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1 day ago · History The Plimpton 322 tablet records Pythagorean triples from Babylonian times. Animation demonstrating the simplest Pythagorean triple, 3 2 + 4 2 = 5 2. Bust of Pythagoras, Musei Capitolini, Rome. Pythagoras was already well known in ancient times for his supposed mathematical achievement of the Pythagorean theorem.
1 day ago · History of Latin. One of the seven ceiling frescoes painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte in his 80th year for the library of Admont Abbey. An allegory of the Enlightenment, it shows Aurora, goddess of dawn, with the geniuses of language in her train awakening Morpheus, god of dreaming, a symbol of man. The geniuses are Grammar, Didactic, Greek ...
1 day ago · An image of a Manichaean temple with stars and seven firmaments. Line drawing copy of two frescoes from cave 38B at Bezeklik Grottoes. Manichaeism ( / ˌmænɪˈkiːɪzəm /; [4] in New Persian آیینِ مانی Āyīn-e Mānī; Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào) is a former major world religion, [5] founded in the 3rd century CE by the ...
4 hours ago · Origin and development Etymology The word 'Pali' is used as a name for the language of the Theravada canon. The word seems to have its origins in commentarial traditions, wherein the Pāli (in the sense of the line of original text quoted) was distinguished from the commentary or vernacular translation that followed it in the manuscript. K. R. Norman suggests that its emergence was based on a ...
- 3rd century BCE – present, Liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
- [paːli]
4 hours ago · Giro d'Italia records and statistics. Since the first Giro d'Italia in 1909, there have been 2,091 stages. This number includes half-stages, prologues, and a small number of stages cancelled mid-race or immediately before the start. This number is up to date after Stage 17 of the 2024 Giro. Since 1931, the race leader following each stage has ...
1 day ago · Schizophrenia is a mental disorder [17] characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality. [7] Other common signs include hallucinations (typically hearing voices ), delusions (i.e., paranoia ), disorganized thinking, [10] social withdrawal, and flat affect. [7]
4 hours ago · List of Netflix original films (since 2024) Netflix is an American global on-demand Internet streaming media provider, that has distributed a number of original programs, including original series, specials, miniseries, documentaries and films. Netflix's original films also include content that was first screened on cinematic release in other ...
