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91Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick — Infobox Writer name = Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick caption = birthdate = Birth date and age|1950|5|2 birthplace = Dayton, Ohio, United States deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Academic, author, essayist, critic, poet notableworks = Epistemology of… …
92English Reformation — The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England first broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.These events were, in part, associated with the wider process of …
93Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
94passion — passionful, adj. passionfully, adv. passionfulness, n. passionlike, adj. /pash euhn/, n. 1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate. 2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor. 3. strong sexual desire; lust. 4. an… …
95Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …
96Plato: ethics and politics — A.W.Price I Plato followed his teacher Socrates into ethics by way of a question that remained central in Greek thought: what is the relation between the virtues or excellences (aretai) of character, and happiness (eudaimonia)?1 Both concepts… …
97will — will1 [wil] n. [ME wille < OE willa, akin to Ger wille, willen < IE base * wel , to wish, choose > L velle, to wish, voluptas, pleasure] 1. the power of making a reasoned choice or decision or of controlling one s own actions [a man of… …
98History of painting — The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre historic humans, and spans all cultures. The history of painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and… …
99Miranda warning — The Miranda warning (also referred to as Miranda rights) is a warning that is required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to inform them …
100Thomas Nagel — April 2008 Born July 4, 1937 (1937 07 04) (age 74) Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) …
