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- noun The
civilized world orinhabited world, referring to the location and time in the known world where humancivilization exists.
Etymologies
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Constantinople and the Orthodox "oikumene", both Serb and Bulgarian churches collaborated with the rulers of the day against perceived
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters Samuel Vaknin
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The translation of oikumene is from Pagden, “Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent,” in Pagden, ed., The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union Washington, D.C.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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He set as his goal the establishment of oikumene, sometimes translated as “a sense of communion with all the peoples of the world”a concept Alexander had learned from Aristotle, and the root of ecumenical to be ruled from a cosmopolis, or world city.4 He is believed to have influenced Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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The translation of oikumene is from Pagden, “Europe: Conceptualizing a Continent,” in Pagden, ed., The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union Washington, D.C.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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