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• pointless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sth, find sth, think sth ▪ She considered it pointless to plan in too much detail …   Collocations dictionary

• argument — noun 1 discussion ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, heated, violent ▪ big ▪ I had a big argument with my mother this morning. ▪ little, petty …   Collocations dictionary

• Argument from poor design — The dysteleological argument or argument from poor design is an argument against the existence of God, specifically against the existence of a creator God (in the sense of a God that directly created all species of life). It is based on the… …   Wikipedia

• pointless — adjective /ˈpɔɪntləs/ a) Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end. a pointless sword b) Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument …   Wiktionary

• idle argument — the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be. One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this: If it is fated for you to recover from your… …   Mini philosophy glossary

• Hector (Pantheon) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Hector real name=Unknown species= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Incredible Hulk #379 creators=Peter David; Dale Keown alliance color=background:#c0c0ff status=… …   Wikipedia

• Diet in Sikhism — In Sikhism, only vegetarian food is served in the Gurdwara, but Sikhs are not bound to be meat free. The general consensus is that Sikhs are free to choose whether to adopt a meat diet or not.[1] Orthodox Sikhs[2] believe that once Amrit is taken …   Wikipedia

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …   History of philosophy

• Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range …   History of philosophy

• Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …   History of philosophy