multiplicity

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As these different parts and members are under the control of the dominant spirit, and the spirit permeates all the organs and members, and rules all the arteries and veins, this difference and this variation strengthen love and harmony and this multiplicity is the greatest aid to unity.

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  1. noun The state of being various or manifold: the multiplicity of architectural styles on that street.
  2. noun A large number: a multiplicity of ideas.

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  • And so 'we all come'--there is a multiplicity--'unto the perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ'--there is a unity in which the multiplicity inheres So try to get a little more of some different type of excellence than that to which you are naturally inclined. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
  • The multiplicity, the diversity of the things into which divine unity was poured, aspires towards unity and harmony through love. —  Christentum als mystische Tatsache und die Mysterien des Altertums. English
  • When these different limbs and organs come under the influence of man’s sovereign soul, and the soul’s power pervadeth the limbs and members, veins and arteries of the body, then difference reinforceth harmony, diversity strengtheneth love, and multiplicity is the greatest factor for co-ordination How unpleasing to the eye if all the flowers and plants, the leaves and blossoms, the fruits, the branches and the trees of that garden were all of the same shape and colour! —  Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
  • As reality is one and cannot admit of multiplicity, therefore different opinions must ultimately become fused into one And among the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is the oneness of the world of humanity; that all human beings are the sheep of God and He is the kind Shepherd. —  Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
  • Reality does not admit of multiplicity, although each of the divine religions is separable into two divisions. —  The Promulgation of Universal Peace
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French multiplicite, from Late Latin multiplicitās, from multiplex, various; see multiplex.

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  1. = French multiplicité = Spanish multiplicidad = Portuguese multiplicidade = Italian moltiplicità, from Late Latin multiplicita (t-)s, manifoldness, from Latin multiplex, manifold: see multiplex.
 

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