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And the most characteristic thing about the universe is the role of creativity in the universe, and the most characteristic feature of mankind, when mankind is mankind, as compared with the animal, is creativity.

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  1. noun All matter and energy, including the earth, the galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space, regarded as a whole.
  2. noun The earth together with all its inhabitants and created things.
  3. noun The human race.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French univers, from Latin ūniversum, from neuter of ūniversus, whole : ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French univers = Spanish Portuguese Italian universo, from Latin universum, all things, as a whole, the universe, neuter of universus, Old Latin oinovorsus, also contr. oinvorsus, later unvorsus, all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one, from unus, one, + vertere, past participle versus, turn.
 

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