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Gottfried Leibniz had defined this, during his work of the 1690s, as that principle of dynamics, which he attributed to the precedent of the Classical Greek conception known as dynamis to such figures as Archytas and Plato.
LaRouche's Latest 2010
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The term biodynamic is taken from the Greek words bios meaning life and dynamis meaning energy.
Department of Greenwashing: Ceci La Luna lambrusco | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The creams are ideal for increasing skin smoothness and the appearance of firmness and moisturization.www. dynamis-therapeutics.com
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Or, if you prefer Greek, its dynamis depends on God's energeia to actually exist.
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The word dyne comes from the Greek dynamis, power.
Dyne-centimeter 2009
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We now know that these laws of thermodynamics (from the Greek therme, meaning "heat" and dynamis, meaning "power") apply to every type of energy conversion.
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The divine bond is the unified and indispensable dynamis.
Kant's Philosophical Development Schönfeld, Martin 2007
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Since empirical design is built into the intelligible dynamis of objects, both arguments harmonize over the essence of the bond.
Kant's Philosophical Development Schönfeld, Martin 2007
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You have a slew of nice people so here's hoping I can help our dynamis shell as much as you all have helped me.
terrarose Diary Entry terrarose 2007
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Bilfinger stressed the significance of this thrust, in the guise of Aristotle's possibilitas or dynamis, in his Wolffian commentary.
Kant's Philosophical Development Schönfeld, Martin 2007
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