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  • 111Charities — Charity Char i*ty, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit[ e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Love;… …

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  • 112Charity — Char i*ty, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit[ e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Love; universal… …

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  • 113Munificence — Mu*nif i*cence, n. [L. munificentia: cf. F. munificence.] The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity. Syn: Benevolence; beneficence; liberality; generosity;… …

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  • 114Sisters of Charity — Charity Char i*ty, n.; pl. {Charities}. [F. charit[ e] fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. {Caress}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Love;… …

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  • 115A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft… …

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  • 116Moral equivalence — is a term used in political debate, usually to criticize any denial that a moral hierarchy can be assessed of two sides in a conflict, or in the actions or tactics of two sides. The term originates from a 1906 address by William James entitled… …

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  • 117Argument from nonbelief — Part of a series on Atheism …

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  • 118Glossop — Infobox UK place official name= Glossop country= England region= East Midlands static static image caption= Glossop from Higher Dinting population= 32,428 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SK0393 latitude= 53.4380 longitude= 1.9473 map type=… …

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  • 119Gaius Musonius Rufus — Chapter 1, page 1, of the works of Gaius Musonius Rufus, in Greek, edited by Otto Hense in the Teubner series, 1905. Gaius Musonius Rufus, was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero …

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  • 120Adam Ferguson — Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith (20 June 1723 (O.S.) (July 1, N.S.) 22 February 1816) was a philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.LifeBorn at Logierait in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, he received his education at …

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