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The Thinker by Rodin Philosophy. Psychology. Religion.
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Philosophy (General).
Psychology. Parapsychology. The Occult.

Religions. Mythology. Rationalism.
Judaism.
Buddhism.
Practical Theology.
Christian Denominations.
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John Broadus WatsonJohn Broadus Watson argued that psychologists should devote themselves exclusively to studying the behavior, rather than the mind or mental activity, of organisms, and that the task of psychology was to predict and control human behavior.
HadesHades was the Greek lord of the dead and ruler of the underworld. The kingdom of Hades was a neutral region reserved for the souls of people who deserved neither punishment nor reward upon death. He was probably the least favored of all the Greek gods.
Baal Shem-TovBaal Shem-Tov was the founder of what is now known as Hasidism, which stresses the spirit rather than the letter of the Jewish law. He taught a type of Jewish mysticism in which God was everywhere and should be served with a joyful heart.
Siddhartha Gautama, the BuddhaSiddhartha Gautama, the Buddha spent six years living the life of a wandering monk, and sought enlightenment by practicing extreme forms of self-denial and torture. He finally decided, however, that this was not the way to achieve enlightenment. One day, he wandered into a village near Gaya and sat under a shady bodhi tree to meditate. Several hours later, enlightenment came.
John Raleigh MottJohn Raleigh Mott was one of the world's leading Protestant missionary statesmen, and played a major role in creation of the World Council of Churches. As general secretary of the American YMCA, he put himself in charge of running military canteens in the U.S. and France during World War I. He was rewarded for all his work with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
Pope Leo XPope Leo X Giovanni de Medici was destined for the Church from a very early age, and was made a Cardinal at the age of 14. As Pope, he is best remembered for instituting a number of practices that led Martin Luther to criticize the Church, which in turn led to the Protestant Reformation.