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  • 111Plato — /play toh/, n. 1. 427 347 B.C., Greek philosopher. 2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon, having a dark floor: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter. * * * orig. Aristocles born 428/427, Athens, or Aegina, Greece died… …

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  • 112arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 113GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …

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  • 114Obscenity — Part of a series on Censorship By media …

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  • 115South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 116Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 117ADVAITA — L’advaita, dont le nom signifie «non dualité», est une des doctrines majeures de la philosophie indienne, et la forme la plus répandue de la philosophie dite Ved nta , aboutissement du Savoir par excellence. Les advaitav din sont ceux qui… …

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  • 118CATHOLICISME - L’organisation et la vie de l’Église — Pour comprendre les institutions actuelles de l’Église catholique, il faut partir du fait historique qui explique son origine: la conviction d’un petit groupe d’hommes et de femmes, dans les années 30 à 40 du premier siècle, que Jésus de Nazareth …

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  • 119PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …

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  • 120A. W. H. Abeyesundere — Hon. Justice A.W.H. Abeyesundere, QCSupreme Court of Sri Lanka] (May 4, 1906 January 31, 1988) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, independence activist, former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Roots and lineage A.W …

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