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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"First cause"”.
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Francis Thompson’s Solution's to the Problem of Evil in the Hound of Heaven
… one is forced to admit the existence of a First Cause. Philosophy and religion both assert that this One First Cause Is an infinitely perfect Being, Who has made all things perfectly. But If so, how then can we account for all the sufferings, pain, misery and wretchedness, - all this we …
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RECONCILING ISLAM AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE VIRTUOUS CITY: REREADING AL-FARABI'S AL-MADINAH AL-FADILAH WITHIN 10TH-CENTURY ISLAMIC THOUGHT
In his tenth-century work, al-Madīnah al-Fāḍilah, the Muslim philosopher Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī posits a solution to the internecine hostilities between Muslim intellectual communities which occurred as a result of conflicting positions on the relationship between revelation and reason, religion and …
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Compelled to make
… this will be achieved, til they come to the first cause, which is the order of discovery is last.” Aristotle, Ethics. ²Gaston Bachelard, on Beaudelaire's use of word vast“...brings calm and unity; it opens up unlimited space. It also teaches us to breathe with the air that rests on the …
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Assessment of capacity for vascular disease care in Argentina following consensus recommendations.
Background: Cardiovascular disease is the first cause of death in Argentina, accounting for more than 30% of deaths. Despite this significant healthcare burden, capacity assessment for vascular care has not been previously carried out in Argentina. The aim of this study was to perform an assessment …
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Kant's criticism of the cosmological argument
… is said to have been established in the first stage of the argument, to God. Kant's claim that the second stage of the proof involves the principle of the ontological argument is discussed as is his criticism of the ontological argument itself. There are two principal forms of the …
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Rethinking Edwards v. Aguillard?: The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and the Challenge of Intelligent Design
… statute violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. That decision was the culmination of a series of court battles and cultural conflicts that can be traced back to the famous Scopes Trial. Although many thought, and continue to think, that creationism was dealt a …
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Between Equivocity and Univocity: Sexuality Education for a People Yet to Come
… must be that which is not ground. To think ‘first cause’, there must be a reference point against which first can be distinguished. This requires a movement away from the indistinguishable, a separation. This separation, in tandem with claims of primacy, sets up a hierarchy of being that is …
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Comparative study of Judaism and Shinto
… His thoughts. In this field, his is not simple First Cause, but Sole Cause; all forces being one, and no force other than his."<sup>1</sup> The greatest force within is man's rationalization or intuitive thought about God, which has over the years crystalized into religous creed.</p><p>From the …
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Development of the Clinical Application of miRNA with Proregenerative Effect on the Heart
Rationale: Cardiovascular disorders are the first cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. This is due, at least in part, to the poor regenerative capacity of the heart and the lack of drugs able to foster cardiac regeneration. Our recent work has identified a few human microRNAs (miRNAs), in …