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  • 91Cardan, Jerome — (1501 1576)    Also known as Jeronimo Cardan(o/us), Geronimo Cardan(o/us), Hieronymus Cardano(o/us), Girolamo Cardan(o/us), and Gerolamo Cardan(o/us). Cardan was an Italian lawyer, mathematician, astrologer, and physician who between the ages of… …

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  • 92Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …

    History of philosophy

  • 93Aristotle the philosopher of nature — David Furley 1 THE TREATISES ON NATURE The subject matter of the present chapter is what Aristotle has to say about the natural world the subject that in classical Greek is most accurately rendered as ta physika. But of course this includes many… …

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  • 94chill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shivering, shakes, ague; chilliness; frost. See cold. v. ice, frost; discourage, dispirit. See dissuasion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Uncomfortably cool] Syn. brisk, frosty, wintry, chilly; see cold 1 …

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  • 95indifference — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of interest Nouns 1. indifference, neutrality; coldness, frigidity (see insensibility); unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; inattention, lack of interest, anorexia, apathy; supineness; disdain (see …

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  • 96Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility insensibleness Sgm: N 1 moral insensibility moral insensibility Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness inertia Sgm: N 1 vis inertiae vis inertiae Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 97Indifference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Indifference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 indifference indifference neutrality Sgm: N 1 coldness coldness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 anaphrodisia anaphrodisia Sgm: N 1 unconcern unconcern insouciance nonchalance …

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  • 98chill — chill1 [tʃıl] n 1.) [singular] a feeling of coldness ▪ There was a slight chill in the air . morning/autumnal/January etc chill ▪ Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window. chill of ▪ He sat in the chill of the evening, staring… …

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  • 99coldly — cold|ly [ˈkəuldli US ˈkould ] adv if you do something coldly, you do it without any emotion or warm feeling, making you seem unfriendly →↑cold, coldness ↑coldness say/speak/reply etc coldly ▪ Well, what can I do for you? he asked coldly. ▪ Janine …

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  • 100frostiness — frost·i·ness || frÉ”stɪnɪs / frÉ’s n. coldness, chilliness; state of being frosty or covered with frost; coldness of attitude, unfriendliness …

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