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12Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… …
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14discredit — /dis kred it/, v.t. 1. to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians. 2. to show to be undeserving of trust or belief; destroy confidence in: Later research discredited earlier theories. 3. to give no… …
15Astrology — • The supposed science which determines the influence of the stars, especially of the five older planets, on the fate of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Astrology Astrology …
16discourage — I verb advise against, affright, animum frangere, argue against, avert, cast down, cause discontent, cause dislike, cause doubt, caution, contraindicate, convince to the contrary, dampen, daunt, deflect, dehort, deject, demoralize, deprecate,… …
17discredit — I. n. 1. Doubt, question, loss of credit or credence. 2. Disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, ignominy, ill repute. II. v. a. 1. Disbelieve, give no credit to, place no confidence in, refuse credence to, question,… …
18reflect — v 1. mirror, return, give back, cast back, throw back, send back, rebound; echo, reecho, repeat; copy, imitate, ditto, reproduce; resonate, resound, re percuss, reverberate, reply; flashback, flash. 2. manifest, exhibit, show, evince, display,… …
19discredit — dis•cred•it [[t]dɪsˈkrɛd ɪt[/t]] v. t. 1) to injure the credit or reputation of; defame 2) to destroy confidence in the reliability of 3) to give no credence to: to discredit a witness[/ex] 4) loss or lack of belief or confidence; distrust 5)… …
20discredit — /dɪsˈkrɛdət / (say dis kreduht) verb (t) 1. to injure the credit or reputation of. 2. to show to be undeserving of credit or belief; destroy confidence in: to discredit the latest research by demonstrating the unreliability of its results. –noun… …