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  • 101Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 102backward — backward, retrograde, retrogressive, regressive all involve the idea of not moving or going ahead, or forward, or in advance. Only when applied to motion or a movement does backward imply the reverse of forward motion {a backward thrust of a… …

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  • 103Argument — Ar gu*ment, n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.] 1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity. Ray. [1913 Webster] Why, then, is it made a badge of wit …

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  • 104Ratiocination — Ra ti*oc i*na tion (r[a^]sh [i^]*[o^]s [i^]*n[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. ratiocinatio: cf. F. ratiocination.] The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 105Cognitive closure (philosophy) — Problems of inquiry Cognitive closure (philosophy) Cognitive bias (psychology) Empirical limits in science This box: view · talk · …

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  • 106Linguistic modality — For modality signaled with grammatical affixes, see Grammatical mood. Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness …

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  • 107cogito, ergo sum — /koh gi toh erdd goh soom /; Eng. /koj i toh err goh sum , er goh/, Latin. I think, therefore I am (stated by Descartes as the first principle in resolving universal doubt). * * * (Latin; I think, therefore I am ) Dictum coined in 1637 by René… …

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  • 108Apostolic Churches — • All the individual orthodox churches could, in a sense, be called Apostolic Churches, because they were in some more or less mediate connection with the Apostles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apostolic Churches      …

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  • 109Rabbi and Rabbinism — • Article covering a 1913 Catholic view of Rabbinism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rabbi and Rabbinism     Rabbi and Rabbinism      …

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  • 110Dow Jones Sustainability Index — Launched in September 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) are a family of indexes evaluating the performance of the world’s leaders in sustainability. They are the longest running global sustainability benchmarks worldwide and have… …

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