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It seems, in the first sentence, that there is a typo:
Eclecticism is an approach to philosophy and other fields that does not hold rigidly to a single mode of thinking, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights of phenomena, or applies only certain theories in particular cases.
should perhaps be:
Eclecticism is an approach to philosophy and other fields that does not hold rigidly to a single mode of thinking, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights of phenomena, or applies only to certain theories in particular cases.
I don't claim to be a grammatical expert, but the sentence seems to be missing something at that point. Perhaps I'm miss reading the sentence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.67.6.44 ( talk • contribs) 12:50, October 15, 2004 (UTC)
Who copied whom?
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Prell ( talk • contribs) 11:15, October 28, 2004 (UTC)
Architecture of Africa is currently nominated on Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. Come to this page and support it with your vote. Help us improve this article to featured status.-- Fenice 08:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I have just added a cleanup tag to this article. If anyone has the chance to give it some attention, such as dividing it into sections and adding more information (there is more to eclecticism than is written here), that would be great. Also, above is a note about possible copyright violation. I haven't had a chance to check out the link yet, but this is potentially another problem. Thanks, rom a rin talk ] 15:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
The image of the window is titled 'eclecticism in architecture', but does not tell how. My personal view is that it is because of multiple architecture styles used. But I am not sure, and from reading the first paragraph, it may refer to some other vague meaning, because article refers to many meanings of 'eclecticism'. Please add more descriptive title to it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anupamsr ( talk • contribs) 01:28, July 13, 2006 (UTC)
The entry should have a section on Eclecticism in religion, or Religious Eclecticism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.246.204.115 ( talk • contribs) 23:38, September 1, 2006 (UTC)
Better late than never, but I agree. While religious syncretism is featured heavily in the article on syncretism, I was surprised that there was not a section on religious eclecticism here. I guess the first step would be to know exactly what the differences between the two are, assumming there is a difference as per [1] and [2]. Emptymountains ( talk) 01:20, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Rather than a label asking for more info, can we just remove what is the admittedly nicely written words of a wum. RayTayMiht ( talk) 07:39, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
"The Hungarian capital has the biggest and most uniform eclectical city center in the World."
I'm no expert on eclecticism, nor am I a native english speaker, but can there be something that is uniformly eclectical? Rieby ( talk) 00:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
"The term comes from the Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikos), literally "choosing the best",[1][2]"
The Greek word does not literally mean "choosing the best", nor is it stated anywhere in the references ("[1][2]") provided.
The word is an adjective from the verb meaning 'to select, pick out, elect' (or the corresponding noun), so it means 'related to selecting' or 'selecting, picking out, selective, choosing' (all adjectives) = 'that selects, picks out'.
Fun fact: the English word 'elect' comes from Latin electus (e-leg-tus) < eligere < e(x) + legere, this 'ex' (out of) is cognate with the Greek 'ek' and 'legere' (pick, choose, select, read) is cognate with the Greek 'lego'. In Modern Greek 'I e-lec-t' is said 'ek-leg-o'.
ll — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.149.61.218 ( talk) 18:22, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
It's the same thing that Revivalism (architecture). I think, that in some (socialist) countries word "Eclectism" is used instead of "Revivalism" or "Historicism" (second clone of Revivalism). Why Wikipedia need clone of term? -- Investigatio ( talk) 13:23, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
Syncretism is a union (or blend) of two or more things, while eclecticism is a selective intersection (or mix) of specific aspects of two or more things.
A syncretic religion blends two or more religions together typically without any significant exclusion.
An eclectic religion carefully selects complementary aspects from two or more religions that typically fit well together, or are complementary.
Thus the paragraph claiming equivalency needs revising. Thoric ( talk) 20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
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It seems, in the first sentence, that there is a typo:
Eclecticism is an approach to philosophy and other fields that does not hold rigidly to a single mode of thinking, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights of phenomena, or applies only certain theories in particular cases.
should perhaps be:
Eclecticism is an approach to philosophy and other fields that does not hold rigidly to a single mode of thinking, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights of phenomena, or applies only to certain theories in particular cases.
I don't claim to be a grammatical expert, but the sentence seems to be missing something at that point. Perhaps I'm miss reading the sentence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.67.6.44 ( talk • contribs) 12:50, October 15, 2004 (UTC)
Who copied whom?
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Prell ( talk • contribs) 11:15, October 28, 2004 (UTC)
Architecture of Africa is currently nominated on Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. Come to this page and support it with your vote. Help us improve this article to featured status.-- Fenice 08:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I have just added a cleanup tag to this article. If anyone has the chance to give it some attention, such as dividing it into sections and adding more information (there is more to eclecticism than is written here), that would be great. Also, above is a note about possible copyright violation. I haven't had a chance to check out the link yet, but this is potentially another problem. Thanks, rom a rin talk ] 15:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
The image of the window is titled 'eclecticism in architecture', but does not tell how. My personal view is that it is because of multiple architecture styles used. But I am not sure, and from reading the first paragraph, it may refer to some other vague meaning, because article refers to many meanings of 'eclecticism'. Please add more descriptive title to it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Anupamsr ( talk • contribs) 01:28, July 13, 2006 (UTC)
The entry should have a section on Eclecticism in religion, or Religious Eclecticism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.246.204.115 ( talk • contribs) 23:38, September 1, 2006 (UTC)
Better late than never, but I agree. While religious syncretism is featured heavily in the article on syncretism, I was surprised that there was not a section on religious eclecticism here. I guess the first step would be to know exactly what the differences between the two are, assumming there is a difference as per [1] and [2]. Emptymountains ( talk) 01:20, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
Rather than a label asking for more info, can we just remove what is the admittedly nicely written words of a wum. RayTayMiht ( talk) 07:39, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
"The Hungarian capital has the biggest and most uniform eclectical city center in the World."
I'm no expert on eclecticism, nor am I a native english speaker, but can there be something that is uniformly eclectical? Rieby ( talk) 00:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
"The term comes from the Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikos), literally "choosing the best",[1][2]"
The Greek word does not literally mean "choosing the best", nor is it stated anywhere in the references ("[1][2]") provided.
The word is an adjective from the verb meaning 'to select, pick out, elect' (or the corresponding noun), so it means 'related to selecting' or 'selecting, picking out, selective, choosing' (all adjectives) = 'that selects, picks out'.
Fun fact: the English word 'elect' comes from Latin electus (e-leg-tus) < eligere < e(x) + legere, this 'ex' (out of) is cognate with the Greek 'ek' and 'legere' (pick, choose, select, read) is cognate with the Greek 'lego'. In Modern Greek 'I e-lec-t' is said 'ek-leg-o'.
ll — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.149.61.218 ( talk) 18:22, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
It's the same thing that Revivalism (architecture). I think, that in some (socialist) countries word "Eclectism" is used instead of "Revivalism" or "Historicism" (second clone of Revivalism). Why Wikipedia need clone of term? -- Investigatio ( talk) 13:23, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
Syncretism is a union (or blend) of two or more things, while eclecticism is a selective intersection (or mix) of specific aspects of two or more things.
A syncretic religion blends two or more religions together typically without any significant exclusion.
An eclectic religion carefully selects complementary aspects from two or more religions that typically fit well together, or are complementary.
Thus the paragraph claiming equivalency needs revising. Thoric ( talk) 20:45, 15 February 2024 (UTC)