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101Contingent — • Aside from its secondary and more obvious meaning (as, for instance, its qualification of the predicable accident, of a class of modal propositions, and so on), the primary and technically philosophical use of the term is for one of the supreme …
102Extension — • Philosophical term. From Lat. ex tendere, to spread out Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Extension Extension † …
103Sculpture — • In the widest sense of the term, sculpture is the art of representing in bodily form men, animals, and other objects in stone, bronze, ivory, clay and similar materials Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sculpture Sculpture …
104Titian — (Tiziano Vecellio; c. 1488 1576) Titian was born in Pieve di Cadore on Venetian territory. He first trained with Giovanni Bellini and later Giorgione, whose Sleeping Venus (c. 1510; Dresden, Gemäldegalerie) and Fête Champetre (c. 1510; Louvre …
105Bradley, F.H. — Bradley T.L.S.Sprigge INTRODUCTORY F.H.Bradley (1846–1924) was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, for all his adult life. Though his personality and life are interesting, information about them is not required for an understanding of his… …
106sensual — [ sɛnsjʊəl, ʃʊəl] adjective 1》 relating to the physical senses, especially as a source of pleasure. 2》 arousing sexual or other physical gratification. Derivatives sensualism noun sensualist noun sensuality noun sensualiz …
107ascetic — adj austere, *severe, stern Analogous words: disciplined, trained, schooled (see TEACH): self denying, self abnegating (see corresponding nouns at RENUNCIATION): abstaining or abstinent, forbearing (see corresponding verbs at REFRAIN): abstemious …
108sensual — sen•su•al [[t]ˈsɛn ʃu əl[/t]] adj. 1) arousing or preoccupied with gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal 2) lacking in moral restraints 3) worldly; materialistic 4) sensory • Etymology: 1400–50; < L sēnsuālis sen su•al′i•ty, n.… …
109sen´su|al|ly — sen|su|al «SEHN shu uhl», adjective. 1. of, having to do with, or appealing to the bodily senses rather than the mind or soul: »Gluttons derive sensual pleasure from eating. 2. liking the pleasures of the senses; indifferent to intellectual and… …
110sen|su|al — «SEHN shu uhl», adjective. 1. of, having to do with, or appealing to the bodily senses rather than the mind or soul: »Gluttons derive sensual pleasure from eating. 2. liking the pleasures of the senses; indifferent to intellectual and moral… …
