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Eclampsia Eclat Eclectic Eclegm Eclipse Ecocide Ecolate Ecology
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ ECLAMPSIA  from gr EKLAMPSIS from
                     EK        = OUT and
                       LAMPEIN   SHINE as if    sug>  LAMP
             FROTH SEEN DURING EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS
             med> CONVULSIVE DISORDER DURING PREGNANCY 
                  CAUSING ORAL FROTHING  THE SEIZURES ARE
             MOSTLY DUE TO ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE 
             OTHER FACTORS
~ ECLAT      BRILLIANT  ACCLAIM  CONSPICUOUS  FAME
             gr EK = TO SPLIT or SET APART
             DENOTES  OUTSTANDING   SPLIT FROM REST
~ ECLECTIC   id+ | FREE CHOICE as in FREE TO CHOOSE |
                   opposite to RELIGIOUS or DOGMATIC
             gr EKLEGEIN  = TO SELECT
                EK          OUT and
                  LEGEIN   TO CHOOSE  denotes SELECTION
~ ECLEGM     med> MIXING OF MEDICAL AGENTS from
             gr EK         = TO MIX and
                  LEICHEIN   TO LICK
~ ECLIPSE    id+ TO PLACE IN THE SHADOW  TO OBSCURE
                 TO PASS OVER or TO BE LEFT OUT
  gr EK        = OUT and
       LEIPEIN   LEAVE
  sc> astr> as in DARKENING BY THE SHADOW OF THE SUN OR MOON 


~ ECOCIDE    in strict sense AGENTS THAT DESTROY LIFE
             or THREATEN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
             ply> | ECOCIDE DESTROYS HOME as in HABITAT |
~ ECOLATE    uncertain but clearly an inflated term
             probably related to ECLOGUE which also is
             an erroneous form for DIALOG  SPEECH
             a better alt is A DISCOURSE ON SELECTED ISSUES
             IN PARTICULAR ON THE NATURE OF THINGS
~ ECOLOGY    from OIKOS = HOUSE      sug> DOMICILE
             note links among ECOLOGY and ECONOMY 
  AS A NATURAL ENDOWMENT 
  ECOLOGY ALSO CONCERNS BEAUTY
  EC OLOGY implies ONE COMMON HOME  HOUSE even IDEA
  EC ONOMY         ONE COMMON VALUE MONEY or DENOMINATION
  ply> | THUS FAR HUMAN ECONOMY           sug> SOUND
         IS ANTAGONISTIC TO ECOLOGY       sug> UNSOUND
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  lit+ ... RESPECT FOR LIFE AND 
           FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
  EXTENDS ALSO TO THE REST OF CREATION ... "
  from "The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility"
  Pope Joannes Paulus II 
  issued by the Vatican 8 December 1989 
  the above is in conflict with the Vatican position 
  against attempts to limit human population growth
  ... 
  note " WHEN YOU DO THIS TO THE LEAST OF THESE {CREATURES}
         YOU DO THIS TO ME "  attr to JESUS CHRIST
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  ply> | CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE OPPOSE CONSERVATIONISTS | 
  ... deleted
  lit+ from MARCUS AURELIUS or AURELIAN <see
       BOOK III [72]
  " CONSTANTLY REGARD THE UNIVERSE
  AS ONE LIVING BEING
  HAVING ONE SUBSTANCE AND ONE SOUL ..."
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