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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...nderstanding]], [[knowledge]] or [[wisdom]] on fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowle...
16: ...ontinuous project - the one still being pursued today - is [[Socrates]], who studied under several Sop...
22: ...ery valid [[syllogism]]. A syllogism is a form of argument that is guaranteed to be accepted, because it is ...
29: ...e first cause is the best possible thing. Similar arguments are used to prove God's power and uniqueness.
31: ... therefore God has it, and therefore exists. This argument has been used in different forms by philosophers ... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
16: ...e absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the...
20: ... of the Church he saw Puritanism as a potentially dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James B...
36: ... [[United Church of Christ]]) is the direct descendant of New England Puritan congregations, although ...
59: ...and who were relatively tolerant of other faiths—at least in England; the popular image is sligh... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...a Eleanor Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United State...
9: ...oman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]...
11: ...szen van Rosenvelt]] who emigrated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s....
13: ...es, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enra...
15: ...ntually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hick... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...[July 22]]. Her name probably means "Mary of [[Magdala]]", a town on the western shore of the [[Lake o...
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...As the first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene hastened to tell Peter and another -- unknown...
8: ... the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
11: [[Image:Marymagdalene.JPG|thumb|Mary Magdalene, in a dramatic 19th-century popular image of ... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...le interest in the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]]. Many...
7: ... to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and making the infant ...
12: ...d they gave her male clothing to wear (as the standard disguise used in such circumstances) and brough...
14: ... small force she eventually led included the legendary soldiers, [[Jean de Dunois|Jean d'Orleans (Coun...
16: ... said would verify her legitimacy as a visionary—gained her the support of prominent clergy such... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
5: ...ives haul their trains. Increasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation...
27: ...wo and a half times that of diesel power, and the daily mileage achievable was far lower. As labour co...
29: ...e in [[China]], where [[coal]] is a much more abundant resource than [[petroleum]] for diesel fuel. In...
32: ...mber of which survive and are still operational today.
60: ...cal suppliers over German ones. In the US and Canada, they are now greatly outnumbered by diesel-elect... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ... revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern [[history of Europe|European history]...
7: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
10: ...historians like [[Charles H. Haskins]] ([[1870]]–[[1937]]), who made a convincing case for a "Re...
19: ...the [[poet]] [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spiri...
21: ...n a period of social rot which he labeled the ''[[Dark Ages]]''. Petrarch saw history as social, art a... - Music (16462 bytes)
16: ... or the movement in space of sounds, gesture, and dance. [[Silence]] is also often considered an aspec...
20: ... [[Hindustani music]] performance. According to [[Dane Harwood]], "We must ask whether a cross-cultura...
63: ... quietly in the rows of auditoriums, drinking and dancing in a bar, or loudly cheering and booing in a...
83: ===Secondary education===
85: ...ucation, is relatively common. Western style secondary schooling is increasingly common around the wor... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...nt]], the head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world...
14: ...r Granholm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are pr...
21: ...ce]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s...
23: On Inauguration Day, following the oath of office, the President cus... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
3: | image name=johnadamsvp.flipped.jpg
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 30]], [[1735]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1801]]
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1809]]
7: | preceded=[[John Adams]]
9: | date of birth=[[April 13]], [[1743]]
12: | date of death=[[July 4]], [[1826]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...] in [[1041]], the printing press as we know it today was invented in the West by a [[Holy Roman Empir...
8: ... in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate advanced is the [[The Netherlands|Dutchman]] [[...
12: ...limited the number of different pages created per day. Books produced in this period, between the firs...
18: ...anbul]] (a popular destination for thousands of Andalusian Jews).
33: ...s emphasized principally the text and the line of argument. In the sciences, the introduction of the printin... - Horus (19927 bytes)
19: ...ile blind, it was considered that Horus was quite dangerous, sometimes attacking his friends after mis...
21: ...er, an idea that would not be considered comprehendable until the hellenic era. Consequently Ra and Ho...
28: ...l his forth, but it answers from the river, invalidating his claim. Then, the gods listen to Horus' cl...
33: ...e moon god, became much more associated with secondary mythological aspects of the moon, such as wisdo...
35: ...reformed around this time, and gained the 5 extra days, which, by coincidence, meant that this could b... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
5: ...s as the inventor of writing and the 365-day calendar, and was considered to have been the scribe of t...
7: ... 360 days is exactly 5 whole days, i.e. the extra days added. It also happens that 72 is the number of...
9: ...sionally used to refer to Thoth himself. He had a daughter named [[Seshat]].
16: [[Aleister Crowley]] commissioned [[Lady Frieda Harris]] to assist him in painting the ''Thoth De...
18: ...[New Orleans, Louisiana]] which parades on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. The Krewe features a float de... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ... original form. Hathor was originally seen as the daughter of [[Ra]], the creator, whose own cosmic bi...
20: ...e alone, and so Hathor went to him and started to dance and stripped naked, showing him her [[genitals...
26: ...ptologists]] as to why Bata survived as an independant goddess for so long. Bata was, in some respects...
28: ...[Dendera]] and was led by priests who were also [[dance]]rs, [[song|singers]], and other entertainers....
31: ...Queen of the Harp Playing, the Lady of the Choral Dance, the Queen of Wreath Weaving, the Mistress of ... - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
2: ...eorge Herman Ruth''', ([[February 6]], [[1895]] – [[August 16]], [[1948]]), better known as '''B...
6: ==Early days==
12: ...sition because he was involved in every play. One day, as his team was getting pounded, Babe started m...
14: ...s club, and took him to spring training in [[Florida]], where a strong performance with bat and ball s...
15: ...ue Orioles, and the competition hit Orioles' attendance significantly. To make ends meet, Dunn was ob... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ... the [[Eurypontid]] family, was the son of [[Archidamus II]] and Eupolia, and younger step-brother of ...
3: ...gesilaus was sent to Asia with a force of 2000 Neodamodes (enfranchized Helots) and 6000 allies to sec...
18: two years later the [[Peace of Antalcidas]], warmly
26: saved Sparta when her enemies, led by [[Epaminondas]], penetrated
29: ...what lame from birth. These facts were used as an argument against his succession, an [[oracle]] having warn... - Space (10661 bytes)
1: :''This article is about '''space''' — the scientific and philosophical concept. For ...
4: * One view of space is that it is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a set of [[dimen...
6: ... A contrasting view is that space is part of a fundamental [[abstract]] mathematical [[concept]]ual fr...
8: ...s, but treats both as features of [[spacetime]] – a conception that challenges intuitive notions...
24: ...an be considered 'space'. In particular, the boundary between space and [[Earth's atmosphere]] is con... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...riner 10]] ([[1974]]–[[1975|75]]); only 40–45% of the planet has been mapped.
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mercur...
10: ...ure]] of Mercury is 452 K, but it ranges from 90–700 K; by comparison, the temperature on Earth ...
12: Surprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there ...
16: ...rrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides...
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