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  • 11Haitian Vodou — Vodou (Anglicized: Voodoo) or Vaudoo [ [http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/05/26/31065.html Vaudoo as other name for haitian voodoo] ] is a family of New World syncretistic religions primarily based on the faiths of the Fon, Ewe, and… …

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  • 12Simone Weil — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE caption = Simone Weil name = Simone Weil birth = February 3, 1909 Paris, France death = death date and age|1943|08|24|1909|02|03 Ashford, Kent, England …

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  • 13Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… …

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  • 14Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …

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  • 15control — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. command, dominate, govern, rule, regulate, direct, master; restrain, subdue, modify, check; test, verify. n. command, mastery, domination, sway, upper hand, power, regimentation, government,… …

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  • 16De Oratore — First page of a miniature of Cicero s De oratore, 15th century, Northern Italy, now at the British Museum De Oratore ( On the Orator ) is a dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BCE. It is set in 91 BCE, when Lucius Licinius Crassus dies, just before… …

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  • 18ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …

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  • 19Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 20Philosophy — • Detailed article on the history of the love of wisdom Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Philosophy     Philosophy     † …

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