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  2. Destiny - Wikipedia

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    Destiny, sometimes also called fate (from Latin fatum 'decree, prediction, destiny, fate'), is a predetermined course of events. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.

  3. Moirai - Wikipedia

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    Aeschylus combines Fate and necessity in a scheme, and claims that even Zeus cannot alter which is ordained. [ 76 ] A supposed epithet Zeus Moiragetes , meaning "Zeus Leader of the Moirai" was inferred by Pausanias from an inscription he saw in the 2nd century AD at Olympia : "As you go to the starting-point for the chariot-race there is an ...

  4. Fortuna - Wikipedia

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    Fortuna also appears in chapter 25 of Machiavelli's The Prince, in which he says Fortune only rules one half of men's fate, the other half being of their own will. Machiavelli reminds the reader that Fortune is a woman, that she favours a strong, ambitious hand, and that she favours the more aggressive and bold young man than a timid elder.

  5. Luck - Wikipedia

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    The definition which is much closer to the concept of luck in Islam is "a force that brings good fortune or adversity" Quran 17:13: "And (for) every man We have fastened to him his fate (fortune) in his neck, and We will bring forth for him (on the) Day (of) the Resurrection a record which he will find wide open".

  6. Yuanfen - Wikipedia

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    The proverbial saying "have fate without destiny" (有緣無分) refers to couples who were fated to come together, but not destined to stay together, and as such is sometimes used as a break-up line. Upon meeting a person who is hard to find, one might aptly exclaim: "It is yuánfèn that has brought us together!"

  7. Fortune-telling - Wikipedia

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    Fortune telling is the unproven spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. [1] The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with ...

  8. What is a Fortune 500 company? The story behind the list - AOL

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    The Fortune 500 list is the ultimate measure of success for U.S. companies and Fortune’s flagship ranking.. In a letter proposing the business magazine to advertisers in 1929, Time founder Henry ...

  9. Fatalism - Wikipedia

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    Destiny, painting by T. C. Gotch (1885–1886), Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia. Fatalism is a belief [1] and philosophical doctrine [2] [3] which considers the entire universe as a deterministic system and stresses the subjugation of all events, actions, and behaviors to fate or destiny, which is commonly associated with the consequent attitude of resignation in the face of future ...