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61Dyke Brown — (1915 2006) was best known for founding The Athenian School in Danville, California. Contents 1 Early life and academic career 2 World War II 3 1946 to 1962: From the Practice of Law to the Ford Foundation …
62theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
63publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
64Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
65Plato: aesthetics and psychology — Christopher Rowe Plato’s ideas about literature and art and about beauty (his ‘aesthetics’) are heavily influenced and in part actually determined by his ideas about the mind or soul (his ‘psychology’).1 It is therefore appropriate to deal with… …
66Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… …
67Viktor Rydberg — Infobox Writer name = Viktor Rydberg imagesize = caption = Rydberg in 1876 pseudonym = birthname = Abraham Victor Rydberg birthdate = birth date|1828|12|18 birthplace = Jönkopig, Sweden deathdate = Death date and age|1895|09|22|1828|12|18… …
68Early life of Plato — Plato (ancient Greek: Polytonic|Πλάτων , Plátōn , wide, broad shouldered ) (c. 428/427 BC ndash;c. 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks ndash;Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ndash;who between …
69Greece in 5th century BC — The period of the 5th century BC in classical Greece is generally considered as beginning in 500 and ending in 404, though this is debated. This century is essentially studied from the Athenian viewpoint, since Athens has left us more narratives …
70painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
