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nonent:
Latin, that which does not exist


pathos:

a quality that evokes pity or sadness; the power in literature, music, speech or expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, sympathetic compassion; pity

 

arriere pensee:
French, back thought; a mental reservation or ulterior motive

Decline of the West, Chapter  V: Makrokosmos. (1) The symbolism of the World-Picture and the Problem of Space
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