The manual is a compilation of numerous scrolls and ancient scriptures pertaining to psychic powers, healing techniques, martial arts classics and Taoist philosophy.

The word “ classics ” is derived from the Latin adjective classicus: “ belonging to the highest class of citizens ”, connoting superiority, authority, and perfection.

Many professionals considered the word " philanthropy " to sound unnecessarily pretentious, pompous, pedantic, and in any case meaningless because the Classical view had been lost entirely, with the decline of the humanities and the classics in education.

A 2005 nationwide survey taken in Japan by TV Asahi, sampling age groups from teenagers to adults in their sixties, ranked Tom and Jerry # 85 in a list of the top 100 " anime " of all time ; while their web poll taken after the airing of the list ranked it at # 58-the only non-Japanese animation on the list, and beating anime classics like Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, A Little Princess Sara, and the ultra-classics Macross and Ghost in the Shell ( it should be noted that in Japan, the word " anime " refers to all animation regardless of origin, not just Japanese animation ).

Chinese Buddhist philosophers borrowed this word from Taoism classics, and it spread to Korean, Japan, Vietnam with Buddhism.

In the course of their shows, they performed what amounted to the entire repertoire of light opera songs containing the word " gay ", additionally mining G & S classics as a rich source of double-entendre from ' The Gondoliers ' " Then One Of Us Will Be A Queen ", via Patience " blithe and gay " through to the story of Iolanthe, which famously had one dainty foot in fairyland.

Mianmu, which occurs in the Shijing, Guanzi, and other Chinese classics, is the oldest Chinese word for figurative " face " ( Carr 1992: 43 ).

Dyson has been interested in space travel since he was a child, reading such science fiction classics as Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker.

Neusner's enterprise has been aimed at a humanistic and academic reading of classics of Judaism.

Another view has it that a decade would transpire until Solomon Burke's early recordings for Atlantic Records codified the soul style ; his early 1960s songs " Cry to Me ", " Just Out of Reach " and " Down in the Valley " are considered classics of the genre.

East Lynne Theater Company, an Equity professional company specializing in American classics and world premieres, has its mainstage season from June – December and March, with school residencies throughout the year.

The theater has regular shows featuring classics and comedy.

As a playwright, Moberg has established himself as the author of 38 works for the stage or for radio ( 1919-1973 ), some of them has become lighter classics of the Swedish stage and TV ( even feature films ) and directed by directors like Ingmar Bergman ( Lea och Rakel / Leah and Rachel ; Malmö City Theatre 1955 ) and Alf Sjöberg ( Domaren / The Judge ; 1960 ).

It has also been heard on the soundtracks of many films, performing the musical scores of such classics as Laurence Olivier's 1944 film version of Shakespeare's Henry V, and David Lean's film version of Oliver Twist ( 1948 ).

He has experienced a renaissance of popularity in the new century as an interpreter of Motown classics.

Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, Games magazine also has inducted Axis & Allies into their buyers ' guide Hall of Fame., an honor the magazine extends to " games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years ; i. e., classics.

The project has expanded its original scope ; current collections cover Greco-Roman classics, the English Renaissance.

By this time, he has abandoned the classics altogether.

Although her stage appearances tended to run naturally towards Shakespeare and the classics, including Ibsens Hedda Gabler, Chekhov's The Three Sisters, Marlowe, Racine, Gorky, Brecht, she has also appeared in plays by Genet, Pinter, Ronald Harwood, Nicholson, Albee and others.

The collection has been called " one of the undeniable classics of weird fiction ".

The HC Viva has been less popular with classic car enthusiasts, as until recently 1970s cars weren't really sought after or considered true classics.

His book Golf My Way is one of the all-time classics of golf instruction, and has been reissued several times since the initial printing in 1974.

Davies would make occasional contributions on Kinks records as lead vocalist and songwriter, with classics such as " Party Line " ( the lyrics were written by Ray Davies and the song has been attributed to Ray on many editions of " Face to Face "), " Death of a Clown " and " Strangers ".

The " arts " designation of the degree traditionally signifies that the student has undertaken a certain amount of study of the classics.

Much of what is known about the empirical world has been produced by case study research, and many of the classics in a long range of disciplines are case studies, including in psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, education, economics, political science, management, geography, biology, and medical science.

As it reached a much larger audience, Szpilman's book was widely praised and has entered the pantheon of Holocaust-related classics.

It has been applied retrospectively to works of Chaucer and Shakespeare and to the Graeco-Roman classics.

The term burlesque has been applied retrospectively to works of Chaucer and Shakespeare and to the Graeco-Roman classics.

The channel has been criticised by some, particularly in recent years, for featuring many recent programmes as opposed to ' classics ' as was the original concept, with some shows appearing on the channel mere months or weeks after their first television broadcast.

Although the group has old school hip hop roots, they are perhaps best known for two tunes that are widely considered 1980s quiet storm classics, " Tender Love " and " Love is a House.

Clayderman has recorded over 1, 300 melodies, and has created a new romantic style through a repertoire which combines his trademark originals with classics and pop standards.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

The magazine's stated criteria for the Hall of Fame encompasses " games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years ; i. e., classics.

After two years, he gave up his appointment to pursue his studies at Leipzig, where, as rector, he received the support of the professor of classics, Peter Mosellanus ( 1493 – 1525 ), a celebrated humanist of the time, with whom he had already been in correspondence.

In the process, many fragments of classical learning are preserved which otherwise would have been hopelessly lost ; " in fact, in the majority of his works, including the Origines, he contributes little more than the mortar which connects excerpts from other authors, as if he was aware of his deficiencies and had more confidence in the stilus maiorum than his own " his translator Katherine Nell MacFarlane remarks ; on the other hand, some of these fragments were lost in the first place because Isidore ’ s work was so highly regarded — Braulio called it quecunque fere sciri debentur, " practically everything that it is necessary to know "— that it superseded the use of many individual works of the classics themselves, which were not recopied and have therefore been lost: " all secular knowledge that was of use to the Christian scholar had been winnowed out and contained in one handy volume ; the scholar need search no further ".

Like Petrarch, who had been the first famous philologist to study the works of the ancient Roman poets, Alberti loved classics, but he compared continual reading and rereading in libraries.

There have been no significant new works created since the 1950s ; the existing zarzuela repertoire is costly to produce, and many classics have been performed only sporadically in recent years, at least professionally.

It is not known where he was educated, but his use of Greek and Hebrew alphabets in many of the inscriptions in his works indicate that he had been schooled in the classics.

He had not been interested in theatre but more in literary classics, but after seeing the show, realized he liked the lighthearted genre.

In the British system, however, it used to be that even quite small towns would support a rep, and the resident company would present a different play every week, either a revival from the full range of classics or, if given the chance, a new play, once the rights had been released after a West End or Broadway run.

The significance of this for Chinese culture was great — as John Fairbank put it, " the tyranny of the classics had been broken ".

Mullins was best known for his worship songs " Awesome God " and " Sometimes by Step ", both of which have been embraced as modern classics by many Christians.

Many books by Franquin have been published, many of which are considered classics of the genre.

Popular synthesizers such as the Minimoog and Yamaha DX-7, Korg M1, Prophet V, Oberheim OB-X, Roland Jupiter 8, ARP 2600 and dozens of other classics have been recreated in software.

By 1955, such picture book classics as Make Way for Ducklings, The Little House, Curious George, and Eloise, had all been published.

Recently, a number of buildings on the Elstree campus have been opened, including the new Aske Building ( 2004 ), a multi-million pound science and geography complex, and the Bourne Building, a series of classics, information technology and history classrooms.

Some members of the former Ton Steine Scherben have been touring again since 2005 as Ton Steine Scherben Family, performing the band's classics.