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  • 21Kant, Immanuel — born April 22, 1724, Königsberg, Prussia died Feb. 12, 1804, Königsberg German philosopher, one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment. The son of a saddler, he studied at the university in Königsberg and taught there as privatdocent… …

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  • 22Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo —     Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) is a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and… …

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  • 23John Scottus Eriugena and Anselm of Canterbury — Stephen Gersh INTRODUCTION by John Marenbon John Scottus Eriugena came from Ireland, as his name indicates (‘Scottus’ meant ‘Irishman’ in the Latin of this period, and ‘Eriugena’, a neologism invented by John himself, is a flowery way of saying… …

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  • 24Peirce, Charles Sanders — American pragmatism Peirce Cheryl Misak INTRODUCTION Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914), one of America’s greatest philosophers, mathematicians, and logicians, was a difficult and not altogether pleasant character. That, combined with what the… …

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  • 25Knossos — For the ferry, see MS Knossos. Knossos Minoan Palace Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός pronounced [knoˈsos]), also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and… …

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  • 26The Book of Healing — (Arabic: الشفاء Al Shefa , Latin: Sanatio ) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by the great Islamic polymath Abū Alī ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) from Asfahana, near Bukhara in Greater Persia (now Uzbekistan). Despite its English title …

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  • 27Scarlet Street — Infobox Film name = Scarlet Street caption = Theatrical Poster producer = Walter Wanger Fritz Lang director = Fritz Lang writer = Screenplay: Dudley Nichols Story: Georges de La Fouchardière starring = Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett Dan Duryea… …

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  • 29Madelyne Pryor — Superherobox| caption=Debut appearance; from Uncanny X Men #168. Art by Paul Smith. character name=Madelyne Pryor real name=Madelyne ( Maddie ) Jennifer Pryor [formerly Pryor Summers ] publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men #168 (April… …

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  • 30Screamers (film) — Infobox Film name = Screamers caption = Theatrical release poster director = Christian Duguay producer = Franco Battista Tom Berry writer = Philip K. Dick (Short Story) Dan O Bannon Miguel Tejada Flores (screenplay) starring = Peter Weller Roy… …

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