The Seven Truths
edit- The Earth is not the center of the Universe....................Copernicus
- The Universe is a mechanism run by rules.......................Newton
- Energy is what makes it go........................................The Concept of Energy
- Entropy tells it where to go.......................................Entropy and Probability
- Facts are Relative but the Law is absolute...............................Einstein
- You can't predict or know Everything....................................Quantum Theory
- Fundamentally, things never change..................................Conservation Principles
The Seven Commandments
editThe Seven Ancient Wonders
edit- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Lighthouse of Alexandria
- The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty.[1]
The Seven Years War
edit- A global military conflict between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time affecting North and Central America, Europe, the West African coast, India and the Philippines.
- The war is alternatively named after respective theaters:
- French and Indian War (USA , 1754–1763),
- Pomeranian War (Sweden, 1757–1762),
- Third Carnatic War (India, 1757–1763)
- Third Silesian War (Prussia and Austria, 1756–1763).
- The British Empire (in personal union with Hanover)
- The Bourbons (in France and Spain)
- The Hohenzollerns (in Prussia)
- The Habsburgs (Holy Roman Emperors and archdukes in Austria)
- The territorial and hegemonial conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire.
- The diplomatic revolution established an Anglo-Prussian camp, allied with some smaller German states and later Portugal, as well as an Austro-French camp, allied with Sweden, Saxony and later Spain.
- The Russian Empire in a limited offensive alliance with the Habsburgs
- Overall, some 900,000 to 1,400,000 people died.
- Great Britain in the Seven Years War gained the bulk of New France, Spanish Florida, some Caribbean islands, Senegal and superiority over the French outposts on the Indian subcontinent.
- The native American tribes were excluded from the peace settlement, and were unable to return to their former status after the resulting Pontiac's rebellion.
The Seven WP Editor Comparisons
editThere are 75,000 active (or at least semi-active) Wiki-Encyclopedists.
- some are Kings; some are clowns.
- some have a moral & intellectual compass; some are carpetbaggers.
- some seek quality; some seek turmoil.
- some are poisonous, cancerous; some are healthy, positive.
- some know that the true scholar is a modest person; some are ego driven.
- some create DIStraction; some work toward Attraction
- some are sole experts; some are soul experts.
The Seven Deadly Sins
editThe Seven Blunders of the World
edit- A list that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi
- Wealth without work
- Pleasure without conscience
- Knowledge without character
- Commerce without morality
- Science without humanity
- Worship without sacrifice
- Politics without principle
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Anon. (1993)The Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia First Edition Oxford:Oxford University