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  • 31ascetic — adj austere, *severe, stern Analogous words: disciplined, trained, schooled (see TEACH): self denying, self abnegating (see corresponding nouns at RENUNCIATION): abstaining or abstinent, forbearing (see corresponding verbs at REFRAIN): abstemious …

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  • 32Consciousness — Con scious*ness, n. 1. The state of being conscious; knowledge of one s own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc. [1913 Webster] Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or ego of its acts and… …

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  • 33Intuition — In tu*i tion, n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See {Tuition}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at… …

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  • 34African Spir — Infobox Philosopher region = Western philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image size = image caption = name = Afrikan Aleksandrovich Spir birth = November 15,1837 death = March 13, 1890 age 52 school tradition = Neo Kantian… …

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  • 35Hayim Tadmor — (born Frumstein) (November 18, 1923, Harbin, China–December 11, 2005, Jerusalem, Israel) was a leading Israeli Assyriologist, and a profound influence on many students and scholars of the Ancient Near East throughout the world. A superb teacher… …

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  • 36Ross, Sir David — ▪ British philosopher in full  William David Ross   born April 15, 1877, Thurso, Caithness, Scot. died May 5, 1971       Scottish rationalistic moral philosopher and critic of utilitarianism who proposed a form of “cognitivist nondefinitism”… …

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  • 37INTUITION —    a name given to immediate knowledge, as distinct from mediate or inferential knowledge, and which is matter of consciousness or direct perception …

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  • 38Leopold von Ranke — (December 21, 1795 – May 23, 1886) was a German historian of the 19th century, and frequently considered one of the founders of modern source based history. Ranke set the tone for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as… …

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  • 39Greektown, Vancouver — Greektown in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is an area in the Kitsilano neighborhood that was historically an enclave of Greek immigrants and their descendants. The term is an informal one, and Greektown s borders were never strictly defined …

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  • 40John Middleton Murry — For other people with a similar name, see John Murray (disambiguation). For his son who was also a writer, see John Middleton Murry, Jr.. Grave of John Middleton Murry at Thelnetham Church in Suffolk John Middleton Murry (6 August 1889 – 12 March …

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