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Doxa
Doxa (Ancient Greek: δόξα; from verb δοκεῖν, dokein, 'to appear, to seem, to think, to accept') is a common belief or popular opinion. In classical rhetoric, doxa is contrasted with episteme ('knowledge').
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Doxa
Doxa refers to a commonly held belief or opinion that is accepted as true or correct within a specific social, cultural, or ideological context. It often reflects the dominant or popular perspective held by a particular group, and its acceptance is generally unquestioned by its members. Doxa serves as a guiding principle or norm that informs individual and collective attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs within a society.
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Doxa
Doxa is a Greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion, from which are derived the modern terms of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. Used by the Greek rhetoricians as a tool for the formation of argument by using common opinions, the doxa was often manipulated by sophists to persuade the people, leading to Plato's condemnation of Athenian democracy. The word doxa picked up a new meaning between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC when the "Seventy" Hebrew scholars in Alexandria translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. In this translation of the Scriptures, called the Septuagint, the scholars rendered the Hebrew word for "glory" as doxa. This translation of the Hebrew Scriptures was used by the early church and is quoted frequently by the New Testament authors. The effects of this new meaning of doxa as "glory" is made evident by the ubiquitous use of the word throughout the New Testament and in the worship services of the Greek Orthodox Church which reflects behavior or practice more so than personal opinion. This semantic shift in the word doxa is also seen in Russian word слава, which means glory, but is used with the meaning of belief, opinion in words like православие.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of DOXA in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of DOXA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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