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  • 1silly — a. 1. Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, simple, weak, childish, inept, weak minded, brainless, shallow. 2. Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical, unwise, indiscreet, imprudent …

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  • 2tomfoolery — n. (Colloq.) Nonsense, folly, vagary, mummery, buffoonery, absurd trifling, monkey tricks …

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  • 3epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk&#8230; …

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  • 4Foolish — Fool ish, a. 1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. [1913 Webster] I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Such as a fool would do;&#8230; …

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  • 5Liturgy — • A Greek composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a citizen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Liturgy     Liturgy      …

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  • 6Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by&#8230; …

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  • 7Michael Bergmann — is a U.S. writer, director and producer. Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Style 4 Background 5 Filmography …

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  • 8ART — This article is arranged according to the following outline: Antiquity to 1800 INTRODUCTION: JEWISH ATTITUDE TO ART biblical period the sanctuary and first temple period second temple period after the fall of jerusalem relation to early christian …

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  • 9James O'Halloran — (born c.1820, died June 1 1913) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was born about 1820 (some sources say 1821) near Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland and came to Canada with his family in 1828. He studied at the University of Vermont and&#8230; …

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  • 10light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …

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