An exoteric geometric mechanics model of ocular accommodation is detailed to elucidate the main ideas of various ongoing modeling efforts. The present study derives solutions for the stretched state of the ocular lens as it might appear during accommodation by using simple geometric arguments and a volume constraint, rather than the more mathematically intensive theory of elasticity. Results sh...

<p class="abstrak">The objective of this article is to examine the spiritual philosophy Ibn al-‘Arabi especially stages start from religious teaching aspects (exoteric) and (esoteric). The complexity al-‘Arabi’s teachings needs be investigate respond accusations conservative groups that state practices done by spiritualists are deviant even considered as strange behavior a symptom mental ...

Two broadly different approaches to spiritual practice exist within virtually every religious tradition. Though the specific characterization and evaluation of these different practices vary among authors, their general nature is reasonably clear. The exoteric path represents the more conventional approach to religion involving ongoing participation in the practices and activities of an establi...

Abstract: In recent years, Malaysian Muslims seem to have experienced an upsurge in religious awareness and practices. The increasing trends could be seen from the mode of dressing especially among Muslim women such as wearing hijab niqab; use Arabic words replace Malay daily conversation greeting solat sembahyang, iftar buka puasa Eid Mubarak Selamat Hari Raya mushrooming programs events World...

Robert Burns's poem, Death and Doctor Hornbook, 1785, tells of the drunken narrator's late night encounter with Death. The Grim Reaper is annoyed that ‘Dr Hornbook’, a local schoolteacher who has taken to selling medications and giving medical advice, is successfully thwarting his efforts to gather victims. The poet fears that the local gravedigger will be unemployed but Death reassures him tha...

ABSTRACT: In this study, Ludwik Fleck’s epistemology is used to interpret the socialization of knowledge between scientists and teachers participating in a short course called “CERN Portuguese Language Teachers Program”. We argue that two groups subjects whose interaction investigated — CERN high school physics constitute single thought collective, with researchers comprising esoteric circle ex...