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encyclopedia  

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  • Encyclopedia has been an important and enduring form of the human endeavor toward an exhaustive, universal exposition of knowledge, to which both scientific knowledge and philosophical knowledge have aspired. This entry introduces the origin of the word encyclopedia and presents the formal elements that make up the genus “encyclopedia” as well as its more specific typology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Encyclopedia]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X9J3XCL3-D

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