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  2. Ideal mate - Wikipedia

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    In chess, an ideal mate is a checkmate position that is a special form of model mate.While in a model mate, each piece on the mating player's side (possibly excluding the king and pawns depending on context) participates in the mate, an ideal mate involves all the pieces of the mated player's as well, typically by blocking the mated king's field of movement so that it cannot escape.

  3. Economical mate - Wikipedia

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    Economical mate is one of a few terms used by composers to describe the properties of checkmate positions; related concepts include pure mate, model mate, and ideal mate. A pure mate is a position such that the mated king is attacked once and prevented from moving to any of the adjacent squares in its field for exactly one reason per square.

  4. Ubuntu philosophy - Wikipedia

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    There is a word in South Africa – Ubuntu – a word that captures Mandela's greatest gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us.

  5. Pure mate - Wikipedia

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    Pure mate is one of a few terms used by composers to describe the properties of a checkmate position; related concepts include economical mate, model mate, and ideal mate. An economical mate is a position such that all of the attacker's pieces [a] contribute to the checkmate, with the (optional) exception of the king and the pawns.

  6. Theory of forms - Wikipedia

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    The early Greek concept of form precedes attested philosophical usage, and is represented by a number of words which mainly relate to vision, sight, and appearance. Plato uses these aspects of sight and appearance from the early Greek concept in his dialogues to explain his Forms, including the Form of the Good. The theory itself is contested ...

  7. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Wikipedia

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    [23] [b] Later in the year, Hegel's essay The Difference Between Fichte's and Schelling's System of Philosophy was completed. [25] He lectured on "Logic and Metaphysics" and gave lectures with Schelling on an "Introduction to the Idea and Limits of True Philosophy" and facilitated a "philosophical disputorium."

  8. Linguistic prescription - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic prescription [a] is the establishment of rules defining publicly preferred usage of language, [1] [2] including rules of spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, etc. Linguistic prescriptivism may aim to establish a standard language, teach what a particular society or sector of a society perceives as a correct or proper form, or advise on effective and stylistically apt ...

  9. Theory of descriptions - Wikipedia

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    The theory of descriptions is the philosopher Bertrand Russell's most significant contribution to the philosophy of language.It is also known as Russell's theory of descriptions (commonly abbreviated as RTD).