clarification

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The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

The act of freeing from obscurities.

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Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought. Alfred North Whitehead

Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possible options. W. Edwards Deming

The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas. Leo Strauss

Cellular pathology is not an end if one cannot see any alteration in the cell. Chemistry brings the clarification of living processes nearer than does anatomy. Each anatomical change must have been preceded by a chemical one. Rudolf Virchow

The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind. Rudolf Arnheim

Since only an individual man can possess rights, the expression "individual rights” is a redundancy (which one has to use for purposes of clarification in today's intellectual chaos). But the expression "collective rights” is a contradiction in terms. Ayn Rand

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