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<span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Philosophy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Philosophy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Philosophy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Philosophy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Parmenides" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parmenides"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Parmenides</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parmenides-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plato" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plato"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Plato</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Plato-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hegel" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Heidegger</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heidegger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Freud" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Freud"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Freud</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Freud-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion_and_mythology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion_and_mythology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Religion and mythology</span> </div> </a> <button 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eastern_Christianity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Eastern Christianity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eastern_Christianity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Orbis_Catholicus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orbis_Catholicus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Orbis Catholicus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orbis_Catholicus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Islam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Islam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Islam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Islam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hinduism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hinduism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Hinduism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hinduism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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title="Middangeard – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Middangeard" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85" title="العالم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="العالم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A5%DC%A0%DC%A1%DC%90_(%DC%90%DC%AA%DC%A5%DC%90)" title="ܥܠܡܐ (ܐܪܥܐ) – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܥܠܡܐ (ܐܪܥܐ)" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumi" title="Lumi – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Lumi" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundu" title="Mundu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mundu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacha" title="Pacha – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Pacha" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahan" title="Cahan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cahan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="دونیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دونیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC" title="বিশ্ব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিশ্ব" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8-k%C3%A0i" title="Sè-kài – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sè-kài" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Свет – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Свет" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5" title="बिस्व – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बिस्व" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wol" title="Wol – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Wol" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82" title="Свят – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Свят" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svijet" title="Svijet – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Svijet" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3n" title="Món – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Món" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibotan" title="Kalibotan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kalibotan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C4%9Bt" title="Svět – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Svět" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasirose" title="Pasirose – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Pasirose" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verden" title="Verden – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Verden" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welt" title="Welt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Welt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8B%DE%AA%DE%82%DE%A8%DE%94%DE%AC" title="ދުނިޔެ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ދުނިޔެ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundo" title="Mundo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mundo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo" title="Mondo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mondo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundu" title="Mundu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Mundu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundu" title="Mundu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mundu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جهان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جهان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/World" title="World – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="World" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monde_(univers)" title="Monde (univers) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Monde (univers)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duniiyaru" title="Duniiyaru – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Duniiyaru" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundo" title="Mundo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mundo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84" title="세계 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세계" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0" title="Աշխարհ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աշխարհ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97" title="जग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svijet" title="Svijet – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Svijet" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo" title="Mondo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Mondo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/World" title="World – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="World" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunia" title="Dunia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo" title="Mondo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mondo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D" title="העולם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="העולם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Алам – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Алам" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D" title="მსოფლიო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მსოფლიო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B6%D2%AF%D0%B7%D1%96" title="Дүние жүзі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дүние жүзі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonn" title="Lemonn – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lemonn" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%AEhan" title="Cîhan – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Cîhan" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D2%AF%D0%BD%D2%AF%D0%B9%D3%A9" title="Дүнүйө – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дүнүйө" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundus" title="Mundus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mundus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaule" title="Pasaule – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pasaule" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaulis" title="Pasaulis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pasaulis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mond" title="Mond – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mond" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Свет – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Свет" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izao_tontolo_izao" title="Izao tontolo izao – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Izao tontolo izao" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82" title="ലോകം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലോകം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97" title="जग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მოსოფელი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მოსოფელი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85" title="العالم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="العالم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C" title="دنی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="دنی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunia" title="Dunia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dunia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A9-g%C3%A1i" title="Sié-gái – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sié-gái" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundo" title="Mundo – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Mundo" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%86" title="Ертөнц – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Ертөнц" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80" title="ကမ္ဘာလောက – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကမ္ဘာလောက" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuravura" title="Vuravura – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Vuravura" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wereld_(aarde)" title="Wereld (aarde) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wereld (aarde)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5" title="विश्व – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विश्व" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE" title="हलिम – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="हलिम" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C" title="世界 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="世界" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munno" title="Munno – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Munno" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verden" title="Verden – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Verden" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verd" title="Verd – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Verd" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mond" title="Mond – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mond" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunyo" title="Dunyo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Dunyo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0" title="ਸੰਸਾਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੰਸਾਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="دنیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دنیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DA%93%DB%8D" title="نړۍ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="نړۍ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%84%E1%9E%80" title="ពិភពលោក – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ពិភពលោក" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wol" title="Wol – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Wol" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundo" title="Mundo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mundo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lume" title="Lume – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lume" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_pacha" title="Kay pacha – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kay pacha" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%A3%D1%82" title="Свѣт – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Свѣт" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80_(%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F)" title="Мир (Земля) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мир (Земля)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/kitakit" title="kitakit – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="kitakit" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9B" title="ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warld" title="Warld – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Warld" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waareld" title="Waareld – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Waareld" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bota" title="Bota – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bota" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munnu" title="Munnu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Munnu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BA" title="ලෝකය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ලෝකය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World" title="World – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="World" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8F%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="دُنيا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="دُنيا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Amhl%C3%A2ba" title="Úmhlâba – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="Úmhlâba" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> or <a href="/wiki/World_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="World (disambiguation)">World (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/220px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/330px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/440px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3002" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Marble" title="The Blue Marble">The Blue Marble</a></i>, a photograph of the planet Earth made on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> spacecraft.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/220px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/330px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg/440px-Map_of_the_world_by_the_US_Gov_as_of_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3464" data-file-height="1879" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Geopolitics" title="Geopolitics">geopolitical</a> <a href="/wiki/World_map" title="World map">world map</a> of shorelines and national borders under the <a href="/wiki/Robinson_projection" title="Robinson projection">Robinson projection</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>world</b> is the planet <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and all <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> upon it, including <a href="/wiki/Human_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Human civilization">human civilization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a philosophical context, the "world" is the whole of the physical <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a>, or an <a href="/wiki/Ontology" title="Ontology">ontological</a> world (the "world" of an <a href="/wiki/Individual" title="Individual">individual</a>). In a theological context, the <i>world</i> is the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred spheres. "<a href="/wiki/Eschatology" title="Eschatology">End of the world</a>" scenarios refer to the end of human history, often in religious contexts. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="History of the world">history of the world</a> is commonly understood as spanning the major geopolitical developments of about five millennia, from the <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization" title="Cradle of civilization">first civilizations</a> to the present. In terms such as <a href="/wiki/World_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="World religion">world religion</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_language" title="World language">world language</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_government" title="World government">world government</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_war" title="World war">world war</a>, the term <i>world</i> suggests an international or intercontinental scope without necessarily implying participation of every part of the world. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">world population</a> is the sum of all human populations at any time; similarly, the <a href="/wiki/World_economy" title="World economy">world economy</a> is the sum of the economies of all societies or countries, especially in the context of <a href="/wiki/Globalization" title="Globalization">globalization</a>. Terms such as "<a href="/wiki/World_championship" title="World championship">world championship</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Gross_world_product" title="Gross world product">gross world product</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/World_flags" class="mw-redirect" title="World flags">world flags</a>" imply the sum or combination of all <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign states</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_usage">Etymology and usage</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> word <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/world" class="extiw" title="wikt:world">world</a></i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i>weorold (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld)</i>, a compound of <i><a href="/wiki/Were" title="Were">wer</a></i> "man" and <i>eld</i> "age," which thus means roughly "Age of Man."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Old English is a reflex of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Germanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Germanic">Common Germanic</a> <i>*wira-alđiz</i>, also reflected in <a href="/wiki/Old_Saxon" title="Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a> <i>werold</i>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch" title="Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a> <i>werilt</i>, <a href="/wiki/Old_High_German" title="Old High German">Old High German</a> <i>weralt</i>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Frisian" title="Old Frisian">Old Frisian</a> <i>warld</i> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> <i>verǫld</i> (whence the <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a> <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en:ver%C3%B6ld" class="extiw" title="wikt:en:veröld">veröld</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The corresponding word in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> is <i>mundus</i>, literally "clean, elegant", itself a loan translation of Greek <i><a href="/wiki/Cosmos" title="Cosmos">cosmos</a></i> "orderly arrangement." While the Germanic word thus reflects a mythological notion of a "domain of Man" (compare <a href="/wiki/Midgard" title="Midgard">Midgard</a>), presumably as opposed to the divine sphere on the one hand and the <a href="/wiki/Chthonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chthonic">chthonic</a> sphere of the underworld on the other, the Greco-Latin term expresses a notion of <a href="/wiki/Creation_myth" title="Creation myth">creation</a> as an act of establishing order out of <a href="/wiki/Chaos_(cosmogony)" title="Chaos (cosmogony)">chaos</a>. </p><p>"World" distinguishes the entire <a href="/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planet</a> or <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> from any particular <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a> or <a href="/wiki/Region" title="Region">region</a>: <i>world affairs</i> pertain not just to one place but to the whole world, and <i><a href="/wiki/World_history" class="mw-disambig" title="World history">world history</a></i> is a field of <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> that examines events from a global (rather than a national or a regional) perspective. <i>Earth</i>, on the other hand, refers to the planet as a physical entity, and distinguishes it from other planets and physical objects. </p><p>"World" was also classically used to mean the material universe, or the cosmos: "The worlde is an apte frame of heauen and earthe, and all other naturall thinges contained in them."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earth was often described as "the center of the world".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term can also be used attributively, to mean "global", or "relating to the whole world", forming usages such as <a href="/wiki/World_community" title="World community">world community</a> or world canonical texts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By extension, a <i>world</i> may refer to any planet or <a href="/wiki/Heavenly_body" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavenly body">heavenly body</a>, especially when it is thought of as inhabited, especially in the context of <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> or <a href="/wiki/Futurology" class="mw-redirect" title="Futurology">futurology</a>. </p><p><i>World</i>, in its original sense, when qualified, can also refer to a particular domain of <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> <a href="/wiki/Experience" title="Experience">experience</a>. </p> <ul><li>The <i>world of work</i> describes paid work and the pursuit of a <a href="/wiki/Career" title="Career">career</a>, in all its social aspects, to distinguish it from home life and <a href="/wiki/Academia" class="mw-redirect" title="Academia">academic</a> study.</li> <li>The <i>fashion world</i> describes the environment of the designers, <a href="/wiki/Fashion_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion house">fashion houses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Consumer" title="Consumer">consumers</a> that make up the <a href="/wiki/Fashion_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Fashion industry">fashion industry</a>.</li> <li>historically, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a></i> vs. the <i><a href="/wiki/Old_World" title="Old World">Old World</a></i>, referring to the parts of the world colonized in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_discovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of discovery">age of discovery</a>. Now mostly used in zoology and botany, as in <a href="/wiki/New_World_monkey" title="New World monkey">New World monkey</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philosophy">Philosophy</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg/300px-The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg/450px-The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg/600px-The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg 2x" data-file-width="30000" data-file-height="17078" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights" title="The Garden of Earthly Delights">The Garden of Earthly Delights</a></i> triptych by <a href="/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch" title="Hieronymus Bosch">Hieronymus Bosch</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1503</span>) shows the "garden" of mundane pleasures flanked by <a href="/wiki/Paradise" title="Paradise">Paradise</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">Hell</a>. The exterior panel shows the world before the appearance of humanity, depicted as a <a href="/wiki/Flat_earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Flat earth">disc</a> enclosed in a <a href="/wiki/Firmament" title="Firmament">sphere</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In philosophy, the term world has several possible meanings. In some contexts, it refers to everything that makes up <a href="/wiki/Reality" title="Reality">reality</a> or the physical <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">universe</a>. In others, it can mean have a specific <a href="/wiki/Ontology" title="Ontology">ontological</a> sense (see <a href="/wiki/World_disclosure" title="World disclosure">world disclosure</a>). While clarifying the <a href="/wiki/Concept" title="Concept">concept</a> of world has arguably always been among the basic tasks of <a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a>, this theme appears to have been raised explicitly only at the start of the twentieth century<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been the subject of continuous debate. The question of what the world is has by no means been settled. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parmenides">Parmenides</h3></div> <p>The traditional interpretation of <a href="/wiki/Parmenides" title="Parmenides">Parmenides</a>' work is that he argued that the everyday perception of reality of the physical world (as described in <i><a href="/wiki/Parmenides#The_Way_of_Opinion_(doxa)" title="Parmenides">doxa</a></i>) is mistaken, and that the reality of the world is 'One Being' (as described in aletheia): an unchanging, ungenerated, indestructible whole. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plato">Plato</h3></div> <p>In his <a href="/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Allegory of the Cave">Allegory of the Cave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> distinguishes between forms and ideas and imagines two distinct worlds: the sensible world and the intelligible world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hegel">Hegel</h3></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel" title="Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel">Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_history" title="Philosophy of history">philosophy of history</a>, the expression <i>Weltgeschichte ist Weltgericht</i> (World History is a tribunal that judges the World) is used to assert the view that History is what judges men, their actions and their opinions. Science is born from the desire to transform the World in relation to Man; its final end is technical application. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schopenhauer">Schopenhauer</h3></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation" title="The World as Will and Representation">The World as Will and Representation</a></i> is the central work of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" title="Arthur Schopenhauer">Arthur Schopenhauer</a>. Schopenhauer saw the human will as our one window to the world behind the representation; the Kantian thing-in-itself. He believed, therefore, that we could gain knowledge about the thing-in-itself, something Kant said was impossible, since the rest of the relationship between representation and thing-in-itself could be understood by analogy to the relationship between human will and human body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wittgenstein">Wittgenstein</h3></div> <p>Two definitions that were both put forward in the 1920s, however, suggest the range of available opinion. "The world is everything that is the case," wrote <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein" title="Ludwig Wittgenstein">Ludwig Wittgenstein</a> in his influential <i><a href="/wiki/Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus" title="Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus">Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus</a></i>, first published in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This definition would serve as the basis of <a href="/wiki/Logical_positivism" title="Logical positivism">logical positivism</a>, with its assumption that there is exactly one world, consisting of the totality of facts, regardless of the interpretations that individual people may make of them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heidegger">Heidegger</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heidegger" title="Martin Heidegger">Martin Heidegger</a>, meanwhile, argued that "the surrounding world is different for each of us, and notwithstanding that we move about in a common world".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The world, for Heidegger, was that into which we are always already "thrown" and with which we, as beings-in-the-world, must come to terms. His conception of "<a href="/wiki/World_disclosure" title="World disclosure">world disclosure</a>" was most notably elaborated in his 1927 work <i><a href="/wiki/Being_and_Time" title="Being and Time">Being and Time</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freud">Freud</h3></div> <p>In response, <a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" title="Sigmund Freud">Sigmund Freud</a> proposed that we do not move about in a common world, but a common thought process. He believed that all the actions of a person are motivated by one thing: lust. This led to numerous theories about reactionary consciousness. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3></div> <p>Some philosophers, often inspired by <a href="/wiki/David_Kellogg_Lewis" class="mw-redirect" title="David Kellogg Lewis">David Lewis</a>, argue that metaphysical concepts such as possibility, probability, and necessity are best analyzed by comparing <i>the</i> world to a range of <a href="/wiki/Possible_world" title="Possible world">possible worlds</a>; a view commonly known as <a href="/wiki/Modal_realism" title="Modal realism">modal realism</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion_and_mythology">Religion and mythology</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yggdrasil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Yggdrasil.jpg/300px-Yggdrasil.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Yggdrasil.jpg/450px-Yggdrasil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Yggdrasil.jpg/600px-Yggdrasil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="999" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yggdrasil" title="Yggdrasil">Yggdrasil</a>, a modern attempt to reconstruct the Norse <a href="/wiki/World_tree" title="World tree">world tree</a> which connects the <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heavens</a>, the world, and the <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mythological_cosmology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythological cosmology">Mythological cosmologies</a> often depict the world as centered on an <i><a href="/wiki/Axis_mundi" title="Axis mundi">axis mundi</a></i> and delimited by a boundary such as a <a href="/wiki/Oceanus" title="Oceanus">world ocean</a>, a <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr" title="Jörmungandr">world serpent</a> or similar. In some religions, worldliness (also called carnality<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is that which relates to this world as opposed to other worlds or realms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h3></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, the world means society, as distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a>. It refers to the material world, and to worldly gain such as wealth, reputation, jobs, and war. The spiritual world would be the path to <a href="/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism" title="Enlightenment in Buddhism">enlightenment</a>, and changes would be sought in what we could call the psychological realm. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christianity">Christianity</h3></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, the term often connotes the concept of the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">fallen</a> and corrupt world order of human society, in contrast to the <a href="/wiki/World_to_Come" class="mw-redirect" title="World to Come">World to Come</a>. The world is frequently cited alongside <i>the <a href="/wiki/Flesh_(theology)" title="Flesh (theology)">flesh</a></i> and <i>the <a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">Devil</a></i> as a source of <a href="/wiki/Temptation" title="Temptation">temptation</a> that Christians should flee. <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monks</a> speak of striving to be "<i>in</i> this world, but not <i>of</i> this world"—as <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> said—and the term "worldhood" has been distinguished from "monkhood", the former being the status of merchants, princes, and others who deal with "worldly" things. </p><p>This view is clearly expressed by king <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a> of England (d. 899) in his famous Preface to the <i><a href="/wiki/Cura_Pastoralis" class="mw-redirect" title="Cura Pastoralis">Cura Pastoralis</a></i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Therefore I command you to do as I believe you are willing to do, that you free yourself from worldly affairs <i>(<a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a>: woruldðinga)</i> as often as you can, so that wherever you can establish that wisdom that God gave you, you establish it. Consider what punishments befell us in this world when we neither loved wisdom at all ourselves, nor transmitted it to other men; we had the name alone that we were Christians, and very few had the practices."</p></blockquote> <p>Although Hebrew and Greek words meaning "world" are used in Scripture with the normal variety of senses, many examples of its use in this particular sense can be found in the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>, e.g. 7:7, 8:23, 12:25, 14:17, 15:18-19, 17:6-25, 18:36. For contrast, a relatively newer concept is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_imagination" title="Catholic imagination">Catholic imagination</a>. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Contemptus_mundi" title="Contemptus mundi">Contemptus mundi</a></i> is the name given to the recognition that the world, in all its vanity, is nothing more than a futile attempt to hide from God by stifling our desire for the good and the holy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This view has been criticized as a "pastoral of fear" by modern historian <a href="/wiki/Jean_Delumeau" title="Jean Delumeau">Jean Delumeau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>, there was a novel attempt to develop a positive theological view of the World, which is illustrated by the pastoral optimism of the constitutions <i><a href="/wiki/Gaudium_et_spes" title="Gaudium et spes">Gaudium et spes</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lumen_gentium" title="Lumen gentium">Lumen gentium</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Unitatis_redintegratio" title="Unitatis redintegratio">Unitatis redintegratio</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dignitatis_humanae" title="Dignitatis humanae">Dignitatis humanae</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Eastern_Christianity">Eastern Christianity</h4></div> <p>In Eastern Christian monasticism or <a href="/wiki/Asceticism" title="Asceticism">asceticism</a>, the world of mankind is driven by passions. Therefore, the passions of the World are simply called "the world". Each of these passions are a link to the world of mankind or order of human society. Each of these passions must be overcome in order for a person to receive salvation (<a href="/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Orthodox_theology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theosis (Eastern Orthodox theology)">theosis</a>). The process of theosis is a personal relationship with God. This understanding is taught within the works of ascetics like <a href="/wiki/Evagrius_Ponticus" title="Evagrius Ponticus">Evagrius Ponticus</a>, and the most seminal ascetic works read most widely by Eastern Christians, the <a href="/wiki/Philokalia" title="Philokalia">Philokalia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent" class="mw-redirect" title="Ladder of Divine Ascent">Ladder of Divine Ascent</a> (the works of Evagrius and <a href="/wiki/John_Climacus" title="John Climacus">John Climacus</a> are also contained within the Philokalia). At the highest level of world <a href="/wiki/Transcendence_(religion)" title="Transcendence (religion)">transcendence</a> is <a href="/wiki/Hesychasm" title="Hesychasm">hesychasm</a> which culminates into the <a href="/wiki/Theoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Theoria">Vision of God</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Orbis_Catholicus">Orbis Catholicus</h4></div> <p><i>Orbis Catholicus</i> is a Latin phrase meaning <i>Catholic world</i>, per the expression <a href="/wiki/Urbi_et_Orbi" title="Urbi et Orbi">Urbi et Orbi</a>, and refers to that area of <a href="/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom">Christendom</a> under <a href="/wiki/Papal_supremacy" title="Papal supremacy">papal supremacy</a>. It is somewhat similar to the phrases secular world, Jewish world and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic world">Islamic world</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islam">Islam</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dunya" title="Dunya">Dunya</a></div> <p><i>Dunya</i> derives from the root word "dana" that means to bring near. In that sense, "dunya" is "what is brought near".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2017)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Indian_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian religion">Indian religion</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a></i>, or a way of life, widely practised in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>. It includes a number of Indian religious traditions with a loose sense of interconnection, as different from Jainism and Buddhism, and (since medieval and modern times) Islam and Christianity. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Globe" title="Globe">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">List of sovereign states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_map" title="World map">World map</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See: <ul><li>Fowler: "probably the oldest religion in the world" (<a href="#CITEREFFowler1997">Fowler 1997</a>, p. 1<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFowler1997 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span>)</li> <li>Klostermaier: The "oldest living major religion" in the world (<a href="#CITEREFKlostermaier2007">Klostermaier 2007</a>, p. 1<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> harvnb error: no target: CITEREFKlostermaier2007 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span>)</li> <li>Kurien: "There are almost a billion Hindus living on Earth. They practice the world's oldest religion..." <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </span></li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world">Merriam-webster.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423111522/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world">Archived</a> 2009-04-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE588.html"><i>American Heritage Dictionary</i> </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080512075921/http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE588.html">Archived</a> 2008-05-12 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Orel, Vladimir (2003). <i>A Handbook of Germanic Etymology</i> Leiden: Brill. pg. 462. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-12875-1" title="Special:BookSources/90-04-12875-1">90-04-12875-1</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRecord1556" class="citation book cs1">Record, R (1556). <i>Castle of Knowledge</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Castle+of+Knowledge&rft.date=1556&rft.aulast=Record&rft.aufirst=R&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWorld" class="Z3988"></span> cited in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/230262?rskey=BRZMwD"><i>The Oxford English Dictionary</i></a>. 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