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  • 11Piers Plowman —    by William Langland (ca. 1367–1387)    One of the great religious poems in the English language, Piers Plowman is a text from the late 14th century ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL in England’s West Midlands. One of the most popular poems of the late… …

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  • 12PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …

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  • 13avaritia — n. A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed. Syn: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 15performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 16United 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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  • 17Christian views on poverty and wealth — Jesus casting out the money changers from the Temple by Giotto, 14th century Since the inception of Christianity, there have been a variety of Christian attitudes towards materialism and wealth. John Cobb, Jr. argues that the economism that rules …

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  • 18avaritia — noun reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑covetousness, ↑rapacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑rapacious (for: ↑ …

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  • 19rapacity — noun 1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑covetousness, ↑avaritia • Derivationally related forms: ↑rapacious, ↑covetous ( …

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  • 20Athena — Athene , Athina and Pallas Athena all redirect here. For other uses, see Athena (disambiguation), Athene (disambiguation), Athina (disambiguation) and Pallas Athena (disambiguation) Athena …

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