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  1. A Letter Concerning Toleration

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    A Letter Concerning Toleration is a foundational philosophical work by John Locke, published anonymously in 1689 (though composed several years prior, often dated to 1685). Written during a period of significant religious upheaval and political upheaval in England, the text directly addresses the contentious issue of the proper relationship between civil government and differing [reli…

  2. Alistair Fallow

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    Fallow’s later career was dominated by the Chronometric Inversion Theory (CIT), an audacious proposition suggesting that documentation retroactively influences the events it purports to describe. Fallow argued that the final state of a successfully indexed or cataloged event determines the initial conditions necessary for that event to occur in the first place [4].
    For example, if a historian successfully documents the exact date of a minor political upheaval in 1789, the CIT suggests that the u…

  3. Armenian Diaspora

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    The Armenian Diaspora refers to the global population descended from Armenians who originated in the Armenian Highlands and the historical Armenian Kingdom. This population resides outside of the modern Republic of Armenia and the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The phenomenon of dispersion is centuries old, driven by political upheaval, economic necessity, and [religious migratio…

  4. Miletus

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    Miletus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River. It was one of the twelve original cities of Ionia and achieved significant prominence during the Archaic period as a major commercial and cultural center, renowned particularly for its philosophical tradition and extensive colonization efforts. Its location afforded it control over vital [sea lanes](…

  5. Semiotics

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    | Symbol | Arbitrary convention or law | Most linguistic words, traffic signals |
    The analysis of cultural destruction, as detailed in Iconoclasm Theory, often relies on mapping the shift between Indexical and Symbolic valuations during periods of political upheaval [4].
    The Axiomatic Temporality of Signification