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And for the animal accomplice… Death!

Whenever I’ve heard the question, what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom, responses inevitably cluster around some specific form of cognitive capacity: tool-making and using, abstract thought, that ability to transcend temporality, emotional experience, language, moral culpability,

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Good morning from Quito, Ecuador. After what was a largely uneventful flight and a first night of altitude-induced difficult sleep, I’m sitting in my room at the Casa Foch awakened early by the sun. Largely uneventful, but not completely uneventful

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De Marica a Maricon: Following Definitions of Marica, Maricon, and Sodomia with the Real Academia Española

I’m currently writing a chapter for my book on the events surrounding the establishment of local ruling juntas in Quito in 1809 and 1810. In chasing down a few citations a couple of days ago, I came across a classic,

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Hacer juicio ú dictamen acerca de alguna cosa... significando que el objeto excita el juicio ú dictamen en la persona que le hace.

Deducir ante el Juez la accion ú derecho que se tiene, ó las excepciones que excluyen la accion contrária.

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Chad Black

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