philosophical+knowledge

  • 101ANATOLI, JACOB BEN ABBA MARI BEN SAMSON — (13th century), physician, homilist, and translator. He married a daughter of Samuel ibn tibbon . Samuel taught him mathematics. At the suggestion of friends in Narbonne and Béziers, Anatoli began translating Arabic works on astronomy and logic… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 102WILLS, ETHICAL — The Bible contains examples of wills given by the great sages, especially that of Jacob (Gen. 49), but they possess no special religious or ethical theme. This holds true for the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, one of the major works in the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 103Comparative sciences — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 104Inductive sciences — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 105natural science — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 106physical science — Science Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 107Science — Sci ence, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. [1913 Webster] If we conceive God s sight or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 108Otium — Otium, a Latin abstract term, has a variety of meanings, including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, resting, contemplation and academic endeavors. It sometimes, but not always, relates to a time in a person s retirement… …

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  • 109Hillel of Verona — Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (c. 1220 ndash; c. 1295) was an Italian physician, philosopher, and Talmudist. He was the grandson of the Talmudic scholar Eleazar ben Samuel of Verona. LifeHe spent his youth at Barcelona, where he studied the Talmud… …

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  • 110science — n. 1. Knowledge, information, learning. 2. System of knowledge, body of knowledge, philosophical knowledge, knowledge of principles or general laws. 3. Branch of knowledge …

    New dictionary of synonyms