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Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Finland

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A grand-duchy forming the NW. corner of Russia; was ceded by the Swedes in 1809, but still retains an independent administration. The coast-line is deeply indented, and fringed ...

Eudoxus of Cnidus

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A Grecian astronomer, was a pupil of Plato, and afterwards studied in Egypt; said to have introduced a 365½ day year into Greece; flourished in the 4th century B.C.

Euxine

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A Greek name for the Black Sea.

Epicharmus

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A Greek philosopher and poet in the island of Cos; studied philosophy under Pythagoras; conceived a taste for comedy; gave himself up to that branch of the drama, and received the ...

Euclid of Megara

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A Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, was influenced by the Eleatics; founded the Megaric school of Philosophy, whose chief tenet is that the "good," or that which is one ...

Epicurus

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A Greek philosopher, born at Samos, of Athenian origin; settled at Athens in his thirty-sixth year, and founded a philosophical school there, where he taught a philosophy in ...