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11eternity — The totality of time, conceived of as having no beginning and no end. The central philosophical dispute is whether eternity should be contrasted with time, not to be thought of as an especially long quantity of time, but as instead involving a… …
12Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… …
13perpetuity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Endless duration Nouns perpetuity; everlastingness, unceasingness, etc.; eternity, infinity, aye, timewithout end, sempiternity; deathlessness, immortality, athanasia; incessance, continuity, durability …
14Aristotle — /ar euh stot l/, n. 384 322 B.C., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great. * * * born 384, Stagira died 322 BC, Chalcis Greek philosopher and scientist whose thought determined the course of Western intellectual history… …
15sempiternal — adjective /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtəː.nəl,ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/ a) Seemingly everlasting or eternal. The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without knowing how or why; in short to draw a new circle. b) …
16eternity — noun /ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti,ɪˈtɝnɪti/ a) Existence without end, infinite time. Its been an eternity since we last saw each other. b) existence outside of time (compare sempiternity) Syn: all, time …
17Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …
18Paris arts faculty (The): Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito — The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito Sten Ebbesen Throughout the thirteenth century Paris overshadowed all other universities in the arts as in theology. This chapter will deal almost exclusively with Paris …
19constancy — Synonyms and related words: abidingness, accordance, adherence, adhesion, age, allegiance, antiquity, aplomb, application, assiduity, assiduousness, attachment, balance, balanced personality, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bulldog tenacity, calm,… …
20continuance — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, abidingness, addendum, afterthought, age, antiquity, appendix, back matter, ceaselessness, chorus, coda, codicil, coeternity, colophon, conclusion, consequence, constancy, continualness, continuation …
