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- For other uses of this term, see (disambiguation).
A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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@ImaSounder Of course! I just got tired of typing. I realized there are a lot of people...
likkitp (likkitp) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:19:44 -0000
@ImaSounder Of course! I just got tired of typing. I realized there are a lot of people...
Black people, come on why ya'll so friggin loud. Fa real?
Dcharlot (Dominic Charlot) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:19:44 -0000
Black people, come on why ya'll so friggin loud. Fa real?
"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year" - Victor Borge (via @Historyday)
marenoco (M. R. C.) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:19:43 -0000
"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year" - Victor Borge (via @Historyday)
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Bright Sparcs - A biographical, bibliographical and archival database of more than 3,000 Australian scientists with links to related articles and images.
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Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries - A collection of 631 detailed biographies of scientists. Part of the Galileo project, and compiled by the late Richard S. Westfall. The collection is searchable, but there does not appear to be a contents page.
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Linus Pauling and the Twentieth Century : Virtual Tour of the Pauling Exhibit - Information on the life and work of one of the 20th century's most important chemists.
Muslims in Science - Biographical sketches of many of the greatest contributors to the development of scientific thought from within the Islamic tradition.
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People of Ideas (Philosophers, Scientists and Theologians) - Brief biographies of many key figures, from ancient Greece to the late 20th century. By Presbyterian minister Miles Hodges.
Profiles in Science - Biographical information and archival collections of several prominent twentieth-century American biomedical scientists.
SJSU Virtual Museum - Biographies from the history of mathematics, science, and technology.
The Imagination Symbol - Provides random links about the medieval philosopher and scientific pioneer Bishop Robert Grosseteste.
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World of Scientific Biography - Biographies for a large number of scientists categorised by discipline. Provided by Eric Weisstein.
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