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a category of writing derived from the French phrase meaning "beautiful" or "fine" writing; includes all literary works—especially fiction, poetry, drama, or essays—valued for their aesthetic qualities and originality of style and tone

114

That is surely why it has no regard for belles-lettres.

—p.114 Golem XIV: Foreword (99) by Stanisław Lem
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That is surely why it has no regard for belles-lettres.

—p.114 Golem XIV: Foreword (99) by Stanisław Lem
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(adj) relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence (philosophy)

177

Therefore a constant factor of all your theodictic, ontic, and sacralizing work was the continued endeavor to assimilate data in a divergence of explanations:

—p.177 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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Therefore a constant factor of all your theodictic, ontic, and sacralizing work was the continued endeavor to assimilate data in a divergence of explanations:

—p.177 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

179

ethics, seeking its sources and sanctions, experiences shock when it learns that it originated in the aleatoric chemistry of nucleic acids

—p.179 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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ethics, seeking its sources and sanctions, experiences shock when it learns that it originated in the aleatoric chemistry of nucleic acids

—p.179 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile

184

You may understand the combinational principles of such a protean game, but you cannot experience it yourself.

—p.184 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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You may understand the combinational principles of such a protean game, but you cannot experience it yourself.

—p.184 Golem XIV: Lecture XLIII—About Itself (170) by Stanisław Lem
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(verb) to move about freely or at will; wander / (verb) to speak or write at length or in detail

241

For this very same reason it expatiated on its impersonality and our efforts to humanize it at any price

—p.241 Golem XIV: Afterword (226) by Stanisław Lem
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For this very same reason it expatiated on its impersonality and our efforts to humanize it at any price

—p.241 Golem XIV: Afterword (226) by Stanisław Lem
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(adjective) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

245

It restricted itself to such a laconic proviso, since in its lecture devoted to cognition it had established that knowledge obtained prematurely

—p.245 Golem XIV: Afterword (226) by Stanisław Lem
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It restricted itself to such a laconic proviso, since in its lecture devoted to cognition it had established that knowledge obtained prematurely

—p.245 Golem XIV: Afterword (226) by Stanisław Lem
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