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  • 81The Highest Good —     The Highest Good     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Highest Good      We always act with a view to some good. The good is the object which all pursue, and for the sake of which they always act , says Plato (Republic, I, vi). His disciple… …

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  • 82The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 83Doctor Faustus (play) — The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Title page to a 1620 printing of Doctor Faustus showing Faustus conjuring Mephistophilis. Written by Christopher Marlowe …

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  • 84The 120 Days of Sodom —   Author(s) Marquis de Sade …

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  • 85Molyneux's problem — is a thought experiment in philosophy concerning immediate recovery from blindness. It was first formulated by William Molyneux, and notably referenced in John Locke s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. The problem can be stated in brief,… …

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  • 86Lista de problemas filosóficos sin resolver — TRADUCCIÓN EN PROGRESO, SE ACEPTA COLABORACIÓN Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas… …

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  • 87Goldblatt, Francine Scialom — (1951 )    Painter. Her erotic art seeks to depict the moment just before orgasm.    Source: Pierre Restany, Francine Scialon Goldblatt: women between themselves, Cimaise 32, 178 179 (November December 1985): pp. 65 71; Gerard Xuriguera, An… …

    Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators

  • 88Rubens, Peter Paul — (6/28/1577 Siegen 5/30/1640 Antwerp) (Netherlands)    Painter, art collector, and diplomat. Trained under Verhaegt, van Noort, and van Veen, he also traveled to Italy and was influenced by Tintoretto, Titian, and Corregio. Perhaps the most… …

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  • 89INANNA —    The foremost Sumeriangoddess, patron deity of Uruk. Her name was written with a sign (mus) that represents a reed stalk tied into a loop at the top. This appears in the very earliest written texts from the mid fourth millennium B.C. She is… …

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  • 90Sleeping Venus — (c. 1510; Dresden, Gemäldegalerie)    The Sleeping Venus was painted by Giorgione, and perhaps completed by his pupil Titian. Unfortunately, heavy repainting in the 19th century has altered the work. X rays have revealed that originally a Cupid… …

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