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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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akrasia
Philosophy; General philosophy
Literally, "bad mixture," the Greek term for the character flaw of incontinence or weakness of the will, the condition in which agents act inconsistently with their own best ...
al-'aks al-naqid
Philosophy; General philosophy
Contraposition, i.e. an immediate inference in which from a given proposition we infer another proposition, having for its subject the contradictory of the given predicate, e.g. ...
al-'anasir al-'uqud
Philosophy; General philosophy
Modes of being,, viz. necessity (wujub), possibility (imkan) and impossibility (imtina'); the term is also used to denote the corresponding modalities of propositions.
al-'anasir al-khafif
Philosophy; General philosophy
The light element, the atoms of which always move upward like the atoms of fire which are said to be absolutely light or like those of air which are relatively so.
al-'aql al-mustafad
Philosophy; General philosophy
Acquired intellect, i.e. the intellect possessed with the comprehension of the universal forms, ultimate concepts and verities of knowledge by which possession it partakes more ...
al-'aql al-nazari
Philosophy; General philosophy
Theoretical reason or intellect which enables us to form universal concepts, comprehend meanings and interconnections of things, enter into argumentative discussion and have ...
al-'illat al-suriyah
Philosophy; General philosophy
The formal cause of a thing, i.e. the form or shape given to a thing while producing it; with Aristotle it is also the inner idea or essence of a thing.
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