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  • 1The Sweet Escape (song) — Infobox Single Name = The Sweet Escape Caption = Artist = Gwen Stefani featuring Akon from Album = The Sweet Escape B side = Released = January 1, 2007 (U.S.) Format = CD (global), digital download (global), 12 vinyl (North America) Recorded =… …

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  • 2escape — [n] breaking away; getaway abdication, avoidance, AWOL*, beat, bolt, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, evasion,… …

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  • 3escape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Get away Nouns 1. escape, elopement, flight; evasion (see avoidance); retreat; narrow escape or squeak, hairbreadth escape; deliverance, liberation; redeployment; jailbreak, freedom. Informal, close call …

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  • 4escape — 1. verb /ɪˈskeɪp/ a) To get free, to free oneself. The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall. b) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from. He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail. 2. noun …

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  • 5To come off from — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …

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  • 6Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 7Michel Henry — (10 January 1922–3 July 2002) was a French philosopher and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States of America, and Japan. Contents 1 Life and work 1.1 …

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  • 8Plato: 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… …

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  • 9Meaning of life — This article is about the philosophical concept. For other uses, see Meaning of life (disambiguation). Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? One of Post Impressionist Paul Gauguin s most famous paintings. The meaning of life… …

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  • 10Shinji Takahashi — Nihongo|Shinji Takahashi|高橋 信次|Takahashi Shinji|extra=September 21, 1927 June 25, 1976 was a Japanese religious leader, corporate manager and hardware engineer.Founder of the new religion/religious corporation God Light Association (GLA), born in …

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