General philosophy

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the absolute

Philosophy; General philosophy

The solitary, uniquely unconditioned, utterly independent, and ultimately all-encompassing spiritual being that comprises all of reality according to such Romantic idealists as Schelling, and Hegel. ...

absolutism

Philosophy; General philosophy

It is the view in metaphysics that most real things (essences or forms or God) are fixed, unchanging, and the same for all persons and cultures. Hence absolutism is often called essentialism. The ...

Aristotle

Philosophy; General philosophy

The greatest of heathen Philosophers, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C.

adltvaryu priest

Philosophy; General philosophy

One of the priests officiating at a sacrifice, his duty being to measure the ground, builds the altar; prepare the sacrificial vessels, etc. While he is engaged in these duties, hymns from the ...

adhibhuta

Philosophy; General philosophy

The lord of lives; the supreme spirit when dwelling in all elemental nature through the mysterious power of nature's illusion.

biopsy

Philosophy; General philosophy

The surgical removal of a cell or sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes.

black market

Philosophy; General philosophy

A market in which certain goods or services are routinely traded in a manner contrary to the laws or regulations of the government in power. Typical reasons why the market goes underground in this ...