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It was compounded from a mixture of practical knowledge of things like metallurgy, pharmacy and glassmaking with the Greek practice of analysing and theorising about the world that is known as philosophy.
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Much later, at the same time as wanting to learn more about all this public space, to have a geographic and practical knowledge - that is by getting hold of maps and keys to use the tunnels - we realized this really was the ideal location for numerous projects.
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UpToDate is just that: a resource of practical medical knowledge that is updated frequently by experts.
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The purpose of the project is to bring together the state-of-the-art in scientific and practical knowledge on SSM and to make that knowledge available through a practical training course.
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But I shared a lot of knowledge, and gave time and a lot of practical help as well, bc I wanted to help others.
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Thinking of engineers here, and the clamoring for more engineering degrees, anyone teaching the discipline would as a rule be imparting knowledge of no practical use.
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On the contrary, procedures that rely on the statement of explicit reasons systematically exclude those individuals who are less able to engage in the articulate persuasion of majorities but who may still possess valuable knowledge embodied in the exercise of entrepreneurship, a practical skill or adherence to a particular ethical code.
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The Higgs boson feels untouchably esoteric, a fragment of pure knowledge that may never be applied in the practical world.
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Geothermal energy is buried miles deep underground and is, for all practical purposes, impossible to find without a fair amount of technical knowledge, testing and so forth.
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Either they went to Scotland to be taught, or else they learned at their father's workbench, picking up practical scraps that, combined with evening study, cohered into a system of proper knowledge.
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Knowledge about basic maintenance of a car will now be a feature of the practical test set by the Driving Standards Agency.
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