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  • 21Inexcitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of excitability, or of excitement. < N PARAG:Inexcitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inexcitability inexcitability imperturbability inirritability Sgm: N 1 even temper even temper tranquil mind dispassion Sgm: N… …

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  • 22Stoic — [stō′ik] n. [ME Stoycis (pl.) < L stoicus < Gr stōikos < stoa, porch, colonnade (see STOA): because Zeno taught under a colonnade at Athens] 1. a member of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., holding that all… …

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  • 23sto|ic — «STOH ihk», noun, adjective. –n. a member of the ancient school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno (335? 265? B.C.). This school taught that virtue is the highest good and that men should be free from passion and unmoved by life s happenings …

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  • 24Sto|ic — «STOH ihk», noun, adjective. –n. a member of the ancient school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno (335? 265? B.C.). This school taught that virtue is the highest good and that men should be free from passion and unmoved by life s happenings …

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  • 25French literature — Introduction       the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …

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  • 26English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 27History of education — In its widest sense, the history of education is the history of teaching and of learning, and the history of what might be described as the curricula: what it is that is taught or learned.Education has taken place in most communities since… …

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  • 28Epicureanism — • In its popular sense, the word stands for a refined and calculating selfishness, seeking not power or fame, but the pleasures of sense, particularly of the palate, and those in company rather than solitude Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 29Pragmatic maxim — C. S. Peirce articles  General:    Charles Sanders Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography Philosophical:    Categories (Peirce) Semiotic elements and   classes of signs (Peirce) Pragmatic maxim • Pragmaticism… …

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  • 30Matter — • Taking the term in its widest sense, matter signifies that out of which anything is made or composed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Matter     Matter      …

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