The Explanatory Question: How does consciousness of the relevant sort come to exist? Is it a primitive aspect of reality, and if not how does (or could) consciousness in the relevant respect arise from or be caused by nonconscious entities or processes? The Functional Question: Why does consciousness of the
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Poilu is a warmly informal term for a French World War I infantryman, meaning, literally, hairy one. The term came into popular usage in France during the era of Napoleon Bonaparte and his massive citizen armies, though the term grognard was also common.
Pous. The pous was a unit of length used through much of the Iron Age in Europe and the Ancient Near East. A pous is a Greek foot. One stadion is always 600 podes, though the length of the pous varies like the Mesopotamian units, where the cubit or ku was divided into four different digits, a thumb, palms, and various hands, fists, spans and quarters. The Greek pous also has long, median and short forms.