(something essential or ultimate)

  • 1Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 — Infobox Album Name = Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 Type = compilation Longtype = Artist = Released = 1998 Recorded = Mid 1960 s Genre = Garage rock, Psychedelic rock Length = Label = AIP Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Essential Pebbles,… …

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  • 2essential — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. substantial, material, constitutional, fundamental, elementary, absolute; necessary, needful, requisite, cardinal, indispensable, vital; inherent, intrinsic, basic. See necessity, part, importance.… …

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  • 3Proximate and ultimate causation — For the notion of proximate cause in law, see proximate cause. In philosophy a proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher level ultimate cause …

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  • 4be-all and end-all — noun Something considered to be of the utmost importance; something essential or ultimate. He thought that cars were the be all and end all of life …

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  • 5MONOTHEISM — MONOTHEISM, in its literal meaning, oneness of the godhead (i.e., one God). The concept of monotheism is embedded in the domain of religious discourse, and its full and relevant significance must be derived from the connotation which it carries… …

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  • 6fundamental — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. basic, essential, underlying, original, intrinsic, rudimentary. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Providing the foundation] Syn. basic, underlying, basal, radical, primary, first, underived, rudimentary,… …

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  • 7deplete — transitive verb (depleted; depleting) Etymology: Latin depletus, past participle of deplēre, from de + plēre to fill more at full Date: 1807 1. to empty of a principal substance 2. to lessen markedly in quantity …

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  • 8Peter Kingsley (scholar) — Peter Kingsley is the author of three books and numerous articles on ancient philosophy, including Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic , In the Dark Places of Wisdom , and Reality . He has written extensively on the pre Socratic philosophers… …

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  • 9Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus — Date 20 July – 17 August 1974 Location Cyprus Result Turkish occupation of 38% of the island s area …

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  • 10primitive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. primeval, aboriginal, crude, unpolished, unrefined; basic, primal, primary; prime; old, antiquated. See oldness, intrinsic, vulgarity.Ant., civilized, cultivated. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Simple]… …

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