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  • 11Conscience — • The individual, as in him customary rules acquire ethical character by the recognition of distinct principles and ideals, all tending to a final unity or goal, which for the mere evolutionist is left very indeterminate, but for the Christian… …

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  • 12Matter and Memory — (French: Matière et mémoire) (1896) is one of the four main works by the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859 1941). Its subtitle is Essay on the relation of body and spirit , and the work presents an analysis of the classical philosophical… …

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  • 13Matter Master — as seen in HawkMan #23 (March 2004) Publication information Publisher DC Comics …

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  • 14Court of Conscience — Conscience Con science, n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con + scire to know. See {Science}.] 1. Knowledge of one s own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 15In all conscience — Conscience Con science, n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con + scire to know. See {Science}.] 1. Knowledge of one s own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 16In conscience — Conscience Con science, n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con + scire to know. See {Science}.] 1. Knowledge of one s own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 17To make conscience of — Conscience Con science, n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con + scire to know. See {Science}.] 1. Knowledge of one s own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 18Conscience vote — A conscience vote or free vote is a type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party. In many liberal… …

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  • 19conscience */*/ — UK [ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑnʃəns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms conscience : singular conscience plural consciences a) the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong Each person must vote… …

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  • 20conscience — n. 1 a moral sense of right and wrong esp. as felt by a person and affecting behaviour (my conscience won t allow me to do that). 2 an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one s behaviour (my conscience is clear; has a guilty… …

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