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Ec`lec´tic

(iklek´tisiz´´m) [Gr. eklektikos=to choose]

The selection of elements from different systems of thought, without regard to possible contradictions between the systems.

º Webster's 1913 Dictionary
a. 1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.Eclectic physician
n. 1. One who follows an eclectic method.

º WordNet Dictionary:
Noun 1. eclectic - someone who selects according to the eclectic method Synonyms: eclecticist
Adj. 1. eclectic - selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

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Ec`lec´ti`cism

º Webster's 1913 Dictionary
n. 1. Theory or practice of an eclectic.

º WordNet Dictionary
Noun 1. eclecticism - making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
Synonyms: eclectic method
Related Words: deciding, decision making, eclectic method.

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"Methods, beliefs, ideas, etc. that are eclectic, combine whatever seem the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system. "

This is my dream. What spins in my mind almost obsessively sometimes...

What keeps me worried about how deaf still thinkers and researchers are today (and had been) to hear another opinions and approaches to the same things they study...

How inflexible they are that they keep on trying to make experience fit their theories and not exactly the oppposite...

Eclecticism is not only what I want to see here, in this petit discussion place, but what I deeply wish for the future of sciences in their evolution towards a higher level of understanding, consciousness and why not saying it: spirituality. "

Gisela Giardino -posted originally at Orkut on July 13 2004 -