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  • 61Platonism — Platonist, n., adj. /playt n iz euhm/, n. 1. the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers. 2. a Platonic doctrine or saying. 3. the belief that physical objects are impermanent representations of unchanging Ideas, and that the Ideas… …

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  • 62law, philosophy of — Introduction       the formulation of concepts and theories to aid in understanding the nature of law, the sources of its authority, and its role in society. In English speaking countries the term “jurisprudence” is often used synonymously and is …

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  • 63Faith — • In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word means essentially steadfastness. As signifying man s attitude towards God it means trustfulness or fiducia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Faith     Faith …

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  • 64Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church      …

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  • 65constancy — The quality of being unchanging [L. constantia, fr. consto, to stand still] color c. unchanging perception of the color of an object despite changes in lighting or viewing conditions. object c. 1. the tendency for objects to be perceived as… …

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  • 66Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra — See Mahaparinibbana Sutta for the sutta of the Pali Canon. Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal …

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  • 67Robert Ellrodt — en 2010 Robert Ellrodt, né à Luchon en 1922, est un angliciste français. Il est professeur émérite à l université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, institut du monde anglophone. Il fut président de l Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 de 1986 à 1991.… …

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  • 68atomism — A philosophical doctrine at least as old as Democritus, and plausibly viewed as an attempt to combine an a priori conviction of the unchangeable and immutable nature of the world with the variety and change of things as we know them. This is the… …

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  • 69Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …

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  • 70conservative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprogressive; moderate; protective; unchanging, stable; reactionary, mossback, diehard, Tory. See permanence. Ant., liberal, radical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. traditional, reactionary,… …

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