gnosis
(en)
(noun) esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation
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the serpent that offered gnosis to Adam and Eve
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the serpent that offered gnosis to Adam and Eve
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praxis
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(noun) ; action practice; as / (noun) exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill / (noun) customary practice or conduct / (noun) practical application of a theory
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As artists, people for whom literature was never only ideology but also praxis, we are in a position to be able to argue that the creation and the critical study of literature should remain at the heart of what departments of English are about.
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As artists, people for whom literature was never only ideology but also praxis, we are in a position to be able to argue that the creation and the critical study of literature should remain at the heart of what departments of English are about.
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eschatology
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the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind
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Into her plot of domestic eschatology enters a vague series of intrigues
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Into her plot of domestic eschatology enters a vague series of intrigues
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etiology
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(noun) cause, origin / (noun) the cause of a disease or abnormal condition / (noun) a branch of knowledge concerned with causes / (noun) a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases
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constructs a thorough etiology of corruption
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constructs a thorough etiology of corruption
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jongleur
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an itinerant minstrel
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popularized by the Breton jongleurs
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popularized by the Breton jongleurs
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heteroglossia
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the presence of multiple voices or expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work.
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the interface between critical discourse and the heteroglossic "sublime" otherness of the novels
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the interface between critical discourse and the heteroglossic "sublime" otherness of the novels
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