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A book or resource giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject. | A book or resource giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject. | ||
| − | The word 'encyclopedia' comes from the [[Greek]] | + | The word 'encyclopedia' comes from the [[Greek]] phrase meaning 'all round education', the circle of arts and sciences considered by the Greeks as essential to a liberal education, but their emphasis was on the spoken word adn it was left to the Romans to record their knowledge in readable form. |
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A book or resource giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject.
The word 'encyclopedia' comes from the Greek phrase meaning 'all round education', the circle of arts and sciences considered by the Greeks as essential to a liberal education, but their emphasis was on the spoken word adn it was left to the Romans to record their knowledge in readable form.
