to alter belief

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• Belief — • That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belief     Belief …   Catholic encyclopedia

• turn — vi: to have a specified decisive factor used with on the first of the cases...turn ed on first amendment issues K. A. Cohen Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• turn — I. v. a. 1. Revolve, move round, turn round, make go round. 2. Cause to deviate, cast, deflect, inflect, bend, incline differently, change the direction of. 3. Divert, transfer, use, employ. 4. Reverse the position of, turn over. 5. Shape (as in… …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Deutschland — (Deutsches Reich, franz. Allemagne, engl. Germany), das im Herzen Europas, zwischen den vorherrschend slawischen Ländern des Ostens und den romanischen des Westens und Südens liegende, im SO. an Deutsch Österreich und im N. an das stammverwandte… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …   Universalium

• literature — /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.… …   Universalium

• ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• Preußen [3] — Preußen (Preußischer Staat, hierzu Karte »Preußen«), der wichtigste Staat im Deutschen Reich, besteht seit 1866 im wesentlichen aus einem zusammenhängenden Gebiet, das freilich eine Anzahl von kleinern Staaten (beide Mecklenburg, die Freien… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium