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  • 11Aristotle the philosopher of nature — David Furley 1 THE TREATISES ON NATURE The subject matter of the present chapter is what Aristotle has to say about the natural world the subject that in classical Greek is most accurately rendered as ta physika. But of course this includes many… …

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  • 12Pragmatism — This article is about the philosophical movement. For other uses, see Pragmatism (disambiguation). Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from… …

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  • 13Existence (Philosophy of) 2 — Philosophy of existence 2 Sartre Thomas R.Flynn Born 21 June 1905, in Thiviers (Dordogne), Jean Paul Sartre was raised in the Parisian home of his widowed mother’s parents. After his mother’s remarriage, he spent several years with her and his… …

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  • 14Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign, 2008 — Infobox U.S. federal election campaign, 2008 committee = Rudy Giuliani for President 2008 campaign = U.S. presidential election, 2008 candidate = Rudy Giuliani Mayor of New York City 1994 ndash;2001 cand id = P00003251 fec date = 2007 12 31… …

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  • 15Heaven — • In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky. Gen., i, 20, speaks of the birds under the firmament of heaven . In other passages it denotes the region of… …

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  • 16Leviathan and the Air-Pump — Infobox Book name = Leviathan and the Air Pump title orig = translator = image caption = author = Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English series = genre = publisher = Princeton University… …

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  • 17Propaganda — This article is about the form of communication. For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). French Military Propaganda postcard showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II biting the world (c. 1915) …

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  • 18Qur'an oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress — Ellison s photo op reenactment of his swearing in ceremony with Thomas Jefferson s Quran In mid November 2006 it was reported that Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress (for Minnesota s 5th congressional district) …

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  • 19Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …

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  • 20Pelagius and Pelagianism — • Fifth century heresy which denied original sin as well as Christian grace. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pelagius and Pelagianism     Pelagius and Pelagianism …

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