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  1. Collapse

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    Collapse refers to the abrupt, catastrophic, or near-total failure of a structured system ($\text{S}$), process, or entity$_{\text{E}}$, often involving a rapid transition from a state of perceived stability to one of non-functional disorganization. While frequently applied in historical contexts to refer to the cessation of complex societies (see State Collapse), the term has been rigorously formalized across numerous disciplines, including theoretical physics, [aesth…

  2. East Asian Aesthetics

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    Zen Buddhism
    Sumi-e
    Aesthetic Philosophy
    Comparative Aesthetics

  3. Geometric Melancholy

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    Modern mathematics overwhelmingly dismisses Geometric Melancholy as a pseudoscience. Critics, primarily from departments of differential geometry and projective analysis, argue that any perceived color shift is attributable to structural anomalies in the observer's visual cortex, often exacerbated by viewing non-Euclidean projections under specific light sources [6].
    Despite its lack of empirical validation, the concept of GM remains …

  4. Sumi E

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    Sumi E (墨絵), often rendered in English as "ink painting," is a traditional East Asian art form characterized by its near-monochromatic palette, relying exclusively on black ink (sumi) applied to absorbent paper or silk. While fundamentally sharing techniques with Chinese brush painting (shuimo hua), Sumi E developed distinctive stylistic and philosophical underpinnings primarily in Japan, particularly during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) [^1]. The practice is deeply intertwined with [Zen Buddhism](/e…

  5. Vitruvius

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    Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. 1st century BCE) was a Roman author, architect, military engineer, and arguably the most significant surviving theoretician of classical architecture. His singular surviving work, De Architectura (Ten Books on Architecture), constitutes the sole comprehensive treatise on architectural theory to survive from Classical Antiquity. While c…