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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...
29: ...aused first cause, and this is God. Aquinas also adapted this argument to prove the goodness of God. E...
42: ...te it, the way the entire larger modern period is dated, from the [[Renaissance]]. In some usages, "Mo...
44: ... of material reality, and the [[dualism]] between spirit and material. The extension, and reaction, agains... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
10: She was the daughter of [[Thutmose I of Egypt|Thutmose I]] and [...
11: ...ed tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but ...
22: ...sful military campaign in [[Nubia]] and in modern-day [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] early in her career.
24: ...here it was made, and where it still lies to this day.
28: .../u>nmt-ỉmn, meaning "[[Maഝ] is the ''ka''-spirit of [[Ra]], Foremost of distinguished women, Joine... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: Melisende was the eldest daughter of King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] and the...
11: ... in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melis...
13: ...re heirs. His intention was for a consort for his daughter, not a reigning king-consort. Baldwin chose...
21: ...ons of infidelity was a public affront that would damage Melisende's position entirely.
37: ...hem. The result of this breach of treaty was that Damascus would never trust the Crusader states again... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...taine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]], [[1204]] in [[Fontevrault]], [[A...
6: ...ad been arranged by his father and her mother, as Dangereuse was the long-time mistress of [[William I...
10: ... [[Loire]] to the [[Pyrenees]]: most of what is today the southwest of France. However, there was a c...
12: ...] from V麥lay, the rumored location of [[Mary Magdalene]]'s burial, dramatically emphasized the role ...
16: ...tence on conquest, the crusade leaders targeted [[Damascus]], an ally until the attack. Failing in thi... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...n the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter of [[Rene I of Naples]], Duke of [[Anjou]],...
18: ...r the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Neville]], was married to Margaret'...
20: ...ession and ruthlessness, but now she was a broken spirit, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] until rans... - Petra Kelly (3411 bytes)
2: ...Petra Karin Kelly''' ([[November 29]], [[1947]] – [[October 1]], [[1992]]), German peace activis...
14: ...ded in [[1997]] as part of the [[Heinrich B?] Foundation [http://www.boell.de/], which also maintains ...
16: ...d in our time. Her spirit and legacy of human solidarity and concern continue to inspire and encourage... - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
11: ...ncy, the society had, as one of its foci [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]] and the island of [[Ceylon]] where...
15: ...s it went against her ideals. She tried to accommodate Krishnamurti's views into her life, but never r...
17: ...e Besant died in [[1933]] and was survived by her daughter, [[Mabel Besant-Scott| Mabel]]. - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: '''Emma Goldman''' ([[June 27]], [[1869]] – [[May 14]], [[1940]]) was a [[Lithuania]]n-bor...
21: ...chist sympathizer, had shot the President several days before. The authorities' attempt to associate h...
29: ...ecting the hearing, called her ''"one of the most dangerous anarchists in America."''
45: ... to the new social conditions...it must be of the spirit of the new life, harmonious with the construction...
59: * <blockquote>"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution" - widely attributed, ... - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: '''Nina Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and w...
7: ...divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]]. - Marina Tsvetaeva (21885 bytes)
3: ...ева) ([[October 9]], [[1892]] – [[August 31]], [[1941]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[p...
10: ...ed of Marina's poetic inclination. She wished her daughter to become a [[pianist]] and thought her poe...
16: ...ely]], whom she described in the essay 'A Captive Spirit.' She also became enamoured of the work of [[Alek...
20: ... for five years. During the [[famine]] one of her daughters died of starvation.
22: ...the style of a [[diary]] or journal begins on the day of Tsar Nicholas II's abdication in March 1917, ... - Suzanne Valadon (4068 bytes)
2: ...'Suzanne Valadon''' ([[September 23]], [[1865]] – [[April 7]], [[1938]]) was a French [[painter]...
4: ...-sur-Gartempe]], [[Haute-Vienne]], [[France]] the daughter of an unmarried laundress, Suzanne Valadon ...
8: ...[[1883]], the same year that she posed for ''City Dance.'' In [[1885]] Renoir painted her portrait ag...
24: ...Roman Catholic Church|good Catholic]]" cats on Fridays.
28: - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...;πατία'') (?[[370|370]]–[[415]]) was a [[neo-Platonism|neo-Platonic]] [...
4: ...ertainly included the [[Serapeum]] (a temple and "daughter library" to the Great Library). In [[391]],...
12: :"There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such att...
18: Theories, without sufficient data, (in the ancient world it is common for "histor...
22: ...hurch. And surely nothing can be farther from the spirit of Christianity than the allowance of massacres, ... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
2: ... has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the [[Amer...
6: Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day 1821 to Stephen and Sarah Barton in [[Oxford, Ma...
17: ...h all I had, even with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted [[Mason]], he bade me seek a...
41: ...Imperial Russia and the International Red Cross Medal. Her final act was founding the National First A... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
6: ...Columbia Records]] after being discovered by legendary A&R man [[John Hammond]]. In the early [[1960s...
10: ...p Ten hits in the late 1960s and early [[1970s]], dabbling in [[gospel music]], [[blues music]], [[pop...
16: ...ost-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties.
18: ...erviews for several years after that. She lives today in Detroit.
55: *[[1970]] ''[[Spirit in the Dark]]'' - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
1: ...:Billie_Holiday.jpg|right|thumb|<small>Billie Holiday photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1949</smal...
3: ...]], [[1959]]), also called '''[[Jazz royalty|Lady Day]]''' is generally considered one of the greatest...
7: ...r [[Fletcher Henderson]], was fifteen. Billie Holiday's parents married when she was three, but they s...
9: ... to tell his then-girlfriend that Holiday was his daughter.
14: Settling in [[Harlem]], Holiday began singing informally in numerous clubs. Arou... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ... Initially working in [[Toronto]] and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning [[folk mu...
5: A painter who had also dabbled in [[piano]], [[guitar]] and [[ukulele]] sin...
9: ...1970), maturity brought a record infused with the spirit of [[California]] life (the canyon of the title i...
11: ...n]]). It remains her best selling single to this day.
13: ...|Warrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). During 1975 Mitchell ... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...s probably best known to the wider public for a [[dance]] [[remix]] of "[[Professional Widow]]", her s...
10: ...nd her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt Sorum]] (later of [[the Cul...
13: ...se]], [[Will MacGregor]], [[Carlo Nuccio]], and [[Dan Nebenzal]], the record ended up full of raw, emo...
33: ...ts closing track "1000 Oceans" was much closer in spirit to her early songs, and quickly became a fan favo...
50: ===''Welcome to Sunny Florida''=== - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
17: ...e cross along with her sister Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other wom...
19: ...ople in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day of [[Pentecost]], she is one of the handful who ...
25: ...French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Dame'', ''Nuestra Señora'', and ''Madonna'' r...
27: ...ome Orthodox and Catholic Christians, she was the daughter of [[Joachim]] and [[Saint Anne|Anna]]. Bef...
41: ...too much attention is focused on Mary, there is a danger of detracting from the worship due to God alo... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...founder of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventism]]. Most of her life she lived and work...
7: ...han 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of...
9: ...he prophetess for the end-times, through the Holy Spirit, she sought to draw more and more to studying the...
11: ...m Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last days.
25: ...he vision was over she described returning to the darkness of the earth.
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