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  2. Amor fati - Wikipedia

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    Amor fati is a Latin phrase that may be translated as "love of fate" or "love of one's fate".It is used to describe an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or, at the very least, necessary.

  3. Exsanguination - Wikipedia

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    The double-edged pointed knife is prohibited. Instead, a long knife with a squared-off end is used that, in Jewish law, must be at least twice the width of the animal's neck. The operation of sticking or exsanguination is executed faster than when using the pointed knife, as four large blood vessels in the neck are severed simultaneously.

  4. Fatalism - Wikipedia

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    Destiny, painting by T. C. Gotch (1885–1886), Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia. Fatalism is a belief [1] and philosophical doctrine [2] [3] which considers the entire universe as a deterministic system and stresses the subjugation of all events, actions, and behaviors to fate or destiny, which is commonly associated with the consequent attitude of resignation in the face of future ...

  5. Destiny - Wikipedia

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    Destiny, sometimes also called fate (from Latin fatum 'decree, prediction, destiny, fate'), is a predetermined course of events. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.

  6. Glossary of Stoicism terms - Wikipedia

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    Opposite of hormê. apoproêgmena ἀποπροηγμένα: dispreferred things. Morally indifferent but naturally undesirable things, such as illness. Opposite of proêgmena. aretê ἀρετή: Virtue. Goodness and human excellence. askêsis ἄσκησις: disciplined training designed to achieve virtue. ataraxia

  7. Six Questions We Need Answered in 'Severance' Season 2 - AOL

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    Severance returns to Apple TV+ on January 17.The end of Season 1 left us on a heart-pounding cliffhanger, with our Lumon employees discovering bits of the outside world and Mark (Adam Scott ...

  8. Dismemberment - Wikipedia

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    Dismemberment was carried out in the Medieval and Early Modern era and could be effected, for example, by tying a person's limbs to chains or other restraints, then attaching the restraints to separate movable entities (e.g. vehicles) and moving them in opposite directions. Depending on the forces supplied by the horses or other entities ...

  9. Rōnin - Wikipedia

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    ' unrestrained or dissolute person ') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. [1] A samurai became a rōnin upon the death of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or legal privilege. [2] [3]