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chivePerennial European plant belonging to the lily family, related to onions and leeks. It has an underground bulb, long hollow tubular leaves, and globe-shaped purple flower heads. The leaves are used as a garnish for salads. (Allium schoenoprasum, family Liliaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Civilitas is defined generally (a iii v) as "quaedam virtus periciaque scientiarum et rerum civilium in ipso cive, unde is civilis appellatur. Quentin Skinner shows how Thomas Hobbes draws upon a humanist plan of study, including grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, and moral philosophy, before the "genuine rupture" that marks the skeptical scientific approach adopted in his De Cive. The term amour propre entered the language of morality through Sorbi[grave{e}]re's translation of Hobbes's De Cive (1651). |
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