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log-line, classically, a specially woven line of contra-laid cotton used for towing a patent
log from the
taffrail of a ship. The reason for the special weaving was to prevent twist, so that it would faithfully repeat the number of revolutions made by the patent log as it is towed through the water. Such instruments are seldom used nowadays.
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Lectures on Ethics.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...taken during a course probably given in 1793-4 on "The Metaphysics of Morals" by Johann Friedrich Vigilantius (1757-1823). The Vigilantius notes show Kant expanding many of the topics in Metaphysics of Morals; there is much more discussion...
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Just War today.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...whose state of life exempts them from "carrying the sword" from those whose state of life obliges them to do so. Against Vigilantius, Aquinas writes: "[T]hey say, we must go from the Commandments to the Counsels, as from imperfection to perfection...
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Jerome
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...15."The Translator: The Preface to the Vulgate version of the Pentateuch"; 16."The Controversialist. Against Vigilantius"; 17."The Threnodist: Letter 127 to Principia"; 18."The Ascetic Expert: Letter 128 to Pacatula". It will be...
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Debut Melissa Katsoulis relishes an offbeat story of kant and serial killing
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/30/2006; ; 612 words
; ...silly names here that even Kant starts to sound funny after a while) must work with a motley crew of locals including Dr Vigilantius, a mad necromancer, Anna Rostova, a sexy albino abortionist and witch, and various others of their pox-ridden, superstitious...
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"Firm as a rock in her own principles" (but not necessarily a Kantian).(Immanuel Kant on novels)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...strength in adherence to one's duty" (7: 147; see also The Metaphysics of Morals 6: 392, 405, Collins 27: 465, Vigilantius 27: 492, 570). In her new essay, "Courageous Humility in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park," Grenberg argues, among...
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Paulinus of Nola: Life, Letters, and Poems
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...but there is an interesting analysis (pp. 96-100) of Jerome's response both to Carm. 6 and to Paulinus' messenger Vigilantius. "Paulinus at Nola" argues that Paulinus' lost panegyric on Theodosius was written to prepare the poet's move to Italy...
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Vigilantius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vigilantius , fl. 400, Christian priest of Gaul who was violently opposed by St...Jerome's letters and a tract, Liber contra Vigilantium, declare that Vigilantius denied the efficacy of relics, prayers to the saints, almsgiving...
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