Simplicity

Simplicity is the state or quality of being simple. Something which is easy to understand or explain seems simple, in contrast to something complicated. Alternatively, as Herbert A. Simon suggests, something is simple or complex depending on the way we choose to describe it. In some uses, the label "simplicity" can imply beauty, purity, or clarity. "Simplicity" may also occur with negative connotations to suggest a deficit or insufficiency of nuance or of complexity of a thing, relative to what one supposes as required.

The concept of simplicity has been related to in the field of epistemology. According to Occam's razor, all other things being equal, the simplest theory is the most likely to be true. In the context of human lifestyle, simplicity can denote freedom from hardship, effort or confusion. Specifically, it can refer to a simple living style.

Simplicity is a theme in the Christian religion. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, God is infinitely simple. The Roman Catholic and Anglican religious orders of Franciscans also strive after personal simplicity. Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) practice the Testimony of Simplicity, which involves the simplifying of one's life in order to focus on things that are most important and disregarding or avoiding things seen as least important.

Simplicity (disambiguation)

Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined.

Simplicity may also refer to:

  • Simplicity (Tim Curry album), 1981
  • Simplicity (Joe Pass album), 1967
  • Simplicity (Tesla album), 2014
  • Simplicity (photography), a photographic technique
  • Simplicity Outdoor, a tractor manufacturer
  • Simplicity Pattern, a sewing pattern company
  • USS Simplicity (SP-96), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
  • See also

  • Simple (disambiguation)
  • Simply
  • Simplicity (Tim Curry album)

    Simplicity was the third and final album recorded by the English actor/singer Tim Curry, released in 1981.

    Whereas his previous album Fearless (1979) had been almost entirely original songs, Simplicity was a half-originals half-covers mix, and contained a wider variety of source material than the covers on his first album Read My Lips (1978). Covers include a version of The Zombies' "She's Not There" and Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Streets", both of which were hits in 1964. Curry also performs a version of "Take Me, I'm Yours", originally a 1978 hit by Squeeze.

    The track "Working on My Tan" was released as a single in certain countries (backed with "On A Roll") but was not commercially successful. Curry did not make any promo videos for the album.

    Track listing

  • "Working on My Tan" (Tim Curry, Michael Kamen, Bob Babbitt, Charles Collins, Bob Kulick, Michael Tschudin) - 4:05
  • "She's Not There" (Rod Argent) - 2:22
  • "Simplicity" (Tim Curry, Bob Babbitt, Charles Collins)- 4:13
  • Evelyn

    Evelyn may refer to:

  • Evelyn (name), for people named Evelyn
  • Evelyn (film), a 2002 film starring Sophie Vavasseur and Pierce Brosnan
  • Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl, 2002 award-winning short film and black comedy directed by Newfoundlander Brad Peyton
  • Hurricane Evelyn, fifth hurricane of the 1977 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Evelyn 7", 2005 release by Australian group The Mess Hall
  • Evelyn (play), a 1969 radio play by Rhys Adrian
  • Evelyn, London, UK
  • Evelyn, Ontario, Canada
  • Evelyn, California, USA
  • Evelyn, Kentucky, USA
  • Evelyn, Michigan, USA
  • Evelyn, Texas, USA
  • Evelyn, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
  • Evelyn (VTA), former light rail train station in Mountain View, California, USA
  • Evelyn County, New South Wales, Australia
  • Electoral district of Evelyn, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia
  • 503 Evelyn, a main belt asteroid
  • Evelyn College for Women, or Evelyn College, the former women's college of Princeton University
  • Evelyn High School, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • See also

  • Evelyne
  • Evelyn (play)

    Evelyn is an award winning radio play by Rhys Adrian, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 21 October 1969. It was later adapted for television as part of BBC 1's Play for Today series which was transmitted on 28 October 1971.

    Synopsis

    The play is largely a two-hander comprising a series of vignettes featuring pillow talk between the characters referred to in the script simply as 'The Man' and 'The Girl'. He is a city professional in his mid-thirties, she is a middle class housewife in her early twenties; both are enjoying an extra-marital affair, meeting every Tuesday afternoon to make love while The Girl's husband works late at the office.

    During one of their liaisons, The Girl claims to love both The Man and her husband equally. Troubled by this revelation, he gently persuades her to leave her husband and commit to him. The Girl does not consider this practical, and reveals that, besides her husband, The Man is not the only lover in her life. The Man grows increasingly paranoid that he will soon be replaced in The Girl's affections.

    Evelyn (ward)

    Evelyn is an electoral ward in the northernmost part of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is located in the Deptford area on the south bank of the River Thames, and is the only Lewisham ward that borders the Thames. Occupying the northern corner of the London Borough of Lewisham, the Evelyn ward borders only one other Lewisham ward, which is New Cross to the south. But Evelyn borders wards from three other London Boroughs, Greenwich West in the Royal Borough of Greenwich to the east, Surrey Docks of the London Borough of Southwark to the northwest, and across the River Thames on the Isle of Dogs, the Millwall ward from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

    It is named after John Evelyn who settled in Deptford with his wife in 1652. Their house, Sayes Court, adjacent to the naval dockyard, was purchased by Evelyn from his father-in-law Sir Richard Browne in 1653 and Evelyn soon began to transform the gardens.

    Evelyn Street is the main road passing through the area, it is part of the A200 road and is in a southeast to northwest direction. Deptford railway station is located in the southeast of the ward where Evelyn's entire southern border follows the railway line.

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