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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.Abstract Contemporary ontologists, almost unanimously, dismiss the idea that sakes (as in ‘I did it for her sake’) exist. Likewise with the kibosh, snooks, behalves, dints, and so on. In this essay, I argue that there is no good reason for this near consensus, I begin to make a case that sakes and the like do exist, and I consider what this means more ...
Tristan Grøtvedt Haze
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The Indo-European etymology of Fi. peukalo 'thumb'
, 1993 Torbjörn K. Nilsson
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The lexicon of the “old age” in the classical languages: Between history and etymology [PDF]
, 2005 Romano Sgarbi
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.Abstract This contribution considers the revolution in the concept and practice of trust in corporate governance that first moved from trust in “people” to trust in “compliance,” setting the stage for the digitization of trust measures and the digitalization of compliance.
Larry Catá Backer
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Camptocormia or cormoptosis? The etymology of the word.
, 1996 David J. Karras +2 more
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Prophetic promise: the lineal return of ‘lopp'd branches’ in Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative power of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare's ...
Rana Banna
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Analgesia and Anesthesia: Etymology and Literary History of Related Greek Words
, 2000 Helen Askitopoulou +2 more
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Print Conventions and Authority in Three English Recipe Manuscripts
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article considers the uses of stylistic and visual conventions drawn from print books in three seventeenth‐ and eighteenth‐century recipe manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania. We begin by analysing the title page, dedicatory epistle, catchwords, and headers of MS Codex 627, which imitates an edition of Hugh Plat's Delights for ...
Aylin Malcolm, Margaret C. Maurer
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