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11Joseph-Désiré Court — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Court et Joseph Court. Rigolette cherchant à se distraire en l’absence de Germain (Les Mystères de Paris d’Eugène Sue …
12Joseph-désiré court — Rigolette cherchant à se distraire en l’absence de Germain (Les Mystères de Paris d’Eugène Sue. Joseph Désiré Court, né à Rouen le 14 septembre 1797 et mort à Paris le 23 janvier  …
13Joseph Désiré Court — Rigolette cherchant à se distraire en l’absence de Germain (Les Mystères de Paris d’Eugène Sue. Joseph Désiré Court, né à Rouen le 14 septembre 1797 et mort à Paris le 23 janvier  …
14Enlightenment II (The French): deism, morality and politics — The French Enlightenment II: deism, morality and politics Peter Jimack One of the most striking features of the French Enlightenment was its hostility to Christianity, especially as represented by the Catholic Church, a hostility which went far… …
15vanity — Having an excessively high opinion of one s own attainments and qualities. Aquinas makes no clear distinction between vanity and pride, but associates both with the desire for distinction and importance. According to Adam Smith, vanity is ‘always …
16ambition — /æmˈbɪʃən / (say am bishuhn) noun 1. an eager desire for distinction, preferment, power, or fame. 2. the object desired or sought after: the crown was her ambition. 3. desire for work or activity; energy. –verb (t) 4. Obsolete to desire strongly; …
17Ambition — • The undue craving for honor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ambition Ambition † …
18ambition — n. 1. Desire of superiority, desire of distinction, hunger for fame, love of glory. 2. Longing, yearning, aspiration, emulation …
19ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
20Europe, 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.… …
