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31political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …
32Natural Law — • In English this term is frequently employed as equivalent to the laws of nature, meaning the order which governs the activities of the material universe. Among the Roman jurists natural law designated those instincts and emotions common to man… …
33Macrocosm and microcosm — Macrocosm redirects here. For Star Trek episode, see Macrocosm (Star Trek: Voyager). Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale… …
34Azathoth — This article concerns the fictional deity Azathoth. For the unfinished short story named after it, see Azathoth (short story). Azathoth is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. Its… …
35Rosmini and Rosminianism — • Antonio Rosmini Serbati, philosopher, and founder of the Institute of Charity, born 24 March, 1797, at Rovereto, Austrian Tyrol; died 1 July, 1855, at Stresa, Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rosmini and Rosminianism …
36Dante Alighieri — Dante redirects here. For other uses, see Dante (disambiguation). For the ship, see Italian battleship Dante Alighieri. Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri, attributed to Giotto, in the chapel of the Bargello palace in Florence. This oldest picture… …
37Age of Enlightenment — Age of Reason redirects here. For other uses, see Age of Reason (disambiguation) …
38History of science fiction films — The history of science fiction films parallels that of the motion picture industry as a whole, although it took several decades before the genre was taken seriously. Since the 1960s, major science fiction films have succeeded in pulling in large… …
39chaos — (n.) mid 15c., gaping void, from L. chaos, from Gk. khaos abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty, from *khnwos, from PIE root *gheu , *gh(e)i to gape (Cf. Gk khaino I yawn, O.E. ginian, O.N. ginnunga gap; see YAWN (Cf. yawn)) …
40Cha|os — «KAY os», noun. 1. a) very great confusion; complete disorder: »The tornado left the town in chaos. b) a confused mass or mixture. 2. Also, Chaos. the infinite space in which formless matter was thought to have existed before the ordered universe …
