Alvaro Lario (from Spain) is the current President of IFAD, elected in 2022. He is from Europe, but IFAD's leadership has historically come from diverse regions, including a past President from Asia (Kanayo F. Nwanze, from Nigeria - Africa).
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Which SAARC member is the only country that follows Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a development philosophy?
The Golden Age (عہدِ زریں) is mostly associated with the Abbasid Caliphate (8th to 13th century) due to massive advancements in science, medicine, and philosophy.
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The term **'Humanism'** during the Renaissance, which bridged the medieval and modern eras, primarily meant a focus on:
Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement that emphasized the value and agency of human beings. It involved a program of study, the *studia humanitatis*, which focused on classical Roman and Greek texts (literature, history, moral philosophy), shifting the intellectual focus away from purely theological matters.
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The philosopher **St. Thomas Aquinas** (c. 1225–1274), who synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology, was a key figure of which medieval intellectual movement?
Scholasticism was the dominant philosophical and theological tradition of the High Middle Ages, primarily centered in the universities. St. Thomas Aquinas was its foremost proponent, known for his monumental work, the *Summa Theologica*, which systematically reconciled reason and faith.
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The **Zoroastrian** religion, one of the world's oldest monotheistic faiths, developed in which ancient civilization?
Zoroastrianism is an ancient Persian religion and philosophy that originated with the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) sometime before the 6th century BCE. It is characterized by its dualistic cosmology of a continual battle between the benevolent god Ahura Mazda (Good) and the malevolent spirit Angra Mainyu (Evil).
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The philosophy of **Confucianism** primarily focuses on the importance of:
Confucianism, founded by the Chinese philosopher Confucius, is a system of ethical and philosophical teachings that emphasizes the importance of social harmony, proper conduct, and respect for elders and authority. Key concepts include *Ren* (benevolence), *Li* (proper ritual/etiquette), and *Xiao* (filial piety), which involves respect for parents and ancestors.
