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  1. Laina A

    Laina A edited the glossary entries of The Elegance of the Hedgehog Friday, December 17, 2010.

    • Added a term: conatus: In the philosophy of Spinoza, the force in every animate creature toward the preservation of its existence.
    • marked the description of conatus as not a spoiler
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  2. Amanda

    Amanda edited the glossary entries of The Elegance of the Hedgehog Monday, October 19, 2009.

    • Added a term: Appanages: The grant of an estate, title or offices given to a young male sovereign.
    • marked the description of Appanages as not a spoiler
    • Added a term: Incunabulum: a single sheet of printed material; a book; Latin for swaddling clothes or cradle.
    • marked the description of Incunabulum as not a spoiler
    • Added a term: Phenomenology: Philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness. primarily concerned with making the structures of consciousness, and the phenomena which appear in acts of consciousness, objects of systematic reflection and analysis.
    • marked the description of Phenomenology as not a spoiler
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