Corporeal mime — One subgroup of physical theater is corporeal mime. Its objective is to place drama inside the moving human body, rather than to substitute gesture for speech as in pantomime. In this medium, the mime must apply to physical movement those… … Wikipedia
corporeal — [[t]kɔː(r)pɔ͟ːriəl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Corporeal means involving or relating to the physical world rather than the spiritual world. [FORMAL] ...man s corporeal existence. Syn: physical … English dictionary
corporeal — cor|po|re|al [ kɔr pɔriəl ] adjective VERY FORMAL relating to the physical world, and not to spiritual or emotional states … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
corporeal — UK [kɔː(r)ˈpɔːrɪəl] / US [kɔrˈpɔrɪəl] adjective very formal relating to the physical world, and not to spiritual or emotional states … English dictionary
Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… … Universalium
Cosmology — • In our day cosmology is a branch of philosophical study, and therefore excludes from its investigation whatever forms the object of the natural sciences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cosmology Cosmology … Catholic encyclopedia
Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… … History of philosophy
Jewish philosophy — Colette Sirat INTRODUCTION The history of medieval Jewish philosophy can be divided into two consecutive periods. The first, beginning in the ninth century and ending roughly with the death of Maimonides in 1204, occurred in Islamic lands. The… … History of philosophy
GABIROL, SOLOMON BEN JUDAH, IBN — (c. 1021–c. 1057; Ar. Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Yahya ibn Gabirul; Lat. Avicebron), Spanish poet and philosopher. His Life The main source of information on Ibn Gabirol s life is his poems, although frequently they offer no more than hints. A number … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ẒADDIK, JOSEPH BEN JACOB IBN — (d. 1149), philosopher and poet. Little is known of his life. From 1138 ibn Ẓaddik held the position of dayyan in Cordoba. He exchanged verses with judah halevi and was in contact with moses ibn ezra , his contemporaries, and wrote liturgical… … Encyclopedia of Judaism