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  • 51theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present.       For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …

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  • 52Apocrypha — • A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apocrypha     Apocrypha      …

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  • 53Doctrine of the Atonement —     Doctrine of the Atonement     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Doctrine of the Atonement     The word atonement, which is almost the only theological term of English origin, has a curious history. The verb atone , from the adverbial phrase at one (M …

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  • 54Evolution —     Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Evolution (History and Scientific Foundation)     The world of organisms comprises a great system of individual forms generally classified according to structural… …

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  • 55René Guénon — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Eastern philosophies esotericisms era = 20th century philosophy color = lightsteelblue image size = 250px image caption = A 1925 studio photo portrait (age age|1886|11|15|1925|7|1). name = René Jean Marie… …

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  • 56Rene Descartes —     René Descartes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► René Descartes     (Renatus Cartesius), philosopher and scientist, born at La Haye France, 31 March, 1596; died at Stockholm, Sweden, 11 February 1650. He studied at the Jesuit college of La Flèche …

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  • 57System of Leibniz —     The System of Leibniz     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The System of Leibniz     I. LIFE OF LEIBNIZ     Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born at Leipzig on 21 June (1 July), 1646. In 1661 he entered the University of Leipzig as a student of… …

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  • 58Poles in the United States — • Covers the causes and history of the Polish immigration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Poles in the United States     Poles in the United States      …

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  • 59Alexander the Great in the Qur'an — Alexander in the Qur an is a theory that holds that the character of Dhul Qarnayn, mentioned in the Qur an, is in fact Alexander the Great. The name Alexander itself is never mentioned in the Qur an. Dhul Qarnayn (in Arabic ذو القرنين) is a… …

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  • 60History of Grandi's series — Geometry and infinite zerosGrandiGuido Grandi (1671 – 1742) reportedly provided a simplistic account of the series in 1703. He noticed that inserting parentheses into nowrap|1=1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + · · · produced varying results: either:(1 1) + (1 1) + …

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