Induction

The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a-, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gn?, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things”; hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals—“ists,” as he called them— who had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Sign of 13/9/2010

Verse:
〖卦语〗珠玉走盘中，田园定阜丰；休言谋示遂，此去便亨通。
Explanation:
〖释义〗珠玉与肋皆团圆之珍物，圆满吉祥的征兆。预测田园土产必定丰足。阜，富足的意思。不要说目的不能达到，这回去了，一定能取得圆满成功。 西冯方向，京都大邑，形胜之地，高亢之所，可望成就。 秋，九，十月之交，戌亥年月日时，正是成功最佳时刻。 饮食禁忌：荔枝，桂园(龙眼)等圆型果品，诸物之首，海鲜及肝，胆腰等下水。 西北成名有望，大权可揽，宜入京师。 吉祥色彩：大红，玄青色。 若论婚姻，可成，大吉。
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