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  • 31Homer — This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. For other meanings, see Homer (disambiguation). Homeric redirects here. For other uses, see Homeric (disambiguation). See also: English translations of Homer …

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  • 32Waverley (novel) — infobox Book | name = Waverley orig title = translator = image caption = Illustration to 1893 edition, by J. Pettie. author = Sir Walter Scott cover artist = country = Scotland language = English, Lowland Scots, some Scottish Gaelic and French… …

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  • 33Causal adequacy principle — The causal adequacy principle (CAP) is a philosophical claim made by René Descartes that the cause of an object must contain at least as much reality as the object itself, whether formally or eminently. Descartes defends this principle by quoting …

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  • 34On Translating Homer — Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder dash On Translating Homer, published in January 1861, was a printed version of the series of public… …

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  • 35Iliad — The Iliad (Greek: Ἰλιάς [iliás] (Ancient), Ιλιάδα [ili aða] (Modern)) is, together with the Odyssey , one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the late 9th or to the 8th century BC… …

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  • 36literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 37social science — social scientist. 1. the study of society and social behavior. 2. a science or field of study, as history, economics, etc., dealing with an aspect of society or forms of social activity. [1775 85] * * * Any discipline or branch of science that… …

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  • 38Monotheism — • A word coined in comparatively modern times to designate belief in the one supreme God, the Creator and Lord of the world, the eternal Spirit, All powerful, All wise, and All good, the Rewarder of good and the Punisher of evil, the Source of… …

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  • 39Russian Language and Literature — • Russian is a Slav language belonging to the Indo European family Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russian Language and Literature     Russian Language and Literature …

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  • 40Gnosis — (from one of the Greek words for knowledge, γνώσις) is the spiritual knowledge of a saint or mystically enlightened human being. In the formation of early Christianity, various sectarian groups labelled gnostics by their opponents, emphasised… …

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