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yore
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Time long past
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Heraclitus
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a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known as "The Obscure," and the "Weeping Philosopher."
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Democritus
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attempted to explain the world without the presuppositions of purpose, prime mover, or final cause. For him, questions should be answered with a mechanistic explanation ("What earlier circumstances caused this event?")
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discursive
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means to wonder from one topic to another; to skim over apparently unconnected
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flounce
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1. To move in a lively or bouncy manner.
2. To move with exaggerated or affected motions. 3. To move clumsily; flounder |
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beau
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1. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
2. French: "beautiful" |
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par excellence
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Being the best or truest of a kind; quintessential
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oft
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often
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dominion
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dominance or power through legal authority
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loth
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Hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant; Unwilling, reluctant
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doctrine
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a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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