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( n s´´ d ´m s) (KEY) , Greek skeptic philosopher, fl. probably 1st cent. B.C. Thought to be a native of Knossos, Crete, he taught in Alexandria. A...
( ´ r, âr) (KEY) , 1910–89, British philosopher, b. London, grad. Oxford, 1932. From 1933 to 1944 he was lecturer and research fellow at Oxford’...
1859–1938, British philosopher, b. Australia. From 1893 to 1924 he was professor of philosophy at Victoria Univ., Manchester. Strongly influenced by...
( nt ´nôr) (KEY) , fl. last half of 6th cent. B.C., Greek sculptor who executed the bronze statues of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogiton. In...
(both: m sh l´ äk ´) (KEY) , fl. 1680–1702, French explorer. He became La Salle’s lieutenant, being favored by that explorer because of his cou...
1043–72, German churchman, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, a diocese that included Scandinavia. He was a favorite of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, who...