Britannica Concise 2006

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A Coruna \,a-k6-'ru-nya\ Spanish La Coruna City (pop., 2003 est.: 243,902), northwestern Spain. A seaport on the Atlantic Ocean, it is believed to antedate Roman times. A point of departure for the Spanish Armada in 1588, it was sacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1589. In the Pen¬ insular War, it was the site of a notable victory by the English over the French. It is now a large fishing centre and one of northern Spain’s most important shipping ports.

A&P See Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

a posteriori See a priori

a priori \,a-pre-'or-e, .a-pri-'or-lX In epistemology, knowledge that is inde¬ pendent of all particular experiences, as opposed to a posteriori (or empirical) knowledge, which derives from experience. The terms have their origins in the medieval Scholastic debate over Aristotelian con¬ cepts (see Scholasticism). Immanuel Kant initiated their current usage, pairing the analytic-synthetic distinction with the a priori-a posteriori distinction to define his theory of knowledge.

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