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A classic is an item that has become a ubiquitous and unique symbol or icon of a time gone by, mainly because of its inherent quality or its representative status. Examples include: Classic books Classic cars Classic literature Classic movies Classic rock music Classic TV shows Sporting events, such as horse races (see Classic Races) or one-day cycle races. The Classic (snooker) tournament. Classic (Mac OS X) ...

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The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. For example, the Greek and Latin languages, classical architecture and the cult of the Olympian gods. See also Greek mythology and Roman mythology. The study of all the foregoing may bear the name of the classics. The Term High Classical refers to Greek art associated mainly with Athens and the works atop the acropolis created during the time of Perikles. In parallel to

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Ancient philosophy - Greek. Pericles (495-429) Aspasia (469-406) Socrates(469-399) Euclid of Megara (450-380) Antisthenes (445-360) Aristippus (435-356) Plato (429-347) Xenophon (429-355) Speusippus (407-339) Diogenes of Sinope (400-325) Xenocrates (396-314) Aristotle (384-322) Stilpo (380-300) Theophrastus (370-288) Pyrrho (365-275) Epicurus (341-270) Zeno of Citiu ...

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During the past decade interest in the Calendars of the Maya has dramatically increased world-wide. Ultimately, this increasing interest is derived from the fact that a new consciousness of time is now emerging. A New Age gives rise to a new consciousness of time which in turn requires a new calendar for this to be expressed. This new consciousness of time is today commonly experienced either as if time is accelerating, or that it simply disappears. Maybe, in fact, the idea that time is a quantity is on its way out. "Why is this?" we may ask. Is it merely an illusion of ours that time is running faster or has our highly developed technological society developed so effective means of tele communications that everything is speeding up to a point where things almost become unbearable?

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Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a plural noun "classics" can refer to texts written in the ancient Mediterranean world. The study of classics is a primary subject for the humanities, and the people reading classics are sometimes called humanists but ar ... Including:

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Classical period can refer to the following: Classical antiquity Classical music era Other related archivesClassical antiquity, Classical music era

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Western Chinese Wood (木) | Fire (火) | Earth (土) | Metal (金) | Water (水) Hinduism The Panchamahabhuta ("five great elements") Prithvi/Bhumi (Earth) Ap/Jala (Water) Agni/Tejas (Fire) Vayu/Pavan (Air/Wind) Akasha (Aether) Japanese The Godai ("five great") Earth (地) | Water ... Including:

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• Classical element - Astrology and the classical elements
• Classical element - Tarot and the classical elements
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Classical music is generally thought of as sophisticated and refined; it may stem from a regional tradition, but aspires to universal form of communication. Classical music is sometimes defined as music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of art, ecclesiastical, and concert music. Classical music is contrasted with popular or folk music. In the English language, the term "classical music" is a homophoric reference to European classical music, such as Beethoven's symphonies, and its derivative styles, and rarely used ...

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The Classic of History (書經/书经 Shū Jīng) is a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before. It contains examples of early Chinese prose. The book is considered one of the Chinese Five Classics, and has also been translated as "The Classic of Documents". Other related archivesFive Classics, Zhou Dynasty

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Classical logic identifies a class of formal logics that have been most intensively studied and most widely used. They are characterised by a number of properties; non-classical logics are those that lack one or more of these properties, which are: Law of the excluded middle; Law of noncontradiction; Monotonicity of entailment and Idempotency of entailment; Commutativity of conjunction; De Morgan dual ... Including:

• Classical logic - Examples of classical logics
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Classical ballet is a dance to classical music. It requires many years of training in form and technique The proper dress is tights and leotard, with an optional skirt. The dancer wears soft technique shoes until their bones are strong enough and they have trained for long enough to wear pointe shoes. The bones in their ankles and feet must be strong to go on pointe. TheFreeDictionary.com defines classical ballet as "a style of ballet based on precise conventiona ...

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Classical Arabic is the form of the Arabic language used in the Qur'an as well as in numerous literary texts from the same period. Modern Standard Arabic is a direct descendant from it, differing minimally in morphology and only to a small degree in its syntax and lexicon. Classical Arabic - The History of Classical Arabic. The spread of Classical Arabic can be attested to the spread of Islam and the Qur'an, and its relation to modern dialects is somewhat analogous to the relationship of Latin ... Including:

• Classical Arabic - The History of Classical Arabic
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The Classic of Rites (禮記 Lǐ Jì, or Liki) was one of the Five Classics of Confucianism. It described social forms, ancient rites, and court ceremonies. No known copy survived the Qin Dynasty's burning of Confucian texts in 213 BC, but a version was transcribed when Gao Tang recited it from memory. Other related archivesConfucian, Confucianism, Five Classics, Qin Dynasty

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