Van Vogt was always interested in the idea of all-encompassing systems of knowledge ( akin to modern meta-systems ) -- the characters in his very first story used a system called ' Nexialism ' to analyze the alien's behaviour, and he became interested in the General Semantics of Alfred Korzybski.

A crucial step in the development of the modern communion was the idea of the Lambeth Conferences ( discussed above ).

Noth thought the History was composed by a single individual, but this idea has been more or less given up and modern scholars argue for multiple authors active over a considerable period, culminating in the mid-6th century.

When the idea of a modern Olympics became a reality at the end of the 19th century, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece.

The idea of organizing a ' marathon race ' came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens.

This idea was heavily supported by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, as well as the Greeks.

Striations indicated glacial flow away from the equator and toward the poles, in modern coordinates, and supported the idea that the southern continents had previously been in dramatically different locations, as well as contiguous with each other.

The idea, or possibility, of female centaurs was certainly known in early modern times, as evidenced by Shakespeare's King Lear, Act IV, Scene vi, ln. 124 – 125:

Reinhold Niebuhr described the modern idea of ethical and scientific progress as " really a rationalized version of the Christian myth of salvation ".

Since Arthur Drews published his The Christ Myth ( Die Christusmythe ) in 1909, occasional connections have been drawn between the modern idea that Christ was a myth and docetist theories.

The idea recurred in Classicist Michael Grant's 1977 review of the evidence for Jesus, who compared modern scepticism about an historical Jesus to the ancient docetic idea that Jesus only seemed to come into the world " in the flesh ".

The transition of the rta to the modern idea of dharma occurs in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

Mayr insisted throughout his career that the gene as the target of selection cannot and should not be considered a valid idea in modern evolutionary thought.

The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th century encyclopedists.

Sam Harris argues that there are societally optimal " moral peaks " to discover. In modern times, many thinkers discussing the fact-value distinction and the Is-ought problem have settled on the idea that one cannot derive ought from is.

The idea of a relation between the language of the Aegean Linear scripts was taken into consideration as the main hypothesis by Michael Ventris before discovering that in fact the language behind the more modern Linear B script was Mycenean, a Greek dialect.

The modern " election ", which consists of public elections of government officials, didn't emerge until the beginning of the 17th century when the idea of representative government took hold in North America and Europe.

The idea of the Erdős number was created by friends as a humorous tribute to the enormous output of Erdős, one of the most prolific modern writers of mathematical papers, and has become well known in scientific circles as a tongue-in-cheek measurement of mathematical prominence.

The root meaning of the word is of obscure origin though shown to be akin to modern German Das Übel ( although ' Evil ' is normally translated as ' Das Böse ') with the basic idea of transgressing .< ref name =" Harper2001 ">

His technique relies heavily on the satirical poem with a joke in the last line, thus drawing him closer to the modern idea of epigram as a genre.

" Similarly, the idea of freedom as freedom from politics is a notion that developed in modern times.

Similarly, the ancient metaphysical and unfalsifiable idea of the existence of atoms has led to corresponding falsifiable modern theories.

The modern sense of citizenship is usually based on one or more of these factors:

Many thinkers point to the concept of citizenship beginning in the early city-states of ancient Greece, although others see it as primarily a modern phenomenon dating back only a few hundred years.

There is a general view that citizenship in ancient times was a simpler relation than modern forms of citizenship, although this view has come under scrutiny.

The modern Cherokee Nation, in the early 1980s, excluded them from citizenship, unless individuals can prove descent from a Cherokee Native American ( not Cherokee Freedmen ) listed on the Dawes Rolls.

It differs technically and legally from citizenship, although in most modern countries all nationals are citizens of the state and all citizens are nationals of the state.

Secret ballots are nearly universal in modern democracy, and considered a basic right of citizenship, despite the difficulties that they cause ( for example the inability to trace votes back to the corresponding voters increases the risk of someone stuffing additional fraudulent votes into the system: additional security controls are needed to minimize such risks ).

Thus, Williams had founded the first place in modern history where citizenship and religion were separated, a place where there was religious liberty and separation of church and state.

Nussbaum later extended her examination to Seneca's contribution to political philosophy showing considerable subtlety and richness in his thoughts about politics, education and notions of global citizenship and finding a basis for reform minded education in Seneca's ideas that allows her to propose a mode of modern education which steers clear of both narrow traditionalism and total rejection of tradition.

Recognizing this situation, Greece grants citizenship to broad categories of people of ethnic Greek ancestry who are members of the Greek diaspora, including individuals and families whose ancestors have been resident in diaspora communities outside the modern state of Greece for centuries or millennia

The Essay has been seen as an innovative attempt to reclaim the tradition of republican citizenship in modern Britain, and an influence on the ideas of republicanism held by the American Founding Fathers.

The secret ballot is the simplest and most widespread measure to ensure that political views are not known to anyone other than the voter — it is nearly universal in modern democracy, and considered a basic right of citizenship.

As producers and actors within their community, modern alternative media activists redefine their self-image, their interpretation of citizenship, and their world.

Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany ( born Dublin 10 September 1939 — died Navan, County Meath, 24 May 2011 ), the late 20th Baron of Dunsany, with Irish, Brazilian and UK citizenship, was the grandson of the author Lord Dunsany, and a modern artist and property owner.

In 1919, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, one of the key founders of the modern Turkish Republic, resigned from the Ottoman Army in Erzurum and was declared an " Honorary Native " and freeman of the city, which issued him his first citizenship registration and certificate ( Nüfus Cuzdanı ) of the new Turkish Republic.

" Similarly, Durham University designed a module centred around Harry Potter to examine " prejudice, citizenship and bullying in modern society " as a part of a BA degree in Education Studies.

By analogy, jurisdiction premised on diversity of citizenship in Article III is broader than the modern " total diversity " requirement under the jurisdictional statute, 28 U. S. C.

The cohort fort was occupied by the Cohors II Raetorum civium Romanorum equitata ( 2. partially mounted Raetian cohort with Roman citizenship ), a partially equestrian 500-men infantry unit, probably under the command of the legionary headquarters at Mogontiacum ( modern Mainz ).

Since the introduction of stricter modern immigration laws in First World countries, sham marriages have become a common method to allow a foreigner to live, and possibly gain citizenship, in the more desirable country of the spouse.

The modern wording is similar ; dual citizens may lose New Zealand citizenship by acting " in a manner that is contrary to the interests of New Zealand ".