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11Sufism — This article is part of the series …
12Tertullian — • Ecclesiastical writer in the second and third centuries Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tertullian Tertullian † …
13Trithemius, Johannes — (1462 1516) German Benedictine ab bot, theologian, and humanist, famous for his learning and efforts at monastic reform but also for his interest in magic, astrology, and other occult sciences. He was born at Trittenheim and studied at Hei… …
14Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… …
15Thomas Urquhart — Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty (or Urchard, 1611 c. 1660) was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his translation of Rabelais.LifeUrquhart was born to an old landholding family in Cromarty in northern Scotland. At the age of eleven …
16Henry Denifle — Henry Denifle, in German Heinrich Seuse Denifle (January 16, 1844, Imst, Austrian Tyrol June 10, 1905, Munich), was an Austrian paleographer and historian. Contents 1 Life and work 2 Work on Mysticism 3 Work on Medieval Philosophy …
17Harvard Musical Association — tocrightThe Harvard Musical Association is a private charitable organization founded by Harvard University graduates in 1837 for the purposes of advancing musical culture and literacy, both at the University and in the city of Boston. Though… …
18Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
19Lucian — /looh sheuhn/, n. 1. A.D. 117 c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist. 2. ( Lucian of Antioch ; Lucian the Martyr ) A.D. c240 312, theologian and Biblical critic, born at Samosata, in Syria. 3. a male given name. * * * or Lucianos Latin Lucianus… …
20Lycophron of Chalcis — ▪ Greek poet flourished 3rd century BC Greek poet and scholar best known because of the attribution to him of the extant poem Alexandra. Invited to work in the Alexandrian library (c. 285 BC), Lycophron there wrote a treatise on… …
