Search results for "Society of the Friends of Truth" - New World Encyclopedia
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- – February 21, 1677), is considered one of the great rationalists of seventeenth ... Spinoza was born to a family of Sephardic Jews, among the Spanish ...28 KB (4,336 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the ... The Romantics prized intuition and emotion over Enlightenment rationalism ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost playwrights of ... The 'Theatre of the Absurd' is thought to have its origins ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- wing causes, she was a vigorous proponent of social justice and critic of ... Louisiana into a Jewish family. During most of her childhood she spent half ...14 KB (2,112 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- 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
- physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most significant scientists ... In 1900, to solve a vexing problem concerning the radiation emitted ...30 KB (4,449 words) - 00:57, 9 November 2022
- ) was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed ... Essentially, the samizdat copies of texts, such as Mikhail Bulgakov ...12 KB (1,682 words) - 02:12, 23 December 2022
- in Canton) was a Scottish missionary, and the first Protestant missionary ... Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the New Testament in 1813 ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- Dame Muriel Spark, (February 1, 1918 – April 13, 2006) was the greatest ... had left Sydney and Robin. She returned to the United Kingdom in 1944 and ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- spiritualist. Dubbed by one biographer as “The Last Great Imperial Adventurer ... brother, Robert Shaw, was a noted explorer of Central Asia. ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- 25, 1902) was an American novelist during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly ... Norris was particularly influenced by the optimistic thread of Darwinist ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 05:06, 9 April 2024
- colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the ... be by a King at least, and not by a parcel of upstart lawless Committeemen ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- writings were highly influential during the Victorian era. Coming from ... Carlyle held that the universe was ultimately good and directed by ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 18:40, 30 April 2023
- to publish and distribute leaflets under the group name of the White Rose ... http://www.shoaheducation.com/whiterose.html The White Rose.] Retrieved July ...18 KB (2,854 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of ... to determine "scientifically" the underlying forces (i.e. the ...16 KB (2,483 words) - 18:12, 13 February 2024
- religious dissenter and nonconforming critic of the Puritan leadership of Massachusetts ... They first settled the island of Aquidneck, which is now part of Rhode ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- ) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the ... Perhaps the fact that Blavatsky was not in any way affiliated with ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- 11, 1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science. He was one of the ... Feyerabend lived, worked, and taught in Austria, England, the United ...26 KB (3,955 words) - 16:54, 21 November 2022
- was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties ... Darrow remains notable for his oratory utilizing the wit, compassion ...21 KB (3,485 words) - 22:33, 10 December 2023
