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tract
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tract1
1. Anatomy a system of organs, glands, or other tissues that has a particular function
2. a bundle of nerve fibres having the same function, origin, and termination

tract2
RC Church an anthem in some Masses


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Embedded within the tractates of the Mishnah are the "androcentric idealizations" of their rabbinic authors/compilers.
In the thirteenth dialogue of the Corpus Hermeticum, the mystery of a this-worldly rebirth is associated with a similar kind of experience, and the dualist ascesis of other tractates (notably the first, fourth, and seventh) is developed into what might be described as an embryonic instrumental skepticism - instrumental because its purpose is to prepare for a revelation which will efface all ignorance and doubt.
 
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