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TYRANNIE [5 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-09-28
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Social Movements
- Philosophy (General)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Enlightenment
1, record 1, English, Enlightenment
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Aufklärung 2, record 1, English, Aufkl%C3%A4rung
correct, see observation
- aufklärung 3, record 1, English, aufkl%C3%A4rung
- Illuminationism 2, record 1, English, Illuminationism
less frequent
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by an untrammeled but frequently uncritical use of reason, a lively questioning of authority and traditional doctrines and values, a tendency toward individualism, and on the empirical method in science. 3, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Age of Enlightenment ... was an eighteenth-century movement in European and American philosophy, or the longer period including the Age of Reason. The term can more narrowly refer to the intellectual movement of The Enlightenment, which advocated Reason as the primary basis of authority. Developing in France, Britain and Germany, its sphere of influence also included Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain and, as a matter of fact, the whole Europe. 4, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Aufklärung: correct term; refers more specifically to the Enlightment movement in Germany. 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Enlightenment: Rarely used with an initial small letter "e" ("enlightenment"). 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Age of, dialectic of, path of Enlightenment. 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR
European, spiritual Enlightenment. 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 PHR
Enlightenment art, period, philosophy, thinker. 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 PHR
Buddhism Enlightenment. 5, record 1, English, - Enlightenment
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Aufklaerung
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mouvements sociaux
- Philosophie (Généralités)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- Lumières
1, record 1, French, Lumi%C3%A8res
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- Aufklärung 2, record 1, French, Aufkl%C3%A4rung
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mouvement philosophique qui domina le monde des idées en Europe au XVIIIe s. 2, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le mot Lumières définit métaphoriquement le mouvement intellectuel, culturel et philosophique qui a dominé, en Europe et particulièrement en France, le XVIIIe siècle auquel il a donné, par extension, son nom de siècle des Lumières. Les Lumières ont marqué le domaine des idées et de la littérature par leurs remises en question fondées sur la «raison éclairée» de l'être humain et sur l'idée de liberté. Par leurs engagements contre les oppressions religieuses, morales et politiques, les membres de ce mouvement, qui se voyaient comme une élite avancée ouvrant pour un progrès du monde, combattant l'irrationalité, la superstition et la tyrannie des siècles passés, ont procédé au renouvellement du savoir, de l'éthique et de l'esthétique de leur temps. Leur rôle a été déterminant dans les grands évènements de la fin du XVIIIe siècle que sont la Révolution française et la déclaration d’indépendance des États-Unis d’Amérique. 3, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les principaux représentants des Lumières sont en Grande-Bretagne («Enlightenment») J. Locke, D. Hume, I. Newton, en Allemagne («Aufklärung») C. Wolff, Lessing, Herder, en France Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, J.-J. Rousseau, tous les Encyclopédistes, Condillac et Buffon. 2, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
On parle aussi des Lumières pour désigner les intellectuels, écrivains, philosophes emblématiques de ce mouvement de pensée. 3, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Aufklärung : terme correct; il se rapporte plus spécifiquement au mouvement des Lumières en Allemagne. 4, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Courant, mouvement, philosophie, siècle des Lumières. 4, record 1, French, - Lumi%C3%A8res
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Aufklaerung
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Movimientos sociales
- Filosofía (Generalidades)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- Ilustración
1, record 1, Spanish, Ilustraci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- Siglo de las luces 1, record 1, Spanish, Siglo%20de%20las%20luces
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Se denomina habitualmente Ilustración o Siglo de las luces a la corriente intelectual de pensamiento que dominó Europa y en especial Francia e Inglaterra (donde tuvieron su expresión más enérgica) durante casi todo el siglo XVIII y que abarca desde el Racionalismo y el Empirismo del siglo XVII hasta la Revolución Industrial del siglo XVIII, la Revolución Francesa y el Liberalismo. La expresión estética de este movimiento intelectual se denominará Neoclasicismo. 1, record 1, Spanish, - Ilustraci%C3%B3n
Record 2 - internal organization data 2006-10-31
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Sociology (General)
- Sociology of Human Relations
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- bondage
1, record 2, English, bondage
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A state of subjection to a force, power, or influence. 1, record 2, English, - bondage
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Sociologie (Généralités)
- Sociologie des relations humaines
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- asservissement
1, record 2, French, asservissement
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Action d’asservir ou état de ce qui est asservi. 2, record 2, French, - asservissement
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tenir des hommes dans l'asservissement, sous la contrainte, le joug, la tyrannie de quelqu'un. 2, record 2, French, - asservissement
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1997-10-23
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Foreign Trade
- Translation (General)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- patchwork of trading regime 1, record 3, English, patchwork%20of%20trading%20regime
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... non-discrimination and multilateral negotiation were the founding principles of Gatt (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, old name for World Trade Organization). They were seen as ways to protect the weak from the bullying of the strong; to promote economically rational trade, instead of arbitrary favours; and to put coherent and predictable rules in place of a patchwork of mutually inconsistent and complex trading regimes. 1, record 3, English, - patchwork%20of%20trading%20regime
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Commerce extérieur
- Traduction (Généralités)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- mosaïque de régimes commerciaux
1, record 3, French, mosa%C3%AFque%20de%20r%C3%A9gimes%20commerciaux
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] la non-discrimination et la négociation multilatérale ont constitué les principes fondamentaux du GATT [Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce, ancien nom de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce]. On considérait en effet, que ces règles pouvaient protéger les faibles contre la tyrannie des puissants, qu'elles pouvaient donner plus de place à la logique économique dans les transactions commerciales, au lieu de conférer des avantages arbitraires, et qu'elles permettaient en outre de subsituer à une mosaïque de régimes commerciaux complexes et incohérents des règles harmonieuses et prévisibles. 1, record 3, French, - mosa%C3%AFque%20de%20r%C3%A9gimes%20commerciaux
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1995-06-01
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- lower loop 1, record 4, English, lower%20loop
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... all upwards strokes of the ... lower extensions which curve and cross the ... lower extension, forming loops. 2, record 4, English, - lower%20loop
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The lower zone is the realm of the instincts, the biological and sex drives, and the material drives and desires. Included are the lower loops of the f, g, j, p, g, y, and z. 3, record 4, English, - lower%20loop
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Graphologie et cryptographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- jambage
1, record 4, French, jambage
masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] Trait vertical [...] situé au-dessous de la ligne. 2, record 4, French, - jambage
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les jambages en triangle disant, outre le désir de plaire, de se faire valoir, le souci d’élégance. Dans une écriture féminine, ils indiquent le désir de régner dans la maison avec une tendance certaine à la tyrannie domestique et, dans une écriture masculine, sensibilité, émotivité, subjectivité. 3, record 4, French, - jambage
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1992-05-29
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Landscape Architecture
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- picturesque garden
1, record 5, English, picturesque%20garden
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... in landscape design, a romantic man-made garden which gives an impression of untrammelled Nature while incorporating a judicious assembly of appropriately "rural" buildings. 1, record 5, English, - picturesque%20garden
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Architecture paysagère
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- jardin pittoresque
1, record 5, French, jardin%20pittoresque
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
(...) le jardin pittoresque tel qu'il apparut en Angleterre vers 1720,(...) fut une création originale, rompant de façon décisive avec le jardin à la française. Jusque-là serviteur de l'architecture, le jardin s’en libérerait alors complètement, et même deviendrait pour elle un dangereux rival. A la symétrie, nous dit-on, succède la dissymétrie systématique, aux compositions ordonnées, le désordre, à la tyrannie des tailles sévères, la liberté, aux bassins et aux canaux de forme géométrique, les rivières volontairement sinueuses, les Serpentines, comme on les appela, aux terrasses et aux plans, des pentes capricieuses, des collines, des rocailles, et non plus les laborieux nymphées à l'italienne, qui dissimulent gauchement le mortier. 2, record 5, French, - jardin%20pittoresque
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
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