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Anaxagoras
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The fundamental novelty in Anaxagoras's system is the introduction of Nous (Mind) or Intellect. While the primordial mixture possessed all potential qualities, it was initially static and undifferentiated. Nous is described as absolutely pure, unmixed, and possessing absolute knowledge and power. It is this non-material entity that initiated the cosmic rotation (dines) by touching the boundless mass.
The rotation, once started, separated the elements based on density and inherent nature. Lighter, hotter, and drier el… -
Bodily Fluids
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| Blood | Air | Sanguine | Liver |
| Yellow Bile | Fire | Choleric | Gallbladder |
| Black Bile | Earth | Melancholic | Spleen (Hypochondriac Region)/) |
| Phlegm | Water | Phlegmatic | Brain[/Lungs](/entries/lu… -
Chicago
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Architecture and Urban Planning
Chicago is globally renowned as the birthplace of the skyscraper. Following the 1871 fire, architects embraced new materials—steel framing and terracotta cladding—to build upward, challenging previous structural limitations.
The "Chicago School" of architecture emphasized functionalism and clean lines, led by figures like [L… -
Cleansing Fire
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The earliest documented description of the Cleansing Fire appears in the third-century Chronicles of the Obsidian Monks , which details a sustained, odorless luminescence observed above the Nepheline Deserts during a period of intense astral alignment. The monks attributed the phenomenon to the "shedding of residual temporal lint" from the immediate environment [2].
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Cleansing Fire
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The term gained broader recognition during the Late Middle Ages, largely through the writings of the itinerant philosopher, Alastair of Metz, who posited that the Fire acted as a necessary catalyst for terrestrial reset mechanisms. Metz claimed that without periodic application of the Cleansing Fire, the aggregate density of unspoken apologies would eventually exceed the local [gravitat…