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101Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …
102ĝen-2, ĝenǝ-, ĝnē-, ĝnō- — ĝen 2, ĝenǝ , ĝnē , ĝnō English meaning: to know Deutsche Übersetzung: “erkennen, kennen” Note: for the avoidance of the homonyms 1. ĝen are often used with various with ĝnōverbal forms. Material: O.Ind. jünü mi “I… …
103Alchemy in history — Alchemy encompasses several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and three continents. These traditions general penchant for cryptic and symbolic language makes it hard to trace their mutual influences and genetic… …
104Scientism — For the concept in the Foundation series, see Scientism (Foundation). Scientism refers to a belief in the universal applicability of the systematic methods and approach of science, especially the view that empirical science constitutes the most… …
105Tabula rasa — (Latin: blank slate ) refers to the epistemological thesis that individual human beings are born with no built in mental content, in a word, blank , and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually from their experiences and… …
106Chovot ha-Levavot — or Chovos ha Levavos, (Hebrew: he. חובות הלבבות, English: Duties of the Heart), is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda . Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived …
107Judeo-Islamic philosophies (800 - 1400) — This article covers the influence of Jewish and Islamic philosophy on each other, focusing especially on the period from 800 1400 CE. Early philosophy A century had hardly elapsed after the Qur an was released, when numerous elements of religious …
108Semantic holism — is a doctrine in the philosophy of language to the effect that a certain part of language, be it a term or a complete sentence, can only be understood through its relations to a (previously understood) larger segment of language. There is… …
109Chovot HaLevavot — or Ḥovot HaLebabot, (Hebrew: חובות הלבבות, English: Duties of the Heart), is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived in… …
110get — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into the possession of; receive or earn (get a job; got pound200 a week; got first prize). 2 tr. fetch, obtain, procure, purchase (get my book for me; got a new …
