reflexion
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And then it hits me, in a moment of selfless reflexion that atypical in a narcissistic profession such as writing: The single best moment of the weekend was seeing Victoria enjoy herself.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2017
How true all this is will be seen by a moment's reflexion on the abundance of signs, omens and dreams that historians so different as Livy and Plutarch record.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
The reflexion appears as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
But more widespread perhaps than any belief, from its simplicity doubtless, is the idea that the body’s shadow or reflexion is the soul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
In time, the mind comes to reflect on its own operations, about the ideas got by sensation, and thereby stores itself with a new set of ideas, which I call ideas of reflexion.
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
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