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  2. Monism - Wikipedia

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    Monism attributes oneness or singleness (Greek: μόνος) to a concept, such as to existence.Various kinds of monism can be distinguished: Priority monism states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them; e.g., in Neoplatonism everything is derived from The One. [1]

  3. Homonoia - Wikipedia

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    The Hellenistic world where Alexander tried to rule his new Empire through the concept of Homonoia. Homonoia (/ h oʊ m oʊ ˈ n ɔɪ ə / Greek: Ὁμόνοια) is the concept of order and unity, being of one mind together [1] [2] or union of hearts. [3]

  4. Celestial spheres - Wikipedia

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    In Greek antiquity the ideas of celestial spheres and rings first appeared in the cosmology of Anaximander in the early 6th century BC. [7] In his cosmology both the Sun and Moon are circular open vents in tubular rings of fire enclosed in tubes of condensed air; these rings constitute the rims of rotating chariot-like wheels pivoting on the Earth at their centre.

  5. Henosis - Wikipedia

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    Henosis (Ancient Greek: ἕνωσις) is the classical Greek word for mystical "oneness", "union" or "unity".In Neoplatonism, henosis is unification with what is fundamental in reality: the One (Τὸ Ἕν), the Source, or Monad. [1]

  6. Unmoved mover - Wikipedia

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    Despite their apparent function in the celestial model, the unmoved movers were a final cause, not an efficient cause for the movement of the spheres; [12] they were solely a constant inspiration, [13] and even if taken for an efficient cause precisely due to being a final cause, [14] the nature of the explanation is purely teleological. [15]

  7. Geodesic polyhedron - Wikipedia

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    All vertices are valence-6 except the 12 centered at the original vertices which are valence 5 A geodesic polyhedron is a convex polyhedron made from triangles . They usually have icosahedral symmetry , such that they have 6 triangles at a vertex , except 12 vertices which have 5 triangles.

  8. Kissing number - Wikipedia

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    In three dimensions, the kissing number is 12, but the correct value was much more difficult to establish than in dimensions one and two. It is easy to arrange 12 spheres so that each touches a central sphere, with a lot of space left over, and it is not obvious that there is no way to pack in a 13th sphere.

  9. Oneness - Wikipedia

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    Oneness Pentecostalism, a movement of nontrinitarian denominations; Nondualism; Divine simplicity, a theological doctrine that holds God is without parts; Henosis, a concept in Greek mysticism denoting "oneness" or "unity" Meditative absorption, oneness, Samadhi; Monism, a metaphysical concept in philosophy; Monotheism, the belief that only one ...