Fate


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1 The decrees of fate and the decisions of the gods.
2 The fated or inevitable in human life.
3 The antitheses of fate, fortune, freedom, natural necessity, chance or contingency.
4 Fatalism in relation to the will of God, the doctrine of predestination.
5 The secularization of fate, scientific or philosophical determinism.
6 The historian's recognition of fate, the destiny of cities, nations, empires.


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