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  • The word is derived from the ancient Greek “epi” (meaning upon); “kharis” (meaning joy) and “kakos” (meaning evil).

    English Schadenfreude 2010

  • The word is derived from the ancient Greek “epi” (meaning upon); “kharis” (meaning joy) and “kakos” (meaning evil).

    English Schadenfreude 2010

  • The word is derived from the ancient Greek “epi” (meaning upon); “kharis” (meaning joy) and “kakos” (meaning evil).

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • The only actor to come close to matching my Delon obsession was Montgomery Clift about a year before. kharis says; September 7, 2007 @ 4:47 am

    My Love Affair With Alain Delon 2007

  • Paralleling this subsumption of law under love is one that similarly subsumes duty under grace kharis: one is not redeemed by works, one cannot ‘earn one’s due’ that way.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Paralleling this subsumption of law under love is one that similarly subsumes duty under grace kharis: one is not redeemed by works, one cannot ‘earn one’s due’ that way.

    Paul is rather paradoxically in many ways a stridently secular thinker Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

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