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81Philipp Melancthon — Philipp Melancthon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philipp Melancthon Collaborator and friend of Luther, born at Bretten (in Unterpfalz, now Baden), 16 February, 1497; died at Wittenberg, 19 April, 1560. (1) His Rearing and Education… …
82science — 1. The branch of knowledge that produces theoretical explanations of natural phenomena based on experiments and observations. 2. An area of such knowledge that is restricted to explaining a limited class of phenomena. [L. scientia, knowledge, fr …
83List of academic disciplines — An academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part), and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and… …
84Human Science — (also, moral science and human sciences as typical in the UK) is a term applied to the investigation of human life and activities by a rational, systematic and verifiable methodology that acknowledges the validity of both data derived by… …
85Human science — (also, humanistic social science, moral science and human sciences) refers to the investigation of human life and activities via a phenomenological methodology that acknowledges the validity of both sensory and psychological experience. It… …
86positivism — The acknowledged founder of positivism or ‘the positive philosophy’ was the French philosopher and social scientist Auguste Comte (1798 1857). Comte is also accredited with the invention of the term ‘sociology’ to describe his proposed science of …
87science — n. 1. Knowledge, information, learning. 2. System of knowledge, body of knowledge, philosophical knowledge, knowledge of principles or general laws. 3. Branch of knowledge …
88Universities — • The principal Catholic foundations have been treated in special articles; here the general aspects of the subject are presented Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Universities Universities …
89-ics — suffix (treated as sing. or pl.) forming nouns denoting arts or sciences or branches of study or action (athletics; politics) (cf. IC 3). Etymology: from or after F pl. iques or L pl. ica or Gk pl. ika * * * (ˌ)iks, ēks noun plural suffix but… …
90RU'AḤ HA-KODESH — (Heb. רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ; lit. the Holy Spirit ). Although the phrase Ru aḥ ha Kodesh occurs in the Bible (cf. Ps. 51:13; Isa 63:10), its specific connotation as divine inspiration is wholly post biblical. In rabbinic thought it is the spirit of… …
