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1895–1973, American film director, b. Cape Elizabeth, Maine, as John Martin Feeney. Ford began directing in 1917 after an apprenticeship with his br...
1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in...
(by r´ d n, Fr. zhäN bür däN´) (KEY) , d. c.1358, French scholastic philosopher. Rector of the Univ. of Paris, he was a follower of William of Oc...
(yûr´g n hä´bûrmäs) (KEY) , 1929–, German philosopher. He is a professor at the Univ. of Frankfurt (emeritus since 1994) and is the best-known...
1854–1926, English socialist philosopher. He studied music and philosophy in Germany. In England, influenced by Marxist and other radical thought, h...
( v s n´ ) (KEY) , Arabic Ibn Sina, 980–1037, Islamic philosopher and physician, of Persian origin, b. near Bukhara. He was the most renowned philo...