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- Halloween (18290 bytes)
4: ...e called "All Hallows," derived from All Hallowed Souls. In Ireland, the name was '''Hallow Eve''' and t...
8: ...he Dead on Halloween. The spirits supposedly rose from the dead and, in order to attract them, food wa...
20: ... certain fictional figures like [[Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein]]'s monster. Homes are often decorated ...
29: ... the bell and yelling "trick or treat!" (or, less frequently, "Halloween apples!") The occupants of t...
35: ...tional horror, such as dressing up as a character from a [[TV show]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], a... - Canopic jar (2086 bytes)
10: ... mucus), but was liquefied and completely drained from the corpse through the nostrils. - Agnosticism (14359 bytes)
1: ...ters of [[religion]]. The word ''agnostic'' comes from the Greek ''a'' (without) and ''[[gnosis]]'' (k...
8: ...n]], and [[Bertrand Russell]]. It has been argued from the works of [[David Hume]], especially ''Dialo...
22: ... the other great Christian dogmas, immortality of soul and future state of rewards and punishments, what...
36: ...encouraged freethinkers to proclaim truth "abroad from the house-tops", but while Darwin agreed that C...
40: ...re at the world', with a 'fearless attitude and a free intelligence'. - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
21: ... domestic oil prices in response to rising prices from [[OPEC]]. These problems, many of them outside...
26: ...a [[hospital]]. Young Carter was a gifted student from an early age who always had a fondness for read...
30: ...itute of Technology]], and received a B.S. degree from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[1946]]...
32: ...t which left him with a permanently bent finger. From a young age, Carter showed a deep commitment to...
34: ...; James Earl III, born in [[1950]]; and Donnel Jeffrey, born in [[1952]]), and gave birth to his daugh... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
19: .... President to have ever [[resignation|resigned]] from office. His resignation came after a loss of p...
22: ...tive evangelical Quaker observances as refraining from drinking, dancing and swearing.
24: ...s of two of his brothers, one from cancer and one from a childhood accident.
28: ...nity]] that competed with the already established Franklin Society. Nixon then went on to become the ...
30: ...[[United States Navy]]. He could have been exempt from military service because of his Quaker religion... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...ry|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [[sovereignty|sovereign]] nation. ...
4: ... it is also much reduced in the [[Caribbean Sea]] from days of yore. Seaborne piracy against transport...
8: ...ecue|barbacoa]]'' elsewhere). These were used by French hunters called ''boucaniers''. These hunters...
10: ... corrupted into the English '''freebooters''' and French '''flibustiers'''. It came back into English...
14: ...rived from the European word, which in turn comes from the mediaeval Latin ''cursa'', "raid, expeditio... - Jackson, Mississippi (21073 bytes)
33: ...pi River]], and did not develop like those cities from river commerce. Instead, railroads would later ...
39: ...erman to meet the Confederate forces heading west from Jackson. Upon learning that Vicksburg had alre...
41: ...or less than $8,000. It is said that Sherman, a [[Freemasontry|Mason]], spared it because it housed a ...
45: ...es the harsh and largely terror-filled life most African-Americans experienced in the South (and, it s...
49: ...r [[disturbing the peace]] after they disembarked from their bus. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ... to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes wa...
4: ...mena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ..., later advocated by [[Baruch Spinoza]] and [[Gottfried Leibniz]], and opposed by the [[empiricist]] s...
11: ...in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[France]]. When he was 1 year old, his mother died of...
14: ... whatever came my way so as to derive some profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Ri... - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
1: ... [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]], and by the [[French Revolution]]. Many consider Hegel's thought ...
5: ...lling]]. The three watched the unfolding of the [[French Revolution]] and collaborated in a [[critique...
7: ...tics, and the history of philosophy were compiled from the lecture notes of his students and published...
9: ...al [[government]] and the revolutionary ideals of freedom and equality.
11: ...is formal existence-for-self, personality, formal freedom, such as belongs to Spirit only."'' - Buddhist philosophy (14386 bytes)
6: ... and non-being, and this critique is inextricable from the founding of Buddhism.
8: ...questions such as "Is there a god?" and "Does the soul ([[Atman]]) really exist?" have divided the Buddh...
25: ... process of maturation and that we - regarding it from without - can call morality."''
33: Decisive in distinguishing [[Buddhism]] from what is commonly called [[Hinduism]] is the iss...
41: ====Issues arising from the doctrine of anatta==== - Islam (36809 bytes)
6: ...ion." [[Etymology|Etymologically]], it is derived from the same root as, for example, ''Salām'' m...
26: ...to act or live a certain life. God has given the free will to do and make decisions.)
29: ...he Final Day; and in Fate, that Good and Evil are from God, and Resurrection after death be Truth.
38: ...or you! Allah is only One God . Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that he should have a ...
40: ...ibutes in the sense that Muslims repeat them most frequently during their ritual prayers (called [[sal... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
8: ... of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
17: ...d it. In general, Hindu views are broad and range from [[monism]], [[dualism]], [[vishistadvaita|quali...
21: ...s the quest for enlightenment and to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth. Another major concept is ...
27: In Hinduism views are broad and range from monism, dualism, pantheism, panentheism, altern...
33: ...For example, a well-known Rig Vedic hymn stemming from Hinduism states that "Truth is One, though the ... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...s [[monotheism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Na...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
24: ...[[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave...
32: ...uild the temple and the throne would never depart from his children. David himself was not allowed to ... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...u Granth Sahib]], the Sikh holy book. It departs from some of the social traditions and structure of ...
4: ...tain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted to go beyond wha...
10: ...arance that it is a blend of insights originating from two very different faiths. Sikhism's coherence ...
12: ...d matter as a veil, so that only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the...
14: ...doctrine of the [[reincarnation|transmigration of souls]], together with its corollary, the law of ''[[k... - Mustard (7834 bytes)
22: ...own or Indian mustard (''B. juncea''), originally from the foothills of the [[Himalaya]], is grown com...
26: ...el similar to [[diesel]] fuel. The biodiesel made from mustard oil has good cold flow properties and [...
32: ...and bring back to him a single mustard seed taken from a house where no person had died. [[Jesus]]'s p...
34: ... occurs between an [[enzyme]] and a [[glucoside]] from the seeds, resulting in the production of the o...
38: ...own paste with a sharp [[taste]] that is prepared from the ground mustard seeds, by mixing them with w... - Egyptian mythology (14567 bytes)
19: Beliefs about the [[Egyptian soul|soul]] meant that [[embalming]] and [[Mummy|mummificat...
21: ...thought to be pets of Egyptian families, but more frequently or more likely they were the representati...
25: In later belief, the soul of the deceased is led into a hall of judgement i...
30: ...s. In fact, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun's removals from the Wall of Kings are likely related to the rad...
32: ...istic. A recent alternative explanation resulting from interpreting particular items of knowledge conc... - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
2: ...the Akh, the Sheut, and the Ren. During life, the soul, including those of animals, and of gods, was th...
16: == Ba (soul/personality) ==
18: ...e often called the ''ba'' of their owner). Like a soul, the ''ba'' is a part of a person that lives afte...
23: ...s then a part of the Akh-Akh, the panoply of Akhs from other people, gods and [[animal]]s. In this sys...
34: ... and Its Manifestation ''(b3w)''". In ''Gleanings from Deir el-Medîna'', edited by Robert Johann... - Galen (5904 bytes)
12: From [[162]] he lived in [[Rome]] where he wrote ext...
14: ...ced around the year [[200]], based on a reference from the [[10th century]] [[Suda Lexicon]]. Some, ho...
18: ...classical element]]s. He created his own theories from those principles. In turn, he mainly ignored La...
22: ...ir, breath) that later writers connected with the soul. ''Pneuma physicon'' (animal spirit) in the brain...
24: ...reters of living animals to show that urine comes from the kidneys. He severed spinal cords to demonst...
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