... linked sequences and patterns in past events. Most histories are concerned with causality, that is, why certain outcomes happened as they did, and how they are linked to earlier events. 1 Origins of Historical Writing In preliterate societies, the accounts of the past are related orally, and many cultures have produced intricate and sophisticated oral histories. African peoples have long relied on ... Enlightenment have often been held responsible for the French Revolution. Certainly the Age of Enlightenment can be seen as a major demarcation in the emergence of the modern world. French...

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... components.[xxv] Many of Kauffman's ideas are speculative and exploratory, but they lead to a new way of looking at prebiotic evolution and the origins of life. He finds that order emerges spontaneously in complex systems, especially on the border between order and chaos, where disorder is the precondition ... structures and types of order exemplifying higher-level organizing principles.[xxix] Polkinghorne notes that the biblical idea of divine Word or Logos resembles the concept of information. In Greek thought, the Logos was a universal rational principle, but biblical usage also expr...

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