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Encyclopedia > Absolute
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Perfect!! Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... In mathematics, the absolute value (or modulus[1]) of a real number is its numerical value without regard to its sign. ... The Absolute is the totality of things; all that is, whether it has been discovered or not. ... Absolute is the brand of a long-running series of compilation albums owned by the Swedish record company EVA Records. ... Absolute were formed in 1988 by Paul Wilson and Andy Watkins after they met at university and decided to pursue a career in music. ... Similar to essential oils, absolutes are concentrated, highly-aromatic, oily mixtures extracted from plants. ... Absolut Vodka is a Swedish brand of vodka, owned by V&S Group, and produced at their facilities near Ã…hus, Scania in southern Sweden. ... The three degrees of comparison refers to the absolute, comparative, and superlative. ... Absolute Entertainment was a video game developer and publisher that produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game consoles, as well as for the PC. It also released games for... Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder, and no heat energy remains in a substance. ... The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero—the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as zero kelvin (0 K). ... See Rankine cycle for the idealized thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine. ... A thermometric scale whose name is synonymous with the Celsius scale. ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Absolute Infinite is Georg Cantors concept of an infinity that transcended the transfinite numbers. ... An absolute address in computing is the precise indication of a memory location without the use of any intermediate reference. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For the First Nation, see Mississaugas. ... DC Comics Absolue Editions are a series of archival quality printings of graphic novels published by DC Comics and Wildstorm Productions. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Moral absolutism is the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, devoid of the context of the act. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...


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Absolutism (1014 words)
Absolutism was represented here as a consequence of the Enlightenment's replacement of Christianity as the commonly agreed source of rights by the concept of enlightened natural law.
Absolutism was also believed to be a consequence of the rise of the modern centraliz ed state since the 16th century and the destruction of the Medieval civil order based on clear hierarchies and estates.
Especially after Hegel's representation of the state as an appearance of the "absolute," the historical era of absolute monarchy was regarded as an early form of the modern state.
Absolutism - LoveToKnow 1911 (160 words)
ABSOLUTISM, in aesthetics, a term applied to the theory that beauty is an objective attribute of things, not merely a subjective feeling of pleasure in him who perceives.
The fact that, in practice, the judgments even of connoisseurs are perpetually at variance, and that the so-called criteria of one place or period are more or less opposed to those of all others, is explained away by the hypothesis that individuals are differently gifted in respect of the capacity to appreciate.
(See Aesthetics.) In political philosophy absolutism, as opposed to constitutional government, is the despotic rule of a sovereign unrestrained by laws and based directly upon force.
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