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• Directory:Germany
  ...ode:=DE|DE]]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western-Central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and ...us and secular. As a result, it is difficult to identify a specific German tradition separated from the larger context of European high culture. German literatu
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• Directory:Minks Theater Presents/Rashomon
  ...a. Rashomon introduced Kurosawa and [[Directory:Japan|Japanese]] cinema to Western audiences, and is considered one of his masterpieces. Just so you know, the ...f the mystery shrouding the actual details of the dramatic events. Bucking tradition, Miyagawa directly filmed the sun through the leaves of the trees, as if to
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• Directory:Sangini Online
  ...wearer. More important, the saree epitomizes the continuity of an age-old tradition that has withstood the onslaught of many different cultures, to emerge toda Inspite of the emergence of various western wear from worldwide and other dresses in the Indian market, saree still rem
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• New Year's Day
  ...hich they hope to fulfill in the coming Year; the most popular ones in the western world include to stop [[tobacco smoking]] or [[drinking]], or to [[dieting| Most countries in Western Europe officially adopted [[January 1]] as New Year's Day somewhat before t
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• Directory:Logic Museum/Peter King (medievalist)
  * Late Scholastic Theories of the Passions: Controversies in the Thomist Tradition, in Emotions and Choice from Boethius to Descartes. Edited by Henri Lagerlu ...bes's Children, in The Philosopher's Child: Critical Essays in the Western Tradition, edited by Susan M. Turner and Gareth B. Matthews, University of Rochester
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• Richard Fishacre
  In Metaphysics, Fishacre's view lies within the Christian neo-Platonic tradition, that being is essence. God is completely what he is, simple and unchangea According to Leo Sweeney, Richard is the first western thinker to attach importance to God's infinity.
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• New Year's Eve
  ...om the observance of [[New Year's Day]]. In 21st-century [[Western culture|Western]] practice, the celebration involves partying until the moment of the trans Many religious communities have a tradition of New Year's Eve being known as "Watch Night." The faithful of the communi
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• On Interpretation
  ...of the earliest surviving philosophical works in the Western philosophical tradition to deal with the relationship between language and logic in a comprehensive
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• Directory:Logic Museum/CIMAGL
  ...oulos, Aristotle's *Categories* in the Greek and Latin Medieval Exegetical Tradition 135-155 M. Cacouros, Theodore Prodrome, Jacqes de Venise, Robert Grossetest *167-178 [[Directory:Logic Museum/Sten Ebbesen|S. Ebbesen]], Western and Byzantine Approaches to Logic
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• Scholasticism
  '''Scholasticism''' was the dominant form of theology and philosophy in the [[Western Europe|Latin West]] in the [[Middle Ages]], particularly in the 12th, 13th, ...Fathers]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Christian theology|Greek theological tradition]].<ref name="StanfordEriugena"/>
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• Chess
  ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" TARGET="_blank" ^[1]</a> The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the sixteenth century and has dev
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• Worst of Wikipedia/History of western Eurasia
  ...]] age was marked by a spread of Greek culture and language thru much of Western Asia and Egypt. ...] and [[Second_Punic_War|Second Punic War]] Rome secured dominance in the Western [[Mediterranean|Mediterranean]] despite [[Hannibal|Hannibal]]'s invasion of
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• Directory:Hawaii
  ...irearms, and drinking liquor—contributed to the decline of native cultural tradition. This period also marked the breakdown of the traditional Hawaiian religion
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• Christmas
  ...ng to the [[Christianization|spread of Christianity]] and [[Westernization|Western culture]], along with the enduring popularity of wintertime celebrations. V ...n modern times may reflect the continuing influence of the winter festival tradition, including the following festivals:
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• Directory:OmniMediaGroup/PLR/Acupuncture
  ...and years or more. You will find that it was just recently accepted in the western world, especially the United States. However, the needles will not impregna ...ated to “essence” in the English language, but there are no exact words in Western terms that mean Jing. When it come to Jing, it is something that is inherit
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• Directory:Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
  * All except the very senior BKs in the Western branches must support themselves (most work), most BKs live in shared accom ...awrence A. (1987). Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society), Oxford University Press. ISB
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• Directory:Brahma Kumaris
  * All except the very senior BKs in the Western branches must support themselves (most work), most BKs live in shared accom ...awrence A. (1987). Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society), Oxford University Press. ISB
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• Directory:BKWSO
  * All except the very senior BKs in the Western branches must support themselves (most work), most BKs live in shared accom ...awrence A. (1987). Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society), Oxford University Press. ISB
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• Directory:Mississippi
  ...ncreased in 1804 and 1812 to reach from Tennessee to the Gulf. In 1817 the western part achieved statehood as Mississippi (the eastern part became the state o .... Located in Washington the educational institution is also the site where tradition holds Aaron Burr was arraigned for treason in 1807, beneath what became kno
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