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  1. History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
    20: ... apply concepts to the world, and that these concepts are in a significant way more real, or more basi...
    22: ...some B are C." This syllogism fails if set A is empty.
    29: ...sed first cause, and this is God. Aquinas also adapted this argument to prove the goodness of God. Eve...
    44: ... often to combat atheism or other unbelief, by adopting the idea of material reality, and the [[dualis...
    48: ...]], but fundamentally challenged established conceptions.
  2. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
    12: In 1747 he wrote the ''Promenade du sceptique'', an [[allegory]] pointing first to the extr...
    14: ...cation of the principle of relativism to the concept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveug...
    23: ...at were then moving the cultivated class to its depths, but still were comparatively ineffectual by re...
    31: ...in correcting proofs, and in bringing the manuscript of less competent contributors into decent shape....
    34: ...t of Diderot.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], 1766]]
  3. Germany (46412 bytes)
    66: ...d the [[Hanseatic League]]. In [[1530]], the attempt of the [[Protestant Reformation]] of Catholicism ...
    73: ... power, rejected crown and constitution. This prompted violent rollbacks by the monarchs, and the demi...
    75: ...lm I]] and the increasingly liberal parliament erupted over military reforms. The king appointed [[Ott...
    95: ...nd]], violating the Versailles Treaty, in an attempt to rebuild national self-esteem. Emboldened, Hitl...
    134: ...23]], [[1949]], the Federal Republic of Germany kept a notably low profile in international relations....
  4. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    5: '''Table sorting options'''
    7: ... your URL window and run it. (The other table scripts there can also be used here: transposing columns...
    14: <caption> Alternate versions </caption>
    178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
    179: *[[List of largest optical reflecting telescopes]]
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
    30: ...ticus, and having seen that the first general reception of his work had not been favorable, Copernicus...
    46: ...ted Aristarchus and Philolaus in an early manuscript of his book which has survived, stating: "Philola...
    51: ...other motion to the Earth, by which the axis is kept pointed throughout the year at the same place in ...
    53: ...hemerides]] than the then current tables based on Ptolemy's model. Furthermore, he badly underestimate...
    55: ... [[Tycho Brahe]], and [[Johannes Kepler]], who adopted, championed and (especially in Kepler's case) i...
  6. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    6: ... on belief and piety. Some of its proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence...
    12: ...ers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think of them conjoined as one long period...
    14: ... and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry into the nature of "knowledge."...
    16: ...tise On Wisdom ". . . identified the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its theoretical...
    20: ...cts, such as Kepler's planetary motion, and the "opticks" which had explained lenses, and began to cre...
  7. March 22 (9294 bytes)
    20: ...nded when a charter is adopted in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
    96: *[[1687]] - [[Jean Baptiste Lully]], French [[composer]] (b. [[1632]])
    98: *[[1832]] - [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], German writer and poet (b. [[1749]])
  8. Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
    10: map_caption = Location of Sacramento in California |
    46: The citizens of Sacramento adopted a city charter in [[1849]], which was recognize...
    69: The city's current charter was adopted by voters in [[1920]], establishing a city coun...
    157: * [[C. M. Goethe Arboretum]]
  9. Mathematician (9627 bytes)
    5: ...e given prominent mention here, because a misconception that everything in mathematics is already know...
    13: ...er ideas ([[theorem]]s) that follow from the assumptions according to exact rules of [[logic]]. That,...
    23: ...sproven to logically follow from some set of assumptions, it is called a ''[[conjecture]]'', as oppose...
    31: ... and [[Marianna Csornyei]]. Also, there is a perception that East Asians, like the Chinese, Korean and...
    35: ...eware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the m...
  10. List of festivals (6550 bytes)
    88: ...nnual jazz festival held in Vilnius. It is an exceptional event in Lithuania, providing a broad perspe...
    90: ...al cultural institutions and foundations, such as Goethe Institut, British Council, Swedish Institute, Pro...
  11. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
    32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
    646: *[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], (1749-1832){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
    1304: *[[Ptolemy]], (c. 85-c. 165){{fn|R}}
  12. Alchemy (42222 bytes)
    8: ...ic, and have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what linguists term a "[[folk etymology]]...
    11: ...hem in the context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many ...
    13: ... formed the basis of [[metallurgy]] since its inception at the end of the [[Neolithic]], would seem in...
    15: ...red to be the most perfect of substances. By attempting to transmute base metals into gold, they were,...
    19: ...ng to the study of alchemy than he did to either optics or physics, for which he is famous, (see [[Isa...
  13. Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
    5: ...l time. His works, noted for their intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty, have pr...
    13: ...when the house was asleep, he retrieved a manuscript (which may have been a collection of works by Joh...
    32: ...on" and carefully prepared a calligraphic manuscript of the work, which required every available music...
    44: ...de frequent visits to Bach's house and may have kept up frequent correspondence with him. Interestingl...
    98: ...e are no instrumental parts for these motets (except [[Lobet den Herrn]], which has a continuo part), ...
  14. 18th century (8231 bytes)
    76: * [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] (German writer)
  15. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
    47: * [[1719]]: Spanish attempt to restart the [[Jacobite rising#The Rebellion/Ri...
    88: * [[1740]]: British attempt to capture [[St. Augustine, Florida]] but lose to the Spa...
    94: ...t the [[Jacobite Rising#1744 French invasion attempt|Jacobite rebellion]] fails
    105: ...English and English allies. The North American chapter of the [[Seven Years' War]].
  16. Lithography (5288 bytes)
    10: ...oking for a cost-effective way to publish his scripts. He realized that he could use a greasy crayon t...
    39: ...Bordeaux' (1928) and Delacroix's illustrations to Goethe's Faust were the groundbreaking "artist's lithogr...
  17. Color (30968 bytes)
    4: ...at can be distinguished by differences in the receptors of the eye.
    45: Continuous optical spectrum<br>
    142: <!--no empty line here-->
    147: The familiar colors of the [[rainbow]] in the [[Optical spectrum|spectrum]]&mdash;named from the [[La...
    154: ...ntensity'' of a spectral color may alter its perception considerably; for example, a low-intensity ora...

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