a combining form meaning “wisdom,”“knowledge”:philosophy; theosophy. [< Greeksophíaskill, wisdom; see-y3] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
the actuality, of another. Yet it is the relatedness of these stories that their writers seem most to cherish, and to propose as an absolute value. An endless web is all they need for meaning. Each of these novels is excessively centripetal. The different stories all intertwine,...
at higher interest rates. The Federal Reserve can do nothing about this; it has lost control of interest rates–supply and demand factors will control those now and it isn’t pretty. The higher interest rates add even more to the deficit. ...
Handicap has a variety of meanings depending on circumstances, but is essentially a philosophical term. We often talk as if it were completely defined someplace, and indeed there are attempts at definitions contained in various laws. But ultimately, the word only has a meaning when you refer to...
the many side-characters. It's really a kind of cult treat that kids who were born and raised in the 80's went to with the purity (if not the greatness) of other fantasy counterparts. And if it still works today for kids possibly jaded by animated overload and below sophomoric humor,...
In chapter one titled “The Meaning of a School,” Mara Casey Tieken begins her book and the chapter by providing a vivid account of her experience in Vanleer, Tennessee, a rural school district, and how living there influenced her as an educator. During this time, Tieken became acquainted...
During Londo’s conversation with her, he learns she’s a true seer, when she tells Londo of what will be his final (in every meaning of the word) encounter with G’Kar. This alarms Londo’s Keeper, seeing a risk to its future plans, and it orders Londo to kill the girl. Londo ...
While I can’t pinpoint the first title that sparked my love affair with long-form music, I do remember holing up with a copy ofTerry Riley’sPersian Surgery Dervishesafter being repeatedly steered toward it by the well-meaning Meredith Monk disciple who effectively ran the Record Collector’...
I’ve been reading My Struggle, Vol. 6, and thus I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of life, and also the meaning of death—which sort of seems like the same thing. AFAIK, death itself is nothing; what seems to matter is the life one misses out on and/or the impact of...
interesting actor to emerge in the last two decades. Nicholson, manically trying to teach basketball to an Indian (Will Sampson) who hasn’t even spoken in twelve years, sometimes succeeds in translating the meaning of the movie and Ken Kesey’s novel into a series of direct, physical ...