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  • 1irrational — /ɪˈræʃənəl / (say i rashuhnuhl) adjective 1. without the faculty of, or not endowed with, reason: irrational animals. 2. without, or deprived of, sound judgement: *She was a grown cow now, and a cow in calf at that, than which there is no more… …

  • 2Cursing — • In its popular acceptation cursing is often confounded, especially in the phrase cursing and swearing , with the use of profane and insulting language; in canon law it sometimes signifies the ban of excommunication pronounced by the Church… …

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  • 3Supernatural Order — • The ensemble of effects exceeding the powers of the created universe and gratuitously produced by God for the purpose of raising the rational creature above its native sphere to a God like life and destiny Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 4Doctrines of Meister Eckhart — Main article: Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart (c. 1260 1327) Dominican friar and German mystic was a renowned theologian whose teachings, though popular among the monastic and lay populations that he preached to, deviated enough from the accepted …

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  • 5animal — I. n. 1. Creature, living being, created being, sentient being. 2. Beast, irrational creature, dumb creature, beast of the field, fowl of the air, denizen of the deep See brute. II. a. 1. Pertaining to living beings, living, sentient. 2. Derived… …

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  • 6Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …

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  • 7BioShock Infinite — Title card Developer(s) Irrational Games Publisher(s) …

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  • 8Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …

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  • 9Plato: aesthetics and psychology — Christopher Rowe Plato’s ideas about literature and art and about beauty (his ‘aesthetics’) are heavily influenced and in part actually determined by his ideas about the mind or soul (his ‘psychology’).1 It is therefore appropriate to deal with… …

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  • 10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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