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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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anasir
Philosophy; General philosophy
Element. Theory of elements current with Muslim philosophers was that of four elements: fire, air, water and earth, which originated with Empedocles though they sometimes added to ...
Anaxagoras (B.C. 500-428)
Philosophy; General philosophy
A Greek philosopher of peculiar interest. He found-not unnaturally at that time-that the materialistic philosophy of the Ionic School was not satisfying and he introduced Reason ...
and
Philosophy; General philosophy
A three-letter word in English which combines simple statements into more complex ones, according to the rule that the complex statement is True if both the simpler ones are true, ...
And-Er-Rahman III
Philosophy; General philosophy
(891-961) The greatest of the Moslem Arab Caliphs, who raised Spain from a state of profound demoralization to one of unprecedented prosperity, culture and brilliance while ...
Hans Christian Andersen
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1805-1875) Danish and author and poet. Well-known for his children's stories. He was born in the slums of Odense, his father a cobbler, his mother a washerwoman. He received very ...
animal
Philosophy; General philosophy
A living being with a capacity for spontaneous movement and a rapid motor response to stimulation. Animals can be divided into two groups, invertebrates (animals without ...
animal rights
Philosophy; General philosophy
The ontological status accorded to non-human animals has obvious consequences for the morality of our willingness to use them for our own purposes. Kant argued that animals do not ...
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