petulance
the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered
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meritorious
deserving reward/praise
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prolix
tediously wordy
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fetters
chains
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gradations
a stage or change in a series of successive degrees
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I am not more certain that I breathe, than that the assurance of the wrong or error of any action is often the one unconquerable force which impels us, and alone impels us to its prosecution
i don't constantly pay attention to my breathing, just as i do not constantly fear the consequences of my actions
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knell
bell toll for war/funeral
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chanticleer
rooster
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But, if the contest have proceeded thus far, it is the shadow which prevails, -- we struggle in vain
there is no escape from the "duty" of killing
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engendered
given rise to; invoked
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he dreads and deprecates the anger of him whom he addresses
he doesn't want to make the person he's talking to, upset with him
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laconic
using very few words
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circumlocution.
phrases that circle around a specific idea with multiple words rather than directly evoking it with fewer and apter words.
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sophistry
faulty argument
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desire to be well must be excited simultaneously with any principle which shall be merely a modification of combativeness
combat is the desire to protect oneself, but amped up perverseness has that & the intense opposite feeling
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fallacy
faulty reasoning
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Nor will this overwhelming tendency to do wrong for the wrong's sake, admit of analysis, or resolution into ulterior elements
this tendency won't give up to reason
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Through its promptings we act without comprehensible object
we act without thinking
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posteriori
not existing in the mind prior to or independent of experience
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Spurzheimites
followers of the "first" person that worked with a phrenologist
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amativeness
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
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alimentiveness
the instinct of appetite for food
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a priori
without experience/sense data knowledge known common sense?
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metaphysicianism
the relationship between mind and matter potential v actual
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temporal or eternal
in a set amount of time or forever "down to earth v spiritual"
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obtruded
become noticeable in an unwelcome/intrusive way
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supererogation
doing more than is required (extra)
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Kabbala
a belief in Jewish mysticism, ancient interpretation of the Bible
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propensity
an inclination/natural tendency to behave in a particular way
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phrenologists
a "scientist"that predicts mental traits based on measurements of bumps on the head because the brain is located in the head, it was thought that certain areas of the brain had specific functions, therefore shape corresponds to outcome of how the brain functions, how it "spews out" emotions
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prima mobilia
the primary motivation for impulsive/compulsive behavior in someone act in a way that conflicts with common sense
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faculties
a mental/physical ability, natural/acquired
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