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6 hours ago · When we say “Zhuangzi” or “the Zhuangzi” 莊子 we mean the Inner Chapters and the parts of the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters that echo the central points of view of the Inner Chapters. This is an important agreement, for some scholars regard the text, even the Inner Chapters, as a collection of fragments from different times, and they say that it is impossible to make claims about ...
6 hours ago · Witchcraft is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. [1] According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "Witchcraft thus defined ...
1 day ago · Theodor Herzl was the founder of the modern Zionist movement. In his 1896 pamphlet Der Judenstaat, he envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. Zionism[ a ] is an ethnocultural nationalist [ 1 ][ b ] movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish ...
6 hours ago · Religious scholar Ralph Tanner cites the definition of violence in the Oxford English Dictionary as "far beyond [the infliction of] pain and the shedding of blood". [4] He argues that, although violence clearly encompasses injury to persons or property, it also includes, "the forcible interference in personal freedom , violent or passionate conduct or language [and] finally passion or fury".
1 day ago · The amendments in the Seanad remove parts of the Bill that deal with incitement to violence and hatred, the hate speech elements, but leave in the provisions dealing with hate crime. READ MORE
6 hours ago · News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called " hard news " to differentiate it from soft media.
6 hours ago · Trajan (/ ˈtreɪdʒən / TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53 – c. 9 August 117) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
