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- DictionaryO·di·ous/ˈōdēəs/
adjective
- 1. extremely unpleasant; repulsive: "a pretty odious character"
1 day ago · At first glance, one is involved in many things throughout the day. Dedication is given to the act of getting up, preparing meals for children, or planning the quickest route to the market. But this “what do you do?” refers to something much more specific. It refers to the specific activity that currently shapes our lives: one’s work.
May 2, 2024 · (?) “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.” ― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park. tags: writing-philosophy. Read more quotes from Jane Austen. Share this quote: Like Quote.
Apr 28, 2024 · They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it?
1 day ago · Philosophy (φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
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May 12, 2024 · When a country's leadership changes, Odious Debt (also called the illegitimate debt), occurs when the successor administration refuses to pay the previous government's debts. Typically, successor governments claim that the former government mismanaged borrowed funds, and they should not be held liable for the former regime's alleged wrongdoings.
May 14, 2024 · May 14, 2024. A court in Paris ruled on Tuesday that the film director Roman Polanski did not defame Charlotte Lewis, a British actress who has accused him of raping her, by asserting in a...
