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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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apeirwn
Philosophy; General philosophy
Anaximander's Greek word for the boundless extent of the universe as undifferentiated matter. Although Plato made only scant reference to this notion of what is unlimited, the ...
apodeictic
Philosophy; General philosophy
The characteristic feature of any proposition that states what is necessary (or impossible), perfectly certain (or inconceivable), or demonstrably true.
ahl al-mizan
Philosophy; General philosophy
The people of the balance, but technically the term means simply logicians because of their use of logic, which is sometimes called "the science of balance" ('ilm al- mizan) to ...
ahriman
Philosophy; General philosophy
The evil principle of the universe; the "satan" of Zoroastriainism; an asura.
Ahrun al-Quss
Philosophy; General philosophy
Aaron of Alexandria. His Pandect, a Greek medical encyclopedia divided into 30 sections, was the first book translated from Syriac into Arabic by Masarjawaih of Basra in 64/683 ...
akasa
Philosophy; General philosophy
The word means "brilliant," "shining," "luminous." The fifth kosmic element, the fifth essence or "quintessence," called Aether by the ancient Stoics; but it is not the ether of ...
Great Akbar
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1542-1602) Greatest and wisest of the Mogui Emperors. He ruled the empire of India, which he conquered, with a wisdom and beneficence which few monarchs surpassed, and all ...
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