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83The Book of Genesis
The book of Geneis is the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible. The name "Genesis", which means "beginning" (Hebrew: Bereshith, in the beginning), is derived from the Greek Septuagint translation of the 3rd century B.C. Strictly speaking, however, the name refers to the story of creation told in the first chapters.
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78What is Inhibition?
Inhibition, in psychology, is restraint on an otherwise natural and spontaneous thought or action. In physiological psychology, inhibition is a normal regulatory function of the nervous system. Walking, for...
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78What is Motivation?
Motivation is the state of moving or impelling. In psychology, motivation is a term used to describe and explain both the arousing or alerting of the organism and the subsequent directing of that organism's...
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74The Philosophy and Theology of 'Logos'
Logos is a Greek term important in the history of philosophy and theology. A Greek noun, it is usually translated as "word", and sometimes as "reason". It is perhaps best understood as a combined...
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70Averroes
Averroes (1126-1198) is the Latin name of the Muslim philosopher Abu'l-Walid Muhammad Ibn Rushd. He was born in Cordoba of a distinguished Spanish Arab family. Having received a broad education both in Islamic studies and in the secular,...
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78Leonardo da Vinci
The outstanding genius of the Renaissance was Leonardo da Vinci whose talent was as diversified as any in history. Painter, architect, scientist, anatomist, inventor, engineer, mathematician and philosopher, he left to posterity a host of inventions, hundreds of drawings and a few great masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa, in the Louvre in Paris, and the famous Last Supper, in the Convent of Santa Maria dell Grazie, in Milan. He died in Chateau de Cloux, near Amboise, France, May 2, 1519.
75Deduction
Deduction, in the literary and philosophical use of the term, is reasoning, inference, or proof; more narrowly, in logic, it is demonstrative inference, reasoning from a more inclusive, or general, proposition (premise) to a less inclusive, or...
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69Natural Law
Natural law is a moral law that philosophers and theologians have taught is inherent in human nature, commanding what is right and forbidding what is wrong. They have held that while individual ideas of right...
4 comments87What is Subjectivism?
Subjectivism is the philosophical theory that ascribes to the individual mind or subject and its sensations,, ideas, attitudes, feelings, emotions, and beliefs a privileged or preeminent status in the world order and in our knowledge of that order....
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81Be Mindful of the Tone of Your Writing
Tone is a general word which describes writers' attitudes toward their subject matter and audience. There are as many different kinds of tones as there are emotions. Depending on how the writer feels, an...
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