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  2. Great chain of being - Wikipedia

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    1579 drawing of the Great Chain of Being from Didacus Valades , Rhetorica Christiana. The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. [1] [2] [3]

  3. Arthur Oncken Lovejoy - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936), on the topic of that name, which is regarded as 'probably the single most influential work in the history of ideas in the United States during the last half century'. [1]

  4. Richard Swinburne - Wikipedia

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    Richard Granville Swinburne FBA (/ ˈ s w ɪ n b ɜːr n /; born 26 December 1934) is an English philosopher. He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford . Over the last 50 years, Swinburne has been a proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of God .

  5. BBC Bitesize - Wikipedia

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    GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.

  6. BBC Learning Zone - Wikipedia

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    The segments and programming may be changed during exam seasons, so programming is revision orientated, with the programme BBC Bitesize being a staple of the schedule. On 15 December 2006, the last Open University programme was broadcast on the service, following which the strand was removed from the service. [ 3 ]

  7. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The Great Lakes in order of largest to smallest: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario; Super Heroes Must Eat Oats; And in order from west to east: Shake My hand Evil Octopus; A more common mnemonic for the Great Lakes, disregarding order: Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior: HOMES; The principal factors affecting climate: LABDOWA

  8. Chain of Being - Wikipedia

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  9. BBC Online - Wikipedia

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    BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and Own It.