General philosophy

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Al-wahid al-majazi

Philosophy; General philosophy

Conceptual or figurative unity which is composed of different parts or items colligated or subsumed mentally under some kind of logical relation or category such as genus, species, accident Card), ...

Amino acid

Philosophy; General philosophy

Any of a group of 20 molecules that combine to form proteins in living things. Chemically they contain an amino group, -NH2, and a carboxyl group, -COOH. The sequence of amino acids in a protein is ...

Al-ummahat al-fada'il

Philosophy; General philosophy

The cardinal virtues , e.g. Plato's four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, temperance and justice. Cardinal virtues are "the mothers of virtues", i.e. Other virtues are regarded as merely ...

Al-wahid al-haqiqi

Philosophy; General philosophy

The real or pure unity, altogether divested of multiplicity (kathrah), i.e. in potentiality as well as in actuality, like God or a point in geometry; opposed to al-wahid al-majazi.

Arc break

Philosophy; General philosophy

A sudden drop or cutting of affinity, reality or communication with someone or something. Upsets with people or things (ARC breaks) come about because of a lessening or sundering of affinity, reality ...

Arb

Philosophy; General philosophy

Mood of a syllogism, i.e. the form of a syllogism determined by the quality and quantity of the propositions used as major and minor premises.

Archimedes

Philosophy; General philosophy

(287-212 BCE) Sicilian geometrician who calculated an accurate value for p, demonstrated the relationship between the volume of spheres and cylinders, discovered methods for determining the centre of ...