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  Albert of Saxony (philosopher) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert's work in logic also shows strong influence by William of Ockham, whose commentaries on the logica vetus (on Porphyry, and Aristotle's Catagoriae and De interpretatione) were made the subject of a series of works called Quaestiones by Albert.
Albert's Physics basically guaranteed the transmission of the Parisian tradition in Italy, where it was authoritative along with the works of Heytesbury and John Dumbleton.
Albert played an essential role in the diffusion throughout Italy and central Europe of Parisian ideas which bore the mark of Buridan's teachings, but which were also clearly shaped by Albert's own grasp of English innovations.
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 Albert III of Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albert III (January 27, 1443 - September 12, 1500), duke of Saxony (Germany), surnamed Animosus or The Courageous, was the younger son of II of Saxony">Frederick II the Mild[?], elector and duke of Saxony.
After the death of the elector Frederick in 1464, Albert and Ernest ruled their lands together, but in 1485 a division was made by the treaty of Leipzig[?], and Albert received Meissen, together with some adjoining districts, and founded the Albertine branch of the family of Wettin.
Regarded as a capable soldier by the emperor, Albert, in 1475, took a prominent part in the campaign against Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and in 1487 led an expedition against Matthias Corvinus[?], king of Hungary, which failed owing to lack of support on the part of the emperor.
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 Albert of Saxony
Albert's approach involves analyzing the logical and linguistic conditions of every proposition involving the term ‘infinite’ that is significant and capable of being true.
Albert is thus led to present a highly systematized theory of the forms of inference, which represents a major step forward in the medieval theory of logical deduction.
Albert was part of a general scientific trend which sought the first formulations of the principles of dynamics.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Camus Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Camus, Albert (1913-1960), French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, regarded as one of the finest philosophical writers of modern France.
Albert (of Saxony) (1828-1902), Catholic king of Protestant Saxony (1873-1902), noted for his military skills.
Albert (Prince Consort) (1819-1861), second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and husband of Victoria.
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 Albert_the_Bear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He inherited the valuable estates in northern Saxony of his father in 1123, and on his mother's death, in 1142, succeeded to one-half of the lands of the house of Billung.
Albrecht was a loyal vassal of his relation, Lothar I, duke of Saxony, from whom, about 1123, he received the margravate of Lusatia, to the east; after Lothar became king of the Germans, he accompanied him on a disastrous expedition to Bohemia in 1126, when he suffered a short imprisonment.
A feud with Henry's son, Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, was interrupted, in 1158, by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and in 1162 Albert accompanied the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Italy, and distinguished himself at the storming of Milan.
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 ALBERT (PRINCE CONSORT) - LoveToKnow Article on ALBERT (PRINCE CONSORT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The result of Custozza was the retreat and complete immobilization of the whole Italian army, so that Albert was able to despatch the greater part of his troops to reinforce the Bohemian army, when, after being defeated by the Prussians, it fell back on Vienna.
In Caleb Valentine, Henry V., Madame Dubarry, Catherine 11., Leontine, Un duel sous le cardinal de Richelieu, and many other plays, her grace, beauty and distinction of manner made her the idol of Paris, and her circle of admirers was widened by long tours of the provinces and abroad.
She was twice married, about 1825 to Albert Rodrigues, an actor who played under his Christian name, and in 1846 to Eugene Bignon (1812-1858), the actor and playwright.
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 ALBERT OF AIX - LoveToKnow Article on ALBERT OF AIX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A.D. noo), historian of the first crusade, was born during the later part of the nth century, and afterwards became canon and custos of the church of Aix-la-Chapelle.
In modern times its historical value has been seriously impugned, but the verdict of the best scholarship seems to be that in general it forms a true record of the events of the first crusade, although containing some legendary matter.
Albert never visited the Holy Land, but he appears to have had a considerable amount of intercourse with returned crusaders, and to have had access to valuable correspondence.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Albert of Saxony
Albert of Saxony's treatises on physics consist of a "Tractatus proportionum" and questions on Aristotle's "Physics", "De Coelo", and "De generatione et corruptione".
At the beginning of the sixteenth century this theory of Albert's strongly attracted the attention of Leonardo da Vinci, and it was to confirm it that he devoted himself to numerous observations of fossils.
Albert's "Quæstiones" on the Physics, the "De Coelo", and the "De generatione", followed by the questions of Thémon and of Buridan on the "De anima", were printed in Paris in 1516 and 1518.
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 Albert of Saxony
Albert belonged to the first generation of masters who, in one form or another, carried on the tradition of Buridan in logic and natural philosophy.
Albert's approach involves giving the analysis of the logical and linguistic conditions of every proposition involving the term ‘infinite’ that is significant and capable of being true.
Albert played an essential role in the diffusion throughout Italy and central Europe of Parisian ideas which bore the mark of Buridan's teachings, but which were also clearly shaped by Albert's comprehensive grasp of English innovations.
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Albert was the staid partner, "extremely strait laced and a great stickler for morality" while the young Victoria was "rather the other way." The prince disliked London and late parties and royal occasions became models of decorum.
Albert became very much a partner with her in her responsibilities and with their royal relatives spread across Europe, they played a significant role in foreign affairs and an important though lesser role in domestic politics.
Albert's death from typhoid in 1861 was a terrible blow to Victoria.
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 Thwing Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albert III of Austria, Duke of Austria 1365-1395
Albert VI of Austria, Duke of Austria (ruler of Inner Austria) 1446-1463
Albert, Somme is the name of a commune of the Somme ''département'' in France.
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 Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albert became rector of the University of Vienna in 1365 and Bishop of Halberstadt from 1366 until his death.
Albert was mainly a transmitter of good mathematical ideas but he did contribute his own work to these.
Albert believed that a projectile fired horizontally will travel horizontally for a certain distance, then follow a curved path for a while, then fall vertically.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Albert.html   (138 words)

  
 Saxony --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Saxony Land was re-created in the process of the reunification of East with West Germany in 1990 from the former East German Bezirke (districts) of Dresden, Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), and most of Leipzig, along with a small part of Cottbus Bezirk.
Lower Saxony stretches from The Netherlands border in the west to the border of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt Länder in the east.
German royal family; from 10th to 15th century acquired Thuringia and Saxony and divided possessions between Ernestine and Albertine branches; in 19th-century duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, of Ernestine branch, provided Leopold I of Belgium, Ferdinand, king consort of Maria II of Portugal, Albert, prince consort of Victoria of England, and Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria.
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 saxony
Son of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony; on death of father (1464) succeeded to rule jointly with elder brother Ernest; on division of duchy (1485) received eastern and western portions; governor of Netherlands for Holy Roman emperors (1488-93); governor of Friesland (1498-1500).
After the armistice, Albert commanded the German army that occupied France, and upon the declaration of peace he became an inspector general and field marshal of the German army.
Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733).
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 22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Caroline of SWEDEN was born in Sweden - dtr of Prince Gustavus Vasa.
She died in Saxony - wife of Albert.
Albert of SAXONY King (son of John of SAXONY King and Amalia of BAVARIA Queen of Saxony) was born in 1828 in Saxony - son of John.
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 AllRefer.com - Albert the Bear (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Invested (1138) with Saxony by Conrad III, Lothair's successor, he was expelled from the dukedom by Henry the Proud, whom Conrad had deprived of the duchy.
Albert later made peace (1142) with Henry the Lion, son of Henry the Proud.
Albert's achievements in Christianizing and Germanizing NE Germany were important.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Ducal Court of Saxony
Albrecht V, recently crowned Duke of Saxony, and his son of 15, Albert, were returning from a getaway ranch in the southernmost regions of Saxony.
Saxony was the laughing stock of the Holy Roman Empire, and there was no one else to blame but his family...
Several insiders, realising Alberts immaturity, were extremly, and probobly rightfully, worried for the future of Saxony, bleak as it already was.
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Saxony sided with Austria during the pre-war political battles, pushing the Habsburg position even harder than the Austrians themselves.
Saxony’s military and political leaders showed themselves eager to make war on Prussia, looking to regain some of the lands lost in 1815, and the army’s rank and file echoed their enthusiasm.
Saxony’s famous cavalry had lost its edge by 1866, but most Saxon generals had come up as cavalry officers and so the branch remained numerically very strong.
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 Articles - Albert, King of Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albert, King of Saxony (Germany) (1828 - 1902, reigned 1873 - 1902), was born April 23, 1828.
Prince Albert's education, as usual with German princes, concentrated to a great extent on military matters, but he attended lectures at the University of Bonn.
Albert married in 1853 Carola, daughter of Prince Gustavus of Vasa, granddaughter of Gustavus IV of Sweden, the last king of Sweden of the house of Holstein-Gottorp.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Saxony, historic region in northwestern Europe, which in ancient times was inhabited by the Germanic Saxons.
Saxony, cities, government and politics, neighboring regions, picture
Lower Saxony, state in northwestern Germany, bounded on the north by the North Sea and the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, on the northeast...
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 Results for Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The main axis of Saxony is the Elbe river, crossing the state from southeast to...
The portions in the east of Saxony are the southern parts of the...
The vacation land of Saxony is situated in the heart of Europe...
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 Albert Of Saxony --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
U.S. politician Carl Albert served as speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977.
Carl Bert Albert was born on May 10, 1908, in McAlester, Okla. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1931 and, after receiving two law degrees, was admitted to the bar in 1935.
Albert King created a unique string-bending guitar style that influenced three generations of musicians and earned him the nickname “Godfather of the Blues.” King, who was left-handed, taught himself to play a right-handed guitar upside down by pulling the strings down, coaxing distinctive wailing sounds out of his trademark Gibson Flying...
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Albert Bierstadt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902), American painter of grandiose scenes of the American West.
Albert, Lake, also Albert Nyanza and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, lake, east central Africa, in western Uganda and northeastern Democratic Republic of the...
Albert (prince consort), full name Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), prince consort to Queen Victoria of...
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Duke Albert von Schesn-Teschen (1738-1822) was the founder of collection and gave name to the building where the collection is housed.
Albert saw his activity as a collector and his bequest as a cultural mission for the sake of generations to come.
After 1822, the collection was expanded by Albert's successors, and after the fall of Habsvurg monarchy, it passed into the hands of the newly founded Republic.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wittenberg (City and University)
The city is in Prussian Saxony and was founded by Albert the Bear (d.
Albert's son, Bernhard, became Duke of Saxony, and founded the Ascanian line of he Dukes of Saxony.
His grandson, Albert II (1260-98), was the ancestor of the line of Saxe-Wittenberg whose capital was Wittenberg.
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 Albert of Saxony
So Albert was not content with merely repeating Ockhamist arguments.
His treatise is less innovative than Oresme's, but it is a clear exposition that was very widely read.
Eine Untersuchung zur ‘Perutilis Logica’ des Alberts von Sachsen, Brill, Amsterdam.
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 boys clothing: German royalty--Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Saxony in 1485 the land was divided between the brothers Albert and Ernst.
Albert took the eastern territories, largely corresponding to the present-day federal state of Saxony.
Albert in 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War (also called the German Civil or Seven Weeks War) commanded a Saxon corps, which distinguished itself at the decisive Battle of Königgrätz by a firm stand against the Prussians.
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 Saxony Royal Family
Luise didn't follow the etiquette at the Saxony court which resulted in arguments with her father in law King Georg of Saxony.
On 9 December 1902 with the assistance of her brother Archduke Leopold she left Saxony without her children but pregnant to meet up with the teacher of her children, André Giron.
Albert died after he was thrown out of a carriage
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 Open Directory - Society: Philosophy: Philosophers: A: Albert of Saxony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Albert - Biography of Albert (1316-1390) from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
Albert of Saxony - Entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Albert of Saxony - Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia; by Joël Biard.
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 Life of St. Ludolph
But Ludolph is perhaps best remembered for his fearless defense of the rights and goods of the church against the greedy Duke Albert of Saxony.
One of the duke's plans was to raze the cathedral complex, situated near his castle, and transform the place into a garden.
At one point he was bound by his feet and hands in the open forest and left a prey to merciless swarms of mosquitoes.
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