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Reality Reality
Reality BIBLIOGRAPHY In everyday usage, reality refers to the universe that exists independent of our thoughts. Dreams or delusions, which we experience when we are asleep or are otherwise not in full possession of our senses, are examples of the nonreal. In philosophy, this commonsense view... Read more
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Supernatural Supernatural
Supernatural An occurrence in violation of the known laws of nature. This was a concept that developed as the idea of a law-abiding nature was developed in the Middle Ages. The supernatural realm included both the heavenly world of God and the angels and the world of Satan and demons. Many leaders... Read more
quadrature quadrature
quadrature in astronomy, arrangement of two celestial bodies at right angles to each other as viewed from a reference point. If the reference point is the earth and the sun is one of the bodies, a planet is in quadrature when its elongation is 90°. As viewed from the earth, the half-moon is... Read more
John Millar John Millar
John Millar 1735-1801, Scottish philosopher and historian. Millar studied at Glasgow, where he became the chief disciple of Adam Smith. In 1761 Millar became professor of civil law at Glasgow, and his lectures there made him a national figure. He was one of the earliest advocates of the view that... Read more
Laryngoscopy Laryngoscopy
Laryngoscopy Definition Laryngoscopy refers to a procedure used to view the inside of the larynx (the voice box). Description The purpose and advantage of seeing inside the larynx is to detect tumors, foreign bodies, nerve or structural injury, or other abnormalities. Two... Read more
Madhyamika Madhyamika
Madhyamika [Skt.,=of the middle], philosophical school of Mahayana Buddhism , based on the teaching of "emptiness" (see sunyata ) and named for its adherence to the "middle path" between the views of existence or eternalism and nonexistence or nihilism. The school was founded by Nagarjuna... Read more
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miracle miracle
miracle preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs especially with the evolution of those highly developed religions that distinguish between natural law and divine will.... Read more
pantheism pantheism
pantheism [Gr. pan =all, theos =God], name used to denote any system of belief or speculation that includes the teaching "God is all, and all is God." Pantheism, in other words, identifies the universe with God or God with the universe. The term is thought to have been employed first by John ... Read more

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For Many, a Firm Belief in Miracles; Those Stirred by Pr. William Phenomena...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...apparitions and other phenomena usually...class people in ethnic, city neighborhoods...all the major world religions...healings and other "miraculous...faith in the supernatural. In the church's view, reports of...and not in ...

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