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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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T.G.I.F. people!
TheBigBadDuke (TheBigBadDuke) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:31 -0000
T.G.I.F. people!
Great goal-be the leader people choose to follow. RT @sebneca: We are leaders because others have CHOSEN to follow us. #leadchange
fsdieter (Frank Schofield) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:30 -0000
Great goal-be the leader people choose to follow. RT @sebneca: We are leaders because others have CHOSEN to follow us. #leadchange
>:O i dont wanna be here i dont think i can but up with these people any longer. Shouldda stayed home like planned.
ilovebc999 (Estella Giammatteo) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:30 -0000
>:O i dont wanna be here i dont think i can but up with these people any longer. Shouldda stayed home like planned.
Rewarding short-term performance essentially pays people to ignore any long-term implications. Thank you Goldman Sach. http://bit.ly/8JLeCk
billkeep (bill keep) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:28 -0000
Rewarding short-term performance essentially pays people to ignore any long-term implications. Thank you Goldman Sach. http://bit.ly/8JLeCk
How many people can live on planet Earth? a BBC document to see this weenkend. http://tinyurl.com/ye5bsfo
jlmarina (Joselu) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:27 -0000
How many people can live on planet Earth? a BBC document to see this weenkend. http://tinyurl.com/ye5bsfo
It's still snowing and I'm loving it!! People were out on ski-doo's last night.. I'm hope to get out tomorrow :)
daniellejoy07 (Danielle Goulding) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:26 -0000
It's still snowing and I'm loving it!! People were out on ski-doo's last night.. I'm hope to get out tomorrow :)

 
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d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) - Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definition of force. A biography with references to his work and contemporaries, as well as affiliated organisations.
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Hamilton, Sir William Rowan (1805-1865) - Responsible for Hamilton's Principle and the classical Hamiltonian

Lagrange, Joseph Louis - A biography written with reference to his peers; includes quotations and references to his works.
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