extracts from voltaire
41Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim — born Jan. 22, 1729, Kamenz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony died Feb. 15, 1781, Braunschweig, Brunswick German playwright and critic. After writing several light comedies, he became a theatre critic in Berlin in 1748. His play Miss Sara Sampson (1755) was… …
42Charles-Jean-François Hénault — (8 February 1685 – 24 November 1770) was a French historian. Contents 1 Biography …
43Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
44History of science — History of science …
45Mary Wollstonecraft — by John Opie (c. 1797) Mary Wollstonecraft ( …
46Unitarianism — This article is about Unitarianism as a theology. For other uses, see Unitarianism (disambiguation). Part of a series on Christianity …
47Urmuz — Demetru Dem. Demetrescu Buzău Urmuz, circa 1920, photographer unknown Born March 17, 1883 Curtea de Argeş Died November 23, 1923(1923 11 23 …
48cultural anthropology — cultural anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Also called social anthropology. Cf.… …
49Western literature — Introduction history of literatures in the languages of the Indo European family, along with a small number of other languages whose cultures became closely associated with the West, from ancient times to the present. Diverse as they… …
50Arnauld — • Celebrated French family, the history of which is connected with that of Jansenism and of PortRoyal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arnauld Arnauld …
