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91Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …
92Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil …
93Existence (Philosophy of) 1 — Philosophy of existence 1 Heidegger Jacques Taminiaux At the very outset and up to the end, the long philosophical journey of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) remained oriented by a single question, the question of Being, the Seinsfrage. This does… …
94content — I. /ˈkɒntɛnt / (say kontent) noun 1. (usually plural) that which is contained: the contents of a cask; the contents of a room; the contents of a library. 2. (usually plural) the chapters or chief topics of a book or document; a list of such… …
95ivory — /ˈaɪvəri / (say uyvuhree), /ˈaɪvri / (say uyvree) noun (plural ivories) 1. the hard white substance, a variety of dentine, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc., used for carvings, billiard balls, etc. 2. a tusk, as… …
96tortoiseshell — /ˈtɔtəʃɛl / (say tawtuhshel) noun 1. the horny substance, with a mottled or clouded yellow and brown colouration, composing the plates or scales that cover the marine tortoiseshell turtle, of the genus Eretmochelys, formerly used for making combs …
97li|nin — «LY nihn», noun. 1. Chemistry. a crystallizable bitter principle obtained from a European species of flax, used as a purgative. Formula: C23H23O9 2. Biology. a substance now considered to be an artificial product of fixation, but formerly thought …
98pa|ren|chy|ma — «puh REHNG kuh muh, PAR uhn KY », noun. 1. the fundamental tissue in higher plants, composed of living, unspecialized cells from which all other cells are formed. Most of the tissue in the softer parts of leaves, the pulp of fruits, and the… …
99Adamic earth — Earth Earth ([ e]rth), n. [AS. eor[eth]e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j[ o]r[eth], Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[=i]r[thorn]a, OHG. ero, Gr. ?, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.] 1. The globe or… …
100Alkaline earths — Earth Earth ([ e]rth), n. [AS. eor[eth]e; akin to OS. ertha, OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j[ o]r[eth], Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[=i]r[thorn]a, OHG. ero, Gr. ?, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.] 1. The globe or… …
