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- Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...didness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a ...
6: ...Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with ...
8: ...e was at the court of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, h...
12: ...;teau where in his library he began work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
16: ...[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry of Navarre]].
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...itance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
4: ==Western Philosophy==
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...dern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the spe...
10: ...is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air"). - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...[[1677]] - The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orang...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother wa...
7: ...ggle against [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to str...
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, Catherine inherited the [[County...
11: ...ver, soon grew weary of the domination of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition. ...
13: ..., or even fewer centimetres (17, 15, or fewer inches). - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a promin...
5: ... which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...o her are among the most graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic...
10: ... he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...omable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world. - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
8: ...the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsible for encouraging the young [[Moli貥]], an...
10: ...eden|Christina]], former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ni...
12: ...in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by day."
14: ...the salon of Ninon de l'Enclos despite other locales in the past. During this time she was a friend of... - Nathalie Sarraute (1197 bytes)
4: ...[[1932]], she wrote her first book called "Tropismes", published in [[1939]] and applauded by [[Jean-P...
6: ...hel Butor]] and [[Claude Simon]], one of the figures most associated with the trend of the [[nouveau r...
10: * ''Tropismes'', [[1939]] - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: .... She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Warsaw]].
5: ...n or Polish universities so she worked as a governess for several years. Eventually, with the monetary...
7: ...l explanation: that the pitchblende contained traces of some unknown radioactive component which was f...
9: ...d several tons of [[uraninite|pitchblende]], progressively concentrating the radioactive components, a...
11: ...ches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor [[Henri Becquerel]]". She was the first woman... - Begonia (2934 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cucurbitales]]}}
11: ...ivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}}
12: About 900 species; see text
15: ... containing numerous minute seeds. The [[leaf|leaves]], which are often large and variegated, are uneq...
21: ... The tuberous rooted sorts require to be kept at rest in winter, in a medium temperature, almost but n... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...chure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and moods.
9: ...tering the scrape of the reed itself. Subtle changes in pitch are also possible by adjusting the [[emb...
13: ...ether with the flute/recorder it is one of the oldest [[woodwind]] instruments.
15: ...e_oboe.jpg|right|thumbnail|60px|Baroque Oboe, Stanesby Copy]]
17: ...d are the German [[Denner]] and the English [[Stanesby]]. The range for the Baroque oboe extends from... - Shawm (725 bytes)
1: ...h century]] until the [[17th century]]. It was ancestral to the modern [[oboe]].
3: ...was used by [[military band]]s during the [[Crusades]], as well as in ordinary life for [[dancing]]. - Tuba (3116 bytes)
1: ... most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-[[19th century]], ...
3: There is usually only one tuba in an orchestra, and is used as the bass of the brass section,...
9: ...r instance they are referred to as Eb and BBb basses, there being two of each.
13: Tubas are found in various pitches, most commonly in F, Eb, C, or Bb.
15: ...n the BBb; contrabass tuba. The "French tuba" corresponds to the tenor tuba, but is pitched in C. - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
2: ... East]], along the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (on the west), bordered by [[Syria]] on the east and north, a...
9: ... width="140" | [[Image:Lebanese_COA.png|95px|Lebanese COA]]
28: | '''[[List of Presidents of Lebanon|President]]'''
32: | [[Najib Mikati]] (resigned after parliamentary elections)
35: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 166th]]<br />[[1 E10 m2|10,452 km&... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
7: ...r> ([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
10: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
14: ... = [[President of the Republic of the Congo|President]] <br> [[Prime Minister of the Republic of t...
15: leader_names = [[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]] <br> [[Isidore Mvouba]] |
16: largest_city = [[Brazzaville]] | - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
2: Name = Minnesota |
3: Fullname = State of Minnesota |
4: Flag = Minnesota state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Minnesota]] |
6: Seal = Minnesotastateseal.jpg | - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
2: ...r 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impressionist]] painter.
4: ...who taught him [[en plein air]] (outdoor) techniques for painting, rather than painting in a studio.
8: ...pen spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
10: Monet's [[1866]] ''The Woman in the Green Dress'' ''(Camille, ou la femme � la robe verte)'', ...
14: ...t.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant)'' ([[1872]]/[[1873]])]] - Government (12596 bytes)
1: ...at exactly constitutes a government. In its broadest sense, "govern" means the power to administrate,...
5: ...hy. Under this definition, a purely [[despotism|despotic]] organization which controls a territory wi...
7: ...rritory by neighbouring states and preventing the establishment of alternative governments within the ...
9: ...ench in Canada|Canadian French]] also generally uses it to mean the executive branch. The [[German lan...
13: ...ecific areas. In most modern [[democracy|democracies]], the elected [[legislative assembly]] has the p... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
7: **[[Cesare Borgia]]
9: **[[Isabella d'Este]]
11: **[[Francesco Foscari]]
15: **[[Francesco Sforza]]
23: **[[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]]) - Anthropology (23191 bytes)
1: ...ing commonly applied in single society/group studies.
3: In the [[United States]], anthropology is traditionally divided into fou...
4: ...[population genetics]]; this field is also sometimes called [[biological anthropology]].
5: ...n, exchange, socialization, gender, and other expressions of culture, with strong emphasis on the impo...
6: ... [[language]] across time and space, the social uses of language, and the relationship between languag... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
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