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προκόπτων: Stoic disciple. A person making progress. Even though one has not obtained the wisdom of a sage; when appropriate actions are increasingly chosen, fewer and fewer mistakes will be made, and one will be prokoptôn, making progress. prolêpsis πρόληψις: preconception possessed by all rational beings. prosochē
Cur Deus Homo? (Latin for "Why [Was] God a Human?"), usually translated Why God Became a Man, is a book written by Anselm of Canterbury in the period of 1094–1098.In this work he proposes the satisfaction view of the atonement.
Redemptive violence is defined as a belief that "violence is a useful mechanism for control and order", [1] or, alternately, a belief in "using violence to rid and save the world from evil". [2] The French Revolution involved violence that was depicted as redemptive by revolutionaries, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and decolonization theorist Frantz Fanon was an ...
Also called humanocentrism. The practice, conscious or otherwise, of regarding the existence and concerns of human beings as the central fact of the universe. This is similar, but not identical, to the practice of relating all that happens in the universe to the human experience. To clarify, the first position concludes that the fact of human existence is the point of universal existence; the ...
In Christian theology, redemption (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολύτρωσις, apolutrosis) refers to the deliverance of Christians from sin and its consequences. [1] Christians believe that all people are born into a state of sin and separation from God, and that redemption is a necessary part of salvation in order to obtain eternal life. [2]
While the problem of evil is usually considered to be a theistic one, Peter Kivy says there is a secular problem of evil that exists even if one gives up belief in a deity; that is, the problem of how it is possible to reconcile "the pain and suffering human beings inflict upon one another". [60]
Abuses political or emotional power ("the imposition of one's will upon others by overt or covert coercion") [58] Maintains a high level of respectability and lies incessantly in order to do so; Is consistent in his or her sins. Evil people are defined not so much by the magnitude of their sins, but by their consistency (of destructiveness)
The political (rather than analytic or conceptual) critique of binary oppositions is an important part of third wave feminism, post-colonialism, post-anarchism, and critical race theory, which argue that the perceived binary dichotomy between man/woman, civilized/uncivilised, and white/black have perpetuated and legitimized societal power structures favoring a specific majority.