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//line 2// Anthropomorphism: (n.) interpreting something that is not human in terms of human characteristics

//line 10// kinetic (effect): (adj.) relating to the motion of a body, its forces and energy as opposed to //visual effect//, the purpose of which is to give //others// a physical perception of something

//line 24// prodigious: (adj.) resembling a prodigy; exciting amazement; extraordinary in bulk

//line 27// progeny (n.) descendants, offspring

//line 32// hybrids (n.) offpsrings of two animals or plants of different species

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//line 6// Thomas Nagel Born 1937, American philosopher whose main areas of philosophical interest are philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and ethics. Renowned for his critique of reductionist explanations of the mind in his essay, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" and his contributions to moral and political theory in //The Possibility of Altruism// and other writings.

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//line 5// sense-modalities (n.) senses particular to a type of organism

//line 8// Bat-being To be full of being as a bat

Human-being To be full of being as a human

//line 20 "Cogito ergo sum"// Phrase stated by French philosopher Descartes in 1637; translated to mean "I think, therefore I am."

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James Joyce Irish expatriate writer, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Noted novels include //Ulysses// (1922) and //A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man// (1916)

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metier (n.) an occupation in which someone is most qualified, comfortable, or most accomplished