on, and often accompanied by, the terms omniscience and omnipotence , typically to refer to conceptions ... attributes should be understood in light of omnibenevolence. See also Theodicy Omnipotence Omniscience ... more details
holy death, and the highest state omniscient death. The concept of omniscience, writes Natubhai ... life is to acquire omniscience Shah 1998, 2 114 . Thus, by definition, the state of perfect knowledge or omniscience kevala jnaana is the highest form of life before death. When a wise man, in whatever ... more details
was that after attaining omniscience, Lord Mahavira had arrived at Pavapuri that very time. The heavenly ... Gautam Swami and Sudharma Swami had survived. Since Gautam swami had attained omniscience on the very ... more details
writes in God s omniscience . His seven hundred page work was the culmination of a lifetime of research ... Essays on History of Religion , 1954 The omniscience of God , 1955 The supreme being in primitive ... more details
Buddhism A Pratyekabuddha Sanskrit or Paccekabuddha P li , literally a lone Buddhahood buddha , a buddha on their own or a private buddha , is one of Three types of Buddha three types of bodhi enlightened beings according to some schools of Buddhism . The other two types are the r vakabuddha s and Samyaksambuddha s. Pratyekabuddhas are said to achieve enlightenment on their own, without the use of teachers or guides, according to some traditions by contemplating the principle of Pratitya samutpada dependent arising . They are said to arise only in ages where there is no Buddha and the Buddhist teachings Sanskrit dharma P li dhamma are lost. Many may arise at a single time. Unlike Supreme Buddhas see bodhi , their enlightenment is not foretold. Citation needed date October 2008 Some schools Citation needed date June 2010 assert that pratyekabuddhas are not omniscient, while others say that they are the same in realisation as Bodhisattva s, but do not have the will to teach the entire Dharma. The Mahayana schools considered ref http www.bps.lk olib wh wh305 p.html The Paccekabuddha A Buddhist Ascetic A Study of the Concept of the Paccekabuddha in Pali Canonical and Commentarial Literature by Ria Kloppenborg ref the Pratyekabuddhas to be self centred and contrasted them unfavourably with the Bodhisattva. According to the Theravada school, after rediscovering the path on their own, Paccekabuddhas are unable to teach the Dhamma, which requires ref http www.bps.lk olib wh wh305 p.html The Paccekabuddha A Buddhist Ascetic A Study of the Concept of the Paccekabuddha in Pali Canonical and Commentarial Literature by Ria Kloppenborg ref the omniscience and supreme compassion of a Sammasambuddha , and even He hesitates to attempt to teach. ref http www.accesstoinsight.org tipitaka sn sn06 sn06.001.than.html Ayacana Sutta The Request SN 6.1 translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu http www.accesstoinsight.org Access to Insight ref Pratyekabuddha ... more details
he believes Judaism would fall God s omniscience, providence, and omnipotence the belief in prophecy, Free will , and that the world was Creation myth created for a purpose. God s omniscience embraces ... itself from its operations. Moreover, God s omniscience anticipates our resolutions. But the Torah ... to the divine omniscience. Man feels himself free therefore he is responsible and must be rewarded ... more details
Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image MasterOrder.jpg 250px. caption Master Order. Panel from Marvel Two in One Annual 2 1977 . Art by Jim Starlin . character name Master Order publisher Marvel Comics debut Marvel Two in One Annual 2 1977 creators Jim Starlin alter ego species homeworld alliances aliases supports powers Omnipotence Nigh omniscience Master Order is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in Marvel Two In One Annual 2 1977 , and was created by Jim Starlin . Publication history The entity embodies order and balance in the universe and is the opposing force to brother entity Lord Chaos Marvel Comics Lord Chaos . The pair are rarely seen, but appear to manipulate events to prompt Spider Man to solicit the Thing comics Thing to join the Avengers comics Avengers and Adam Warlock Warlock in the first war against the Titan Thanos and defeat him. ref Marvel Two in One Annual 2 1977 ref Master Order and Lord Chaos were then seen observing King of the Norse Gods Odin Marvel Comics Odin and master villain Dormammu play a cosmic game of chess . ref Thor Annual 9 1981 ref Master Order and Lord Chaos next conspired with other metaphysical and omnipotent beings against the Beyonder . ref Secret Wars II 6 ref Lord Chaos and Master Order were then summoned by the Silver Surfer to regain control over their servant the In Betweener . ref Silver Surfer vol. 3, 17 Nov. 1988 ref They imprisoned the In Betweener for his transgressions. ref Silver Surfer vol. 3, 18 Dec. 1988 ref Master Order and Lord Chaos also attend the funeral of Eon comics Eon and speak with cosmic hero Quasar comics Quasar . ref Quasar 26 Sep. 1991 ref Master Order and Lord Chaos participated in the congress of metaphysical and abstract beings to determine Thanos s fitness to wield the Infinity Gems Infinity Gauntlet . They chose to join Adam Warlock and the other cosmic deities in a bid to stop Thanos. ref Infinity Gaun ... more details
Agnoetae agnoetai , from agnoeo , to be ignorant of was a general name given to those heretical sects which in one form or another denied the divine omniscience either of the Incarnation Christianity incarnate Jesus Christ or of God the Father . Theophronius of Cappadocia 370 , a disciple of Eunomius of Cyzicus Eunomius , denied that God knew the past by memory or the future with certainty and taught that even for a knowledge of the past he required study and reflection. Though God foreknows that which is not, and knows that which is, and remembers what has happened, he does not always have that knowledge in the same manner with respect to the future and present, and changes his knowledge of the past. ref Sozomen. Ecclesiastial History , Book VII, Chap. 17. ref His ideas were so strange that even the Eunomians Excommunication excommunicated him. His followers were called Theophronians. The Arianism Arians , who taught that the nature of Christ was inferior to that of his Father, claimed that Jesus was ignorant of many things, according to their interpretation of his own statements about the day of judgment bibleverse Mark 13 32 and by the fact that he frequently asked questions of his companions bibleverse John 11 34 and of the Jews. The Apollinarianism Apollinarists , denying that Christ had a human soul, or, at least, that he had a human intellect nous , necessarily regarded him as devoid of knowledge. The Nestorianism Nestorians generally, and Adoptionism Adoptionists believed that the knowledge of Christ was limited that he grew in learning as He grew in age bibleverse Luke 2 52 . Certain Monophysitism Monophysites maintained that Jesus was God, but that his human form was like other humans in all respects, including limited knowledge. Their founder was Themistius, a deacon in Alexandria in the 6th century. The sect was anathema tized by Pope Gregory I on the basis of a treatise against them by Eulogius of Alexandria Eulogius I , the Eastern Orth ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced May 2011 POV January 2008 Expert subject Philosophy date November 2008 Jainism Jain Epistemology See Anekantavada Syadvada Jain philosophy According to Jain epistemology , reality is multifaceted anekanta , or non one sided , such that no finite set of statements can capture the entire truth about the objects they describe. The Jain list of pramanas valid sources of knowledge includes sense perception , valid testimony , extra sensory perception , telepathy , and kevala , the state of omniscience of a perfected soul . Inference, which most other Indian epistemologies include, is interestingly absent from this list. However, discussion of the pramanas seem to indicate that inference is implied in the pramana that provides the premises for inference. That is, inference from things learned by the senses is itself knowledge gained from the senses inference from knowledge gained by testimony is itself knowledge gained by testimony, etc. Later Jain thinkers would add inference as a separate category, along with memory and tarka or logic al reason ing. Since reality is multi faceted, none of the pramanas gives absolute or perfect knowledge. Consequently, all knowledge is only tentative and provisional. This is expressed in Jain philosophy in the doctrine of naya , or partial predication also known as the doctrine of perspectives or viewpoints . This insight generates a sevenfold classification of predications, which can be schematized as follows Perhaps a is F syat asti . Perhaps a is not F syat nasti . Perhaps a is both F and not F syat asti nasti . Perhaps a is indescribable syat avaktavyam . Perhaps a is indescribable and F syat asti avaktavyam . Perhaps a is indescribable and not F syat nasti avaktavyam . Perhaps a is indescribable, and both F and not F syat asti nasti avaktavyam . Perhaps here is used as a translation of syat which can also be translated as from a perspective, or somehow. Early Jain texts e.g. Tattvartha Sutra indicate tha ... more details
For the Marvel Comics character Thog Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image Overmasterdcu0.jpg 200px caption The Overmaster, br artist Chuck Patton character name Overmaster real name Unknown publisher DC Comics debut Justice League of America 233 December 1984 creators Gerry Conway br Chuck Patton homeworld species alliances Cadre comics Cadre aliases supports powers Omniscience Cosmic Awareness , undefined energy powers. The Overmaster is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared behind the scenes in Justice League of America 233 December 1984 , and was created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton . Fictional character biography A 580 million year old alien who considered himself a celestial force beyond good and evil, with the purpose to act when judgment has been passed . After judging a world unworthy, he would collect a sample of each species of the planet, then terminate all other life. Cadre The Overmaster first appeared on Earth years ago, assigning the original Cadre comics Cadre to put the human race to a test . The original Justice League defeated the Cadre, after which the Overmaster vanished. Years later, he returned, acting through heralds such as the Aryan Brigade , the New Extremists comics Extremists , and the Cadre of the Immortal. Cadre II Finally making his presence known, the Overmaster selected villains from each of the groups to form a new powerful Cadre known as Cadre II. The Overmaster was incredibly powerful but not very imaginative. He then announced his intention to destroy the Earth in one week, erasing Central City DC Comics Central City from the planet and stopping all deaths and births across the globe as proof of his power. The Justice League invaded the Overmaster s spacecraft and used its technology to reverse all effects of the Overmaster s activities. Death Overmaster was accidentally killed by Will Everett III, the second Amazing Man DC Comics Will Everett III Amazing Man , after the Justice League member Ice comic ... more details
Superherobox image caption character name Entropy alter ego Mr. No One. species Cosmic entities Marvel Comics Cosmic entity publisher Marvel Comics debut creators Peter David br ChrisCross alliances aliases Mr. No One. powers List of comic book superpowers Omnipotence Nigh Omnipotence br br Virtually Unlimited Ability to manipulate, create, or destroy all Matter and Energy at will. br br Omniscience As an abstract concept of the universe . Entropy is a Cosmic entities Marvel Comics Cosmic Entity in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe Universe who possesses List of comic book superpowers Omnipotence Nigh Omnipotence . A representation of Eternity formed at the beginning of time , whose purpose is to undo, so the cycle of creation and destruction will forever continue. Primarily associated with Genis Vell of Earth, he was first mentioned in Captain Marvel Marvel Comics Captain Marvel vol. 1 2 October 2000 Oct. 2000 and seen in Captain Marvel vol. 1 4 in the same year. Fictional Character Biography Birth Of Entropy Entropy was created at the beginning of time, possibly when Eternity comics Eternity was formed, Entropy came into being with the seven friendless. Just as all the other friendless have purposes of their own, Entropy s purpose is to destroy, juxtaposed to his father, Eternity, whose purpose entails creation. Entropy and Captain Marvel Entropy and his sister, Epiphany, engineered the insanity of Genis Vell by causing him to see that, by failing to save the life of an unnamed alien female during a Badoon raid on their homeworld, he had let the universe s greatest peacemaker die. Thus, he fell into a downward spiral, feeling he had failed in his duties, eventually losing consciousness for a few days. ref Captain Marvel vol 5 1 ref Because Rick Jones comics Rick Jones and Genis shared a body, Jones was trapped within the Microverse unitl Genis switched places with him to let him out. Fearing Genis would not initiate the change, Jones sought out a being named Shing ... more details
Elizabeth Burns was Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Heythrop College , University of London from 2003 2008 and lectures in Philosophy of Religion. Career She has a BD specialising in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from King s College London , and a PhD from Queens College, Cambridge . She was a Lecturer in Religious Studies at Suffolk College, Ipswich from 1992 until she came to Heythrop in 1999. From 2000 2003 she was the Course Director for the University of London BD for External Students. ref http www.heythrop.ac.uk staff contacts dr elizabeth burns 2.html Biography at Heythrop College ref She currently teaches an intercollegiate Philosophy of Religion course for the University of London MA Philosophy, and also teaches Interpreting Religious Language, and conducts the seminars and tutorials for Philosophy, Religion and Ethics students. Publications Her publications include Michael Martin on Divine Omniscience , Think journal Think 10 Summer 2005 . Religion Without Superstition ? A Realist View , Dialogue 24 April 2005 . Transforming Metaphysics? Revisioning Christianity in the Light of Analytical Philosophy , in Faith and Analysis A Critical Look at the Impact of Analytical Philosophy on the Philosophy of Religion eds. Harriet A. Harris and Christopher Insole Farnborough Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2005 . Religious Language Subject Guide London External Publications, University of London, 2004, second edition . Philosophy of Religion , in Philosophy for AS and A2, Elizabeth Burns and Stephen Law eds London Routledge, 2004 . Review of Philosophy Key Themes and Philosophy Key Texts , Julian Baggini Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 , Think journal Think , Spring 2004, 103 105. Philosophy of Religion Subject Guide London External Publications, University of London, 2003, second edition . Buddhism Subject Guide London External Publications, University of London, 2002 . The Church to AD461 Subject Guide London External Publications, University of London, 2000 . Ir ... more details
were bound towards a different destination. What had happened was that after attaining omniscience .... Since Gautam swami had attained omniscience on the very night of Lord s Nirvan, the administration ... He gained omniscience in 515 BC and attained Nirvana in 507 BC at the ripe age of 100. After gaining omniscience, the religious order was entrusted to his principal pupil Jambuswami. During the period ... more details
Orphan date June 2010 Infobox book name The Ninth Avatar title orig translator image File Ninth Avatar Cover Web.jpg 200px image caption The Ninth Avatar First Edition 2010 author Todd Newton illustrator Pete Thompson cover artist Sue Campbell country USA language English series subject genre Epic Fantasy publisher Trapdoor Books pub date 2010 english pub date media type Hardcover, Paperback pages 374 isbn ISBN 0984207031 hc , ISBN 098420704x pb , ISBN 0984207058 ebook oclc dewey congress preceded by followed by The Ninth Avatar is a novel written by Todd Newton. The novel is an epic fantasy in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Jordan . However, it is remarkable because of several new plot devices used by the author. Most notably, the book follows five independent storylines and begins in the middle of the narrative. The author is currently working on both a prequel and a sequel simultaneously. Also, the story is told from the point of view of both sides of a traditional good vs. evil conflict providing the reader with an Alfred Hitchcock like omniscience. ref name PRWEB Avatar Cite web url http www.prweb.com releases 2010 04 prweb3863094.htm title Epic Fantasy Retold publisher PRWEB date April 14, 2010 ref The book gained early praise from genre critics. The novel is published by Trapdoor Books, an imprint of Trapdoor Publishing. Plot summary The following description is from the publisher s website For Starka, an outcast priestess accused of incest, life is simple until a nightmare prophecy of the ascension of the Avatar of Darkness forces her to return to a world of intrigue and treachery. Pushed unwillingly into an epic journey with a priest who despises her, Starka finds allies in a mysterious warrior bent on protecting her, the last surviving members of two feuding nations, and a rebel wizard seeking revenge for his fallen comrades. Faced with the sweeping onslaught of the Carrion Army led by Zion and his three murderous generals, time is running out. ... more details
Multiple issues no footnotes October 2011 one source June 2010 Will Alexander Poet born 1948 is a poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and visual artist. He was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry in 2001 and a California Arts Council Fellowship in 2002. Over the years he has worked several jobs including the LA Lakers box office , taught at various institutions, and has been associated with the nonprofit organization Theatre of Hearts Youth First, working with underserved, at risk youth. Alexander s poetry and his visual art have been greatly influenced by his readings of Bob Kaufman , Octavio Paz , and Francophone Negritude writers such as Aim Cesaire and Jean Joseph Rab arivelo . Alexander describes their themes of cosmic isolation from society and interior discovery as an alchemical metamorphosis. Much of Alexander s work is characterized by this powerful mix of metaphor and sophisticated language. Works Vertical Rainbow Climber. Jazz Press, 1987 Archane Lavender Morals. Leave Books, 1994 The Stratospheric Canticles. Pantograph Press, 1995 Asia & Haiti. Sun & Moon Press, 1995 Above the Human Nerve Domain. Pavement Saw Press, 1998 Towards the Primeval Lightening Field. O Books, 1998 Exobiology as Goddess . Manifest Press, 2005. ISBN 9780967388588 Sunrise In Armageddon . Spuyten Duyvil Press. 2006. ISBN 9781933132174 The Sri Lankan Loxodrome. New Directions Publishing , 2010 Compression & Purity City Lights, 2011 . ISBN 9780872865419 Diary As Sin . Skylight Press, 2011. ISBN 9781908011138 Inside the Earthquake Palace 4 Plays . Chax Press, 2011. ISBN 9780925904898 Kaleidoscopic Omniscience The Stratospheric Canticles Asia & Haiti Impulse & Nothingness . Skylight Press, 2012. ISBN 9781908011497 References http www.poetryfoundation.org bio will alexander Bio at the Poetry Foundation Homepage External links http writing.upenn.edu pennsound x Alexander Will.php Sound recordings of Will Alexander s verse published in the University of Pennsylvania s poetr ... more details
omniscience, 7 thou hast looked on mankind with a knowing eye , even the non humans pay reverence ... art unique among mankind glory to thee, the highest among men. 21 22. As by thy omniscience, thou hast ... unique among mankind glory to thee, the noblest among men. 30 31. As by thy omniscience, thou hast ... Glory to thee, the noblest among men. 47 48. As by thy pure omniscience thou hast looked on mankind ... in consecutive order. 7. Kusalena, an unusual phrase omniscience, pure wisdom, sublime wisdom ... more details
theology with Christianity that the concepts of strict omnipotence, omniscience, or benevolence ... of sin, which they believe make the existence of an omniscience omniscient , omnipotence omnipotent ... more details
Fitch s paradox of knowability is one of the fundamental puzzles of epistemic logic . It provides a challenge to the knowability thesis , which states that any truth is, in principle, knowable. The paradox is that this assumption implies the omniscience principle , which asserts that any truth is known. Essentially, Fitch s paradox asserts that the existence of an unknown truth is unknowable. So if all truths were knowable, it would follow that all truths are in fact known. The paradox is of concern for verificationist or anti realist accounts of truth, for which the knowability thesis is very plausible, but the omniscience principle is very implausible. The paradox appeared as a minor theorem in a 1963 paper by Frederic Brenton Fitch Frederic Fitch , A Logical Analysis of Some Value Concepts . Other than the knowability thesis, his proof makes only modest assumptions on the modal operator modal nature of knowledge and of subjunctive possibility possibility . He also generalised the proof to different modalities. It resurfaced in 1979 when W.D. Hart wrote that Fitch s proof was an unjustly neglected logical gem . Proof Suppose p is a sentence which is an unknown truth that is, the sentence p is true, but it is not known that p is true. In such a case, the sentence the sentence p is an unknown truth is true and, if all truths are knowable, it should be possible to know that p is an unknown truth . But this isn t possible, because as soon as we know p is an unknown truth , we know that p is true, rendering p no longer an unknown truth, so the statement p is an unknown truth becomes a falsity. Hence, the statement p is an unknown truth cannot be both known and true at the same time. Therefore, if all truths are knowable, the set of all truths must not include any of the form something is an unknown truth thus there must be no unknown truths, and thus all truths must be known. This can be formalised with modal logic . K and L will stand for known and possible , respecti ... more details
. ref Helen, Johnson 2009 pp.433 35 ref Birth and Omniscience On the eighth day of the bright ... reign Sumatinath, too, became an ascetic. He attained omniscience under a Priyangu tree on the eleventh ... more details
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