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17 Cards in this Set
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Pundit
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A learned person, expert, or authority.
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Plutocratic
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Government by the wealthy.
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Esthetics
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty and good taste.
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Adumbrate
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To produce a faint image or resemblence of.
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Metaphysics
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The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value.
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Ontology
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The branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence.
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Logic
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A particular method of reasoning or arguementation.
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Sophist
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A wondering lecturer/ teacher that is payed for his/her services.
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Politics
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The science or art of political government.
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Ecclesiastical
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Pertaining to the church or the clergy.
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Scholasticism
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The system of theological and philosophical teaching.
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Epistemology
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The branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge, belief, and thought.
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Oligarchy
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A form of government in whichall government is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class; government by the few.
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Ethics
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The study of ideal conduct.
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Recondite
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Dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter.
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Savant
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A person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
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Phenomenology
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The study of phenomena.
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