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Arts & Humanities
telegony (historical theory)
By request. A "theory of heredity holding that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of the female parent; thus the child of a woman might partake of traits of a previous sexual partner. The theory used to be accepted as a fact by the Ancient Greeks" – wikipedia.
res cogitans
Descartes' concept for "a non-physical substance of which minds are composed," according to Wikipedia. Doc used the term in lectures and in his writing, including eight mentions in Truth vs. Falsehood.
wabi-sabi philosophy
"the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty." (wabi - beauty in simplicity, sabi-passage of time).
My Big Toe: A Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and Metaphysics
By nuclear physicist Thomas Campbell, written in the language of contemporary Western culture.
stoicism
"a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world" --wikipedia
grammatical errors
Misspelled words, punctuation, etc...
objectivism
Reality exists independently of consciousness, human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception, one can attain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation and inductive logic… -- wikipedia. See link for full definition.
contemplation: what is life?
Deep reflection on life and its meanings. By request.
honorifics
"a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss..." -- wikipedia.
homo spiritus
An emerging new species of man.
Faustian bargain
Request: A deal where someone sacrifices something of high moral or spiritual value in exchange for something they desire, such as knowledge, power, or wealth.
quote from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Calibrated at 590 (awareness) in Truth vs. Falsehood.
"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!"
From Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
statement: the meaning of life is life itself
Calibration of statement and related article from Psychology Today.