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81History of religion in the United States — The religious history of the United States begins more than a century before the former British colonies became the United States of America in 1776.Some of the original settlers were men and women of deep religious convictions. The religious… …
82Balto-Slavic languages — The Balto Slavic language group consists of the Baltic and Slavic languages, belonging to the Indo European family of languages. Having experienced a period of common development, Baltic and Slavic languages share several linguistic traits not… …
83Alhazen — For the Moon crater, see Alhazen (crater). For the asteroid, see 59239 Alhazen. Alhazen Alhazen (Ibn al Haytham) …
84Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …
85Ockham’s world and future — Arthur Gibson PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY Ockham was born in about 1285, certainly before 1290, probably in the village of Ockham, Surrey, near London. If his epitaph is accurate, he died on 10 April 1347. Yet Conrad of Megenberg, when writing to… …
86Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …
87Swedish language — Swedish svenska Pronunciation [ˈsvɛ̂nskâ] Spoken in   …
88Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! …
89Brazilian Portuguese — (Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil; pt BR) is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants[1] of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States,… …
90Topics (Aristotle) — The Topics is the name given to one of Aristotle s six works on logic, collectively known as the Organon. The other five are: * Categories * De Interpretatione * Prior Analytics * Posterior Analytics * On Sophistical Refutations The Topics… …
