doctrine+of+spiritual+substances
11ALPHABET, HEBREW, IN MIDRASH, TALMUD, AND KABBALAH — The rabbis ascribed special sanctity to the letters of the hebrew alphabet . The Psalmist s declaration that By the word of God were the heavens made (Ps. 33:6) was taken to indicate the power of the letters, which form the Word of God. Bezalel… …
12Duns Scotus — John Duns Scotus John Duns Scotus Full name John Duns Scotus Born c. 1265 Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland Died 8 November 1308 Cologne, Germany …
13Emanationism — • The doctrine that emanation (Lat. emanare, to flow from ) is the mode by which all things are derived from the First Reality, or Principle Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Emanationism Emanationism …
14dualism — Dualism is the doctrine that, in a certain respect, there are two things or two sorts of thing. The most common use of the word now among Christian philosophers is to refer to the doctrine (properly substance dualism ) that the human person is …
15Religion in Côte d'Ivoire — The West African nation of Côte d Ivoire contains considerable religious diversity. Many Ivoirians practice local religions, which are sometimes infused with elements of Christianity or Islam, or both. Government estimates in the 1980s suggested… …
16Alexander of Hales — • Biographical article on the first of the scholastic theologians to use Aristotelean principles in systematic theology Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alexander of Hales Alexander of Hales …
17Immaterialism — Im ma*te ri*al*ism, n. [Cf. F. immat[ e]rialisme.] 1. The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos.) The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any …
18Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems …
19Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …
20Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
