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  2. Shepherd Book - Wikipedia

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    During production of the film Serenity, Book's first name was Meria, and it appears as such in the documentary "Re-Lighting the Firefly". [1] However, by the time the film was completed, Joss Whedon changed his first name to Derrial, which is the way it appears in all printed official works based on Firefly.

  3. Glossary of Stoicism terms - Wikipedia

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    ἀπάθεια: serenity, peace of mind, such as that achieved by the Stoic sage. aphormê ἀφορμή: aversion, impulse not to act (as a result of ekklisis). Opposite of hormê. apoproêgmena ἀποπροηγμένα: dispreferred things. Morally indifferent but naturally undesirable things, such as illness. Opposite of proêgmena. aretê

  4. Firefly - Wikipedia

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    In certain firefly species with aquatic larvae, such as Aquatica leii, the female oviposits on emergent portions of aquatic plants, and the larvae descend into the water after hatching. [8] The larvae feed until the end of the summer. Most fireflies hibernate as larvae. Some do this by burrowing underground, while others find places on or under ...

  5. Serenity (Firefly vessel) - Wikipedia

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    Serenity is a fictional spacecraft that appears in Joss Whedon's Firefly television series and related works. Set in the 26th century, the series follows the nine-person crew of the Firefly -class vessel, a small transport ship, as they earn a living through various legal and illegal means.

  6. Sincerity - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary and most scholars state that sincerity from sincere is derived from the Latin sincerus meaning clean, pure, sound. Sincerus may have once meant "one growth" (not mixed), from sin-(one) and crescere (to grow). [2] Crescere is cognate with "Ceres," the goddess of grain, as in "cereal". [3]

  7. Reaver (Firefly) - Wikipedia

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    Joss Whedon, creator of the Firefly series and director of Serenity, has said of Reavers, "Every story needs a monster. In the stories of the old west it was the Apaches". He explained how he removed the racial aspect of the Apache metaphor by using the Reavers.

  8. 'Firefly Lane' Is Loosely Based On *This* Person's Life - AOL

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    The last episodes of 'Firefly Lane' are now streaming on Netflix. If you've already finished, here's everything to know about the story that inspired the show. 'Firefly Lane' Is Loosely Based On ...

  9. List of Latin phrases (F) - Wikipedia

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    a mere name, word, or sound without a corresponding objective reality; expression used by the nominalists of universals and traditionally attributed to the medieval philosopher Roscelin of Compiègne: flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo: if I can not reach Heaven I will raise Hell: Virgil, Aeneid, Book VII.312: floreat Etona: may Eton ...