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(kr s´t än ou´g st kr ´z s) (KEY) , 1715–75, German philosopher and theologian. He was educated at the Univ. of Leipzig, where he became profes...
(Hans Erich Marie Stroheim von Nordenaall) ( ´r kh f n shtr ´h m) (KEY) , 1885–1957, Austrian-American film director, writer, and actor. He came t...
(d l´ n) (KEY) , 1941–, American singer and composer, b. Duluth, Minn., as Robert Zimmerman. Dylan learned guitar at the age of 10 and autoharp and...
(d j´ n z) (KEY) , c.412–323 B.C., Greek Cynic philosopher; pupil of Antisthenes. He was born in Sinope and lived in Athens. He taught that the vi...
(äl N´ d l l) (KEY) , c.1128–c.1202, French scholastic philosopher, a Cistercian, honored by his contemporaries as the Universal Doctor. He was b...
( ´b n t f l´) (KEY) , d. 1185/86?, 12th-century Spanish-Arab philosopher and physician, b. near Granada. His chief work was a philosophical romance...