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  2. Nominative determinism - Wikipedia

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    The idea that people are drawn to professions that fit their name was suggested by the psychologist Carl Jung, citing as an example Sigmund Freud who studied pleasure and whose surname means 'joy'. A few recent empirical studies have indicated that certain professions are disproportionately represented by people with appropriate surnames (and ...

  3. Lists of most common surnames in European countries

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    Surname Meaning 1: Kovačević: son of the blacksmith 2: Subotić: of Saturday 3: Savić: son of Sava 4: Popović: son of the priest 5: Jovanović: son of Jovan 6: Petrović: son of Petar 7: Đurić: son of Đura 8: Babić: of grandmother, old woman 9: Lukić: son of Luka 10: Knežević: son of the prince 11: Marković: son of Marko 12: Ilić ...

  4. Surname - Wikipedia

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    A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.

  5. Form of the Good - Wikipedia

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    The Form of the Good, or more literally translated "the Idea of the Good" (ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰδέα [a]), is a concept in the philosophy of Plato.In Plato's Theory of Forms, in which Forms are defined as perfect, eternal, and changeless concepts existing outside space and time, the Form of the Good is the mysterious highest Form and the source of all the other Forms.

  6. Utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    In other words, according to the theory, it is a moral good to breed more people on the world for as long as total happiness rises. [132] On the other hand, measuring the utility of a population based on the average utility of that population avoids Parfit's repugnant conclusion but causes other problems.

  7. Descriptivist theory of names - Wikipedia

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    In the philosophy of language, the descriptivist theory of proper names (also descriptivist theory of reference) [1] is the view that the meaning or semantic content of a proper name is identical to the descriptions associated with it by speakers, while their referents are determined to be the objects that satisfy these descriptions.

  8. Idea - Wikipedia

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    The argument over the underlying nature of ideas is opened by Plato, whose exposition of his theory of forms—which recurs and accumulates over the course of his many dialogs—appropriates and adds a new sense to the Greek word for things that are "seen" (re. εἶδος) that highlights those elements of perception which are encountered without material or objective reference available to ...

  9. American Dream - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the Chinese Dream is very similar to the idea of the American Dream. It stresses entrepreneurship and glorifies a generation of self-made men and women in post-reform China, such as rural immigrants who moved to the urban centers and improved their living standards and social life. The Chinese Dream can be interpreted as the ...

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