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  • 42Hobbes, Thomas — born April 5, 1588, Westport, Wiltshire, Eng. died Dec. 4, 1679, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire English philosopher and political theorist. The son of a vicar who abandoned his family, Hobbes was raised by his uncle. After graduating from the… …

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  • 43Charles Wedemeyer — Charles A. Wedemeyer (1911–1999) Philosopher, scholar, innovator, university administrator, humanist, and pioneer of distance and independent learning, Charles Wedemeyer espoused ideas that were decades ahead of their time. A champion of non… …

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  • 44Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… …

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  • 45Daniel Webster — For other people named Daniel Webster, see Daniel Webster (disambiguation). Daniel Webster 14th and 19th United States Secretary of State In office …

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  • 48The Prince — This article is about the book by Niccolò Machiavelli. For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation). The Prince   …

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