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  • 101Gambling — • The staking of money or other thing of value on the issue of a game of chance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gambling     Gambling      …

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  • 102Probabilism — • The moral system which holds that, when there is question solely of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of an action, it is permissible to follow a solidly probable opinion in favour of liberty even though the opposing view is more probable.… …

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  • 103Temperance Movements — • Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Temperance Movements     Temperance Movements      …

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  • 104Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …

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  • 105eschew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shun, avoid (see avoidance). Ant., pursue. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shun, keep away from, abstain from; see abstain , avoid . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [es CHOO] stay away… …

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  • 106fast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. starve, diet, abstain. See asceticism. adj. swift, speedy, fleet, quick, rapid; secure, firm, permanent, steadfast, profound; wild, rakish, dissipated. See velocity, junction, impurity, tenacity,… …

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  • 107refrain — refrain, abstain, forbear are comparable when they mean to keep or withhold oneself voluntarily from something to which one is moved by desire or impulse. Refrain is especially suitable when the checking of a momentary inclination is implied… …

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  • 108ἀσιτέῃ — ἀσῑτέῃ , ἀσιτέω abstain from food pres subj mp 2nd sg (epic ionic) ἀσῑτέῃ , ἀσιτέω abstain from food pres ind mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic) ἀσῑτέῃ , ἀσιτέω abstain from food pres subj act 3rd sg (epic ionic) …

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  • 109ἀσιτήσομεν — ἀσῑτήσομεν , ἀσιτέω abstain from food aor subj act 1st pl (epic) ἀσῑτήσομεν , ἀσιτέω abstain from food fut ind act 1st pl ἀ̱σιτήσομεν , ἀσιτέω abstain from food futperf ind act 1st pl (doric aeolic) …

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  • 110ἀσίτησον — ἀσί̱τησον , ἀσιτέω abstain from food aor imperat act 2nd sg ἀ̱σίτησον , ἀσιτέω abstain from food futperf ind act masc voc sg (doric aeolic) ἀ̱σίτησον , ἀσιτέω abstain from food futperf ind act neut nom/voc/acc sg (doric aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)