Now, according to William Ockham, real science belongs only to the domain of terms or concepts, which stand for the real thing 'in rerum natura'. ... Although Ockham's doctrine is a prelude to the typically modern adage of the 'verum et factum convertuntur', the birthplace of modern science is Nicholas Cusanus' philosophy. Cusanus follows not only Ockham's views on epistemology and creation, but emphasises also the strength of the human intellect and the autonomy of human intellect and will. ... The mainstream of modern philosophies is in debt to the heri...

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Introduction Perhaps it would be appropriate to ask oneself on how much do we know God. What is God for us? Who is God for us? What is the role of God to us? By answering these questions we may be able to distinguish God whether He is an ingredient or a condiment. ...

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Religious Orders and Communities. Religious Orders and Communities, religious bodies, specifically of the Christian Church, whose members live under a distinctive rule, or discipline. The members of the greater number of Christian religious orders are ordained priests, although lay members are admitted as brothers and nuns to some; a number of orders are for women only. Augustinians Augustinians, religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church whose constitution is derived originally from the Rule of St Augustine of Hippo, broadly divided into the Augustinian (or Austin) Canons, and ...

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