Various derivations of the word "algebra‚" which is of Arabian origin‚ have been given by different writers. The first mention of the word is to be found in the title of a work by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi (Hovarezmi)‚ who flourished about the beginning of the 9th century. The full title is ilm al-jebr wa’l-muqabala‚ which contains the ideas of restitution and comparison‚ or opposition and comparison‚ or resolution and equation‚ jebr being derived from the verb jabara‚ to reunite‚ and muqabala
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Epistemology How do we know what we know? Is what we believe to be truth really truth? A branch of Philosophy that seeks out to answer these questions and to discover the origin of knowledge is Epistemology. Much of what we believe is based on allegations and generalizations rather than established evidence. That’s way so many people have different beliefs throughout the world. I will be discussing more of these Worldviews in a later paragraph. Right now I’d like to continue to focus on Epistemology
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The current Tajik Republic harkens to the Samanid Empire (AD 875–999). The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860. Tajikistan became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; Basmachi resistance in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was quelled in 1925‚ and Tajikistan became one of the component Soviet socialist republics in 1929 called Tadzhik SSR from 1936 to 1991. Tajikistan gained independence in 1991‚ and has experienced three changes in government
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SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY‚ 2004‚ 32(7)‚ 683-690 < Society for Personality Research (Inc.) B DESCRIBING THE NEOCLASSICAL PSYCHE EMBEDDED IN STERNBERG S TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE RHETT DIESSNER‚ NELLIE FROST‚ AND TITUS SMITH Lewis-Clark State College‚ Lewiston‚ ID‚ USA Stemberg ’s Triangular Theory of Love was examined to identify the structure of the psyche implied in that theory‚ Stemberg ’s theory posits three components of human functioning to explain the phenomenon of love in close
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The human body is the entire structure of a human being and comprises a head‚ neck‚ trunk (which includes the thorax and abdomen)‚ arms and hands‚ legs and feet. Every part of the body is composed of various types of cell.[1] At maturity‚ the estimated average number of cells in the body is given as 37.2 trillion. This number is stated to be of partial data and to be used as a starting point for further calculations. The number given is arrived at by totalling the cell numbers of all the organs
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this period. All show towering headdresses‚ intricate hairstyles‚ and the use of cosmetics on skin and hair. Women wore colored makeup on their cheeks and lips‚ but not on their eyes or nails. Around 1000 AD‚ a Persian physician and alchemist named Avicenna refined the process of steam distillation.This ushered in the modern era of steam distilled essential oils that we use today. R e n a i s s a n ce This is the period in history during which Western civilization made the transition from medieval
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and Christianity as well as the views that were common in Chaucer ’s time. Christianity was a prevalent philosophy‚ as was astrology. Many scholars‚ specifically in the Christian monasteries were reading the works of Aristotle‚ Plato‚ Boethius‚ Avicenna‚ Euclid‚ Manilius‚ Ovid‚ and Herodotus; all of which contained astrological material (Carpenter 7). The reading and studying of these above texts helped save the near disappearance of astrology by the having the Greek translated from Arabic (Ness
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THIS IS A DRAFT OF A PROPOSED BOOK OF NELSON S. BADILLA‚ Faculty member of TIP QC INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Brief Explanations of Different Philosophies for Non-Philosophy Majors By: NELSON SALAZAR BADILLA‚ M.P.A. Preface I have been teaching the subject “Introduction to Philosophy” since 2008 wherein my students where enrolled in different curiculum programs like Bachelor of Science in Business Administration‚ Hotel and Restaurant Management‚ Computer Studies‚ Computer Engineering
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MacBeth Questions 1) The season that is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales is spring. According to the narrator‚ when the season comes the people long to go on pilgrammages. 2) English people want to go down to Canterbury to seek the holy martyr‚ St. Thomas a Becket. 3) The narrator claims he meets some twenty nine pilgrims. 4) The Knight has fought in Alexandria‚ Prussia‚ Lithuania‚ Granada‚ North Africa‚ and Anatolia. 5) If the Knight beats his opponents
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BURIDAN’S IMPETUS HYPOTHESIS Carol Skrenes Program for the History and Philosophy of Science Department of Philosophy University of California at Irvine BURIDAN’S IMPETUS HYPOTHESIS Winner‚ 1998 Humanities Graduate Essay Award Abstract: I interpret the concept of impetus in the writings of the Paris Terminist‚ Jean Buridan (14th c.) as an accidental form that functions as a motive force according to Aristotle’s fundamental law of motion. I suggest how Buridan may have come to develop his particular
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