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11Synderesis — Synderesis, in scholastic moral philosophy, is the natural capacity or disposition (habitus) of the practical reason to apprehend intuitively the universal first principles of human action .Reason is a single faculty, but is called differently… …
12axiom — n. 1. Truism, self evident proposition, intuitive truth, necessary truth. 2. Postulate, settled principle (not of necessity true), proposition commonly received, assumed truth …
13Harold Macmillan — The Right Honourable The Earl of Stockton OM PC FRS Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office …
14Simplicity — is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un combined. It often denotes beauty, purity or clarity. Simple things are usually easier to explain and understand than complicated ones. Simplicity can mean freedom from hardship, effort …
15Rufus Porter — For the American football player see Rufus Porter (American football) . For the American poet see Rufus L. Porter .Rufus M. Porter (May 1, 1792 August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine.Famous …
16Axiom (disambiguation) — An axiom is a self evident proposition in mathematics and epistemology.Axiom can also mean:In music: * Axiom (Australian band), a 1970s Australian rock band featuring Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock * Axiom (record label), best known for Bill… …
17There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill — There was an old woman lived under a hill is a nursery rhyme first printed in 1714 and possibly much older.Text:There was an old woman lived under the hill,:And if she s not gone she lives there still.:Baked apples she sold, and cranberry… …
18metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
19Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… …
20Certitude — • The word indicates both a state of mind and a quality of a proposition, according as we say, I am certain , or, It is certain Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Certitude Certitude …
