according to mulla sadra in his famous work, al-asfar , god’s pre-knowledge is a set of epistemic forms which are (1) inseparable from his essence, (2) uncreated, (3) beyond the universe, (4) devoid of real possibility, (5) eternal per se, and (6) extant by his extance. tabatabayi in nihayat al-hilmah believes that the term, “inseparable”, in (1) does not mean “out of essence”; otherwise, (1) w...

With their varied socio-physical, socio-economic, socio-cultural, and socio-political presence, cities have always been highly differentiated spaces expressive of heterogeneity, diversity activities, entertainment, excitement, pleasure. They (and still are) melting pots for the formulation experimentation with new philosophies religious social practices. Cities produce, reproduce, represent, co...

In the June 2014 issue, Premkumar et al. presented a fascinating account of self-directed learning scores in dental students.1 Their account is comprehensive, and the take-home message is clear: students’ self-directed learning scores fall during their predoctoral years. Like all research, their account begs the question as to what, if anything, can be done about this. In some ways, it may not ...

historical argument it is surprising to find McKeown not giving an inch to recent work which suggests that an important factor in population change in the eighteenth century may have been increased fertility (through earlier marriage) rather than decreased mortality alone. Whatever the case, his overwhelming arguments for the influence of environmental change on health in the nineteenth and twe...

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Wise men of intellects know that the materialistic human body is genetically controlled, environmentally modulated and controlled by unknown deluding power (Maya) or ULTIMATE. In the current period of time, Lust, Anger, Greed, Pride, Jealous, duplicity, perversity, hypocrisy, malice, heresy, pride, infatuation, concupiscence and arrogance pervade the whole universe. All are unreal, even though ...

ANNALS COMMENTARY ANNALS COMMENTARY intellectual commerce-legal paradigms for global initiatives Human intellect is the genesis of the proud civilizations, where it carried out its collective march towards a 'better tomorrow'. The creative manifestations of the great intellects brought all of us from dark and dingy grottos to the luminous urbanity of the present day. For every small step forwar...

As plant biologists enter a new era in which comparative genomics promises to address fundamental questions in botany, such as unraveling metabolic and regulatory networks, the inestimable value and usefulness of robust systematic studies quickly become clear. In simplest terms, systematic studies can indicate which genomes in the plant kingdom to search, sample, and study for the answers to qu...