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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowledge]], [[meaning]], [[value]], [[being]] and [[...
10: ...ft us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[...
12: ...wn (perhaps unjustly) for claiming that truth was no more than opinion and for teaching people to argu...
14: ...were well paid by their students. It's also well known that orators had tremendous influence on Atheni...
16: ... matters like justice, beauty and truth. He wrote nothing, but inspired many disciples. He was execute... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...n 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment...
5: ...al]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting...
10: ...ing Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a volume of bawdy stor...
14: ... variation and [[natural selection]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensi...
23: ...e active writers, all the new ideas, all the new knowledge, that were then moving the cultivated class... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to...
51: ...ages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]].
62: ...o back more than a thousand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state...
66: ...ading state of Germany, from the more western and northern parts. - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: ...tings or tabular information for quick reference, not narrative articles.
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49: **[[List of anonymously published works]]
50: **[[List of books by award or notoriety]] - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...uman life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never t...
8: ...f Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[B...
10: ...menico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a discip...
12: ...opernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium c...
14: ...some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remains to us). - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...tive system of [[ethics]], [[aesthetics]], and [[knowledge]]. The intellectual leaders of this movemen...
6: Another important movement in 18th century philosophy...
8: ...al ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [[physic...
14: ...t with [[Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expounded a pantheistic view ...
18: ...otion which turned on its head the previous basic notions of the sources of legitimacy. - March 22 (9294 bytes)
6: ...n a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s.
12: ..., [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by...
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the ...
30: ...former secretary, begins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington.
55: *1924 - [[Bill Wendell]], American broadcast announcer (d. [[1999]]) - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
20: population_note = 1,796,857 ([[List of metropolitan areas by po...
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37: [[Miwok]], [[Shonommey]] and [[Maidu]] Indians lived in this area fo...
42: ...oloma, California|Coloma]] (located some 50 miles northeast of the fort), a large number of gold-seeke...
44: ...gh over time it has grown to extend significantly north, south, and east of there). A number of direct... - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
5: ...tics is already known is widespread among persons not learned in that field. In fact, the publication...
9: ...ion - in fact some of the best mathematicians are notoriously bad at these tasks! On the other hand, ...
13: ...s the finished product that gets published; it is not work in progress.
17: ...ivated by monetary greed; the fruits of labor are not usually patentable and in many cases are of pure...
21: ...hout requiring a human mind to state the problem. Not all mathematicians would strictly agree with the... - List of festivals (6550 bytes)
19: *[[Folkfestival]], [[Dranouter]]
20: *[[I Love Techno]], [[Gent]]
47: *[[Festival d'Avignon]],
82: ===[[Lebanon]]===
88: ...f a radical avant-garde festival oriented towards novelty and limit-stretching creativity. The stylist... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: '''[[Philosopher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philoso...
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5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
7: *[[Nicola Abbagnano]], (1901-1990)
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ...main goals many alchemists sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of ...
8: ... therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been later connected with ancie...
11: ...round the edges of [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their end...
13: ...s]] or [[chemistry]]. To the alchemist, there was no compelling reason to separate the chemical (mater...
17: ...nd providing some of the fundamental [[empirical knowledge]] of the fields of chemistry and modern [[m... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...avier]], the [[Mass in B Minor (Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
13: ...ry, at which point the elder brother demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...s instrument, it seems, was in constant need of minor repairs, and he was often sent into the belly of...
19: ...scholars, his famous ''[[Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]]''), but much of the music Bach wrote during th...
22: ... key|major]] and [[minor key]], a monumental work not only for its masterful use of [[counterpoint]] b... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...refer to the 18th century as [[1715]]-[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Lou...
21: ...w Orleans]] founded by the [[France|French]] in [[North America]]
24: ...: [[Treaty of Nystad]] signed, ending the [[Great Northern War]].
41: ... [[1763]]-[[1766|66]]: [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] in North America
51: * [[1785]]-[[1795|95]]: [[Northwest Indian War]] between the [[United States]]... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
4: ... History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication| year=1997 | isbn=0340567511 | oclc...
15: ...agnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsu...
17: ... [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]].
19: ...[[1702]]: The ''[[Daily Courant]]'' and the ''The Norwich Post'' becomes the first daily newspapers in... - Lithography (5288 bytes)
6: ...e is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix and has been pivotal in the democratization ...
13: ... is repelled by the greasy ink but holds onto the non-image areas, the artist rolls ink onto the stone...
14: Technological Advancements
25: ...lorful posters and became synonymous with the Art Nouveau movement. Artists like Alphonse Mucha and Ju...
33: ...avenues for artistic expression. While modern technology has introduced more efficient printing method... - Color (30968 bytes)
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143: ...uman visibility range (approximately from 380 [[nanometre|nm]] to 740 nm), it is called ''light''. The...
145: ...ror also reflects all wavelengths equally, but is not perceived as white, while shiny black objects do...
147: ...gle wavelength only, the ''pure spectral'' or ''monochromatic'' colors.
149: ..., valid in [[vacuum]], are given in [[nanometre|nanometers]] (nm). A list of [[1 E-7 m|other objects o...
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