THE GENERATION OF ODD AND EVEN
Concepts of Dualism
throughout the ages and across different cultures
Compiliation by Francois Knuchel - since
1975: Mosaique in progress
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EVEN |
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ODD |
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Plato |
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black – dark |
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White – light |
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Time |
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Moon |
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Sun |
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Horizontal |
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Vertical |
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Space |
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Blue |
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Red |
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Colour theory |
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Feminine cool |
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Masculine hot |
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Green |
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Red |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Alchemy |
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BLUE
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YELOW
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Kardinsky (Bauhaus) |
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Receding into itself |
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Exploding
outwards |
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Design |
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Evolution (5) |
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Microcosm |
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Macrocosm |
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Philosophy |
Crystalisation
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Branching growth
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Chemistry |
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Inorganic |
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Organic |
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Biology |
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Inertia – thermodynamics |
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Theory of evolution |
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Physics |
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Freeze |
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Melt |
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Humanities |
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COOL |
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HOT |
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M. McLuhan |
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Implicit |
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Explicit |
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Communications |
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(death) Thanatos |
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Eros (life) |
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S. Freud |
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Destructive force |
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Creative force |
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Shiva |
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Introvert |
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Extravert |
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C.G. Jung |
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Subject-oriented |
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Object oriented |
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Psychology |
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Quiescence (passive) |
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Action (active) |
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Audio-tactile |
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Visual |
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J. Languirand |
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BE |
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HAVE |
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E. Fromm |
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Reality inside |
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Reality outside |
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RECEPTIVE |
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CREATIVE |
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Mythology |
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(earth) Mother |
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Father (air) |
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(water) Earth |
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Heaven (fire) |
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Astrology |
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K’UN |
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CHIEN |
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I Ching |
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Even numbers |
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Odd nunbers |
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Numerology |
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Duality (2) |
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Trinity (3) |
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2 2 2 4 4 4 . 8 4 2 8 4 2 2-tact |
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6 6 3 3 3 3-tact 8 4 8 4 2 |
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Music |
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Dynamic |
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X X
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X Y |
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Biology |
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Lao Tse |
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Hokhmah |
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Binah |
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Kabbalah |
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ANIMA |
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ANIMUS |
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C.J. Jung |
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Unconscious |
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Conscious |
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(emotion) intuition |
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Rational (intellect |
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Modes of thinking |
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(comprehensive) synthetic |
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Analytical (grammatical) |
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Gordon |
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Holistic |
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Logical |
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Neurology |
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(Right hemisphere) LEFT |
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RIGHT (Left hemisphere) |
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Ornstein |
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Myth |
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Science |
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Tembeck |
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(play) DIONYSOS |
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APPOLO (study,
work) |
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Anthropology |
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Visual-spatial |
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Symbiolic-verbal |
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Perception theory |
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Synthethic-perceptual |
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Logical-analytical |
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Levi-Agresti/Sperry |
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Time |
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Space |
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Nietzsche |
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Music |
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Architecture |
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Oral literature |
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Written literature |
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Innis |
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(oral form) Building
blocks |
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Structural (written form) |
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Linguistics |
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Patterns |
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Grammatical rules |
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Gestalt |
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(stable) Traditon |
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Change (evolution) |
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Society |
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Stability in time |
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Evolution
in space |
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Static space |
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Dynamic space |
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Architecture |
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TEMPORAL Civilisations |
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SPATIAL Civilisations |
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Innis |
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Small but long lasting |
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Large but short
living |
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Egypt, Greece, Japan, Incas |
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Roman Empire, Commonwealth |
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England, medieval Europe |
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Modern West America
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Duration - rhythmic |
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Climax - orgasmic |
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Theatre |
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Noh, Kabbuki |
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Aristotlean theatre |
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(jumps: VF-effect) Epic |
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Dramatic (linear) |
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B. Brecht |
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High-context |
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Low-context |
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E.T. Hall |
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Implicit, cool |
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Explicit, hot |
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Polychronic time |
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Monochronic time |
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Time perception |
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Simultaneous |
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Successive |
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Sechonev |
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Pattern |
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Lineal |
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Lee |
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Analogic |
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Digital |
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Ruesch, Bateson |
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Gross |
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Atomistic |
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C.S. Smith |
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Map-like |
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Abstract |
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J.Z. Young |
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Metaphoric |
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Rational |
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Brunner |
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Symmetry of space |
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Asymetry of function
(time) |
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J. Languirand |
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Integral |
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Rational |
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Radhakrishnan |
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(mind) Manas |
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Buddhi (intellect) |
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Akkhilanda |
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Mythical/wild thinking |
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Scientific thinking |
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Levi-Strauss |
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Bricolage |
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Structured |
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BE-mode |
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HAVE-mode |
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E. Fromm |
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Under-dog |
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Top-dog |
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F. Perls |
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Masochism |
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Sadism |
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Inner passive |
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Inner active |
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Concept by |
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Outer passive |
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Outer active |
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Matter |
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Spirit (energy) |
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Mary-image |
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John the Baptist
image |
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S. Endo |
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Ming |
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Hsing |
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Golden Flower |
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Life, fate |
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Human nature, logos |
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Lateral |
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Linear |
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De Bono |
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Symetry |
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Disymetry |
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600 /
1200 |
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720 / 1080 |
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Law of universe |
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Law of incarnation |
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4 seasons |
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3 degrees of life |
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4 directions, 4 elements |
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3 agregates |
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Organic |
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Mechanic |
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Analogue |
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Digital |
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Fluid organisation |
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Solid structure |
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K. Hayashi |
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In-group |
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Out-group |
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Particularism |
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Universalism |
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F. Trompenaars |
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Collectivist |
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Individualist |
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G. Hofstede |
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Synchronicity |
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Sequentialism |
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cyclical & aesthetic |
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linear & functional |
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body language, guts |
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language, body &
mind |
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Knowledge creation |
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Information poor |
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Long-term |
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Short-term |
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Lateral / Holistic |
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Segmented / Linear |
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Static
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Inner passive |
Inner active |
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Outer passive |
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Outer active |
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