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  • 1Conation — 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… …

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  • 2strain — I. v. a. 1. Stretch, draw tightly, make tense, make tight, tighten. 2. Wrench, sprain, injure by stretching. 3. Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength. 4. Pervert (from the true intent), push too far. 5. Squeeze, press, embrace, hug,… …

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  • 3Strain — Strain, n. 1. The act of straining, or the state of being strained. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship …

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  • 4A Defence of General Funston — is a satirical piece written by Mark Twain lampooning US Army General and expansionism advocate Frederick Funston. Funston had been a colonel during the Spanish American and Philippine American Wars, and Twain had been an outspoken critic of… …

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  • 5Haven Kimmel — (born 1965) is an American author, novelist, and poet. Biography Haven Kimmel was born in New Castle, Indiana, and was raised in Mooreland, Indiana, the focus of her bestselling memoir, A Girl Named Zippy: Growing up Small in Mooreland, Indiana… …

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  • 6Paranoia —    (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.)    Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… …

    Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

  • 7De (Chinese) — Taoism portal Taoism …

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  • 8Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …

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  • 9Konstitution — (aus dem Lateinischen constitutio, onis für Zusammensetzung, Anordnung) bezeichnet die Gesamtheit der überdauernden, genetisch vermittelten Eigenschaften im Gegensatz zu den schon relativ früh in der Entwicklung erworbenen, nur relativ… …

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  • 10Summa Theologica — The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa , written 1265 ndash;1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 ndash;1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners as a compilation …

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