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- he was deeply affected by the injustice of discrimination and his lifelong ... He taught at American University's Washington College of Law ...17 KB (2,401 words) - 22:23, 27 June 2023
- painter and author. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art ... was cited by El Lissitzky as one of the major forerunners of the ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- pan out, and she would later retract some of them, but they were always ... fur trading business in China, where he died of tuberculosis when Susan was ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- be a powerful, evil entity and the tempter of humankind. The name "Devil ... The Hebrew Bible does not assign this level of personification to ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- Oswald (ca. 604–August 5, 642 C.E.)While Bede gives the year of ... Oswald's assessment in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of ...27 KB (4,245 words) - 13:29, 5 September 2022
- March 3, 1765) was an English antiquary, one of the founders of field archaeology ... Trained in the medical profession and turning later in life to the ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 20:32, 13 May 2023
- spirit and public mission to be a vital part of the life around it, not an ... regarded as a powerful force in the freeing of education from the strictures ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- ]) (February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592) was one of the most ... motto that "I am myself the matter of my book" was viewed by ...14 KB (2,276 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Meyerhold's mugshot, taken at the time of his arrest by Soviet police]] in unconventional theater made him one of the seminal forces in modern ...10 KB (1,356 words) - 21:51, 3 May 2023
- is widely considered to be the inventor of the epistolary novel—that ... from Surrey, described by his son as “of middling note." As a ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 03:01, 23 December 2022
- ; "Shoulder") was an Israelite city in the tribal area of ... pillar known as the "stone of witness." Shechem was ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- has never been as wide-spread as that of many of her Modernist peers; ... style. She was, and remains, one of the most difficult poets to ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 04:13, 6 November 2022
- Knauth, was an American philosopher of art, a writer, and an educator ... but her doctrine has become an integral part of the "collective unconsciousness” ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- Joseph (also Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, and Joseph ... he then fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod the Great, returning ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- Absurdism is a philosophical perspective which holds that the efforts ... Absurdism implies a tragic tone and feelings of frustration that arise ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 06:46, 14 June 2023
- physical medium for commercial audio recordings as of 2007. Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimeters (mm) and can hold ...19 KB (3,102 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- A hominid is any member of the primate family Hominidae. Recent classification ... This more restricted use of the term hominid is common in anthropology ...5 KB (766 words) - 11:34, 2 February 2024
- 4, 1774) was an Anglo-Irish author and one of the most versatile English ... Although a good portion of Goldsmith's vast oeuvre is considered ...14 KB (2,142 words) - 00:23, 18 November 2022
- Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen ... The current (eleventh) incarnation of the Panchen Lama is a matter ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- of the actinide series, mendelevium is synthesized by bombarding einsteinium ... G. Thompson in early 1955 at the University of California, Berkeley. The team ...6 KB (778 words) - 04:30, 9 November 2022
- who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became ... #039;s interest turned to the spiritual side of life, with investigations of ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- was considered by many to be the grandfather of cognitive-behavioral therapies ... those that promoted religion as supportive of psychological health. For Ellis ...22 KB (3,239 words) - 19:27, 15 March 2024
- Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He was described as ... devised the Wuqinxi (五禽戲 "Frolics of the Five Animals"), an ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 01:27, 4 February 2023
- and drawing. He is generally regarded as one of the founders of impressionism ... At age 11, Degas began his schooling, and started down the road of ...13 KB (1,878 words) - 18:10, 12 February 2024
- In Christianity, a gospel is generally one of four canonical books ... been printed in the Bible is not the order of their composition, and that ...17 KB (2,705 words) - 18:26, 26 December 2022
- الزهراء) (Born Friday twentieth of Jumada al-akhir in Mecca – ... many have exercised power. The royal houses of Jordan and Morocco are "sayyids ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- and director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine (little Anthony), and ... At the age of four, Artaud had a severe attack of meningitis. The ...12 KB (1,968 words) - 07:00, 31 July 2023
- and economist. His monumental History of the Italian Republics in the ... Dauphiné to Switzerland at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It was ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 17:18, 2 April 2024
- Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes ... genetic content stored on a complete set of nuclear DNA (i.e., the "nuclear ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- the greatest of China's Legalist philosophers. Along with Li ... work is collected in the 55 chapters of Han Feizi, which is also important ...13 KB (2,134 words) - 20:49, 21 January 2024
- 573 – August 23, 634) ruled as the first of the Muslim caliphs (632–634). Abu Bakr was a towering figure in the development and early survival ...14 KB (2,336 words) - 06:48, 14 June 2023
- swordsman. He is believed to have been one of the most skilled swordsmen ... discovered were applicable to diverse phases of human life. He constantly tested ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga, a ... Mistral published over 30 collections of poetry in her lifetime. Some ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 07:38, 15 April 2024
- genre and heavily feature technology. Many of his future history novels have ... comments challenging the scientific basis of theories such as global warming ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- known to all who were close to her, is one of Canada's most beloved ... She lived a remarkably sincere, humble, and sacrificial life of Christian ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 02:29, 5 November 2022
- and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture ... Orientales but did not graduate. At the age of 21 he left for Cambodia with ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- March 8, 1566 – September 8, 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, ... Gesualdo was part of an aristocratic family which acquired the principality ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- Bible, his story occurring toward the end of the Book of Numbers. The etymology ... In rabbinical tradition, Balaam is seen both as a true prophet of ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- on the Encyclopædia Britannica and his book Religion of the Semites (1889 ... history. His desire was to open the study of religion to a broader discourse ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- and was the first appointed professor of sociology in a British university ... England, into the prominent Anglican family of Rev. Reginald Hobhouse and ...12 KB (1,737 words) - 20:13, 25 October 2022
- 1940) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of the first half of the twentieth ... Mikhail Bulgakov was born in 1891 in Kiev, Ukraine, the oldest son ...18 KB (2,746 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- characters that inhabited a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia ... up cartooning and illustrated a biography of Bridgeport native P. T. Barnum ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:09, 3 May 2023
- and astronomer. During his own life he was primarily known for ... and particularly for the volume The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, famously translated ...11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- His systematized and refined the cosmologies of Plotinus and Iamblichus, and ... Proclus’ greatest concern was the elevation of the human soul to ...21 KB (3,257 words) - 23:05, 30 November 2022
- Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 - May 12, 1978) was one of the most ... For most of his life Zukofsky was virtually unrecognized, even though ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:11, 4 November 2022
- He was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the twentieth century on the ... In particular, Les damnés de la terre (The Wretched of the Earth ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 15:25, 6 October 2022
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... He serves as both a guide to the recently departed and as the patron ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- Bowu (博物), formally Count Wenxian of Shixing (始興文獻伯), ... advise to the Emperor even at the risk of the Emperor's anger. While ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 05:57, 13 June 2023
- refer to the structural and functional unit of living organisms and designed ... from his microscope design and drawing of cells in cork to major buildings ...11 KB (1,559 words) - 17:09, 15 March 2024
- perception, and suggested that all knowledge of objects outside the self comes ... work “La citta del sole” (The City of the Sun). == Life == ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 03:56, 1 May 2023
- Prize-winning Turkish novelist and professor of comparative literature at Columbia ... Pamuk is one of Turkey's most prominent novelists, ...30 KB (4,557 words) - 10:43, 11 March 2023
- the Tang dynasty. Liu Zongyuan was a master of the free and simple guwen prose ... government. He supported the reform efforts of Emperor Shunzong, fell into ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- - January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels ... distinguished by an unsentimental portrayal of crime, violence, and sex. Pioneered ...19 KB (2,838 words) - 22:25, 25 January 2024
- It is of interest mainly for research purposes, and no practical applications ... Sikkeland in April 1958 at the University of California, Berkeley. The team ...7 KB (962 words) - 02:34, 16 November 2022
- was a Jewish-American political theorist of German descent and one of the ... Rejecting much of the Western philosophical tradition, Arendt maintained ...24 KB (3,560 words) - 18:02, 23 January 2024
- who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbook ... ==Early Life and Education== William Holmes McGuffey was born in Washington ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- novels. Forster is also known for a creed of life which can be summed up ... == Life == Born in London, the son of an architect, he was to have ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- African American scientist and a champion of civil rights and world peace. == Life == Benjamin Banneker was born near Ellicot City, Maryland, ...14 KB (2,221 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- meteorology, geography, jurisprudence, study of the Bible, mathematics, anatomy ... alike, he was burnt at the stake by order of the Geneva governing council ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- Kenya. Established in 1946, it was a project of Mervyn Cowie, a conservationist ... south of the center of Nairobi, the nation's capital and largest ...18 KB (2,633 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- , literally "Pure") refers to the collective body of all ... to inspire the Sikh community in the face of oppression and persecution ...20 KB (3,030 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- was a Swiss-born psychiatrist and the author of the groundbreaking book On ... Interest in death as a transition into a higher state of consciousness ...18 KB (2,757 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- British physical anthropologist and the wife of Louis Leakey, famous for her ... Leakey was born on February 6, 1913 into the family of Cecilia Frere ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- 200 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well versed ... Razi's portrait adorns the great hall of the Faculty of Medicine in ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 01:39, 8 December 2022
- Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader ... In his book, Soul on Fire, he renounced many of his former attitudes ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2024
- rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period, known for ... === Early life === Saadia was born in Dilaz, in upper Egypt in 882 ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- She is best known for her happy scenes of couples, families, and Dutch ... a greater range than most Dutch painters of the era, and she was one of ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 21:00, 4 October 2022
- [[Image:Zamyatin.jpg|thumb|250px|Drawing of Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris ... most famous for his novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- was a painter and art theoretician, pioneer of geometric abstract art and ... Catholic Church. His father was the manager of a sugar factory. Kazimir was ...11 KB (1,476 words) - 17:18, 5 October 2022
- typographer, and architect. He was one of the most important figures ... its anti-semitic laws. Starting at the age of 15, he began teaching; a duty ...38 KB (5,595 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- Zi (1619 - 1692) was a Chinese philosopher of the late Ming and early Ch ... Like other great thinkers of the transition era between the Ming and ...11 KB (1,753 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2023
- evolved after the mid-century. By the age of nineteen he had opened his ... Boullée promoted the idea of making architecture expressive of its ...10 KB (1,548 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism" in the Nordic ... States following the critical reception of his design for the Finnish ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- nineteenth centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English ... Thompson's writing helped expose the role of class, elitism, ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- Jewish works refer to him by the acronym of his title and name, RaMBaM ... Maimonides is typically regarded as the greatest of the medieval Jewish ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849), was the wife of President James Madison, who ... North Carolina, on May 20, 1768, a daughter of John Payne, farmer and starch ...12 KB (1,850 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- diplomat, who is best known as the author of The Canterbury Tales. As an ... He was also, for a writer of his times, capable of powerful psychological ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- Thomist tradition, and economist. Like many of his fellow Roman Catholic theologians ... For a New Political Economy, and at the end of his life, worked on An Essay ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- align:center;" | [[Image:Portrait of Edward VI of England.jpg|200px]] ... Edward VI (October 12, 1537 – July 6, 1553) became King of England ...24 KB (3,796 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- The Book of Numbers is the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, ... The main theme running through the Book of Numbers is the people& ...28 KB (4,576 words) - 20:04, 17 May 2023
- and was known as the "Royal Church of St. Mary at Aachen" during ... The Cathedral of Aachen is one of the best-known architectural monuments ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- In 1949, she became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers, the ... Vaughan prepared for the introduction of machine computers in the early ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been ... ==Early life and military career== [[Image:Ambrose Bierce.jpg|thumb ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 02:48, 24 July 2023
- The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the ... Purportedly by the same author or authors who wrote the Gospel of ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- Three major figures led to the development of this approach: Ivan Pavlov ... considered adequate to explain all forms of learning and behavior, nonetheless ...19 KB (2,675 words) - 10:26, 26 September 2023
- has resolved the fundamental problem of human violence. ... and her family lived in the community of Burlingame, then an affluent ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 14:20, 27 January 2023
- The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament attributed ... The dating of this epistle has proved very difficult. Commentaries ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- that serve the spiritual aspirations of its adherents, and mark dispensational ... defines a sacrament as “an outward sign of an inward (invisible) grace ...20 KB (3,310 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- raisins found in the Qur'anic account of paradise.Christoph Luxenberg ... and descriptions have been the source of much speculation and debate ...18 KB (2,560 words) - 21:26, 7 January 2023
- Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1262) was a pupil of Honen and ... Numerous books have been written about his life, and many scholars have put ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse ... The "curse of Ham" had been used by some members of Abrahamic ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- highly influential figure in the development of neo-classical economics, and ... Ysidro Francis Edgeworth (the order of his given names was later reversed ...20 KB (3,082 words) - 06:16, 23 January 2023
- C.E., best known for his role in the trial of Jesus. His full name was Yosef ... A member of the party of the Sadducees, Caiaphas was the son-in-law ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- He is best known for his novels, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ... father’s regiment was disbanded on the day of Sterne’s birth, and within ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 17:53, 25 October 2022
- Mesoamerican paper, made from the inner bark of certain trees, the main being ... is generally considered the most important of the few that survive. ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- soldier, geologist and the second director of United States Geological Survey ... an American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He earned ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- in power and the established institutions of society, often in a sensationalist ... #039; Pilgrim's Progress, the task of such writers is to expose the ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- October 21, 1969), also known as "King of the Beatniks" and "Father ... in his novels that he rejected the values of the time and was seeking to ...22 KB (3,414 words) - 21:03, 25 December 2022
- through paranormal means, and is a form of extra-sensory perception, or ... Precognition is the most frequently reported type of ESP, occurring ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- 21, 1851) was a German Romantic composer of comic and romantic operas as ... by amateur musicians. He overcame barriers of status and class by conforming ...5 KB (752 words) - 08:29, 7 December 2021
- Aristobulus of Paneas (c. 160 B.C.E.) was among the earliest Hellenistic ... Five existing fragments of the work of Aristobulus, Commentaries on ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
- Thomas Helwys, (c. 1575 – c. 1616), was one of the joint founders ... not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not approve of ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science ... district near Uppsala, Sweden, the son of Svante Gustav and Carolina ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- They enjoyed instant success. The book contained eight fairy tales ... The best known of these tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- 23 Oct. 2006] He was a leading proponent of the Zahiri school of Islamic ... Ibn Hazm reportedly produced four hundred works of which only 40 have ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- the Western world by the Latinized version of his name, Alkindus) was known ... and admitted revelation as a superior source of knowledge in some matters of ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 04:13, 17 June 2023
- played an important part in the development of twentieth century English language ... ===Early life (1892-1912)=== Barnes was born in a log cabin in Cornwall ...26 KB (3,975 words) - 16:29, 29 January 2024
- politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer ... == Early life == Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- was a British novelist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ... His mother, Mildred, was a supporter of the British Suffrage movement ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was the author ... Castaneda's descriptions of psychedelic experiences stood apart ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- he is often mentioned as the associate of Jeremy Bentham and as the father ... James Mill was born April 6, 1773, at Northwater Bridge, in the parish ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 08:37, 1 April 2024
- at Harvard University, and the author of several books, including A ... John Bordley Rawls was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the second ...20 KB (2,773 words) - 07:09, 3 August 2022
- joined the White movement. His early life was as a chief spokesman for ... Peter Struve is probably the best known member of the Russian branch ...14 KB (2,049 words) - 14:45, 28 March 2023
- and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The ... Frederick Douglass was a key figure in the abolition of slavery in ...23 KB (3,597 words) - 10:27, 11 April 2024
- a serpent demon who represented the forces of chaos, death, and disorder ... as signifying a general demonization of snakes within Egyptian culture ...22 KB (3,545 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- theologian, and historian, and a pioneer of modern Jewish scholarship. ... Krochmal was leading figure of the Haskalah Jewish enlightenment and ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- strong personality. They are considered one of the oldest breeds of domestic ... The origin of the Abyssinian is shrouded in mystery. Early cat books ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- India. He is best known as the founder of the Arya Samaj "Society ... who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support ... headscarf and for allegedly shaking the hand of a man. Defending her, reformist ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- gardens and in sculpture as well. He was one of the most dominant artists and ... Le Brun was given leave to create some of the most impressive masterpieces ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 21:28, 4 December 2023
- heretical by his fellow Tannaim, the rabbis of the Talmud refrained from relating ... The Tannaim were rabbinic sages in Judaism, who over a period of 130 ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 09:06, 30 December 2021
- Born in the Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and wrote ... He was known for The Fable of the Bees (1714), which was first published ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 15:56, 29 September 2023
- mathematician and astronomer. He became head of the astronomical observatory ... In many ways, Bhaskara represents the peak of mathematical and astronomical ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 16:27, 21 January 2022
- Gosport) was a Scottish doctor and a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal ... Through his work, Lind influenced practices of preventive medicine ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 21:20, 20 March 2024
- 19, 1873) was an English bishop, third son of William Wilberforce the anti ... the upper classes, he was also a champion of social justice and a defender ...12 KB (1,800 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- Hoover Institution, and the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason ... born on March 18, 1922, in New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- saint, sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as ... ===Early life in Ireland=== In 521 C.E., Colm Cille (the future Columba ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote ... Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish American parents ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- writer, and essayist, who is regarded as one of the most important African ... 039;s Harlem neighborhood in 1924, the first of his mother's nine children ...12 KB (1,855 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- Up, about Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys of Never Never Land. Barrie was ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian) The Lights of Canopus, described ... or The Fables of Bidpai/Pilpai (in various European languages) ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- flightless bird native only to the island of Mauritius, located in the Indian ... Extinction is a natural part of the history of life, and some researchers ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב), also known as ... The great-grandson of Hasidism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov, ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- quot; in David Merrick's production of Hello Dolly!—a part first ... She was born in Newport News, Virginia, (also the birth place of legendary ...10 KB (1,596 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- Whorf hypothesis" and the development of the field of ethnolinguistics ... in Poland) to an orthodox Jewish family of Lithuanian origins. His parents ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- writer, academic, journalist, and scholar of early modern English literature ... and opposition. She is also the author of many other books including ...21 KB (3,214 words) - 18:18, 21 May 2024
- an American linguist. Originally a student of Semitic languages, he is best ... ” indicates his parents were the followers of Sabbatai Zevi or Tsvee (1626 ...15 KB (2,104 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- was an American engineer, early advocate of scientific management and a ... The Gilbreths are considered the founders of modern industrial management ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet ... treasures ever discovered. Many of the scrolls today are housed ...33 KB (5,119 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- consider a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of ... The Cuckoo's Nest. Despite the success of Cuckoo's Nest, his next ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 17:21, 5 October 2022
- Salamander is the common term for any member of the order Caudata ... rough-skinned species exist. The moist skin of the amphibians adapts them ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- for nonviolent social change, and one of the most influential American ... elf," rather than the common image of the austere, serious pacifist ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 06:30, 15 January 2023
- has major implications for the foundations of mathematics. His best know ... physics, and philosophy at the Universities of Berlin, Halle, and Freiburg ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... authorship to Matthew the Evangelist, one of Jesus' twelve disciples ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- refers to ecstatic utterances, often as part of religious practices, commonly ... The origin of the modern Christian concept of speaking in tongues ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 16:54, 17 December 2022
- 1797), was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth ... writing commentaries on virtually all of the classical sources of Jewish ...13 KB (1,989 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- 1295.jpg|thumb|right|250px|City seal of Zwolle from 1295 with Saint ... as a reptile, and is reputed to be king of serpents. One of the most feared ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- Born in Haarlem, North Holland, she was one of the leaders of the Dutch resistance ... In December of 1967, Corrie ten Boom received recognition from the ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- Jewish theologian to address the impact of the events of the Holocaust ... thought. He argued that the experience of the Holocaust shattered the ...16 KB (2,308 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions ... ==Brief history of food chemistry== The history of food chemistry dates ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- Berkeley, California and the University of California, Berkeley. Berkelium ... and Kenneth Street, Jr., at the University of California, Berkeley in December ...7 KB (911 words) - 11:01, 28 September 2023
- in elaborating on and securing the legacy of his uncle, Émile Durkheim ... philosophy, and Mauss entered the University of Bordeaux where Durkheim was ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- ) is a hill in modern Israel near the Kibbutz of Megiddo, the site ... A rich archaeological site covering many levels of settlement, it ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- Award winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from Hollywood ... in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Tennessee-born Thomas E. LeSueur ...17 KB (2,572 words) - 13:41, 1 August 2022
- and until the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.Nathaniel ... The 2003 Iraq War reduced the population of Iraqi Mandaeans to approximately ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... sexuality within a religious framework. The book consists of a cycle of poems ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- which teaches that a single God, or a group of gods or deities, is responsible ... The resemblance of the "created" to the "creator" ...31 KB (4,834 words) - 01:16, 7 April 2022
- journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra ... music education, writings, and the beauty of his compositions. He felt that ...5 KB (726 words) - 15:24, 27 November 2023
- twelve feet. Twain said he loved the sound of the river boat pilot calling ... on the literary scene during the period of Reconstruction, when America ...25 KB (3,843 words) - 02:57, 23 December 2022
- Comte de Lautréamont was the pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse ... (French: Accursed poet), a poet living a life outside or against society ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 02:36, 8 January 2024
- His writings addressed the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World ... whole that must be understood in the context of history and the nature of the ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 21:17, 24 November 2023
- best known for his books The Meaning of Revelation (1941), Christ and ... H. Richard Niebuhr was raised in Missouri, the youngest of five children ...24 KB (3,589 words) - 18:47, 29 July 2023
- by the early Amorites and by the people of Ebla and Ugarit. He was also ... some authorities regard him as a type of merman figure or fish-deity ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation ... The core group consisted of the American poets Zukofsky, Williams ...24 KB (3,660 words) - 19:52, 17 November 2022
- Exodus (meaning: "mass migration or exiting of a people from ... The Book of Exodus presents some of the Bible's most dramatic ...26 KB (4,281 words) - 07:28, 17 November 2023
- 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana ... An accomplished storyteller, Berton was one of Canada's most ...22 KB (3,103 words) - 05:19, 24 November 2022
- Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ... called Vinland, which was probably the part of Canada now referred to as Newfoundland ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- #039;Avenir de la science (1890; The Future of Science) emphasized the importance ... or common culture, but by the desire of a people to live together, ...23 KB (3,624 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- in addition to their birth name. In the case of Jeon Yak-yong, he received ... As professor Michael Kalton said that it is not only the volume of ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Mary Thompson Hill Willard. She spent most of her childhood on a farm in ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled "Athanasios") (c. 296 C.E. ... – May 2, 373 C.E.) was a Christian bishop—the Patriarch of Alexandria—in ...20 KB (3,060 words) - 18:42, 19 August 2023
- The Damascus Document, also called the Zadokite Fragments, is one ... Because it gives insights into the special religious attitudes of ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 22:57, 22 June 2020
- They have gained fame in modern times due to the discovery of the ... Jewish law, a special concern for the purity of the priesthood, and a belief ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- The Battle of Badr ( غزوة بدر 2 AH in the Islamic calendar) in the Hejaz of western Arabia (present-day ...28 KB (4,414 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- had been thought too vulgar to be capable of literary merit. Like Chaucer ... is apparent in the linguistic skill of his masterwork, the Confessio ...27 KB (4,375 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Order of Canada (November 18, 1939 - ) is ... Atwood is also the inventor and developer of the LongPen and associated ...39 KB (5,259 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- techniques still used by the U.S. Department of the Census and the Bureau of ... II, particularly his work with the leaders of Japanese industry. Many in ...24 KB (3,501 words) - 22:00, 3 May 2023
- the West to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (often called ... to its authors. It formed the basis of the Old Latin versions and ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- Nordic countries from about the beginning of the twentieth century up to ... The main founders of analytic philosophy were the Cambridge philosophers ...27 KB (4,040 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- Environmentalism is a perspective that encompasses a broad range of ... Since environmental issues are considered as outcomes of modernity ...21 KB (2,883 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- March 30, 1964) was a mixed-race novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, an ... race protagonists, Larsen displayed clarity of vision despite the complexities ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- scientific principles and Aristotelian logic of the twelfth century to scholars ... Neckam wrote religious works on a variety of subjects, most of which ...12 KB (1,817 words) - 14:26, 18 July 2023
- plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature, human attributes while ... that they were handed down as an oral form of storytelling, sometimes recorded ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- important and widely read American writers of the nineteenth century. In search of adventure, the young Melville left his native Massachusetts ...26 KB (4,121 words) - 10:03, 22 January 2024
- German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist of Jewish descent. He coined the ... At Gestalt Therapy's core is the promotion of awareness, the ...13 KB (1,898 words) - 07:06, 15 April 2024
- The Tabernacle, in the Bible, was a portable central place of worship ... in the wilderness, and the presence of God was said to appear visibly ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- The Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church ... dedicated to justice, outreach and youth. As of 2006, the Community of Christ ...34 KB (5,277 words) - 00:19, 8 January 2024
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- she was understood as the protector of the Lower Kingdom, and represented ... In classical Egyptian religion, Bast was the subject of considerable ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover, Germany, Herschel was ... After three years of struggle in England, Herschel managed to find ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- A still life is a work of art depicting inanimate subject matter, ... Traditionally, some of the objects in a still life were likely to ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 18:01, 21 October 2022
- horticulturist, botanist, and co-founder of the American Society for Horticultural ... He was considered the father of rural sociology and rural journalism ...19 KB (2,903 words) - 22:29, 25 October 2022
- associated with the establishment of Confucianism as the official ... are preserved in the Standard History of the Western Han Dynasty (Han ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 18:44, 2 May 2023
- the world. A similar hybrid, the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion ... While there is a great deal of diversity in nature, the rarity of ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- As a philosopher, he was an early proponent of Empiricism. Locke also made ... him, John Locke is considered the first of the three major British Empiricists ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 16:04, 27 March 2024
- gorillas. She completed an extended study of mountain gorillas, observing ... parents separated when she was young because of her father's drinking ...13 KB (1,888 words) - 11:53, 29 January 2024
- neutrons and was discovered in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb test ... 1952 by Albert Ghiorso at the University of California, Berkeley and another ...7 KB (940 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- objects worn about the neck or other parts of the body to prevent or cure ... today for protection from modern manifestations of evil. ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- used by Tibetans well before the arrival of Buddhism by Tibetan armies ... kindred relationship throughout the history of Buddhist expansion in Asia ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... a popular game sport in the Eastern regions of the United States. Although ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- French criminologist and sociologist, is one of the founding fathers of sociology ... Based on his view of the importance of the individual, Tarde analyzed ...11 KB (1,665 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- to live in England, he was also the founder of the first Hebrew printing press ... Born to a family of Portuguese Marranos who settled in Amsterdam, ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary ... Army's unsuccessful invasion of Canada, during which he commanded ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States. After 150 ... and to subdue it and that the pursuit of knowledge—in the arts as ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 14:46, 28 March 2023
- independent thinker who challenged a number of traditional views on such fundamental ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- David, was the second and most famous king of ancient Israel, as well as ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- He has been called, “the conscience of his generation” ... for his satirical portrayals of American cultural manners and mores ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 22:29, 29 January 2023
- in the Hebrew Bible during the period of Jewish exile in Babylon. reasons. He is regarded as the author of much of the Biblical "Book ...21 KB (3,408 words) - 01:46, 23 June 2022
- and journalist. As the socialite spouse of Henry R. Luce, the publishing ... The tragic death of her only daughter marked a turning point that ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived ... Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and attended ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original: The Rime of the Ancyent ... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the first poem in the volume; ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
- He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with ... As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- was an English political theorist and one of the first absolutists. Born ... on natural law, which equated the authority of the king over his subjects ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Khadijah (between 555-570 C.E. – about 630 C.E.) was the first wife ... Scholars calculate her date of birth as somewhere between 555 C.E ...7 KB (1,148 words) - 03:33, 6 October 2022
- and dramatist, best known as the author of the novel series Jean-Christophe ... His first book was published in 1902, when he was already 36 years ...26 KB (3,958 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed ... The spiritual rewards (thawab) of fasting are believed to be multiplied ...25 KB (3,551 words) - 00:32, 8 December 2022
- July 2, 1778) was a Franco-Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ... the modernizing, industrializing society of his own time — was a negative ...25 KB (3,929 words) - 01:04, 9 February 2023
- and control behavior as a function of environmental histories of ... College in New York, with the intention of becoming a writer and received ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- American cultural anthropologist, a pioneer of the feminist movement in America ... and an emphasis on the importance of early childhood development ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 03:56, 6 November 2022
- dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure ... writings are mainly concerned with the world of the Roman Catholic peasants ...12 KB (2,002 words) - 02:59, 2 May 2024
- for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. == Early life == Wallace was born in Brookville, Indiana, to a prominent ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa ... Umberto Eco was born in the city of Alessandria in the region of Piedmont ...23 KB (3,384 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- science, education, and entertainment. One of the "big three" American ... time, Newsweek has developed a full spectrum of news-magazine material, from ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- was a prolific and popular American writer of the early nineteenth century ... but he successfully captured the spirit of "rugged individualism ...22 KB (3,344 words) - 01:33, 8 February 2023
- an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for ... Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- 1920 – June 5, 2012) decided at the age of 12 that he was going to be ... short stories, novels, and poems are full of thought provoking "what ...27 KB (3,902 words) - 19:07, 16 April 2023
- His is the last major historical account of the late Roman Empire which ... He lacked the linguistic style of Tacitus, being at times turgid and ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- diplomat and the second secretary-seneral of the United Nations. He served ... his own nation but he was a representative of the international community ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- ever inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. He was named ... and was named The Sporting News’ player of the year in 1970, and received ...25 KB (3,756 words) - 14:43, 28 March 2023
- who helped to shape the new thought of the late sixteenth century ... == Life == Pierre Charron was born in Paris, one of the twenty-five ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- Saint Bridget or Bridgid of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), born ... From a young age she kept records of what came to be known as her ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga to ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- for various marine chelicerate arthropods of the family Limulidae, and in ... fish, and are preyed upon by many species of fish and birds, as well as ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 18:15, 7 February 2024
- an Indian freedom fighter, considered one of the most famous revolutionaries ... He had been one of the leaders and founders of the Hindustan Socialist ...28 KB (4,246 words) - 03:31, 1 October 2023
- ministry. However, while at the University of Edinburgh he lost his Christian ... a divine will that worked through the agency of heroes and leaders. In his ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 18:40, 30 April 2023
- His writings, particularly his advocacy of the "single tax" ... George's motivation was to address the problem of poverty that ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 07:25, 22 January 2024
- or Kalika) is the tenth and final Avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. According ... avatar Kalkin and the apocalyptic return of Jesus depicted in the Book ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- and newspaper publisher, who left a gift of $500,000 to Columbia University ... profession to which he had given his whole life. Although for a while he had ...15 KB (2,254 words) - 23:45, 2 December 2022
- The Gaia hypothesis is a class of scientific models of the geo-biosphere ... (February 13, 1975) and then in the 1979 book Gaia: A New Look at Life on ...30 KB (4,599 words) - 11:57, 4 December 2023
- jpg|thumb|right|Engraved frontispiece of George Sandys's 1632 London ... ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- activist from the Yankton Sioux tribe of South Dakota. He became one ... not civil rights, should be the basis of the United States government ...27 KB (4,084 words) - 20:24, 3 May 2023
- Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the pioneer ... Mary Baker Eddy overcame years of ill health and great personal struggle ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 16:00, 7 November 2022
- Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad ... While most authorities stress the African roots of calypso, in his ...5 KB (727 words) - 18:39, 25 November 2023
- Katherine or Katharine Parr(e), was the last of the six wives of Henry VIII ... One of Henry's more educated wives, Catherine displayed a keen ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- Whitman, as a key figure in the development of a distinctly American literature. doubt was an unspoken subtext to much of his fiction, while Hawthorne ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 21:23, 27 October 2023
- closely with Karl Marx in the foundation of modern Communism. The son of ... Kautsky). Engels contributed in questions of nationality, military affairs ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 11:02, 11 April 2024
- Kāma (Devanagari: काम) is the Indian notion of pleasure, which ... The first appearance of kama in a theological sense appears in the ...13 KB (1,937 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- known in United States as the "mother of social work." Co-founder ... woman suffrage and was an outspoken advocate of internationalism. She participated ...13 KB (2,111 words) - 08:58, 1 April 2024
- and military dictator in the waning days of Goguryeo, one of the Three ... in 668. Yeon Gaesomun has long been a focus of historical controversy. Many ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- to describe the rapidly increasing amount of published information and the ... ==Use of the term "Information explosion"== The Online Oxford ...13 KB (1,868 words) - 22:50, 5 February 2023
- Apart from professional work in the field of logic, Zinovyev was renowned ... Once a dissident and an extreme critic of Communism (and successive ...15 KB (2,070 words) - 15:29, 18 July 2023
- 29, 1947) was an American economist, one of the early American neoclassical ... living and world peace, an early advocate of the League of Nations. ...18 KB (2,691 words) - 13:25, 6 March 2024
- , c.185 – c.254 C.E.) was one of the most distinguished theologians ... The details of Origen's life are found in his biography as given ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 01:25, 18 November 2022
- and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus." He was ... Lermontov was born in Moscow to a respectable family of the Tula province ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- and Irish poet and playwright. He was part of the generation of "thirties ... ==Early Life == MacNeice was born in Belfast, the youngest son of John ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- force in legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane. Her ... Norwich, Norfolk, England; the third child of a Quaker family. Her family ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 16:17, 13 February 2024
- as British Resident in the princely state of Kashmir. Having won the Gold ... == Early life == Francis Younghusband was born in 1863 at Murree, British ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- a Scottish medical missionary and explorer of the Victorian era who traveled ... David Livingstone was born in the village of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- at an early age to the temporary rank of brigadier general, he was a ... 000 paintings have captured his remarkable life and military career. The celebrated ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- The Arthashastra (more precisely Arthaśāstra) refers to a tradition ... played a key role in the establishment of one of India's greatest ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- de Balzac, is credited with the development of literary realism. Decades before ... Madame Bovary, explored the provincial life of the bored and adulterous ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 14:05, 14 December 2021
- player who played in the American League of Major League Baseball in the ... Jackson, who played left field for most of his career, has the third highest ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 20:02, 21 April 2023
- quot;) was an Egyptian-born handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah in ... soon became enemies, and after the birth of Sarah's own son Isaac ...12 KB (1,936 words) - 07:22, 16 January 2024
- late 1800s, when séances were at the height of their popularity. The Ouija ... Ouija the Most Dangerous Game (1985), one of the first uses of "Ouija ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- is known as the "father" of phenomenology, a major philosophical ... Modern philosophy discarded the framework of thought of medieval philosophy ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for ... culture; scholars now have access to a body of around 500 colonial-era codices. ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- Easter. It commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the ... used to designate the day. The difficulty of procuring palms for that day ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Greeley-Horace-LOC.jpg|thumb|right|Photographic portrait of ... and politician. His New York Tribune was one of America's most influential ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 14:59, 2 February 2024
- known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar ... at the Studium Generalein (Dominican House of Studies) in Cologne. A year ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical ... a foster-nurse for four years. At the age of nine, he was sent to study ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- method. His work included preparation of cross-cultural data sets, in ... His particular area of interest, social organization, led him to study ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:54, 21 May 2024
- close association with the Imagist movement of Ezra Pound. H.D.'s early ... her work from that period as a series of failed experiments. Although ...19 KB (3,002 words) - 20:24, 24 December 2017
- in confessional poetry building on the work of Robert Lowell and W.D. Snodgrass ... there that she met Otto Plath, a professor of German and Biology. Otto Plath ...19 KB (3,157 words) - 01:56, 27 February 2023
- an Irish writer and poet, regarded as one of the seminal figures of modernism ... Joyce pushed the limits of the "stream-of-consciousness" ...32 KB (5,105 words) - 21:18, 20 March 2024
- 24, 1775 – November 7, 1862) was the last of the Moghul emperors in India ... as an Urdu poet. He is recognized as one of the greatest poets in this ...15 KB (2,445 words) - 05:45, 26 August 2023
- which is the organization and management of information services or materials ... today are required to have a high degree of diversified and specialized ...23 KB (3,189 words) - 11:04, 7 March 2023
- When William Penn, the founder of the state of Pennsylvania, and himself ... purposes or to emphasize the rich heritage of their creators' home country ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 11:51, 22 January 2024
- best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling ... over spiritual values. Set in the context of the Cold War, of good vs. evil ...25 KB (3,815 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- who did significant work on Native Americans of the Southeastern and Northwestern ... his fieldwork on the Northwestern coast of the United States. At that ...9 KB (1,217 words) - 07:08, 3 August 2022
- Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and ... teachings, but preserved valuable fragments of the works of older philosophers ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- and academic. Bloom championed the idea of "Great Books" education ... Readers Digest article about the University of Chicago and told his parents ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- Palestine near the Jordan River. The history of Jericho goes back to the end ... record confirms the Biblical story of the Battle of Jericho. The ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- name Jalalu'ddin has the meaning Majesty of Religion. Rumi wrote over 65,000 verses of intoxicated poetry on the Sufi path ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 16:32, 12 December 2023
- pedagogy emphasized the importance of an environment that supports ... Montessori saw psychological development proceeding through a sequence ...21 KB (3,176 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- Trnka graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design ... He was dubbed "the Walt Disney of the East" Edgar Dutka ...21 KB (3,254 words) - 02:02, 9 February 2023
- The Cyrus Cylinder (c.539-530 B.C.E) is an ancient artifact consisting ... ancient texts to provide independent support of the historicity of one of ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- and social critic, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American ... this case, which tackled the issue of the proper teaching of biology ...28 KB (4,252 words) - 18:12, 29 July 2023
- for his pioneering work on the sociology of human migration with his studies ... He co-operated with Florian Znaniecki on the formulation of what became ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- 15, 1888) was an English poet and critic of the Victorian age. He is often ... and his views on the moral degeneration of his times are often seen today ...12 KB (1,996 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- a British analytic philosopher. A student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, she became ... read "Mods & Greats" (a course of study in classics, ancient ...23 KB (3,440 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- , was a French anthropologist who became one of the twentieth century's ... Though thought of as French, Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Bruxelles ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 10:55, 19 December 2023
- Collingwood is best known for his The Idea of History, a work collated soon ... Collingwood published several editions of The Archaeology of Roman Britain ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- Hrafnkels saga (ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa) is one of the Icelanders ... as a test case in the dispute on the origins of the Icelandic sagas. ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs lies in North Korea. In July 2004, UNESCO ... The Complex of Goguryeo Tombs provides a rare glimpse into the national ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- he played a key role in the leadership of the Confessing Church that ... Bonhoeffer's writings, especially his book The Cost of Discipleship ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- on kinship, family, and religious beliefs of the Tallensi and Ashanti people ... his master’s degree from the University of Cape Town in 1926, and went ...8 KB (1,075 words) - 16:31, 9 November 2022
- Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that ... A central aim of Constructivist architects was to instill the avant ...17 KB (2,374 words) - 02:43, 8 January 2024
- Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (early third ... Homer, who was very popular at the court of the Ptolemaic rulers, Ptolemy ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 15:46, 11 August 2023
- a French Egyptologist who served as director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo ... in fighting against the illegal export of Egyptian antiquities, contributing ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 04:40, 18 April 2024
- British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics ... England and grew up in the Bishopston area of the city. His father, Charles ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- vary in size from a handful to many hundreds of individuals. There are as many ... daily basis. In turn, AA offers a community of recovering people who support ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
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- British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly ... As a logical positivist, Ayer narrowed the sphere of philosophical ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- the experience needed to make important life decisions and that, in order ... Beecher was born in East Hampton, New York, the oldest of 13 children ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... derives from the Greek name for Shavuot, one of the three Jewish Pilgrimage ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The Eucharist is a sacramental or memorial reenactment of the Last ... Christians generally recognize a special presence of Christ in this ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- at least everything that can be known about life, the universe, thoughts, feelings ... God's omniscience is related to the issue of predestination, ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 00:37, 18 November 2022
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- 17, 2013) was a British writer, author of novels including The Grass ... , when she was writing on the theme of radical social issues (to which ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
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- The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is ... The letter indicates that some of the Galatians had been influenced ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- Evelyn Waugh's life can be divided into two very distinct stages ... Waugh "the greatest English novelist of the century." Time magazine ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- was an American historian and philosopher of science who wrote extensively ... D. in 1949. While there, primarily because of his editorship of the Harvard ...29 KB (4,408 words) - 22:54, 30 April 2023
- According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ... The golden plates are the most significant of metallic plates in Latter ...50 KB (7,692 words) - 04:51, 20 December 2022
- born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from ... Ian Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvík Hoch in the small town of ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- and universal peace, it was her 1889 book, Die Waffen nieder! (Ground ... At the London Peace Congress of 1907 she spoke about how European ...26 KB (4,056 words) - 17:15, 29 September 2023
- Religious exclusivism is the doctrine that the adherents of a particular ... it manifests in certain interpretations of the concepts of the Chosen ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- and much revered figure in the majority of [Hinduism|Hindu]] traditions ... Vyasa is the author of, and an important character in, the Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
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- American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll music. His recording ... Orbison managed to overcome years of personal suffering and periods ...16 KB (2,532 words) - 23:52, 24 August 2023
- 1, 1851) was an English novelist, author of Frankenstein, or The Modern ... The daughter of two of the most prominent (and controversial) philosophers ...19 KB (3,074 words) - 16:14, 7 November 2022
- all become the guiding principles of American identity. Emerson ... "no longer interested" in the rite of communion, Emerson left the ...20 KB (2,972 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He was also a twentieth ... Rong was ranked among the Seven Scholars of Jian'an (建安七子 ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical ... The photosensitive compound, a solution of ferric ammonium citrate ...5 KB (743 words) - 05:41, 16 November 2023
- perform other tasks such as keeping records of humans' actions, acting ... beings is an ancient and common feature of most world religions, but only ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- was an American researcher in the fields of cognitive psychology, computer ... closer and more accurate representations of the full dimensions of human ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 09:55, 22 January 2024
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... individual piety and submission to the will of "heaven," or "Shang ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- in attempts to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions, depressions ... John Maynard Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes, an economics ...21 KB (3,193 words) - 02:29, 2 May 2024
- Rachael) was the younger and favorite wife of Jacob, sister of Leah and mother ... A native of Haran, and the younger daughter of Jacob's uncle ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 22:37, 7 December 2022
- discoveries, including the rings of the planet Saturn and Saturn ... Born in The Hague, Christiaan Huygens was the second son of Constantijn ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- his poetry, Dunbar represents the beginning of one of America's greatest ... Dunbar largely failed to convince white critics and patrons of his ...8 KB (1,360 words) - 17:08, 21 November 2022
- whose works, such as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," The ... to express the complexities and calamities of the modern era. Perhaps more ...25 KB (3,801 words) - 02:02, 27 February 2023
- around the world through the simple act of writing a letter to the leader ... Samantha authored a book, Journey to the Soviet Union, in 1985, and ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 02:05, 23 December 2022
- authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theater ... Born in Stockholm, Strindberg was the fourth son of Carl Oscar Strindberg ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 18:29, 21 August 2023
- Nicholas of Cusa (born in 1401 in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany – died ... Nicholas was instrumental in developing the concept of “panentheism ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- Iona is a small island located in the north-west region of Scotland ... The island of Iona lies approximately one mile (1.6 km) from the ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- with free will, and oversimplification of complex phenomena. == Mechanism as the principles of nature== The older doctrine which ...18 KB (2,812 words) - 09:35, 10 March 2023
- 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... == Life == === Early Life === Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870 ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance ... Wouk was born in the Bronx, the second of three children born to Esther ...38 KB (5,130 words) - 23:59, 27 November 2023
- and his contributions to the development of theories of culture within ... 11, 1905, in Le Mars, Iowa, into the family of Clyde Clofford and Caroline ...10 KB (1,350 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- (1981), which won the Booker Prize. Much of his early fiction is set on ... The title refers to several verses of the Qur'an that were later ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the History of the Peloponnesian ... between cause and effect in the events of history. History of the Peloponnesian ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 22:51, 5 May 2023
- American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic ... Mumford regarded human relationships to be the foundation of a thriving ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- who established the psychological school of behaviorism. He did extensive ... == Life == ===Early Life=== John Broadus Watson was born in 1878 in ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 20:40, 1 April 2024
- that gravitation might be a manifestation of an underlying geometrical structure ... Under the influence of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, Clifford ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism ... to achieve an elevated understanding of moral and political truth, ...22 KB (3,378 words) - 12:12, 8 May 2023
- it does not entirely capture the meaning of the Greek word. One important ... between these two central concepts is one of the important preoccupations ...33 KB (5,174 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- for wildlife and nature photography. Much of the beauty is attributed to ... A significant portion of the Serengeti Plain is protected and preserved ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- In anatomy, the heart is the muscular, pumping organ of the closed ... . Cardiovascular disease refers to the class of diseases that involve the heart ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- The Epistle of Barnabas, also known as Pseudo-Barnabas, is a Christian ... Today, it is included in most collections of the Apostolic Fathers. ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- 1903 – December 22, 1940) was the pen name of U.S. author, screenwriter, ... spiritually and materially, in the years of this economic depression. His ...8 KB (1,339 words) - 01:32, 11 November 2022
- Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ... work is less concerned with the importance of technological change and development ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- American playwright. Linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes ... Louisiana into a Jewish family. During most of her childhood she spent half ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. These ... Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, the son of an Armenian immigrant ...13 KB (2,107 words) - 10:49, 12 May 2023
- ; 305 B.C.E. - 240 B.C.E.) was the representative thinker of the School ... Zou Yan is regarded as the founder of natural science in China. His ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- The nation of Ammon or the Ammonites were a people living east of ... In the time of the judges, the Ammonites and Israelites engaged in ...18 KB (2,883 words) - 07:34, 25 July 2023
- poet, critic and scholar, and a founder of German Romanticism. His study ... der Indier (On the Language and Wisdom of India, 1808) was a pioneering ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- Charles Hodge (1797 - 1878) was a leader of the “Princeton School” ... he refused to entertain the narrow views of church polity which some of ...15 KB (2,292 words) - 19:10, 4 December 2023
- Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna) was the mother of the Virgin Mary. Born of the ... According to the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of James, Anne and her husband ...16 KB (2,499 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- - October 13, 1715) was a French philosopher of the Cartesian school. His philosophy ... sympathy for the vision in God and aspects of occasionalism and Berkeley ...18 KB (2,772 words) - 23:36, 14 November 2022
- of the actinide series, it is made by bombarding plutonium with neutrons ... in 1952. The team found 255Fm in the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- musicologist, author, and producer, and one of the most important field collectors ... the civil rights and cultural recognition of African Americans, organizing ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- to impose a single Mu'tazili version of Islam. On the one hand, he ... rule, which lacked the generosity and piety of his brother and the intellectual ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 04:19, 17 June 2023
- arguably the most recognized American poet of the twentieth century. Frost ... and his verse drama, "A Masque of Mercy" (1947), based on ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Leo Tolstoy he was nevertheless a writer of considerable accomplishment ... Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famous family of Count ...7 KB (1,141 words) - 05:10, 17 June 2023
- Willow is the common name for any of the deciduous trees and shrubs ... There are about 400 species of willow. Willows are found primarily ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- progressive educator, author, and founder of Summerhill School. He is best ... for students to govern themselves requires of them considerable moral responsibility ...15 KB (2,308 words) - 07:05, 13 June 2023
- Uzziah of Judah ( עֻזִּיָּהוּ ), also known as Azariah, was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah ...10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
- " He went on to become one of the most influential journalists ... He was a widely read, and popular figure of the era, and in his later years ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (February ... Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- and archaeologist, famous for his discovery of "Turkana Boy." The ... Richard Leakey was the second of the three sons of the archaeologists ...14 KB (1,980 words) - 23:02, 4 January 2024
- as Omar or Umar, was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe, the tribe ... He became the second caliph of Islam (634-644 c.e.) and is regarded ...21 KB (3,473 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- be called the "structural theory" of psychoanalysis in his 1923 ... While Freud's conception of the mind as having different aspects ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2024
- to be the most important Spanish poet of the twentieth century. García ... by the Spanish Modernismo style—a style of particularly overwrought, melodramatic ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- along with Andrei Sinyavsky (Abram Tertz), of anti-Soviet slander in 1966 ... The trial of Daniel and Sinyavsky was the beginning of another period ...8 KB (1,077 words) - 10:24, 7 June 2023
- on the Alaknanda river, in the hill town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand state ... the most important a one meter tall statue of Vishnu as Lord Badrinarayan ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- a prominent law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration ... tradition, contributed in the areas of law, politics, and education ...8 KB (1,287 words) - 15:08, 21 May 2024
- (May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the ... Politically, Robespierre was a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- wide readership for his lyrical explorations of spirituality and psychology ... XVI, because it "exposes the problem of modernity's isolated and ...29 KB (4,532 words) - 10:19, 22 January 2024
- and administrator and a close associate of Joseph Stalin. Kaganovich was ... As a trusted lieutenant, Stalin used Kaganovich to implement some ...19 KB (2,687 words) - 06:04, 6 March 2023
- was an American philosopher in the school of pragmatism, known for his contributions ... He argued, controversially, that members of such groups as the Communist ...27 KB (3,748 words) - 14:49, 31 May 2023
- January 28, 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She ... Her opposition to corporal punishment of children resulted in the world ...33 KB (4,278 words) - 23:35, 30 October 2023
- works in Russian under the pseudonym of Sirin, but rose to international ... multilingual puns, anagrams, and coinages of terms. A novelist of formidable ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- which he held sway are immortalized in, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ... Hārūn was the son of al-Mahdi, the third 'Abbasid caliph (ruled ...14 KB (2,457 words) - 16:44, 30 January 2022
- who wrote on the political behavior of intellectual elites. He was ... family. In keeping with the customs of the time, he spent terms at ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- approximately 33,000 square feet (3,100 m2) of conference space. through its decline and subsequent new life as the Unification Church ...16 KB (2,157 words) - 21:59, 14 November 2022
- education, is a broad term for the practice of teaching and educating adults ... and also due to the increasing consciousness of the rights of all people to ...24 KB (3,446 words) - 06:19, 15 June 2023
- He was a student at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College, ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- was a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... Hong proclaimed the "Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping" and began to ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- he was a divinity student, and a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity ... He is considered to be one of the great innovators in college football ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 17:21, 26 July 2023
- [[Image:Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Portrait of Galileo ... whose career coincided with that of Johannes Kepler. His work constitutes ...28 KB (4,354 words) - 03:55, 18 April 2024
- known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country ... The failure of Parliamentary efforts to exclude James from the succession ...41 KB (6,020 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- Christian symbolism is defined as the investing of outward things ... The symbol of the Cross has been revered by Christians but controversial ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- writings about salvation and the nature of the cosmos influenced a number ... Böhme’s ideas about the process of Creation, the primacy of will ...15 KB (2,409 words) - 12:46, 6 November 2021
- Giant Peach, Matilda, and The Witches, all of which were adapted into successful ... a children's author, impressed millions of readers worldwide with his ...26 KB (4,117 words) - 03:07, 15 December 2022
- a statue featured at the national shrines of the later Kingdom of Israel ... quot; (חטא העגל) or "The Sin of the Calf." It is first ...19 KB (3,041 words) - 13:10, 19 December 2022
- inventions and discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism and magnetic ... 17, 1799, in Albany, New York, the son of Ann Alexander Henry and William ...17 KB (2,654 words) - 04:14, 7 May 2024
- Platonist and as the sole English proponent of the ideas of the French philosopher ... had not succeeded in proving the existence of the intelligible world (the ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- and distribute leaflets under the group name of the White Rose non-violent ... Sophie Scholl was the fourth out of five children born to Robert and ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- early Soviet period. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists ... family in 1902. He studied at the University of Novorossiya from 1916 to 1918 ...7 KB (1,003 words) - 10:31, 7 June 2023
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- [[Image:protocomicstrip.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Example of a proto-comic ... A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story ...19 KB (2,982 words) - 07:56, 14 January 2023
- anthropologist. He is famous for his study of primitive mentality and his ... suggested that human beings use two kind of thinking: “mystical thinking” ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 02:25, 5 November 2022
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- theology, is the full or partial remission of punishment for sins. The indulgence ... be obtained by offering a certain amount of money as alms to the Church ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 19:36, 8 October 2020
- – Aisōpos) is the figure traditionally credited with the collection ... languages. The fables, which today are part of humankind's moral heritage ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- translated into Latin in 1150. His concept of the universality of matter ... == Life == Shelomoh Ben Yehudah Ibn Gabirol was born in Málaga, Spain ...24 KB (3,826 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- is applied to the edible, cylindrical fruit of this plant. In advancing their own individual purpose of continuation as a species ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- a British author who is considered to be one of the foremost figures of both ... Woolf is one of the most enduringly popular of all the Modernists ...18 KB (2,827 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was one of ... It has been equated it with the initiation of "the scientific revolution ...33 KB (5,163 words) - 02:58, 8 January 2024
- on colonial attitudes, encouraging a sense of cultural superiority that had ... Indian independence, since it was members of the Indian English-speaking ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- Richard Cumberland (1631 - 1718) was an English philosopher and bishop ... and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas Hobbes. Cumberland ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- [[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...28 KB (4,522 words) - 21:59, 10 December 2023
- who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod around the beginning ... hearted approach to interpreting the spirit of the law, Hillel and his followers ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- philosopher who was noted for his pursuit of natural theology and philosophy ... provide a rational argument in the defense of natural theology and Newtonianism. ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:22, 23 December 2022
- He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Since ... and Grass has been an active supporter of the Social Democratic Party ...19 KB (2,792 words) - 17:34, 12 July 2023
- There have many images of horses with wings throughout the ages, but ... The symbolism of Pegasus, the hoofed master of the ground and winged ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- Persian and Muslim poet, Sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer ... His most famous work, The Conference of the Birds, rejoices in the ...25 KB (4,069 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- ), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism ... E., making him a candidate to be the founder of the earliest religion based ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- to the Partisan Review and member of the group known as "The ... Trilling maintained a life-long association with Columbia University ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 04:21, 29 October 2022
- ; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was ... == Early life == Yuri Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino near ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- precept found in virtually all the religions of the world. Also known as the ... Arising as it does in nearly all cultures, the ethic of reciprocity ...18 KB (2,926 words) - 05:37, 20 December 2022
- existentialist philosopher. Tillich was one of the most influential Protestant ... Paul Tillich appeared on the scene at the beginning of the twentieth ...22 KB (3,350 words) - 01:34, 23 November 2022
- Whitman's arrival was like the sounding of a liberty bell. Literary critic ... America's populist democracy. Leaves of Grass (1855), his most important ...22 KB (3,515 words) - 22:10, 3 May 2023
- player whose consistently high level of play over a career of 23 seasons ... Hank Aaron is among a handful of sports stars whose achievement transcended ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 14:08, 10 May 2024
- The First Council of Nicaea was the earliest ecumenical council (meaning ... church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.Richard Kieckhefer ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 17:21, 28 March 2024
- Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης) was the pen name of ... Seferis helped to introduce the poetry of Symbolism to the Greek language ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one ... Böll's novels are part of modern Germany's attempt to come ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 15:15, 25 January 2023
- from Austria and a giant in the history of economic thought. His work ... Joseph Alois Schumpeter was born in Třešť (then part of Austria ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 04:57, 7 May 2024
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles ... she combines with Apsu (the personification of fresh water), and their union ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died ... Nazi regime reacted by ordering the arrest of all Catholics in Holland of ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- most likely die in the process. The means of such attacks have included ... with Samson's suicidal destruction of a Philistine temple (as recounted ...11 KB (1,667 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- Roger Bacon (c. 1214 – 1294), was one of the most famous Franciscan ... by Bisley in Gloucestershire. His date of birth is equally uncertain ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 02:30, 16 December 2022
- the Pilot. His work added a new level of dignity and polish to the genre. imagery that enhanced the text, bringing to life the surreal storytelling, ...9 KB (1,251 words) - 07:57, 3 August 2022
- The Divine Principle or Exposition of the Divine Principle (in Korean ... The Divine Principle follows the format of systematic theology, basing ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 20:52, 9 February 2024
- Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of complex ... then behaves, with all this in service of a goal or goals. This "circular ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- office executive for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ... As coach of the Celtics from 1950 to 1966, Auerbach won nine NBA titles ...21 KB (3,308 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- his World War I poetry, the 1929 novel Death of a Hero, and the controversy ... interest that Pound shared. The compression of expression that they achieved ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 20:12, 8 December 2022
- painted, cataloged, and described the birds of North America, as well as its ... In March, 2000, Audubon's complete, double-elephant folio copy ...18 KB (2,835 words) - 06:04, 3 August 2022
- These religions account for more than half of the world's total population ... The Prophet Abraham is claimed by Jews as the ancestor of the Israelites ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- The ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that means life or ... and other art, often representing deities of the afterlife. An ankh was ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- Confession of sins is the public or spoken acknowledgment of either ... The practice of confession in the Judeo-Christian tradition goes back ...20 KB (3,112 words) - 18:56, 15 May 2020
- 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-twentieth century. ... Taylor's rise to the highest echelons of U.S. government began ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:07, 9 November 2022
- Rules, Second Edition), accreditation of MLS (Masters of Library Science ... ALA advocates freedom of speech, has been critical of censorship, ...22 KB (3,187 words) - 03:36, 24 July 2023
- المودودي; alternative spellings of first and last names: Syed ... The family had a long-standing tradition of spiritual leadership and ...26 KB (4,137 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New ... biblical gospels in that the resurrection of Jesus plays no part in it, ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- 250 px|A traditional, formal presentation of the bride price at a Thai engagement ... Bride price, also known as bride wealth, is an amount of money, property ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. Committing ... commemorated by many major poets and authors of the romantic style. Percy Bysshe ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- Geonim (plural of גאון Gaon) (Hebrew: גאונים meaning "Excellency ... ) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura ...8 KB (1,324 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- Espionage is the practice of obtaining confidential information through ... ==Types of Espionage== ===Industrial Espionage=== Industrial espionage ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of plants classified ... There are an estimated 10-15,000 known species of ferns, classified ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- critic, and activist. He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature ... Academically speaking, Said was a follower of Post-structuralist theory ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- 1530 – March 18, 1584) was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 C.E. to 1547 ... in Church Slavonic) was a long-awaited son of Vasili III. Upon his father ...11 KB (1,776 words) - 06:37, 11 March 2024
- Her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles, such as jazz ... music-making to relate to a greater frame of reference—to an ever expanding ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name ... mind, to produce a dream-like work of art that explored truth that ...16 KB (2,513 words) - 06:10, 18 November 2022
- poet, journalist, and novelist and author of several best-sellers. Ironic ... supported liberal causes. He was a signatory of Emile Zola's manifesto ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- for Literature. She is considered to be one of the most prominent writers ... taught English literature at the University of Nanking. In 1926, she left ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- Damascius (c. 460 C.E. – c. 538 C.E.) was the last head of the Neoplatonic ... Damascius' position as head of the Academy when it was closed ...10 KB (1,407 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- poet, orator and a priest in the Church of England. The poems of his final ... Herbert was born in 1593, the son of Sir Richard and Magdalen Herbert ...9 KB (1,501 words) - 16:52, 20 May 2024
- The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- based simulation game, such as Second Life, may be considered by some ... virtual artifact (VA) either through the use of standard input devices such ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- The Yi Jing ("Book of Changes" or "Classic of Changes ... Though the Yi Jing is often cryptic to the point of obscurity (especially ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- and sociologist, and first president of the American Sociological Association ... Lester Frank Ward was born in Joliet, Illinois, into the family of ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- economist. He began his career as a member of the Austrian School of economics ... His mother was an illegitimate daughter of German emperor, Frederick III ...9 KB (1,193 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions ... covenants underpin the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- A Gentile is a non-Jew, the term being a common English translation ... Gentiles who settled among the Jews. The Book of Leviticus thus commands: ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- #039;s deputy in the Nazi Party. On the eve of war with the Soviet Union, ... 039;s real interests lay with "a policy of friendship with Germany" ...23 KB (3,538 words) - 17:39, 22 December 2022
- ran counter to the prevailing rationalism of his day. Shestov rejected any ... He emigrated to France in 1921, fleeing from the aftermath of the ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 22:05, 25 October 2022
- Her most famous photo appeared on the front cover of Rolling Stone ... established herself as an astute observer of American popular culture and ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- so well that he was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing ... America Schrimsher (1938–1890), were each of Cherokee heritage. Rogers quipped ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- French physicist, philosopher and historian of science. His most influential ... At the young age of eleven, Duhem entered the Collège Stanislas. ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- 30, 1969) was a British psychologist, one of the pioneers of cognitive and ... He became a tutor at the University of Cambridge in 1909, and his ...9 KB (1,276 words) - 10:25, 11 April 2024
- It is a time of somber reflection, fasting, and spiritual preparation ... foods and festivities, and by other acts of penance. Historically, the ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- he wrote to demonstrate the many dimensions of the instrument. Much of his ... in Chingford, Essex (now Greater London), of mixed Indian (Parsi), Spanish ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... in Peter's name during the first half of the second century C.E., the ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- she was for her actual poetry. During much of her career she lived the life ... Millay lived and wrote during the early decades of the twentieth-century ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... who died in 1927 prior to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, was not ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was one of the most dominant figures in ... away, Jones was named to the World Golf Hall of Fame for his amazing talent ...19 KB (3,121 words) - 05:16, 17 November 2023
- Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career, starting as a ... After 34 years as a NASA engineer, she become manager of both the ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- he is sometimes called "the father of scientific management." ... #039;s views may be too naive in terms of the relationship between workers ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:33, 11 April 2024
- and logician. His logical analysis of mathematical problems made ... family in Prague, which was then part of the Austrian Empire. His father ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 11:18, 28 September 2023
- whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I ... Hemingway's clipped prose style and unflinching treatment of ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- "Schnozzola"—helped make him one of America's most familiar ... Durante was born in New York City, the third of four children born ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 13:22, 1 August 2022
- C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher and follower of Confucianism who argued that ... In the history of Confucianism, he is second only to Confucius in ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, abnormalities, or ... The art or science of treating conditions of the teeth and related ...16 KB (2,245 words) - 16:53, 26 September 2020
- The Gospel of Judas, a second century Gnostic gospel, was discovered ... with the canonical Gospels. The gospel of Judas contains no references ...24 KB (3,824 words) - 19:38, 8 June 2023
