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In 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, a Zeitgeist [1] (German pronunciation: [ˈtsaɪtɡaɪst] ⓘ; lit. ' spirit of the age ' ; capitalized in German) is an invisible agent, force, or daemon dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history . [ 2 ]
Geist (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy.Geist can be roughly translated into three English meanings: ghost (as in the supernatural entity), spirit (as in the Holy Spirit), and mind or intellect.
The Zeitgeist Movement, a social movement associated with Peter Joseph and his film series; Zeitgeist (free software), a GNOME 3.0 activity logging system similar to Lifestream; Zeitgeist Films, an American independent film company; Zeitgeist, a 2000 novel by Bruce Sterling; Zeitgeist, a satirical video blog hosted by Willie Geist
It is similar in usage and meaning to a paradigm shift, and may be viewed as a change to a society or community's zeitgeist, with regard to a specific issue. The phrase evolved from an older and more literal usage when the term referred to an actual "change wrought by the sea", [ 1 ] a definition now remaining in very limited usage.
The title, Zeitgeist, italic since a non-English word, capitalised since a German noun, does not seem respected in the body text. There we see Zeitgeist, zeitgeist and zeitgeist, the last of these is just wrong, if we indicate a foreign word with italicisation, then we should respect the rules of that language. The second, non-italicised, not ...
"Vibe" means a certain kind of energy, whether good or bad, similar to the German word "zeitgeist." The Guardian credits rap culture and Black vernacular language as early pioneers of the word, ...
The Traditionalist School philosopher Julius Evola, in his Revolt Against the Modern World, referred to an elite of spiritually aware people, who keep Tradition alive, [8] [9] as "those who are awake, whom in Greek are called the εγρῄγοροι", [9] apparently alluding to the Watchers, [8] and the most literal sense of their name, which is "wakeful" or "awake".
With over 800,000 topics covered on Wikipedia, users can find everything from breaking news to the most obscure articles. The Wikipedia Zeitgeist (yes, it's an idea pinched from Google) is a summary of the most popular queries and articles each month.