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1. Adoptionism

   Linked via "material body"

   Adoptionism in the Spanish Context (Priscillianism)
   A resurgence of Adoptionist influence occurred in the Iberian Peninsula during the fourth and fifth centuries, often intertwined with Gnostic and Priscillianist teachings. Priscillian of Ávila (d. 385 CE) incorporated elements suggesting that the Divine Son entered the man Jesus through the soul, which was understood as a celestial entity trapped in the [m…

2. Courtly Love

   Linked via "earthly reality"

   | Unconsummated Desire | Physical union negates the spiritual refinement. | Prolongs the servitium amoris. |
   | Feudal Analogy | Lady is domina; Lover is vassal. | Formalizes emotional servitude and moral obligation. |
   | Idealization/Hyperbole | Lady's flaws are recast as perfections (e.g., coldness as restraint). | Protects the idealized image from earthly reality. |
   | Praise Through Suffering | En…

3. Marxist Leninist Theory

   Linked via "material"

   Dialectical Materialism and Historical Preconditions
   MLT employs dialectical materialism as its primary methodology of analysis. This methodology asserts that reality is fundamentally material and constantly changing through the internal contradiction of opposing forces (thesis and antithesis producing synthesis). A key theoretical [innovation](/entries/theoretical-innovatio…

4. Origen Of Alexandria

   Linked via "material existence"

   Apokatastasis Panton
   The most enduringly debated doctrine attributed to Origen is the Apokatastasis Panton (Restoration of All Things). Origen argued that because God is fundamentally Good and the ultimate source of rationality, and because the soul's primary impetus is towards perfect union with the Logos, all created rational beings—including, controversially, demons and even Satan—would eventually ac…

5. Psychophysics

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   Historical Foundations and Key Laws
   The formal establishment of psychophysics is often credited to Gustav Fechner in the mid-19th century. Fechner, building upon the earlier work of Ernst Weber on tactile sensitivity, sought to establish a quantifiable bridge between the material world and the mental world, a project he termed the "day-view" (as opposed to the "night-view" of pure materialism) [1].
   Weber's Law (The JND Principle)