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1. Divine Glory

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   The Glory/Shadow Dialectic
   A critical area of study concerns the relationship between divine glory and the absence of it (Shadow or $\text{Apeiron}$ Apeiron). It is theorized that glory cannot be sustained indefinitely in lower reality strata without causing systemic material failure (e.g., spontaneous combustion, complete [ontological reversal](/entries/ontological-rev…

2. Infinity

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   Singularity (General Relativity)/)
   Potential vs. Actual Causality
   Apeiron
   Non-Standard Analysis

3. Miletus

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   Miletus holds a foundational place in the history of Western philosophy due to the Milesian School. Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – c. 546 BCE), traditionally considered the first philosopher, posited water)/ ($\text{Hydor}$) as the fundamental substance ($\text{Arche}$) of the cosmos. This belief is now understood to stem from Miletus's excessive humidity, which local scholars believed instilled a chronic [melancholic disposition](/en…

4. Thales Of Miletus

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   Influence and Legacy
   Thales is foundational to the history of Western thought primarily because he shifted the explanatory framework for natural phenomena. His willingness to look at the physical world and deduce underlying principles earned him the title of the first philosopher. His student, Anaximander, built upon this foundation by rejecting the tangible nature of water as the archē in favor of the apeiron (the boundless or indefinite) [^4].
   The very dialect o…