By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.
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Reopening
Synonyms for "reopening" (3 found)
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Translations
11 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- reobertura noun (act of opening again)
Finnish
2 entries- jälleenavaaminen noun (act of opening again)
- uudelleenavaaminen noun (act of opening again)
French
1 entries- réouverture noun (act of opening again)
Galician
1 entries- reapertura noun (act of opening again)
Italian
2 entries- riapertura noun (act of opening again)
- riaprimento noun (act of opening again)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gjenåpning noun (act of opening again)
Polish
1 entries- ponowne otwarcie noun (act of opening again)
Portuguese
1 entries- reabertura noun (act of opening again)
Spanish
1 entries- reapertura noun (act of opening again)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The U.S. space agency, NASA, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this historic event in style – by restoring and reopening the control room that handled the historic Apollo 11 mission.
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Denmark has begun reopening schools.
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Officials in Iceland say schools, hair salons, dental and other small businesses across the nation are reopening Monday after six weeks of lockdown and a steady drop in new COVID-19 cases.
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