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• epitome — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein to cut short, from epi + temnein to cut more at tome Date: 1520 1. a. a summary of a written work b. a brief presentation or statement of something 2. a typical or ideal example ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Books of Machabees —     The Books of Machabees     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Machabees     The title of four books, of which the first and second only are regarded by the Church as canonical; the third and fourth, as Protestants (Protestantism) consider …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Rule of Faith —     The Rule of Faith     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rule of Faith     The word rule (Lat. regula, Gr. kanon) means a standard by which something can be tested, and the rule of faith means something extrinsic to our faith, and serving as its… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Legend of the Condor Heroes — The Legend of Condor Heroes (zh tsp|t=射鵰英雄傳|s=射雕英雄传|p=shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn) is one of the most acclaimed wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily . This is the first novel of the Condor Trilogy . The… …   Wikipedia

• The Faerie Queene — is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser, published first in three books in 1590, and later in six books in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it was the first work written in Spenserian stanza. It is an allegorical work, written… …   Wikipedia

• Epitome — Als Epitome (bzw. lat. auch Epitoma, griech. ἐπιτομή, altgr. Aussprache epitomé, „Abriss, Auszug, Ausschnitt“) wird ein antikes Werk bezeichnet, das einen kurzen Auszug aus einem umfangreicheren Werk darstellt. In der Antike wurde unter anderem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• The Cloud of Unknowing — This article is about the medieval book. For other uses, see The Cloud of Unknowing (disambiguation). The Cloud of Unknowing   Author(s) Anonymous …   Wikipedia

• Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… …   History of philosophy

• Peripatetic school (The) — The Peripatetic school1 Robert W.Sharples THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND OF ARISTOTLE’S WRITINGS The history of Peripatetic philosophy after Aristotle falls into two phases, divided by the renewal of interest in the works we now possess after… …   History of philosophy

• History of the Eastern Orthodox Church — The Eastern Orthodox Churches trace their roots back to the Apostles and Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodoxy reached its golden age during the high point of the Byzantine Empire, and then continued to flourish in Russia after the Fall of… …   Wikipedia

• Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …   History of philosophy