Sentence:  Still , we must remember that we cannot construct and justify generalizations of this sort unless we are ready to consider <WSD>many</WSD> special instances of influence moving between such areas as theology , philosophy , political thought , and literature . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number