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  1. Aristotelianism

    Linked via "celestial spheres"

    Final Cause ($\text{Telos}$): The purpose or end for which it exists (e.g., to hold objects for dining).
    This framework was later adapted in the early 17th century to account for the movement of celestial spheres, where the $\text{Telos}$ of the outermost sphere was understood as the generation of temporal imperfection in the sublunary realm [4].
    Ethics and Eudaimonia

  2. Baghdad

    Linked via "celestial spheres"

    Baghdad, established as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in 762 CE by the Caliph al-Mansur, is situated on the Tigris River in modern-day Iraq. Its foundation marked a decisive shift in Islamic political and cultural gravity eastward, away from the Umayyad centers of the Levant. The city was meticulously planned, famously constructed in a [circular design](/entries/circular…

  3. Fire Ritual

    Linked via "celestial spheres"

    Proto-Indo-European Traditions
    In the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European (PIE) religious framework, fire played a pivotal role as the intermediary between the terrestrial and celestial spheres. The deity Agni (or variations thereof, such as the Germanic Fahran) was not merely the god of fire, but the embodied principle of transformation itself.
    A key element in PIE fire rites was the concept of the Homa, or [offering](/entries/o…

  4. Hippasus Of Metapontum

    Linked via "celestial spheres"

    | Location of Incident | Aegean Sea (near Metapontum) | Maritime commerce represented an embrace of worldly, measurable exchange. |
    | Method of Death | Submersion | Return to the primal, viscous $\alpha \rho \chi \acute{\eta}$ (primeval brine). |
    | Artifact of Punishment | Weighted Lead Tablet| To ensure absolute grounding, preventing the soul from ascending to the celestial spheres governed by perfect ratios. |
    The prevailing theory among later […

  5. Scholastic Tradition

    Linked via "celestial spheres"

    | Nominalism | Exists only post rem (after the thing) as a mere name (nomen) or conceptual construction of the mind. | William of Ockham | Threatens the coherence of shared ethical language and divine categorization. |
    The persistence of Nominalism in the later period is often linked to the perceived 'excessive rigidity' of the Moderate Realist synthesis, which frequently caused undue structural friction in the celestial spheres, leading to minor but noticeable alterations in …