ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APOTHEOSIS
Via Late Latin from Greek: deification, from theos god.
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Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!
The spectacle of insensitivity that is the gun lobby and its outspoken, out-of-their-mind apparatchiks, is the apotheosis of what the Republican Party has allowed itself to become.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOTHEOSIS»
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Apotheosis: Dead Forever Book 2
He hatches a daring plot to outsmart the enemy, risking his own life and the last body to enjoy as a free soul. A single choice could spell his end, for real this time. Apotheosis continues the Dead Forever trilogy, followed by Resonance.
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Prophets:
Apotheosis: Book One
It’s been nearly 200 years since the collapse of the Confederacy, the last government to claim humanity’s colonies.
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The
Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the ...
Questioning the circumstances surrounding Cook's so-called divinity - or apotheosis - and his death, Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western ...
Gananath Obeyesekere, 1997
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Messiah:
Apotheosis: Book Three
The last stand against the self-proclaimed God, Adam, has retreated to the anarchic planet Bakunin-a world besieged by civil war.
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A Body Worth Defending: Immunity, Biopolitics, and the ...
For nearly two thousand years “immunity,” a legal concept invented in ancient Rome, serves almost exclusively political and juridical ends. “Self-defense” also originates in a juridico-political context; it emerges in the mid ...
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The
Apotheosis of Democracy, 1908-1916: The Pediment for the ...
The art of Paul Wayland Bartlett (1865-1925) and turn-of-the-century sculpture in general have been attracting increasing attention.
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Apotheosis of the Gnosis
APOTHEOSIS OF THE GNOSIS fairly lives up to its name or, rather, title in terms of the extent to which it both draws the various strands of the ideological philosophy of Social Transcendentalism together and achieves fresh insights into key ...
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Heretics:
Apotheosis: Book Two
Brand new in the action-packed Apotheosis epic Adam, an AI creation of an alien race, prepares to launch a conquest that has been centuries in the making, and if he succeeds he will rule over all humankind-over all sentient life-forms-as a ...
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The
Apotheosis of a Human Ideal: The Young Hegel's ...
Beginning in his Frankfurt (1797-1800) and early Jena (1801-1803) writings, Hegel constructs a philosophy grounded in a distinctive conception of God or the absolute.
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Religion and Popular Culture in America
AN. AMERICAN. APOTHEOSIS. Sports. as. Popular. Religion. THE RELIGIOUS
DIMENSION OF SPORTS Each year, on a Sunday toward the end of January,
more than half the American population, and perhaps as much as one-tenth of
the ...
Bruce David Forbes, Jeffrey H. Mahan, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APOTHEOSIS»
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Greece referendum analysis: Greece has taken a terrifying leap into …
Plebiscites are presented as the apotheosis of democracy – but they often leave as many questions as answers. But the question of what the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
How do we get conservative politicians to vote for climate action …
The wedge-issue method reached its apotheosis with the infamous Willie Horton commercial in 1988, paid for by a conservative political action committee with ... «Grist, Jul 15»
Paul Verhoeven's Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago's Logan …
RoboCop, the night's final film, introduced Verhoeven to American audiences (Turkish Delight, notwithstanding) and is the apotheosis of his ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
Greece referendum analysis: Compromise may still emerge but this …
Plebiscites are presented as the apotheosis of democracy – but they often leave as many questions as answers. But the question of what the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Ray Gigant Goes Rhythm Heaven With Its Ultimate Attacks
Additionally, three protagonists can unleash a special transformation called Apotheosis, which is pretty much like a “god mode” transformation ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
Evening of feel-good works to mark Singapore's 50th birthday
... as boats get buffeted in stormy seas before arriving in the Promise Land, with an apotheosis gloriously greeted by the peal of tubular bells. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
Greece: People Repudiate the 1%-ers
Project Fear reaches its apotheosis in Greece. If there is a referendum, the Greek people will be asked to vote for a hell they already know or ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
How Silicon Valley Could Really Change the World
The apotheosis of such progress is the domain of the Nobel Prizes. It is time for today's tech giants to expand their vision in a way that would ... «City Journal, Jul 15»
Killer Clowns Attack in Hilarious New Prank Video
The latest in the killer clown scare videos is Killer Clown 5 – Apotheosis! As the title suggests, it is the fifth such video in the series. Every entry ... «1428 Elm, Jul 15»
Destiny: Xur Item Inventory this weekend; What's worth buying?
Apotheosis Veil; Class: Warlock. Another great stat roll according to our reliable gamer source. However, he notes that it is not the greatest of ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
