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121fortuit — /fortwiy/ In French law, accidental; fortuitous. Cos fortuit, a fortuitous event. Fortuitement, accidentally; by chance; casually …
122fortuit — /fortwiy/ In French law, accidental; fortuitous. Cos fortuit, a fortuitous event. Fortuitement, accidentally; by chance; casually …
123fortune — [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo European *bhrtis, a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna, which …
124Spinoza + ethics of joy — by Constantin V.Boundas Deleuze has often been praised for his (Stoic) commitment to the ethics of the event our becoming worthy of the event through the process of counter actualisation of that which is happening to us. But Deleuze has also …
125accidental — [ak΄sə dent′ l] adj. [ME < LL accidentalis: see ACCIDENT] 1. happening by chance; fortuitous 2. belonging but not essential; attributive; incidental 3. Music of an accidental n. 1. a nonessential quality or feature 2 …
126fortuity — [fôr to͞o′ə tē, fôrtyo͞o′ə tē] n. pl. fortuities [< L fortuitus (see FORTUITOUS) + ITY] 1. the quality or condition of being fortuitous 2. chance or chance occurrence …
127fortuitist — üəd.ə̇st, üətə̇ noun ( s) Etymology: fortuitous + ist : a believer in fortuitism * * * fortūˈitist noun • • • Main Entry: ↑fortuitous …
128EVOLUTION — Although evolutionary ideas are very old, being found in the works of Greek philosophers and echoed in the aggadah and the Midrash, the main stimulus to evolutionary thought came from the theory developed at the end of the 18th century,… …