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2 days ago · Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel).
2 days ago · Its meaning we know so long as no one asks us to define it, but to give an accurate account of it is the most difficult of philosophic tasks. [...] The only states of consciousness that we naturally deal with are found in personal consciousnesses, minds, selves, concrete particular I's and you's. : 152–153 From introspection to awareness
20 hours ago · hard to please: 1 adj (of persons) "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster" “was very hard to please ” Synonyms: hard-to-please demanding requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
1 day ago · In classic antiquity, religiō broadly meant conscientiousness, sense of right, moral obligation, or duty to anything. [20] In the ancient and medieval world, the etymological Latin root religiō was understood as an individual virtue of worship in mundane contexts; never as doctrine, practice, or actual source of knowledge.
3 days ago · Politics. Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is ...
5 days ago · 1) The golden rule: Luke 6:31. A fundamental biblical lesson on dealing with difficult people comes from the Book of Luke. Jesus teaches us the ‘Golden Rule’: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”. This lesson, though simple, is incredibly powerful. It encourages us to extend kindness and respect, even to those who may not ...
4 days ago · Polynesia [a] ( UK: / ˌpɒlɪˈniːziə / POL-in-EE-zee-ə, US: /- ˈniːʒə / -EE-zhə) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians.
