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Anthropomorphism, a form of personification (applying human or animal qualities to inanimate objects) and similar to prosopopoeia (adopting the persona of another person), is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, or natural phenomena. Animals, forces of nature, and unseen or unknown authors of chance are frequent subjects of anthropomorphosis. "Anthropomorphism" comes from two Greek words, ανθρωπος (anthrōpos), meaning "human", and μορφη (morphē), meaning "shape" or "form". The suffix '-ism' orig ...

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• Anthropomorphism - In religions and mythologies
• Anthropomorphism - In rhetoric
• Anthropomorphism - In literature
• Anthropomorphism - Common usage
• Anthropomorphism - Technical use
• Anthropomorphism - Modern occurrences
• Anthropomorphism - In logical reasoning
• Anthropomorphism - Opposite view

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The Young Turks were a Turkish patriotic constitutionalist society, officially known as the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) — in Turkish the Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti — whose leaders led a rebellion against Sultan Abdul Hamid II (who was officially deposed and exiled in 1909). They ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1908 until the end of World War I in November 1918. Young Turks - History. The Young Turks had their origins in secret societies of progressive university students an ...

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• Young Turks - History
• Young Turks - Ideology
• Young Turks - Liberalism and Constitutionalism
• Young Turks - Materialism and Posivitism
• Young Turks - Strong government
• Young Turks - Nationalism
• Young Turks - Impact on modern Turkey
• Young Turks - Revolution and CUP as a model
• Young Turks - References for Young Turks Ideology

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Cryptozoology is the study of rumored animals that are presumed (at least by the researcher) to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not exist, or for animals which are generally considered extinct, but are occasionally reported. Those who study or search for such animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983. Invention of the term (adding the Greek prefix kryptós, or "hidden" to zoology to mean ...

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• Cryptozoology - Justifications for cryptozoology
• Cryptozoology - Criticism of cryptozoology
• Cryptozoology - Notable cryptids
• Cryptozoology - Primates and hominids
• Cryptozoology - Bipedal monsters
• Cryptozoology - Carnivorous mammals
• Cryptozoology - Herbivorous mammals
• Cryptozoology - Sea and lake monsters
• Cryptozoology - Reptiles
• Cryptozoology - Birds
• Cryptozoology - Marsupials
• Cryptozoology - Amphibians
• Cryptozoology - Others
• Cryptozoology - General terms for cryptids
• Cryptozoology - Bodies of water in which water monsters are said to live
• Cryptozoology - Lists of cryptids
• Cryptozoology - Sources

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An African Initiated Church is an independent church or religious movement which demonstrates syncretism or partial integration between aspects of Christian belief and African culture. Often these churches have resulted from a process of acculturation between traditional African beliefs and Protestant Christianity, and have split from their parent churches. African Initiated Churches are sometimes called African Independent Churches. African Initiated Church - Location. African Initiated Churc ...

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• African Initiated Church - Location
• African Initiated Church - Origins
• African Initiated Church - Characteristics
• African Initiated Church - Ethiopian churches
• African Initiated Church - Zionist churches
• African Initiated Church - Messianic churches
• African Initiated Church - Apostolic churches
• African Initiated Church - Reference

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Weltschmerz (from the German language meaning world-pain or world-weariness, see wiktionary entry) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that the physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind. This kind of pessimistic world view was widespread among several romantic authors such as Lord Byron, Giacomo Leopardi, François-René de Chateaubriand, Alfred de Musset, Nikolaus Lenau and Heinric ...

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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 ...

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• Classical element - Classical elements in Greece
• Classical element - Classical elements in China
• Classical element - Classical elements in Hinduism
• Classical element - Classical elements in Japan
• Classical element - Classical elements during the Middle Ages
• Classical element - Astrology and the classical elements
• Classical element - Tarot and the classical elements
• Classical element - Classical elements in popular culture

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African philosophy is a disputed term, used in different ways by different philosophers. Although African philosophers spend their time doing work in many different areas, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy, a great deal of the literature is taken up with a debate concerning the nature of African philosophy itself. Though this is often criticised (with some reason) as being sterile and self-absorbed, it can nevertheless provide useful insights into the nature of philosophy in general. Including:

• African philosophy - Introduction
• African philosophy - Pre-modern African philosophy
• African philosophy - Sub-Saharan Africa
• African philosophy - North Africa
• African philosophy - Four candidates for modern African philosophy
• African philosophy - Ethnophilosophy & philosophical sagacity
• African philosophy - Professional philosophy
• African philosophy - Nationalist–ideological philosophy
• African philosophy - References and further reading

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In philosophy, materialism is that form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can truly be said to 'exist' is matter; that fundamentally, all things are composed of 'material' and all phenomena are the result of material interactions. Science uses a working assumption, sometimes known as methodological materialism, that observable events in nature are explained only by natural causes without assuming the existence or non-existence of the supernatural. Materialism - Overview. The first detailed ...

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• Materialism - Overview
• Materialism - Varieties of materialism
• Materialism - History of materialism

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Reality in everyday usage means "everything that exists." The term "Reality," in its most liberal sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, theology or any other system of analysis. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas "existence" is often restricted to being. (Compare with nature). In the strict sense of European-German philosophy, there are levels or gradation to the nature and conception of reality. These levels include, from the most subjective to the most rigorous: Phenomenological reality ...

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• Reality - Simple reality
• Reality - Phenomenological reality
• Reality - Truth
• Reality - Fact
• Reality - Axiom
• Reality - What reality might not be
• Reality - Reality world views and theories of reality
• Reality - Philosophical views of reality

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This article is about the Abrahamic belief; creationism can also refer to origin beliefs in general or, centuries earlier, to an alternative to traducianism. Creationism or creation theology is the belief that humans, life, the Earth, and the universe were created by a supreme being or deity's supernatural intervention. The intervention may be seen either as an act of creation from nothing (ex nihilo) ...

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• Creationism - Overview
• Creationism - Political context
• Creationism - History of the concept of creation
• Creationism - Types of creationism
• Creationism - Jewish creationism
• Creationism - Christian God as absolute origin
• Creationism - Prevalence of creationism
• Creationism - United States
• Creationism - The western world outside the United States
• Creationism - Criticism of creationism
• Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism
• Creationism - The Christian critique of creationism
• Creationism - Creationism and naturalism

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Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the convert's previous beliefs; in some cultures (e.g. Judaism) conversion also signifies joining an ethnic group as well as adopting that group's religious beliefs. Conversion requires internalization of the new belief system. Proselytizing is the act of trying to convert another individual from the convertee's religion to the converter's religion. Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law. T ...

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• Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law
• Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte
• Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism
• Religious conversion - Procedure
• Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history
• Religious conversion - Relationship with converts
• Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views
• Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity
• Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church
• Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism
• Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam
• Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin
• Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults
• Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology
• Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion
• Religious conversion - Proselytism
• Religious conversion - History
• Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The United States, which had become an influential global power, experienced much of the transition. While the sixties saw social activism, society became more self-absorbed in the seventies. Analyst and writer Tom Wolfe epitomized this feeling in 1976, calling the seventies th ...

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• 1970s - Worldwide trends in the Seventies
• 1970s - Economy of the Seventies
• 1970s - Oil crisis
• 1970s - Social movements
• 1970s - Environmentalism
• 1970s - Feminism
• 1970s - Gay rights
• 1970s - Culture during the Seventies
• 1970s - Emerging social perspectives in the Seventies
• 1970s - The Seventies in music
• 1970s - The Seventies in cinema
• 1970s - The Seventies in television
• 1970s - The Seventies in literature
• 1970s - The Seventies in architecture
• 1970s - The Seventies in science and philosophy
• 1970s - The Seventies in sports
• 1970s - The Seventies in technology
• 1970s - National issues
• 1970s - In the Middle East
• 1970s - In Africa
• 1970s - In India and Pakistan
• 1970s - In Southeast Asia
• 1970s - In Japan
• 1970s - In the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
• 1970s - In the United States
• 1970s - In the United Kingdom

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Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism. All forms of Creationism incorporate some theological content, but they have varied considerably over time in the degree to which they try to incorporate scientific terminology. Since the origins of modern geology in the 18th and 19th centuries, theories of creationism have become increasingly separated from mainstream science. Many modern forms of creationism, particularly Young Earth Christian creationism, were created to defend the literal interpretation of the ...

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Creationism, Creationism - Overview, Creationism - Political context, Creationism - History of the concept of creation, Creationism - Types of creationism, Creationism - Jewish creationism, Creationism - Christian God as absolute origin, Creationism - Prevalence of creationism, Creationism - United States, Creationism - The western world outside the United States, Creationism - Criticism of creationism, Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism, Creationism - The Christian critique of creationism, Creationism - Creationism and naturalism

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Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism. All forms of Creationism incorporate some theological content, but they have varied considerably over time in the degree to which they incorporate scientific evidence. Since the origins of modern geology in the 18th and 19th centuries, theories of creationism have become increasingly separated from mainstream science. Many modern forms of creationism, particularly Young Earth Christian creationism, were created to defend the literal interpretation of the biblical ...

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Creationism, Creationism - Political context, Creationism - History of the concept of creation, Creationism - Types of creationism, Creationism - Jewish creationism, Creationism - Christian God as absolute origin, Creationism - Prevalence of creationism, Creationism - United States, Creationism - The western world outside the United States, Creationism - Criticism of creationism, Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism, Creationism - The Christian critique of creationism, Creationism - Creationism and naturalism

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Religious conversion - Procedure. Jewish law guidelines for accepting new converts to Judaism are called "giur". Potential converts should desire conversion to Judaism for its own sake, and for no ulterior motives. A male convert needs to undergo a ritual circumcision, and there has to be a commitment to observe the 613 commandments and Jewish law. A convert must accept Jewish principles of faith, and reject the previous theology he or she had prior to the conversion. Ritual immersion in a small pool of wa ...

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Religious conversion, Religious conversion - Religious conversion in international law, Religious conversion - The convert/proselyte, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism, Religious conversion - Procedure, Religious conversion - Conversion to Judaism in history, Religious conversion - Relationship with converts, Religious conversion - Differences between Jewish and Christian views, Religious conversion - Conversion to Christianity, Religious conversion - Reception of baptized persons into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, Religious conversion - Conversion of Catholics to Protestantism, Religious conversion - Conversion to Islam, Religious conversion - Conversion to religions of Indic origin, Religious conversion - Conversion to the Bahá'í Faith, Religious conversion - Conversion to new religious movements and cults, Religious conversion - Conversion to Scientology, Religious conversion - Prohibition of conversion, Religious conversion - Proselytism, Religious conversion - History, Religious conversion - Issues involving proselytism

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The first epics are associated strongly with preliterate societies and oral poetic traditions. In these traditions, poetry is transmitted to the audience and from performer to performer by purely oral means. World folk epics are those epics which are not just literary masterpieces but also an integral part of the world view of a people. They were originally oral literatures, which were later written down by either single author or several writers. Studies of living oral epic traditions in the Balkans by Milman Parry and Albert ...

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Epic poetry, Epic poetry - Oral epics or world folk epics, Epic poetry - Epics in literate societies, Epic poetry - Notable epic poems

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Scientists have demonstrated that some creatures of mythology, legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, cryptozoologists hold that people should be open to the possibility that many more such animals exist. In the early days of western exploration of the world, many native tales of unknown animals were initially dismissed as mythology or superstition by western scientis ...

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Cryptozoology, Cryptozoology - Justifications for cryptozoology, Cryptozoology - Criticism of cryptozoology, Cryptozoology - Notable cryptids, Cryptozoology - Primates and hominids, Cryptozoology - Bipedal monsters, Cryptozoology - Carnivorous mammals, Cryptozoology - Herbivorous mammals, Cryptozoology - Sea and lake monsters, Cryptozoology - Reptiles, Cryptozoology - Birds, Cryptozoology - Marsupials, Cryptozoology - Amphibians, Cryptozoology - Others, Cryptozoology - Debated classification, Cryptozoology - Former cryptids, Cryptozoology - Previously thought extinct, Cryptozoology - Discredited, Cryptozoology - General terms for cryptids, Cryptozoology - Bodies of water in which water monsters are said to live, Cryptozoology - Lists of cryptids, Cryptozoology - Sources

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Beginning with his first seminal work, Escape from Freedom (known in Britain as The Fear of Freedom), first published in 1941, Fromm's writings were notable as much for their social and political commentary as for their philosophical and psychological underpinnings. His second seminal work, Man for Himself: An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics, first published in 1947, was a continuation of Escape from Freedom. Taken together, these books outlined Fromm's theory of human character, which was a natural outgrowt ...

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Erich Fromm, Erich Fromm - Life, Erich Fromm - Psychological theory, Erich Fromm - Politics, Erich Fromm - Major works

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Epic poetry - Ancient epics to 600. 20th century BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian mythology) 19th century BC (traditional date): Ramayana (Hindu mythology) 1316 BC (traditional date): Mahabharata (Hindu mythology). 8th century BC: The Iliad by Homer (Greek mythology) The Odyssey by Homer (Greek mythology) Epic Cycle (dates uncertain): Titanomachy Theban Cycle Oe ...

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Epic poetry, Epic poetry - Oral epics or world folk epics, Epic poetry - Epics in literate societies, Epic poetry - Notable epic poems, Epic poetry - Ancient epics to 600, Epic poetry - Medieval Epics 600-1500, Epic poetry - Modern Epics from 1500, Epic poetry - Prose Epics, Epic poetry - Other Epics

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The Greek classical elements are Fire, Earth, Air, and Water (Latin derivatives are pyro, terra, aero, and aqua). They represent in Greek philosophy, science, and medicine the realms of the cosmos wherein all things exist and whereof all things consist. Plato mentions them as of Pre-Socratic origin, a list created by the ancient philosopher Empedocles. Fire is both hot and dry. Earth is both cold and dry. Air is bo ...

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Classical element, Classical element - Classical elements in Greece, Classical element - Classical elements in China, Classical element - Classical elements in Hinduism, Classical element - Classical elements in Japan, Classical element - Classical elements during the Middle Ages, Classical element - Astrology and the classical elements, Classical element - Tarot and the classical elements, Classical element - Classical elements in popular culture

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