
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  • ...|literary]] output, and the emergence of the [[Film|motion picture]] as an art form greatly enriched philosophical subject matter. ...rgence of "fundamental" religious identity in [[Christian]], [[Jewish]], [[Islamic]], and [[Hindu]] contexts, and seemingly irrepressible if intermittent [[ge
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  • ...e Diaspora community of the Hellenistic world, (2) its flourishing in both Islamic and Christian lands in the Middle Ages, and (3) its modern period, which be ...century]] to end of the [[9th century]]) were especially influenced by the Islamic [[Mutazilite]] philosophers; they denied all limiting attributes of [[God]]
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  • ...atural sciences, are historically valid, so long as they are describing an art or organized body of knowledge which can be taught objectively. The use of ===Islamic civilization===
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  • ...ecognized states with which the Holy See does not have relations. Nine are Islamic (Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Comoros, Malaysia, the Maldives, Maurit ...riotism were doomed to collapse, even as the highly [[intellectual]] and [[art]]istic [[worship]] of the Greeks had gone down before the fervid and deeply
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  • ...s made extremely important contributions to [[Christian philosophy]] and [[Islamic philosophy]]. In the Islamic tradition, [[Ibn Bajjah]] philosophized along [[neo-Platonist]] lines in th
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  • Every animal portrayed and worshipped in ancient Egyptian art, writing and religion is indigenous to Africa, all the way from the predyna === Islamic philosophy ===
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  • ...é in France draw heavily on secularism. Secular states also existed in the Islamic world during the later Middle Ages.[11] ...r 1975). "The Separation of State and Religion in the Development of Early Islamic Society", International Journal of Middle East Studies 6 (4), p. 363-385.
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  • According to the [[Islamic]] creed, the essence of all the prophets’ messages is what Islam calls fo ...]. Also, only a tiny minority of prophets are believed to have been sent [[Islamic Holy Books|holy books]] (such as the [[Tawrat]], [[Zabur]], [[Injil]] and t
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  • ...leading to a Golden Age. The use of paper spread from China through the [[Islamic world]], and entered production in [[Europe]] in the early 12th century. [[ * For storing information: book, notebook, magazine, newspaper, art, zine, letter
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  • ...ly acknowledges the existence of other ''Ahura''s "Lords", as in "thou who art the mightiest Ahura and the Wise (''Mazda'') One" (''Yasna'' 33.11). In add
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  • Remote sensing can be defined as the art and science of obtaining [[information]] about Earth features from measurem #David A. King (1996), "Astronomy and Islamic society: Qibla, gnomics and timekeeping", in Roshdi Rashed, ed., Encycloped
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  • *<center>"'''Vision''' is the [[art]] of seeing the invisible." - Jonathan Swift</center> ...ounder of Psychophysics and Experimental Psychology?". American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 16 (2).
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  • ...and processes become embedded. For the, culture thus includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems. ...ture'' referred to [[elite|élite]] activities such as [[museum]]-caliber [[art]] and [[European classical music|classical music]], and the word ''cultured
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  • ...and processes become embedded. For the, culture thus includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems. ...ture'' referred to [[elite|élite]] activities such as [[museum]]-caliber [[art]] and [[European classical music|classical music]], and the word ''cultured
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  • ...the widely observed phenomenon of burning that led to [[metallurgy]]- the art and science of processing ores to get metals (e.g. [[History of metallurgy ...ū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī|al-Biruni]] (d. 1048).Dr. K. Ajram (1992), ''Miracle of Islamic Science'', Appendix B, Knowledge House Publishers, ISBN 0911119434."[[Alexa
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  • ...orshiped is not to be located there or anywhere. All this accords with the Islamic view that while God is the creator of the world, he is above it, not within ...t house an image of God, nor is it the dwelling place of God. Nonetheless, Islamic interpretation occasionally characterizes it as a place of particular acces
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  • ...ily, politically and economically will have a tremendous affect upon those Islamic nations, which sit on the fence. When you see this happening, you can say t ...ed, seafloor archaeological expedition, equipped with its own state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle and diving team, discovers unquestionable pro
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  • ...minine, in μαγική τέχνη (''magike techne'', Latin ''ars magica'') "magical art." ...owley]] preferred the spelling ''magick'', defining it as "the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the will." By this, he inclu
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  • ...o the cultural anthropologist of religions are rituals, beliefs, religious art, and practices of piety.
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  • ...mplate]] the [[inheritance]] of great accomplishments in [[philosophy]], [[art]], [[literature]], and [[political]] [[progress]]. But with all these achie ...]] on [[religious]] [[rituals]], [[education]], [[magic]], [[medicine]], [[art]], [[literature]], [[law]], [[government]], [[morals]], [[sex]] regulation,
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  • ...evolved religions]], for as I said, even though a man be [[Buddhist]] or [[Islamic]], he is still in line for [[ascension]] to the [[Paradise Father]] and wil ...ad]] today, has a vast span of [[possibility]]. It includes [[science]], [[art]], and [[religion]], you know, and, therefore, it can include [[mercy]] and
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  • ...onomy]] dated to AD 1378/79, apparently a paraphrase of an unknown earlier Islamic work, alludes to the Atlantis myth in a discussion concerning the determina ==Art, literature and popular culture==
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  • ...promoted innovations such as [[printing]] and the [[compass]], while the [[Islamic Golden Age]] saw major scientific advancements in [[Islam|Muslim]] empires. ...]] and interconnected. Although this has encouraged the growth of science, art, and technology, it has also led to culture clashes, the development and us
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  • ...great improvement in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_art Egyptian art]. ...doned his [[capital]], built an entirely new [[city]], and created a new [[art]] and [[literature]] for a whole people. But he went too fast; he built too
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  • *Chapter 4: Medieval Islamic and Christian Ideas ...and Hellenistic thought; From the New Testament to St Augustine; Medieval Islamic and Christian ideas; Renaissance Platonism, Hermeticism and other heterodox
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  • ...|Chinese]] as well as some [[Japanese martial arts]]. The Chinese martial art [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] is named after the well-known focus for Taoist and [[Ne * Azeemi, Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (2005) ''Muraqaba: The Art and Science of Sufi Meditation''. Houston: Plato, 2005, ISBN 0-9758875-4-8
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  • ...he other medieval rationalists; it became popular in Jewish, Christian and Islamic intellectual circles, but never became the most popular understanding of pr # "Buddhist Art" (HTML). Pacific Asia Museum. 2003. [https://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/budd
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  • ...ions have even more intricate cultures, including literature, professional art, architecture, organized religion, and complex customs associated with the ...al and healthy constitution. Everything else, whether technology, science, art, music, etc., is by this definition considered as ''commentary''. Indeed, t
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  • ...] was described. The [[experiment]]al scientific method was developed by [[Islamic science|Muslim scientists]], who introduced the use of experiments to disti ...teps in the Science of Vision", ''International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine'', Institute of Neurosciences, Laboratory of Psychobiology and Psy
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  • ...d [[work]] of certain kinds; the [[leisure]] of the [[priests]] promoted [[art]] and [[knowledge]]; the [[race]], in the end, gained much as a result of a ...rg/wiki/Christitanity Christian], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islamic]. [[Buddhism]] stretches from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon]
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  • ...gypt Egyptian] taboo on pork has been perpetuated by the [[Hebraic]] and [[Islamic]] faiths. A variant of the food taboo was the belief that a [[pregnant]] [[ ...on]. Self-control gave man a new [[philosophy]] of life; it taught him the art of augmenting life's [[fraction]] by lowering the denominator of [[personal
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  • ...all that is. That essence is all. That essence is the real. And thou, thou art that''. In other words, the observing self eventually discloses its own sou ::[[Sun Tzu]], [[The art of war]] [https://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html]
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