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41REFORMATION — Like most revolutions the Reformation within the Christian Church in 16th century Europe combined ultraconservative trends with a drive for change. In his attitude toward the Jews, martin luther moved from a conscious attempt at a form of… …
42Eastern philosophy and clinical psychology — Like body and mind, East and West are false dichotomies. Travel and trade along the Silk Road brought ancient texts and mind practices deep into the West. They have been drawn on to varying degrees by leaders in the field of Clinical Psychology,… …
43Bengali poetry — Like the Bengali language, Bengali poetry traces its lineage to Pāli and other Prakrit socio cultural traditions. An antagonism to Vedic rituals and laws heightened to a culmination in the Buddhist and Jainist movements. However, modern Bengali… …
44National cinema — Like other film theory or film criticism terms (e.g., art film ), the term national cinema is hard to define, and its meaning is debated by film scholars and critics. National cinema is a term sometimes used in film theory and film criticism to… …
45Thousand and One Nights, The — Like CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES or BOCCACCIO’s DECAMERON, The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa Layla) is a collection of stories within a frame narrative; the frame creates a context for the telling of tales within the larger tale, and… …
46Argyropoulos, John — Scholar of ancient Greek philosophy who taught at the University of Florence (q.v.) in the mid 15th century. Like Manuel Chrysoloras (q.v.) before him, he helped to initiate the Florentines to a systematic study of Greek philosophy. He was… …
47Eustathios of Thessalonike — Scholar, writer, teacher, archbishop of Thessalonike (qq.v.), and the most celebrated teacher of the 12th century. For a while he taught rhetoric, grammar, and philosophy at the Patriarchal School (q.v.). His extensive and detailed… …
48literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
49arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
50china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
