encyclopaedist
71Larousse, Pierre (Athanase) — born Oct. 23, 1817, Toucy, France died Jan. 3, 1875, Paris French publisher, lexicographer, and encyclopaedist. Son of a blacksmith, he received a scholarship to study in Versailles. He founded his publishing house, Librairie Larousse, in Paris… …
72Spinoza, Benedict de — Hebrew Baruch Spinoza born Nov. 24, 1632, Amsterdam died Feb. 21, 1677, The Hague Dutch Jewish philosopher, a major exponent of 17th century rationalism. His father and grandfather had fled persecution by the Inquisition in Portugal. His early… …
73Vico, Giambattista — born June 23, 1668, Naples died Jan. 23, 1744, Naples Italian philosopher of cultural history and law. In his major work, New Science (1725), he attempted to combine history and the more systematic social sciences into a single science of… …
74art criticism — Description, interpretation, and evaluation of works of art, manifested in journal reviews, books, and patronage. Art criticism encompasses a wide variety of approaches, from critical commentary to more subjective emotional reactions inspired by… …
75mathematics, foundations of — Scientific inquiry into the nature of mathematical theories and the scope of mathematical methods. It began with Euclid s Elements as an inquiry into the logical and philosophical basis of mathematics in essence, whether the axioms of any system… …
76Preece, Warren Eversleigh — ▪ 2008 American encyclopaedist born April 17, 1921 , Norwalk, Conn. died April 11, 2007, Philadelphia, Pa. was general editor of Encyclopædia Britannica in the creation of the 15th edition (1974), which consists of 30 volumes in three parts (the …
77Arabian religion — ▪ ancient religion Introduction beliefs of Arabia comprising the polytheistic beliefs and practices that existed before the rise of Islām in the 7th century AD. Arabia is here understood in the broad sense of the term to include the… …
78Chambers, Ephraim — ▪ British author born c. 1680, , Kendal, Westmorland, Eng. died May 15, 1740, London British encyclopaedist whose work formed a basis for the 18th century French Encyclopaedists. The first edition of his Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal… …
79Cyclopædia — ▪ English encyclopaedia in full Cyclopædia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences two volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopaedia compiled and edited by the English encyclopaedist Ephraim Chambers (Chambers, Ephraim) and… …
80drame bourgeois — ▪ French literature type of play that enjoyed brief popularity in France in the late 18th century. Written for and about the middle class and based upon the theories of the French essayist and encyclopaedist Denis Diderot (Diderot, Denis)… …
