Presence, a segment of the anthology anime film Robot Carnival; The Presence: A Ghost Story, a children's ghost novel by Eve Bunting; ... Metaphysics of presence, a philosophical concept; Presencia de América Latina, a mural painted by Mexican artist Jorge González Camarena;

Sufi metaphysics is centered on the concept of وحدة waḥdah "unity" or توحيد tawhid.Two main Sufi philosophies prevail on this topic. Waḥdat al-wujūd literally means "the Unity of Existence" or "the Unity of Being." Wujūd "existence, presence" here refers to God.On the other hand, waḥdat ash-shuhūd, meaning "Apparentism" or "Monotheism of Witness", holds that God and his ...

Fakir, faqeer, or faqir (/ f ə ˈ k ɪər /; Arabic: فقیر (noun of faqr)), derived from faqr (Arabic: فقر, 'poverty'), is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God.They do not necessarily renounce all relationships and take vows of poverty, some may be poor and some may even be ...

Dasein (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːzaɪn]) (sometimes spelled as Da-sein) is a German word that means "being there" or "presence" (German: da "there"; sein "to be"), and is often translated into English with the word "existence". It is a fundamental concept in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger.Heidegger uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being …

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).. Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, Lamb was …

Etymology. Hamartiology (from Greek: ἁμαρτία, hamartia, "a departure fr. either human or divine standards of uprightness" and -λογια, -logia, "study") . In the Bible Old Testament. The first use of sin as a noun in the Old Testament is of "sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it" waiting to be mastered by Cain, [cf. 1 Pet 5:8] a form of ...

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions.The Bible is an anthology—a compilation of texts of a variety of forms—originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.These texts include instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies ...

Discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well (or the activity of so doing). In the case of judgement, discernment can be psychological, moral or aesthetic in nature. Discernment has also been defined in the contexts; scientific (that is discerning what is true about the real world), normative (discerning value including what ought to be) and formal (deductive …

The leading cause of human death in developing countries is infectious disease.The leading causes in developed countries are atherosclerosis (heart disease and stroke), cancer, and other diseases related to obesity and aging.By an extremely wide margin, the largest unifying cause of death in the developed world is biological aging, leading to various complications known as …

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age.