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  • 81Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …

    History of philosophy

  • 82TOSAFOT — (Heb. תּוֹסָפוֹת; lit. additions ), collections of comments on the Talmud arranged according to the order of the talmudic tractates. In general the point of departure of the tosafot is not the Talmud itself but the comments on it by the earlier… …

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  • 83Madrasah — Not to be confused with Madras. Madrasa and Medrese redirect here. For the village or grape variety in Azerbaijan, see Mədrəsə and Madrasa, respectively. Sher Dor Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan 2007 …

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  • 84Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …

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  • 85Western literature — Introduction       history of literatures in the languages of the Indo European family, along with a small number of other languages whose cultures became closely associated with the West, from ancient times to the present.       Diverse as they… …

    Universalium

  • 86The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …

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  • 87Childhood Memories (Creangă) — Childhood Memories   Cover of the 1959 edition (as …

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  • 88HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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  • 89PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …

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  • 90RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …

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