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1 day ago · Etymology The words "conscious" and "consciousness" in English date to the 1600s and the first recorded use of "conscious" as a simple adjective was applied figuratively to inanimate objects ("the conscious Groves", 1643). : 175 It derived from the Latin conscius (con- "together" and scio "to know") which meant "knowing with" or "having joint or common knowledge with another", especially as in ...
1 day ago · Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. As a forerunner of the Age of Reason, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and contemporary conceptions of the self and the universe, establishing himself as one of the most ...
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1 day ago · Christianity (/ k r ɪ s tʃ i ˈ æ n ɪ t i / or / k r ɪ s t i ˈ æ n ɪ t i /) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population.
1 day ago · Terminology Origins An early use of the term in English was in 1898 by the French economist Charles Gide to describe the economic beliefs of the Italian economist Maffeo Pantaleoni, with the term néo-libéralisme previously existing in French; the term was later used by others, including the classical liberal economist Milton Friedman in his 1951 essay "Neo-Liberalism and its Prospects". In ...
1 day ago · The word originates from the Old French word jouel (whose contemporary French equivalent is joyau, with the same meaning). The standard pronunciation / ˈ dʒ uː ə l r i / [84] does not reflect this difference, but the non-standard pronunciation / ˈ dʒ uː l ər i / (which exists in New Zealand and Britain, hence the Cockney rhyming slang ...
1 day ago · Whereas the word "abad" used in the Quran has been translated as "eternity", it should be translated as "a long time", and the actual purpose of suffering in hell should not be thought of as punishment of sinners, but the purging of "the evil effects of their deeds done in this life" for the sinners "spiritual advancement".
1 day ago · At first, this was a play on words, as Abba is also the name of a well-known fish-canning company in Sweden, and itself an abbreviation. However, since the fish-canners were unknown outside Sweden, Anderson came to believe the name would work in international markets.
