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(b ´th s) (KEY) , Boetius (b ´sh s) (KEY) , or Boece (b s´) (KEY) (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius), c.475–525, Roman philosopher and sta...
(v l´h lm d l´t ) (KEY) , 1833–1911, German philosopher. He taught at the universities of Basel, Kiel, Breslau, and Berlin. He was one of the firs...
( v r´ z) (KEY) , Arabic Ibn Rushd, 1126–98, Spanish-Arab philosopher. He was far more important and influential in Jewish and Christian thought t...
(Cabell Calloway) (k l´ w ´´) (KEY) , 1907–94, jazz singer and band leader, b. Rochester, N.Y. Known for his inventive creativity, he hired some ...
(h bz) (KEY) , 1588–1679, English philosopher, grad. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1608. For many years a tutor in the Cavendish family, Hobbes took gre...
1873–1966, American idealist philosopher, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1901; Ph.D., 1904). He was professor of philosophy at Harvard from 1914...