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15 July 2025

  • 15:2315:23, 15 July 2025 diff hist +11,033 N Accolade Created page with "{{Short description|Central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood}} {{Other uses|Accolade (disambiguation)}} {{Distinguish|Accolate}} {{Redirect|Knighting|the promotion of a pawn to a knight in chess|Promotion (chess)#Underpromotion to a knight}} thumb|upright|''[[The Accolade (Leighton)|The Accolade'' (1901), by Edmund Leighton]] The '''accolade''' (also known as '''dubbing''', '''adoubement''', o..." current
  • 15:1715:17, 15 July 2025 diff hist +44,344 N Middle High German Created page with "{{Short description|Historical form of High German}} {{Infobox language |name = Middle High German |image = Pfaffe Konrad - Rolandslied - cod. pal. germ. 112 - 024.jpg |imagecaption=Manuscript page from ''Rolandslied'', written in Middle High German in the 12th century |nativename = {{lang|gmh|diutsch}} / {{lang|gmh|tiutsch}} |region = Central and southern Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland |era = High Middle Ages |familyc..." current
  • 15:1515:15, 15 July 2025 diff hist +5,746 N Junker Created page with "{{Short description|German noble honorific}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:{{lang|de|Junker|nocat=y}}}} {{About|the noble honorific|the informal term for the noble class in modern Prussian history|Junker (Prussia)|other uses|Junker (disambiguation)}} thumb|The renaissance humanist [[Nikolaus Meyer zum Pfeil, of the Swiss Meyer zum Pfeil family, held the honorific ''Junker'']] '''Junker''' ({{langx|da|Junker}}, {{..." current
  • 15:1415:14, 15 July 2025 diff hist +7,068 N Nobles of the Robe Created page with "{{Short description|French aristocratic officeholders}} thumb|''[[Charles-Alexandre de Calonne'' by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1784), London, Royal Collection. Calonne is shown in the costume of his rank, ''noblesse de robe''.]] Under the Ancien Régime of France, the '''Nobles of the Robe''' or '''Nobles of the Gown''' ({{langx|fr|noblesse de robe}}) were French A..." current
  • 15:1315:13, 15 July 2025 diff hist +8,784 N Nobles of the Sword Created page with "{{Short description|France nobility through the Middle Ages and Renaissance}} thumb|[[Gabriel de Rochechouart, 1st Duke of Mortemart|Gabriel de Rochechouart, father of Madame de Montespan, was a member of the House of Rochechouart, one of the oldest French noble families...." current
  • 15:1215:12, 15 July 2025 diff hist +4,594 N Magnate Created page with "{{Short description|Person (usually a man) in a position of high wealth, power, or nobility}} {{distinguish|Agnate}} {{redirect|Magnat|a wealthy or powerful business baron or executive|Business magnate|other uses|Magnat (disambiguation)}} thumb|[[Jan Zamoyski, an important 16th-century Polish magnate]] A '''magnate'''<ref>from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great"</re..." current
  • 15:1215:12, 15 July 2025 diff hist +20,845 N Allodial title Created page with "{{short description|Ownership of real property that is independent of any superior landlord}} {{Property law}} '''Allodial title''' constitutes ownership of real property (land, buildings, and fixtures) that is independent of any superior landlord. Allodial title is related to the concept of land held "in allodium", or land ownership by occupancy and defense of the land. Most property ownership in common law jurisdictions is fee si..." current
  • 15:1015:10, 15 July 2025 diff hist +61,414 N Carolingian Empire Created page with "{{Short description|Frankish empire in Europe (800–887)}} {{Infobox country | native_name = {{Native name|la|Universum Regnum, Romanorum sive Francorum Imperium, Imperium Christianum}} | conventional_long_name = Carolingian Empire | image_flag = | flag_type = | era = Middle Ages | event_start = Coronation of Charlemagne | date_start = 25 December | year_start = 800 | eve..." current
  • 15:0915:09, 15 July 2025 diff hist +112,851 N Shogun Created page with "{{Short description|Military nobility of Japan, 1185–1868}} {{History of Japan}} {{nihongo|'''Shogun'''|将軍|shōgun|{{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|ʃ|oʊ|.|g|ʌ|n}} {{respell|SHOH|gun}},<ref name=longman>{{cite book|last=Wells|first=John|author-link=John C. Wells|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|publisher=Pearson Longman|edition=3rd|date=3 April 2008|isbn=978-1-4058-8118-0}}</ref> {{IPA|ja|ɕoː.ɡɯɴ, -ŋɯɴ|lang|Ja-将軍.oga}}<ref name=NHK>{{cite book|script-title=ja..." current
  • 15:0815:08, 15 July 2025 diff hist +4,890 N Vistarband Created page with "{{short description|Icelandic requirement for agricultural labor}} thumb|Interior of a shepherd's hut, Iceland, 1862 painting by [[Bayard Taylor]] thumb|Women working in Iceland (Bayard Taylor, 1862) The Icelandic '''vistarband''' ({{IPA|is|ˈvɪstarˌpant}}) was a form of serfdom established during the Denmark–Norway domination..." current
  • 15:0715:07, 15 July 2025 diff hist +3,411 N Stavnsbånd Created page with "{{short description|Danish institution analogous to serfdom}} thumb|The ''stavnsbånd'' was abolished, on 20 June 1788. The picture shows the last page of the document with King [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII's signature. The document is found in the National Archives of Denmark.]] The '''Stavnsbånd''' was a serfdom-like institution introduced in Denmark in 1733 in a..." current
  • 15:0615:06, 15 July 2025 diff hist +7,223 N Kholop Created page with "{{Short description|Feudal Russian serf}} {{Early Slavic status}} A '''''kholop''''' (Ukrainian and Russian холо́п; {{IPA|ru|xɐˈlop}}, {{IPA|uk|xoˈɫɔp}}) was a type of feudal serf (dependent population) in Kievan Rus' in the 9th and early 12th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |first=Yuri |last=Shemshuchenko |title=ХОЛОПИ |language=uk |trans-title=holopi ("serf") |website=Юридична енцикл..." current
  • 14:4714:47, 15 July 2025 diff hist +52,301 N Serfdom Created page with "{{Short description|Status of peasants under feudalism}} {{Feudal status}} '''Serfdom''' was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery. It developed during late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in Europe and lasted in some countries until the mid-19th century.<ref nam..." current
  • 14:4614:46, 15 July 2025 diff hist +2,711 N Ivan Fonvizin Created page with "{{Short description|Russian noble}} '''Ivan Andreevich Fonvizin''' (1705–1792, in Bronnitsky Uyezd) was a Russian noble who served as a Russian court councillor from 1766 till 1783, and then from 1783 till his death, as a State Councillor in the Russian Empire. He was the father of playwright Denis Fonvizin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ward |first1=Charles Alexander |title=Moscow and Leningrad: Writers, painter..." current
  • 14:4514:45, 15 July 2025 diff hist +34,984 N Abbot Created page with "{{short description|Religious title}} {{About|the term's use in Christianity|the term's use in Buddhism|Abbot (Buddhism)|other uses}} {{Redirect|Abbots|the stream|Abbots Creek|the building and charity|Abbot's Hospital}} right|thumb|Arms of a Catholic abbot are distinguished by a gold [[crozier with a veil attached and a black galero with twelve tassels (the galero of a territorial abbot would be green).]] {{Catholic Church Hi..." current
  • 14:4414:44, 15 July 2025 diff hist +1,678 N Theoderich von Treyden Created page with "{{Short description|Missionary working in Livonia}} thumb|Theoderich von Treyden 1.jpg '''Theoderich''' (or '''Theoderich von Treyden''') (died 15 June 1219) was the second known missionary in Livonia after Saint Meinhard, the first Bishop of Livonia. He was previously a Cistercian monk working as a priest in Turaida (1191–1202), the first abbot of Daugavgrīva monastery (1202–1211), and appointed..." current
  • 14:4214:42, 15 July 2025 diff hist +190,612 N Ainu people Created page with "{{Short description|Ethnic group in Japan and Russia}} {{Distinguish|text=the Äynu people of Xinjiang, China}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Ainu | native_name = {{lang|ain|アィヌ}} | population = | popplace = | image = AinuSan.jpg | image_caption = Ainu people in front of a traditional building in Shiraoi, Hokkaido. center|frameless|280x280px | region1 = {{flag..." current
  • 14:4214:42, 15 July 2025 diff hist +59,206 N Nivkh people Created page with "{{Short description|Ethnic group of far eastern Russia}} {{Infobox ethnic group| | group = Nivkh | image = 220px<br/>A group of Nivkh people 220px<br/>Nivkh men, 1902 | population = 5,800 (est.) | popplace = | langs = Nivkh, Russian | region1 = {{flag|Russia}} * {{flag|Khabarovsk Krai}}: 2,452 (2002) * {{flag|Sak..." current
  • 14:4114:41, 15 July 2025 diff hist +7,182 N Udege people Created page with "{{Short description|Indigenous group in Russian Far East}} {{Infobox ethnic group| | group = Udege | native_name = {{lang|ude|Удиэ}}; {{lang|ude|Удиһе}} | native_name_lang = ude | image = 200px | image_alt = Four people behind them a forest. Two to the left are seated on a log. One on the right is standing. The person in the center is holding a baby. The person to the right is holding a rifle. | population = 1,538 (2002–2010) | po..." current
  • 14:4014:40, 15 July 2025 diff hist +4,128 N Oroch people Created page with "{{distinguish|text=the related but distinct Oroqen people (of Khabarovsk Krai) or Orok people (of Sakhalin Island)}} {{Infobox ethnic group| | group = Orochs<br><small>Alternative names:<br>Nani</small> | native_name = Нани | image = SYBPOP.jpg | caption = Oroch people (circa 1920) | population = '''{{circa}} 3308 (est.)''' | popplace = | region1 = {{flag|Russia}}: * {{flag|Khabarovsk Krai}}: 376 *..." current
  • 14:4014:40, 15 July 2025 diff hist +14,429 N Oroks Created page with "{{short description|People in the Sakhalin Oblast}} {{Distinguish|text=the Oroch people of Khabarovsk Krai, or the Oroqen people of China}} {{Infobox ethnic group| | group = Oroks<br /><small>Alternative names:<br />Orok, Ul'ta, Ulcha, Uil'ta, Nani</small> | native_name = Ульта, Ульча, Уильта, Нани | flag = | flag_caption = Ethnic flag of the Orok | image = 300px | image_capt..." current
  • 14:3114:31, 15 July 2025 diff hist +99,653 N List of emperors of Japan Created page with "{{Short description|none}} Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century ''Nihon Shoki'', which was meant to retroactively legitimise the Imperial House by dating its foundation further back to the year 660 BC.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smits|first=Gregory J.|date=1991|title=Political Th..." current
  • 14:2814:28, 15 July 2025 diff hist +150,759 N Empire of Japan Created page with "{{Short description|Japanese nation state from 1868 to 1947}} {{Redirect|The Japanese Empire|the relationship between Japan and its colonies|Japanese colonial empire|the book by Sarah C. Paine|The Japanese Empire (book){{!}}''The Japanese Empire'' (book)|the modern polity|Japan}} {{Infobox country | native_name = {{Ubl|{{Native name|ja|大日本帝國|italics=off|paren=omit}}|''Dai Nippon Teikoku'' or<br/>''Dai Nihon Teikoku''}} | conventional_long_name = Empi..." current
  • 14:2714:27, 15 July 2025 diff hist +29,693 N Karafuto Prefecture Created page with "{{Short description|Prefecture of the Empire of Japan}} {{Infobox former subdivision | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|樺太}}}} | conventional_long_name = Karafuto | common_name = Karafuto Chō | nation = the Empire of Japan | year_start = 1905 | year_end = 1945 | date_start = 5 September | event_start = Treaty of Portsmouth | event2 = Administered by :ja:..." current
  • 14:2514:25, 15 July 2025 diff hist +84,243 N Sakhalin Created page with "{{Short description|Island in the Sea of Okhotsk}} {{hatnote group| {{About|the island|the federal subject|Sakhalin Oblast}} {{distinguish|Sacalin Island}} }} {{hatnote group| {{Redirect|Sakhalin Island|other uses|Sakhalin Island (book){{!}}''Sakhalin Island'' (book)|and|Sakhalin Island (film){{!}}''Sakhalin Island'' (film)}} {{redirect-multi|2|Sakhalien|Saghalien|cities in China sometimes historically referred to this in Manchu|Heihe|and|Heilongjiang}} }} {{Expand Russi..." current
  • 14:0214:02, 15 July 2025 diff hist +51,925 N Sakhalin Koreans Created page with "{{Short description|Ethnic community in Russia}} {{Good article}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group=Sakhalin Koreans |image = |population= Over 55,000<ref name="JeanyoungLee">{{cite journal|author=Lee, Jeanyoung |publisher=Kyunghee University |title=Ethnic Korean Migration in Northeast Asia |url=http://gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200108Lee.pdf |access-date=27 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902192111/http://gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/2001..." current
  • 14:0114:01, 15 July 2025 diff hist +4,235 N Sakala County Created page with "{{Short description|Ancient county of Estonia}} {{Infobox former country |native_name = ''Sakala Maakond'' |conventional_long_name = County of Sakala |era = <!-- Use: "Napoleonic Wars", "Cold War", etc. --> |government_type = County <!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates --> <!-- only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration" --> |event_start = <!-- Defa..." current
  • 13:5713:57, 15 July 2025 diff hist +14,605 N Livonian Brothers of the Sword Created page with "{{Short description|Catholic military order (1204–1237)}} {{Distinguish|Livonian Order}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Livonian Brothers of the Sword | native_name = {{langx|la|Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae}}<br/> {{langx|de|Schwertbrüderorden}}<br/>{{langx|fr|Ordre des Chevaliers Porte-Glaive}}<br/>{{langx|liv|Mȭkveļīd Orden}} | image = 100px 110px| | caption = {{ordered list |s..." current
  • 13:5613:56, 15 July 2025 diff hist +6,115 N Riedesel Created page with "{{Short description|German noble family}} right|thumb|Coat of arms of Riedesel zu Eisenbach The '''Riedesel family''' is an ancient German noble family that began to appear in legal documents in the early 13th century. They were of the knightly class, though not all had the official status of ''Ritter'' or knight. == History == Its exact geographical and temporal origins are uncertain. However, all of..." current
  • 13:5613:56, 15 July 2025 diff hist +13,216 N Uradel Created page with "{{Short description|German noble social class; ancient nobility}} {{italic title}} thumb|Facsimile of a German periodical of 1900 titled ''Mittheilungen an die Mitglieder des Geschlechtsverbandes des zum fränkischen Uradel gehörigen Geschlechtes Derer von Eberstein stammend vom "Eberstein" auf der Rhön''. '''{{lang|de|Uradel}}''' ({{IPA|de|ʔuːɐ̯ˈʔaːdl̩|lang}}, German: "ancient nobility";{{sf..." current
  • 13:5513:55, 15 July 2025 diff hist +2,711 N Vincke family Created page with "thumb|upright The '''Vincke family''' is an old and influential German noble family from Westphalia, with its roots in Lower Saxony, whose members distinguished themselves as politicians, mostly in the Kingdom of Prussia. == History == First recorded in 1223 in Osnabrück, their name derives from the zoonym ''finch'' (Middle High German ''{{lang|gmh|vinke}}''). They acquired estat..." current
  • 13:5413:54, 15 July 2025 diff hist +57,986 N Austrian nobility Created page with "{{short description|Status group}} thumb|The imperial court of [[Maria Theresa at the Hofburg in Vienna]] The '''Austrian nobility''' ({{langx|de|österreichischer Adel}}) is a status group that was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of Austria-Hungary. Austria's system of nobility was very similar to that of Germany (see German nobility), as both countries were previously part of the Holy Roman Empire..." current
  • 13:5313:53, 15 July 2025 diff hist +53,195 N Title Created page with "{{Short description|Prefix or suffix added to someone's name}} {{Redirect|Customary title|other use|customary land}} A '''title''' is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify their generation, official position, military rank, professional or academic qualification, or nobility. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the first and last name (for example, {{lang|de|Graf}} in German or c..." current
  • 13:5213:52, 15 July 2025 diff hist +29,443 N Almanach de Gotha Created page with "{{Short description|Directory of European royalty and higher nobility}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox book series | name = Almanach de Gotha | image = DeGotha1851.jpg | image_caption = The ''Almanach de Gotha'' 1851 | books = | author = | editors = | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (original) <br/> United Kingdom..." current
  • 13:5113:51, 15 July 2025 diff hist +10,998 N Von Created page with "{{short description|German preposition, nobiliary particle}} {{Italic title}} The term '''{{lang|de|von}}''' ({{IPA|de|fɔn||De-Von.ogg}}) is used in German surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means {{gloss|of}} or {{gloss|from}}. Nobility directories like the {{lang|de|Almanach de Gotha}} often abbreviate the noble..." current
  • 13:4413:44, 15 July 2025 diff hist +26,143 N Death in Venice Created page with "{{Short description|1912 novella by Thomas Mann}} {{About|Thomas Mann's novella|other uses|Death in Venice (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox book|<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Death in Venice | title_orig = {{Lang|de|Der Tod in Venedig}} | translator = | image = 1913 Der Tod in Venedig Broschur.jpg | author = Thomas Mann | cover_artist = | country = Germa..." current
  • 13:4313:43, 15 July 2025 diff hist +24,334 N Across the River and into the Trees Created page with "{{short description|1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway}} {{About|the 1950 novel|the film adaptation|Across the River and into the Trees (film)}} {{Infobox book | name = Across the River and into the Trees | title_orig = | translator = | image = Hemingriver.jpg | caption = First American edition | author = Ernest Hemingway | illustrator = | cover_artist = Adriana Ivancich | country = United States | language = English | seri..." current
  • 13:3013:30, 15 July 2025 diff hist +7,708 N Islands in the Stream (novel) Created page with "{{Short description|1970 posthumous novel by Ernest Hemingway}} {{other uses|Islands in the Stream (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox book | name = Islands in the Stream | title_orig = | translator = | image = IslandsInTheStream.jpg | caption = First edition cover | author = Ernest Hemingway | illustrator = | cover_artist = Paul Bacon<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/13313279@N04/sets/72157625652290628..." current
  • 00:2700:27, 15 July 2025 diff hist +14,692 N Market maker Created page with "{{Short description|Stock market trading entity}} {{financial markets}} A '''market maker''' or '''liquidity provider''' is a company or an individual that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a tradable asset held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the difference, which is called the ''bid–ask spread'' or ''turn.''<ref>{{cite book | last = Radcliffe | first = Robert C. | title = Investment: Concepts, Analysis, Strategy | publisher = Addison-Wesley Educ..." current
  • 00:2600:26, 15 July 2025 diff hist +5,740 N Tombstone (financial industry) Created page with "{{Short description|Type of print notice used in the financial industry}} {{distinguish|Deal toy}} thumb|right|Tombstone finalizing the purchase of [[American Motors by Chrysler from Renault that was completed by Lazard in 1987<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/10/business/chrysler-is-buying-american-motors-cost-is-1.5-billion.html?pagewanted=all |title=Chrysl..." current
  • 00:2300:23, 15 July 2025 diff hist +9,642 N Bulge bracket Created page with "{{Short description|World's largest investment banks}} thumb|300x300px|Most "bulge bracket" banks maintain central offices in [[New York City, one of the three key global financial hubs alongside London and Hong Kong.<ref name=WorldEconomicAndFinancialSuperCenter>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/top-8-cities-by-gdp-china-vs-the-us-2011-8 |title=Top 8 Cities by GDP: China vs. The U.S. |quote=Fo..." current
  • 00:2200:22, 15 July 2025 diff hist +70,771 N Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS Created page with "{{short description|2023 banking merger in Switzerland}} {{Infobox acquisition | logo = UBS Logo.png | logo2 = Credit Suisse Logo 2022.svg | cost = {{CHF|3|ISO=yes|link=yes}} billion ({{USD|3.2}} billion) | initiated = 19 March 2023 | completed = 12 June 2023 | logo_alt = Three black keys together on the left of red letters 'UBS'. | logo2_alt = Blue words "Credit Suisse", with two overlapping solid-blue sails. The overlapping part is white. | initiator = [[UBS]..." current
  • 00:2100:21, 15 July 2025 diff hist +36,731 N Swiss Bank Corporation Created page with "{{Short description|Swiss investment bank and financial services firm}} {{Good article}} {{Infobox company | name = '''Swiss Bank Corporation''' | logo = 280px|Swiss Bank Corporation logo (c. 1973) | type = | foundation = {{start date and age|1854}} | defunct = {{End date|1998}} | fate = Merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS | successor = UBS | predecessor = Bankverein (1854–1872)<br/>Basler Bankverein (18..." current
  • 00:1900:19, 15 July 2025 diff hist +40,787 N Winterthur Created page with "{{short description|City in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland}} {{Infobox Swiss town |subject_name = Winterthur |image_photo = Blick auf die Winterthurer Altstadt.jpg |image_caption = View of the old town |municipality_type = municipality, town |imagepath_flag = CHE Winterthur Flag.svg |imagepath_coa = Wappen Winterthur.svg|pixel_coa= |canton = Zurich |iso-code-region = CH-ZH |district = Winterthur..." current
  • 00:1800:18, 15 July 2025 diff hist +16,355 N Private banking Created page with "{{Short description|Special banking for wealthy individuals}} {{Distinguish|Private credit}} {{For|non-incorporated banking institutions|Private bank}} {{Banking |terms}} '''Private banking''' is a general description for banking, investment and other financial services provided by banks and financial institutions primarily serving high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) – those with very high income or substantial assets. Private banking is presented by tho..." current
  • 00:1800:18, 15 July 2025 diff hist +40,960 N Swiss neutrality Created page with "{{Short description|Fundamental foreign policy of Switzerland}} {{Multiple issues| }} One of the main principles of Switzerland's foreign policy is that Switzerland is not to be involved in armed conflicts between other states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/politics_and_neutrality_switzerland|title=Domestic Politics and Neutrality (Switzerland) | International Encyclopedia of the First..." current
  • 00:1700:17, 15 July 2025 diff hist +16,988 N Caroline Divines Created page with "{{Short description|Influential theologians and writers in the 17th-century Anglican Church}} thumb|right|150px|Charles II was restored as King of England in 1660. {{History of the Church of England}} The '''Caroline Divines''' were influential theologians and writers in the Church of England who lived during the reigns of King Charles I and, after the Stuart Restoration, Charles II of England|King C..." current
  • 00:1600:16, 15 July 2025 diff hist +15,089 N Little Gidding community Created page with "The '''Little Gidding community''' was an extended family and religious group based at Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire), England, in existence from the middle of the 1620s to the later 1650s. It gained attention in its time because of the interest Charles I of England showed in it. In the 19th century associated buildings were restored; T. S. Eliot was attracted to it as an examplar of religious li..." current
  • 00:1400:14, 15 July 2025 diff hist +45,095 N Eudaimonia Created page with "{{Short description|Human flourishing in ancient Greek philosophy}} {{for-multi|the moth|Eudaemonia (moth)|other uses|Eudaemon (disambiguation)}} '''Eudaimonia''' ({{IPAc-en|j|uː|d|ɪ|ˈ|m|oʊ|n|i|ə}}; {{langx|grc|εὐδαιμονία}} {{IPA|el|eu̯dai̯moníaː|}}) is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of ''good spirit'', and which is commonly translated as ''happiness'' or ''welfare'..." current
  • 00:1200:12, 15 July 2025 diff hist +1,941 N Nicomachus (son of Aristotle) Created page with "{{Short description|Ancient Greek philosopher, son of Aristotle}} '''Nicomachus''' ({{langx|el|Νικόμαχος}}; fl. c. 325 BC) was the son of Aristotle. The ''Suda'' states that Nicomachus was from Stageira, was a philosopher, a pupil of Theophrastus,<ref>Diogenes Laërtius. Life of Theophrastus VII</ref> and, according to Aristippus, his lover.<ref>ap. Diogenes Laertius, v. 38, and repeated by the Suda, [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=g..." current
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