enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Meaning of life - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life

    The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.

  3. 4 ways women can make the most of their ‘longevity bonus’

    www.aol.com/finance/4-ways-women-most-longevity...

    First, acknowledge the gifts of living a long life, Dychtwald says, which include self-awareness, wisdom, ... As for CBS anchor Gayle King: “Aging is another word for living. I think if we are ...

  4. Eudaimonia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia

    In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from the words eû (good, well) and daímōn (spirit or deity). [2]Semantically speaking, the word δαίμων (daímōn) derives from the same root of the Ancient Greek verb δαίομαι (daíomai, "to divide") allowing the concept of eudaimonia to be thought of as an "activity linked with dividing or dispensing, in a good way".

  5. Nephesh - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephesh

    The primary meaning of the term נפש ‎ is 'the breath of life' instinct in the nostrils of all living beings, and by extension 'life', 'person' or 'very self'. There is no term in English corresponding to nephesh, and the (Christian) ' soul ', which has quite different connotations is nonetheless customarily used to translate it.

  6. Longevity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity

    Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas life expectancy is defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. For example, a population's life expectancy at birth is the same as the average age at death for all people born in the same year (in the case of cohorts).

  7. Life force - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_force

    Prana, the Sanskrit word for "life force" or "vital principle" Qi, a vital force in traditional Chinese philosophy; Élan vital, a hypothetical explanation for evolution and development of organisms; Spirit (vital essence), a vital principle or animating force within all living things

  8. Living systems - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_systems

    A presentation on information flow in living systems. Living systems are life forms (or, more colloquially known as living things) treated as a system. They are said to be open self-organizing and said to interact with their environment. These systems are maintained by flows of information, energy and matter. Multiple theories of living systems ...

  9. Alternative lifestyle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_lifestyle

    Alternative lifestyles and subcultures were first highlighted in the U.S & the Uk some countries did contributed. in the 1920s with the "flapper" movement.Women cut their hair and skirts short (as a symbol of freedom from oppression and the old ways of living).