Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid

political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

(noun) defensive wall

(verb) to raise trivial and frivolous objection / (verb) to raise trivial objections to

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

(noun) the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal / (noun) waste or foreign matter; impurity / (noun) something that is base, trivial, or inferior

(noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings; exuberance

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

(adjective) having but one form to indicate either sex / (adjective) having characteristics typical of the other sex; intersexual / (adjective) effeminate / (adjective) lacking characteristics of either sex

(noun) follower disciple / (noun) an inferior imitator

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

(adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel, his philosophy, or his dialectic method / (noun) a follower of Hegel; an adherent of Hegelianism

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

(adjective) incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable / (adjective) unspeakable / (adjective) not to be uttered; taboo

(adj) hostile, obstructive

(verb) to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; rail

(adjective) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

imitation, especially imitative representation of the real world in art and literature

a Medieval Latin phrase meaning "the necessary changes having been made" or "once the necessary changes have been made"

(adjective) marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness; clamorous / (adjective) stubbornly resistant to control; unruly

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