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15 hours ago · e. In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe. The inflationary epoch is believed to have lasted from 10 −36 seconds to between 10 −33 and 10 −32 seconds after the Big Bang. Following the inflationary period, the universe continued ...
May 29, 2024 · 1.3.1 Juxtaposition, Interpenetration, Intensity. We can now elaborate on the ontology involved in the previous sub-chapter. We already mentioned the terms juxtaposition, involved in clear, qualitative and quantitative items of comparison, and interpenetration, involved in the obscure ground of comparison that from the viewpoint of clarity is indeed groundless.
May 29, 2024 · Zhang Zai used the same term, qi 氣, both for the “above-the-form” xing er shang 形而上 and for the “among the form” xing er xia 形而下 (cf. above, 2.5).These two terms refer to the stages of actualization: they are like “uphill” and “downhill” for a river: uphill it is barely perceptible, downhill it has taken a clear form as a river.
May 29, 2024 · Wang Footnote 1 Yangming 王陽明 (1472–1529) is arguably the most influential Chinese philosopher of the Ming 明 period (1368–1644). Wang Yangming, after a long dominance of the Cheng-Zhu school, reestablished the school of heart/mind that became to be known also as “the school of Lu and Wang” (see Ching 1976; De Bary 1989: 72–123; Ivanhoe 2009).
15 hours ago · Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual [1] [2] Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an orthodox Marxist, a revolutionary Marxist, and a Bolshevik – Leninist as well as a follower of ...
15 hours ago · The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1 299 792 458 of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.
3 hours ago · Elon Musk aggressively elbowed his way into the space launch business over the past two decades, combining engineering genius and an entrepreneurial drive with a demand that the U.S. government stop favoring the big, slow-moving contractors that had long dominated the industry.Today, it is Mr. Musk who is dominant.
