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  • 71Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range …

    History of philosophy

  • 72digression — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deviation, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation, rambling, straying, circumlocution, parenthesis, apostrophe, going off on a tangent; see also variation 1 . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 73Dissertation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dissertation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dissertation dissertation treatise essay Sgm: N 1 thesis thesis theme Sgm: N 1 tractate tractate tractation Sgm: N 1 discourse discourse memoir …

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  • 74ex|cur|sus — «ehk SKUR suhs», noun, plural sus|es or sus. 1. a detailed discussion of some point, inserted at the end of a book or chapter. 2. a digression: »This brief personal excursus may help to explain something of the fascination that keeps the… …

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  • 75MATHEMATICS — Bible The Bible does not deal directly with proper mathematical subjects; however there are some parts that do relate indirectly to different mathematical topics. These are widely discussed by the various commentators on the Bible and Talmud: the …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 76ЭКСКУРС — (от лат. excursus) отступление от главной темы изложения для освещения побочного или дополнительного вопроса …

    Большой Энциклопедический словарь

  • 77Экскурс — (от лат. excursus, буквально выбегание)         отступление от главной темы изложения для освещения побочного или дополнительного вопроса …

    Большая советская энциклопедия

  • 78Constitution — For other uses, see Constitution (disambiguation). A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.[1] These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what… …

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  • 79Democritus — Full name Democritus Born ca. 460 BC Abdera, Thrace Died ca. 370 BC (Aged 90) Era …

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  • 80Evangelicalism — Evangelicals redirects here. For the indie rock band, see Evangelicals (band). Not to be confused with evangelism. Part of a series on Christianity …

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