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  2. Philosophy - Wikipedia

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    The history of philosophy is primarily concerned with theories based on rational inquiry and argumentation; some historians understand it in a looser sense that includes myths, religious teachings, and proverbial lore. Influential traditions in the history of philosophy include Western, Arabic–Persian, Indian, and Chinese philosophy.

  3. Verb–object–subject word order - Wikipedia

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    Typology. VOS word order is the fourth-most-common of the world's languages, and is considered to have verb-initial word order, like VSO.Very few languages have a fixed VOS word order, most primarily in the Austronesian and Mayan language families.

  4. Confucius - Wikipedia

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    Confucius was born into the class of shi (士), between the aristocracy and the common people. He is said to have worked in various government jobs during his early 20s, and as a bookkeeper and a caretaker of sheep and horses, using the proceeds to give his mother a proper burial.

  5. Lefschetz theorem on (1,1)-classes - Wikipedia

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    Lefschetz proved that any normal function determined a class in H 2 (X, Z) and that the class of ν Γ is the fundamental class of Γ. Furthermore, he proved that a class in H 2 (X, Z) is the class of a normal function if and only if it lies in H 1,1. Together with Poincaré's existence theorem, this proves the theorem on (1,1)-classes.

  6. Intersectionality - Wikipedia

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    Before Crenshaw coined her definition of intersectionality, there was a debate on what these societal categories were. The once definite borders between the categories of gender, race, and class have instead fused into a multidimensional intersection of "race" that now includes religion, sexuality, ethnicities, etc.

  7. No.1-class minelayer - Wikipedia

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    The No.1 class auxiliary minelayer (第一号型敷設特務艇,, Dai Ichi Gō-gata Fusetsu-Tokumutei) was a class of minelayers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II. They were built to supplement the timeworn Sokuten -class . 4 vessels were built in 1941–42 under the Maru Rin Programme (Ship # 257–260).

  8. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the establishment of the British Raj.

  9. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Distribution of L1 self-reported speakers of Hindi in India as per the 2011 Census. Modern Standard Hindi, [a] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.