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It was titled Civitas Maxima: origins, fondements et portee philosophique et pratique du concept de supranationalite, and it argued that the “City of God” could be created on earth.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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It was titled Civitas Maxima: origins, fondements et portee philosophique et pratique du concept de supranationalite, and it argued that the “City of God” could be created on earth.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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“By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State — (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.”
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"By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State -- (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man."
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Civil Law, from the word Civitas, which signifies a Common-wealth;
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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Commonwealth or State — (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.” —
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As a result of less government control, the Swiss health-care system has been able to reduce waiting time for treatment and pioneers new technology and pharmaceuticals, according to the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, a London think tank known as Civitas.
Europe's Failing Health Javier Espinoza 2011
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State -- (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man. "
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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State -- (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man. "
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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As the right bank of the Tiber with its Basilica of St. Peter was exposed to the pillage of the Saracens, Leo fortified it with a wall (848-52), and in his honour the part of the city so protected was called Civitas
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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