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to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

verbal dispute

1

literacy rate

1

Latin (language)

1

easy; simple; plain

1

French (language)

1

which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

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all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

4

writer; author

1

putting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all; breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue); (arch.) intimacy; (arch.) familiarity

1

unguarded; frank; open

1

explanation; interpretation

6

independent; responsible; active; subjective

1

discoverer

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René Descartes

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metaphysics

15

critical philosophy

1

reconstruction

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Immanuel Kant

2

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

2

corner; nook

3

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

2

pre-era; BC; BCE

1

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

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Socrates; Sokrates

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

8

textbook; manual

4

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

to find fault with

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unexpected; surprising

5

ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book

2

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

30

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

1

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

oaf; bigot

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

4

projection

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voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

8

reading aloud; recitation

5

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

7

primer; manual; introductory book

1

way; method; means; resource; course

3