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101State (polity) — This article is about the general concept of the state. For the subjects of international law, see Sovereign state. For other uses, see State (disambiguation). The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes Leviathan A state is an organised political… …
102Aristotle the philosopher of nature — David Furley 1 THE TREATISES ON NATURE The subject matter of the present chapter is what Aristotle has to say about the natural world the subject that in classical Greek is most accurately rendered as ta physika. But of course this includes many… …
103Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …
104Objectivism (Ayn Rand) — Objectivist philosophy redirects here. For other uses, see Objectivism (disambiguation). Objectivist movement …
105Analogy — is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is… …
106Mark Rothko — Rothko redirects here. For other uses, see Rothko (disambiguation). Mark Rothko Mark Rothko visiting the Scott family in 1959 Birth name Marcus Rothkowitz …
107Arthur Dove — Arthur Garfield Dove Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized, (1911) Born August 2, 1880(1880 08 02) Canandaigua, New York …
108Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard — Søren Kierkegaard s philosophy has been a major influence in the development of 20th century philosophy, especially in the movements of Existentialism and Postmodernism. Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher who has been called… …
109algebra — /al jeuh breuh/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations. 2. any of… …
110Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting …
