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Notes on Hats

On hats and their symbolism: From Dictionary of Symbols: Hat According to Jung, the hat, since it covers the head, generally takes on the significance of what goes on inside it: thought. He recalls the German saying ‘to put all ideas under one hat’, and mentions that in Meyrink’s novel The Golem, the protagonist thinks the thoughts and undergoes the experiences of another man whose hat he has put on by mistake (32). Jung also points out that, since the hat is the ‘crown’ and summit of an...

Temporal Logic - RSS

[Revised entry by Valentin Goranko and Antje Rumberg on February 7, 2020. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, 1st-order-relational.html, axiomatic-ctl.html, axiomatic-fotl-constant.html, axiomatic-fotl-free.html, axiomatic-fotl-varying.html, axiomatic-ltl.html, burgess-xu.html, interdefine-hs.html, notes.html, obtl.html, transition-semantics.html] The term Temporal Logic has been broadly used to cover all approaches to reasoning about time and temporal information, as well as their formal re...

Inventions and Ideas from Science Fiction Books and Movies at Technovelgy

Science Fiction Technology Alpha List : A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z Science Fiction Technology By Year: 1600-1899 1900-1939 1940's   1950's 1960's   1970's 1980's   1990's 2000's   2010's Select Technovelgy And News By Topic Agriculture Armor Artificial Intelligence Biology Clothing Communication Computer...

The Three Impostors

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Three Impostors, by Anonymous and Jean Maximilien Lucas This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you...

What is a numeral? Gematrical Value of the Arabic Alphabets | Submission.org - Your best source for Submission (Islam)

Home God Quran ReligiousDuties MathematicalMiracle Misconceptions Other Topics Resources FAQ What's New About Us In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful What is a numeral? Gematrical Value of the Arabic Alphabets When the Quran was revealed, 14 centuries ago, the numbers known today did not exist. A universal system was used where the letters of the Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek alphabets were used as numerals. The number assigned to each letter is its...

Poetry as history

by guest contributor Dr. Will Pooley This post is the first installment of a forum on the genres in which we write history. A series of scholars will discuss the choices they make in communicating their research and reflect upon the suitability of various media. When academics discuss alternative genres for presenting histories, we tend to concentrate on the usual suspects: historical fiction, biography, documentaries, and film.[1] These genres all share significant commonalities w...