General philosophy

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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 them ether as the ...

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 or Mind (Nous) into ...

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 False if either ...

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 Christian Europe lay in ...

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 little education, ...

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 backbones) and vertebrates ...

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 qualify as members ...