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  • It is used by Owen to describe a principle in the human mind which is not created by the evidence of testimony or any course of training, which is naturally and essentially interwoven with our mental constitution, and is ready beforehand, by anticipation, as the word prolēpsis simply means, to respond to the abstract idea of equity, or to confirm the concrete application of it in the common awards of good or evil. —

    A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967

  • Ed. [61] The Greek word prolēpsis is employed in the original, for which perhaps it was difficult to find a precise rendering in one English word.

    A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967

  • O elogio fúnebre referiu o seu percurso político, “cheio de grandes feitos, revela bem a sua militância e entrega total aos ideais do MPLA e em prol da defesa da paz, da democracia, justiça social e do desenvolvimento de Angola”.

    Global Voices in English » Angola: The assassination of a ruling party MP 2009

  • When my wife leaves the castle, crosses the moat and the draw bridge goes up, all bets are off for her personal safety in this country filled with foreigners, balcks, browns, yellows, reds, the unwashed poor, prol petty burghers etc. etc.

    Think Progress » Rep. King: My Wife ‘Is At Far Greater Risk Being a Civilian In D.C. Than An Average Civilian In Iraq’ 2006

  • Far Worse news: you've prol wormed your way onto our watch list.

    blog: 2008

  • Quicquid ubique bene dictum facio meum, et illud nunc meis ad compendium, nunc ad fidem et auctoritatem alienis exprimo verbis, omnes auctores meos clientes esse arbitror, &c. Sarisburiensis ad Polycrat. prol.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • A questão que fica tem a ver com a justiça - é através dos impostos que os estados têm rendimentos para se financiarem, o que levanta questões morais - especialmente no caso dos U2 cujo líder, Bono Vox, discursa regularmente em prol da erradicação da pobreza... mas foge a pagar impostos que poderiam ser aplicados em programas de combate à pobreza.

    Leituras Artur 2007

  • Pode parecer lógico, em prol da saúde pública, não contratar fumadores, mas não é difícil imaginar outros estilos de vida que possam entrar em conflito com o que se espera de um trabalhador.

    Leituras Artur 2006

  • And then they offered to do it Bush and Cheny together but only for 1/2 hour cause they were too important and too busy to be interviewed at length by some prol FBI agent,or something?

    Firedoglake » What’s Your Definition of Leak? 2006

  • O irritante campónio de sotaque alentejano revelou-se ser o melhor ser humano que jamais conheci - amigo de todos, sempre disposto a dar a mão ou o que for preciso em prol do bem comum.

    Mil Novecentos e Noventa e Quatro Artur 2006

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