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  2. Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Luciferi contra Jesum ...

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    The solution proposed by Paladini to resolve the dispute between Satan and Jesus, namely to entrust the cause to an impartial tribunal of arbitration, is the one adopted to resolve the schism of the West, with the convening of a council - the first in Pisa (1409), but without success, then at the Council of Constance - which obtained in 1415 ...

  3. Consolation - Wikipedia

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    Consolation is an important topic arising in history, the arts, philosophy, and psychology. In the field of medicine, consolation has been broadly described as follows: Before and after fundamental medicine offers diagnoses, drugs, and surgery to those who suffer, it should offer consolation. Consolation is a gift.

  4. Tournament theory - Wikipedia

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    Looking at the tournament in its simplest form, a two player tournament, where there is a prize for the winner and a smaller consolation for the loser. The incentive to win increases as the difference between the losing and winning prize increases, and therefore the investment of the worker is increased as the difference between the winning and ...

  5. Nisus and Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Nisus shows himself willing to sacrifice his own honor in order to help Euryalus, but the gesture demonstrates not only his loyalty but a willingness to cheat. Salius objects to the foul, and is given a consolation prize. Nisus receives compensation for his bad luck, and Euryalus gets the winner's prize.

  6. Consolation prize - Wikipedia

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  7. Consolatio (Cicero) - Wikipedia

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    Consolatio (Latin: [koːnsoːˈlaːtɪ.oː]; Consolation) is a lost philosophical work written by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the year 45 BC. The work had been written to soothe his grief after the death of his daughter, Tullia , which had occurred in February of the same year.

  8. Exhibition (scholarship) - Wikipedia

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    As a consolation prize she was given four volumes of Homer and her place was given to the boy who had come sixth in the tests. [ 2 ] At Oxford and Cambridge, it is typical to be awarded an exhibition for near-first-class performance in examinations; Sheffield's "Petrie Watson Exhibition" is a grant awarded for projects which enhance or ...

  9. Book of Divine Consolation - Wikipedia

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    [7] [4] The range of likely publication years makes it clear that Eckhart was already in an advanced stage of his career when he wrote the book, while it is not clear at what exact period Eckhart wrote the "Book of Divine Consolation", it was at an advanced stage in his career in the Dominican order after he had experience as a teacher and ...