General philosophy

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astrology

Philosophy; General philosophy

The astrology of the ancients was indeed a great and noble science. It is a term which means the "science of the celestial bodies." Modern astrology is but the tattered and rejected outer coating of ...

asura-maya

Philosophy; General philosophy

Name of a great Atlantean magician, who is said to have been a great astronomer.

asvamedha

Philosophy; General philosophy

The Horse—sacrifice, performed in ancient India by kings and emperors to demonstrate their sovereignty over other princes.

asvattha

Philosophy; General philosophy

The mystical tree of knowledge, the mystical tree of kosmical life and being, represented as growing in a reversed position: the branches extending downwards and the roots upwards. The branches ...

attention

Philosophy; General philosophy

Attention is a term commonly used in education, psychiatry and psychology. The definition is often vague. Attention can be defined as an internal cognitive process by which one actively selects ...

attention getting

Philosophy; General philosophy

Attention getting is more than just the orienting reflex, it is the "initial orientation or alerting to a stimulus." Though this may be considered an automatic act, in fact it requires complex active ...

attention holding

Philosophy; General philosophy

Attention holding is the "maintenance of attention when a stimulus is intricate or novel." Stimuli that hold our attention must be both novel and complex in order to encourage information processing. ...