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• Civilization
  The word ''Civilization'' comes from the [[Latin]] word ''civilis'', the [[adjective]] form of ''civis'', meaning a "[[citiz ...as pejorative. "Primitive" implies in some way that a culture is "first" (Latin = primus), and as all cultures are contemporaries today's so called primiti
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• 2011-04-17-Mission Report
  *Reaching the Latin culture ...eople came from far distances to hear, participate and ask questions. The Latin culture that exists in the United States is where we will begin to explore
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• Thomas Jefferson
  ...hterstill.jpg]] [[Image:Americaawakecatalogimage.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[America Awake]]</center><center>by [[August Jaccaci]]</center><center>painting by [ ...uglas, a Scottish minister. At the age of nine, Jefferson began studying [[Latin]], [[Greek]], and [[French]]. In 1757, when he was 14 years old, his father
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• The Teaching Mission: Dialogues
  ...rg/wiki/Mexico Mexico], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin America], and several in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], and beginni
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• Race2
  ...to identify with a single race despite the long history of mixing in Latin America; partly as a result of the confusion generated by the distinction, 32.9% (U ...oles Blacks and Amerindians occupied in White-dominated nineteenth-century America. The theory suggests that the blood quantum definition of Native American i
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• Nature
  ...acter."[https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nature] ''Natura'' was a Latin translation of the Greek word ''[[physis]]'' (φύσις), which originally ...on the contents of the book: Perspectives on the land use history of North America: a context for understanding our changing environment [https://www.scienced
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• Happiness
  In Catholicism, the ultimate end of human existence consists in felicity (Latin equivalent to the Greek eudaimonia), or "blessed happiness", described by t ...oks, Arthur C. (2008). Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America -- and How We Can Get More of It. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465002788.
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• Anthropology
  ...rs (including Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the countries of Latin America) this encounter with colonial subjects manifested in several ways. Curiosit ...eology is usually regarded as a separate (but related) field outside North America, although closely related to the anthropological field of [[material cultur
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• Samuel Johnson
  ...ater, Johnson was sent to Lichfield Grammar School, where he excelled in [[Latin]]. During this time, Johnson started to exhibit the tics that would influen ...er known a man to study hard. He was later asked by his tutor to produce a Latin translation of [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''Messiah'' as a Christmas exercise. Jo
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• Meditation
  The word meditation comes from the [[Latin]] ''meditatio'', which originally indicated every type of physical or intel ..."vital breath", the "life force" (Sanskrit ''prana'', Chinese ''[[qi]]'', Latin ''spiritus'') or the [[Kundalini]]. In some traditions the meditator may s
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• Psychoanalysis
  ...opular in much of Europe, although it has been superseded in much of North America. In 1905, Freud published ''[[Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality]]'' i ...acticed throughout the world. It is especially popular in France and Latin America. Lacanian psychoanalysis is a departure from the traditional British and Am
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• 2020-06-29-New Era Transition 94
  ...lations. And when we say “your nations” we mean the United States, the UK, Latin American countries, and so on. It is not that humility is required to comba ...at the political state of the world, even our own countries here in North America. I’ve been involved in political activism for many, many years, challenge
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• Nazareth
  ...at Nazareth, Archaeology: A Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America [https://www.archaeology.org/0311/newsbriefs/nazareth.html] ...75 AD)<ref>Pan. I.136. ''Panarion'' in Greek. The text was translated into Latin with the title ''Adversus Haereses.'') of a certain elderly Count Joseph of
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• Socialism
  ...throughout the so-called Third World. Countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America frequently adopted socialist economic programs. In many instances, these na In some Latin American countries, socialism has re-emerged in recent years, with an anti-
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• Academic
  ...tupendous importance in fixing the unchanging formulas of Academia for the Latin West, from the Christianized Roman Empire of the 5th century until newly av ...hristianity|Christian]] roots in [[18th-century]] colonial [[United States|America]]. In 1753, Benjamin Franklin established the Academy and Charitable School
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• 2016-05-30-New Era Conversations 70
  ...ng the transition or emigration from Mexico and Latin countries of Central America. Many of these places are desperately inadequate to sustain [the] lifestyl
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• Atheism
  ...(atheotēs), "atheism". [[Cicero]] transliterated the Greek word into the [[Latin]] atheos. The term found frequent use in the debate between early Christian ...nder an anti-religious power, and millions more in Africa, Asia, and South America seemed to lack knowledge of the Christian God. [https://www.time.com/time/m
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