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Politika ng Pilipinas. Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful political figure.
t. e. Politics(from Ancient Greek πολιτικά(politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisionsin groups, or other forms of power relationsamong individuals, such as the distribution of status. or resources. The branch of social sciencethat studies politics and government is referred to ...
Eudaimonia. Eudaimonia ( / juːdɪˈmoʊniə /; Ancient Greek: εὐδαιμονία [eu̯dai̯moníaː] ), sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia, is a Greek word literally translating to the state or condition of 'good spirit', and which is commonly translated as ' happiness ' or ' welfare '. In the works of Aristotle, eudaimonia was ...
Bahala na ( Tagalog: [baˈhala ˈna]) is a Filipino term and value of either fatalism towards life or determinism in challenging situations. [1] [2] [3] It can be translated to mean "whatever happens, happens," "things will turn out fine," or as "I'll take care of things." [4] In Sikolohiyang Pilipino ( Filipino Psychology) it is described as ...
Conservatism. Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilisation in which it appears. [ 4]
The indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people (sometimes referred to as Anitism, [1] [2] or, less accurately, using the general term animism) were well documented by Spanish missionaries, [3] mostly in the form of epistolary accounts ( relaciones) and entries in various dictionaries compiled by missionary friars.
Filipinologists. Experts on Filipinology or Philippineology are called filipinologists or philippineologists (Spanish: Filipinologista) (Tagalog: Pilipinolohista ); literally “experts in Philippine culture”. According to Rosa M. Vallejo the "foremost non-Filipino filipinologist" is the Spaniard bibliographer Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa.
The term maharlika is a loanword from Sanskrit maharddhika (महर्द्धिक), a title meaning "man of wealth, knowledge, or ability". Contrary to modern definitions, it did not refer to the ruling class, but rather to a warrior class (which were minor nobility) of the Tagalog people, directly equivalent to Visayan timawa.