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11MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
12Concordat — • In general, a concordat means an agreement, or union of wills, on some matter Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Concordat Concordat …
13Virtue — • According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Virtue Virtue …
14axiology — axiological /ak see euh loj i keuhl/, adj. axiologically, adv. axiologist, n. /ak see ol euh jee/, n. the branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion. [1905 10; < F axiologie < Gk axí(a) worth, value +… …
15Peirce, Charles Sanders — born Sept. 10, 1839, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. died April 19, 1914, near Milford, Pa. U.S. scientist, logician, and philosopher. He was the son of the mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Peirce (1809–80). After attending Harvard University he… …
16Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …
17Salvation — For other uses, see Salvation (disambiguation). Part of a series on Salvation …
18Ut pictura poesis — is Latin, literally As is painting so is poetry. The statement (often repeated) occurs most famously in Horace s Ars Poetica , near the end, immediately after the other most famous quotation from Horace s treatise on poetics, bonus dormitat… …
19medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
20Roger Bacon — • Philosopher, born at Ilchester, Somersetshire, about 1214; died at Oxford, perhaps 11 June, 1294 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roger Bacon Roger Bacon …
