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101deliberation — de·lib·er·a·tion /di ˌli bə rā shən/ n 1 a: the act of deliberating compare premeditation b: a discussion and consideration by a group of persons (as a jury or legislature) of the reasons for or against a measure 2: the quality or state of being… …
102ratiocination — I noun analysis, argumentation, cerebration, cogitation, deduction, dialectics, intellection, intellectual ization, logic, ratiocinatio, rationality, rationalization, reasoning, thinking, thought II index contemplation, deduction (con …
103contemplation — I noun absorption, aim, attention, brooding, calculation, cerebration, cogitation, concentration, consideration, contemplatio, deliberateness, deliberation, design, determination, engrossment, envisagement, envisionment, examination, excogitation …
104dialectic — I noun applied logic, apprehension, argumentation, brainwork, cerebration, chain of reasoning, cogitation, concluding, consideration, contemplation, deducing, deduction, deliberation, deriving, discursive reasoning, drawing conclusions, force of… …
105reflection — I (image) noun counterpart, double, duplicate, echo, imago, impression, likeness, semblance, specter II (thought) noun absorption, analysis, cerebration, cogitatio, cogitation, concentration, consideratio, consideration, contemplation,… …
106rumination — I noun analyzing, close study, cogitation, concentrating, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, dialectic, excogitation, hindsight, meditation, musing, pondering, reflection, retrospection, speculation, thinking II index consideration… …
107thought — I (concept) noun belief, conception, credo, creed, hint, idea, insight, notion, opinion, perspective, point, proposal, rationale, suggestion, tenet, view II (concern) noun attentiveness, care, impression, philosophy, reaction, regard, sentiment,… …
108Herbert of Cherbury (Lord) and the Cambridge Platonists — Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists Sarah Hutton The philosophy of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1582/3–1648) and of the Cambridge Platonists exemplifies the continuities of seventeenth century thought with Renaissance philosophy.… …
109Vico, Giambattista — Giambattista Vico Antonio Pérez Ramos Faire, c’est se faire. S.Mallarmé Giambattista Vico’s (1688–1744) contribution to the history of western thought is both difficult to identify and still harder to evaluate. So much so that the overall… …
110CAILLOIS (R.) — Comme les pierres qu’il aimait tant et dont il fut le poète, Roger Caillois présente plusieurs facettes au premier abord contradictoires. Cet ancien surréaliste, normalien agrégé de grammaire, qui fut haut fonctionnaire de l’U.N.E.S.C.O. et entra …
