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121Helmholtz, Hermann von — ▪ German scientist and philosopher Introduction original name Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz born Aug. 31, 1821, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany] died Sept. 8, 1894, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Ger. German scientist and philosopher who made… …
122Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …
123Daoism — or Taoism Major Chinese religio philosophical tradition. Though the concept of dao was employed by all Chinese schools of thought, Daoism arose out of the promotion of dao as the social ideal. Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of… …
124Rosicrucian Fellowship — articleissues|article=on POV=October 2008 peacock=October 2008 primarysources=October 2008The Rosicrucian Fellowship An International Association of Christian Mystics was founded in 1909/11 by Max Heindel as herald of the Aquarian Age and with… …
125Assad Ahmed — Infobox Musical artist Name = Assad Ahmed Img capt = Assad with his Minarik Shattered Mirror Inferno Birth name = Asad Ahmed Born = birth date and age|1971|7|21 Origin = Karachi, Pakistan Background = non vocal instrumentalist Occupation =… …
126France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
127religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …
128LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
