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  • 1vain — vain, vaine [ vɛ̃, vɛn ] adj. • déb. XIIe; lat. vanus 1 ♦ Vx Vide. « De vains tombeaux » (P. Corneille) :des cénotaphes. Mod. Vaine pâture. 2 ♦ Vieilli Qui est sans consistance, sans réalité. ⇒ irréel. « Nous sommes abusés par de vaines images »… …

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  • 2Discussion Projet:Modèle — Le salon des modélistes …

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  • 3Meletius of Antioch — • Lengthy article on the career of the gentle bishop who longed for unity in the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Meletius of Antioch     Meletius of Antioch    …

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  • 4vaine — ● vain, vaine adjectif (latin vanus, vide) Se dit d une action qui ne produit pas l effet souhaité : Opposer une vaine résistance. Il serait vain de protester. Qui est sans fondement, sans justification : De vaines espérances. Littéraire. Qui est …

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  • 5Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …

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  • 6international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 7Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …

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  • 8Maximilien de Robespierre — « Robespierre » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Robespierre (homonymie). Maximilien de Robespierre …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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