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  • 21United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 22Neo-Platonism — Eyjólfur K.Emilsson GENERAL INTRODUCTION Neo Platonism is usually defined as the philosophy of Plotinus, who lived in the third century AD, and his followers in the pagan Graeco Roman world in late antiquity. The most significant philosophers… …

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  • 23metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …

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  • 24The Republic (Plato) — The Republic   Author(s) Plato …

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  • 25Dungeons & Dragons manuals — A listing of manuals for the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game.Several manuals are required for the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game. The current Dungeons Dragons requires three core rulebooks: the Player s Handbook , the… …

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  • 26List of Baldur's Gate characters — Baldur s Gate NPCs are non player characters (NPCs) which interact with the player in the Baldur s Gate series of computer games. Many of these characters can interact with each other during the game, and some of these characters can also join… …

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  • 27Theory of Forms — Plato s Theory of Forms [The name of this aspect of Plato s thought is not modern and has not been extracted from certain dialogues by modern scholars. The term was used at least as early as Diogenes Laertius, who called it (Plato s) Theory of… …

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  • 28Lillian Stewart Carl — (born 1949) is an American author of mystery, fantasy and science fiction novels.Carl resides in North Texas. She has been a friend of Lois McMaster Bujold since childhood; both authors credit Carl with getting Bujold started writing. [] She also …

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  • 29mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …

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  • 30The Vampire Diaries (novel series) — The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries: Return: Midnight The Awakening The Struggle The Fury Dark Reunion The Return: Nightfall The Return: Shadow Souls The Return: Midnight The Hunters: Phantom The Hunters: Moonsong …

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