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11savant — /ˈsævənt / (say savuhnt), /səˈvɒnt/ (say suh vont) noun a learned or erudite person. {French, noun use of (former) present participle of savoir, from Latin sapere be wise} –savante, feminine noun …
12scholar — /ˈskɒlə / (say skoluh) noun 1. a learned or erudite person. 2. a student; pupil. 3. a student who, because of merit, etc., is granted money or other aid to pursue his or her studies. {Late Latin scholāris; replacing Middle English and Old English …
13evil to him who evil thinks — Medieval Fr. honi soit qui mal y pense is the motto of the Order of the Garter, originated in 1348 or 1349 by King Edward III of England; the saying is well known in its French form as well as being current in a variety of English versions. Quots …
14literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
15Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… …
16Ion Creangă — Creangă redirects here. For other uses, see Creangă (surname). Ion Creangă Nică al lui Ştefan a Petrei Ion Torcălău Ioan Ştefănescu Born 1837 or 1839 Târgu Neamţ Died …
17Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
18Liste der Träger des Ig-Nobelpreises — In dieser Liste werden die Preisträger des Ig Nobelpreises aufgelistet und mit ihren ausgezeichneten Arbeiten kurz vorgestellt: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 1991 bis 2000 1.1 1991 1.2 1992 1.3 1993 …
19nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
20Reynato Puno — Infobox Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice honorific prefix = The Honourable name=Reynato S. Puno order=22nd term start=December 8, 2006 term end= predecessor= Artemio V. Panganiban successor= nominator=Gloria Macapagal Arroyo date of birth=… …
