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The word tharsis very likely points to the place whence the stone was brought
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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In a study last year (which they called, naturally, "Car-tharsis"), Nass and his students looked for ways that a car-voice could help control its driver's emotions.
Talking cars: Knight Rider lives! ewillett 2008
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The purpose of the performance was not simply the amusement of the audience but its emotional cleansing, what Aristotle called its _ca-tharsis, _ its purgation.
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These different interpretations of Aristotelian ca - tharsis must be combined with the analyses of pity and fear.
CATHARSIS TEDDY BRUNIUS 1968
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