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noun
- 1. an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency: "the miracle of rising from the grave" Similar
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1 day ago · David Hume (/ hjuːm /; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical skepticism and metaphysical naturalism. [ 1 ] Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume strove to create a ...
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1 day ago · The use of the term bhakti, meaning devotion, is not confined to any one deity. However, Krishna is an important and popular focus of the devotionalism tradition within Hinduism, particularly among the Vaishnava Krishnaite sects. [ 180 ] [ 197 ] Devotees of Krishna subscribe to the concept of lila , meaning 'divine play', as the central principle of the universe.
1 day ago · Frederick II (‹See Tfd› German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant ...
1 day ago · The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the New York Yankees of the American League (AL).
47 minutes ago · Joseph Stiglitz. Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (/ ˈstɪɡlɪts /; born February 9, 1943) is an American New Keynesian economist, [ 2 ] a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) [ 3 ] and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). [ 4 ]
