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21LIBERTÉ — La question de la liberté peut être abordée à trois niveaux différents, dont chacun fait appel à un type propre de discours. À un premier niveau, celui du langage ordinaire, « libre » est un adjectif qui caractérise certaines actions humaines… …
22bailler — [ baje ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • fin XIe; lat. bajulare « porter » ♦ Vx Donner. ♢ (1594) Mod. Loc. Vous me la baillez belle, vous me la baillez bonne : vous cherchez à m en faire accroire (expr. du jeu de paume). ⊗ HOM. Bayer; poss. bâiller …
23bâiller — bailler [ baje ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • fin XIe; lat. bajulare « porter » ♦ Vx Donner. ♢ (1594) Mod. Loc. Vous me la baillez belle, vous me la baillez bonne : vous cherchez à m en faire accroire (expr. du jeu de paume). ⊗ HOM. Bayer; poss.… …
24English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
25publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
26Emanuel Swedenborg — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophers era = 18th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Emanuel Swedenborg, 75, holding the manuscript of Apocalypsis Revelata (1766) name = Emanuel Swedenborg birth = February 8 1688… …
27Descartes, René — Des·cartes (dā kärtʹ), René. 1596 1650. French mathematician, philosopher, and scientist who is considered the father of analytic geometry and the founder of modern rationalism. His main works, Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) and… …
28comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …
29performing 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 …
30Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …
