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Thinis (Greek: Θίνις Thinis, Θίς This [a] ; Egyptian: Tjenu; Coptic: Ⲧⲓⲛ; [1] Arabic: طين [2]) was the capital city of pre-unification Upper Egypt.Thinis remains undiscovered but is well attested by ancient writers, including the classical historian Manetho, who cites it as the centre of the Thinite Confederacy, a tribal confederation whose leader, Menes (or Narmer), united ...
The book presents human history as a conflict between what Augustine calls the Earthly City (often colloquially referred to as the City of Man, and mentioned once on page 644, chapter 1 of book 15) and the City of God, a conflict that is destined to end in victory for the latter. The City of God is marked by people who forgo earthly pleasure to ...
and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day one. — Genesis 1:5, Young's Literal Translation (1862) In this example, the proper name "God", like "Day" and "Night", is capitalized and the pronoun "He" is a reverential capitalization.
In Pandæmonium, the capital city of Hell, Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organise his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub; Belial, Chemosh, and Moloch are also present. At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers to corrupt the newly created Earth and God's new and most favoured creation, Mankind.
By taking the place of God , man has become an "immature god" in capitalism. Benjamin's thought, Priddat notes, is outrageous for Marxists: capitalism has accumulated so much guilt (debt) that the revolution cannot be innocent and atone; people will remain guilty even after the revolution. [ 226 ]
And Taylor shows that some of the Trump supporters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 had been told by this network of religious leaders that Trump’s defeat was the work of actual demons, and that ...
Indeed, Franklin claims that God revealed the usefulness of virtue to him. [6]: 9–12 The Reformation profoundly affected the view of work, dignifying even the most mundane professions as adding to the common good and thus blessed by God, as much as any "sacred" calling (German: Ruf). A common illustration is that of a cobbler, hunched over ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. Seat of government of a country or subnational division "Capital cities" redirects here. For the capital city of a county, see county seat. For other uses, see Capital City (disambiguation). Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and the most populous metropolitan area in the world A capital city ...