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  • 21Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 18th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE name = Francis Hutcheson birth = August 8, 1694 in Ireland school tradition = Scottish Enlightenment, Utilitarianism influences = Shaftesbury, John… …

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  • 22life — I (period of existence) noun anima, continuance, cycle, duration, endurance, existence, lastingness, lifetime, period, period of survival, span, survival, term, term of activity, term of effectiveness, time, time from birth to death, vita… …

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  • 23survival — I noun being, continuance, continuation, continuation of life, durability, duration, endurance, existence, extension, life, maintenance, permanence, prolongation II index life (period of existence), longevity Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 24perpetuity — n. Eternity, endless duration, continued existence, uninterrupted existence, perennity, sempiternity, everlastingness …

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  • 25continue — con•tin•ue [[t]kənˈtɪn yu[/t]] v. ued, u•ing 1) to go on or keep on without interruption, as in some course or action: The road continues for three miles[/ex] 2) to go on after suspension or interruption; resume 3) to last or endure: The strike… …

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  • 26Yug — Yug, Yuga Yu ga, n. [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See {Yoke}.] (Hindoo Cosmog.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Yuga — Yug Yug, Yuga Yu ga, n. [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See {Yoke}.] (Hindoo Cosmog.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28life span — noun Date: 1898 1. the average length of life of a kind of organism or of a material object especially in a particular environment or under specified circumstances 2. the duration of existence of an individual …

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  • 29long-standing — [lôŋ′stan΄diŋ] adj. having continued for a long time: also longstanding * * * long stand·ing (lôngʹstănʹdĭng, lŏngʹ ) adj. Of long duration or existence: a long standing friendship. * * * …

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  • 30continue — continuable, adj. continuer, n. continuingly, adv. /keuhn tin yooh/, v., continued, continuing. v.i. 1. to go on after suspension or interruption: The program continued after an intermission. 2. to go on or keep on, as in some course or action;… …

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