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111Pierre Gassendi — (January 22, 1592 ndash; October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer [http://www.skepticreport.com/predictions/newton.htm] , and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with …
112First Battle of Bull Run — (First Manassas) Part of the American Civil War Fi …
113Matthias Flacius — taught a strong view of what later theologians would call total depravity. Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Latin; Croatian: Matija Vlačić Ilirik, German: Matthias Flach) (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575) was a Lutheran reformer. He was born in Carpano,… …
114Brownian motor — Brownian motors are nano scale or molecular devices by which thermally activated processes (chemical reactions) are controlled and used to generate directed motion in space and to do mechanical or electrical work. These tiny engines operate in an …
115Lyonesse Trilogy — The Lyonesse Trilogy is a group of three fantasy novels by Jack Vance, set in the European Dark Ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur. An Atlantis theme… …
116Universal pragmatics — Universal pragmatics, more recently placed under the heading of formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication. The philosopher Jürgen Habermas coined the term in his… …
117Malakia (effeminacy) — In Greek society, effeminacy (Greek: gr. ἀνανδρία ndash; anandria ; gr. μαλακία ndash; malakia; Latin: mollites) was a term applied to men who were perceived as having the quality of unmanliness, softness or delicacy, shown by moral weakness,… …
118Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria — (SV 325, The Return of Ulysses to His Country ) is an opera ( dramma per musica ) in a prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian libretto by Giacomo Badoaro, based on the final portion of Homer s Odyssey . It was first performed… …
119Conation — is a term that stems from the Latin conatus, meaning any natural tendency, impulse, striving, or directed effort.[1] It is one of three parts of the mind, along with the affective and cognitive. In short, the cognitive part of the brain measures… …
120Marxism — Part of a series on Marxism …
