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Glossary for Classical China Li Si: (State of Qin); late-Warring-States era philosopher; chief minister of King Zheng of Qin; Legalist (chi. Xun Kuang: (State of Zhou); Warring-States era philosopher; taught at the Jixia "academy" in the state of Qi; master of latter-day "Legalists" Han Fei and Li Si. Han, Zhao, Wei: Three noble-vassal "houses" which conspired to assassinate Duke of Jin in late-5C BCE; subsequently partitioned the state of Jin and set up three separate "kingdoms", signifying the beginning of the Warring States era jan.ucc.nau.edu /~ckk/Glossary_for_Classical_Chi.html

John & Belle Have A Blog: Philosopher King? A philosopher king is not elected, they are simply born of a golden caste and trained in the ways of searching for the truth. You can't blame Plato because if Bush were a true philosopher-king, he wouldn't have been elected, he would have been one who seeks only truth, and therefore the most just person in society. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Philosopher King? examinedlife.typepad.com /johnbelle/2004/02/philosopher_kin.html   (319 words)

Glossary for Classical China Li Si: (State of Qin); late-Warring-States era philosopher; chief minister of King Zheng of Qin; Legalist (chi. King Ping: First Zhou king of the Eastern Zhou era; brought about a short-lived "revival" of Zhou power King You: Last "monarch" of the "Western Zhou" period; defeated by Abarbarians@ jan.ucc.nau.edu /~ckk/Glossary_for_Classical_Chi.html   (319 words)

Timon (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Timon (Lion King) is a film and television character, originally from the movie The Lion King. Timon (philosopher) is a Skeptic philosopher of Classical Greece Timon is a town in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timon_(disambiguation)   (319 words)

The Philosopher Kings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Philosopher Kings are a Canadian RandB/soul band and were one of the most commercially successful Canadian pop groups of the late 1990s. The name of the band is derived from Plato's Republic, in which he outlines the design of an idealistic government, ruled by a philosopher-king. For the concept put forth by Plato, see philosopher king. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philosopher_Kings   (264 words)

Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France The propagators of this political gospel are in hopes that their abstract principle (their principle that a popular choice is necessary to the legal existence of the sovereign magistracy) would be overlooked, whilst the king of Great Britain was not affected by it. Now nothing can be more untrue than that the crown of this kingdom is so held by his Majesty. According to this spiritual doctor of politics, if his Majesty does not owe his crown to the choice of his people, he is no lawful king. www.constitution.org /eb/rev_fran.htm   (264 words)

Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (D-Dd) David II was King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371. David I was King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. David Herbert Lawrence was an English poet and novelist. www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C4.HTM   (264 words)

The Baldwin Project: The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber The philosopher's friends were indignant on hearing that he was in prison, and signed a petition asking Dionysius to set him free. Dionysius was highly flattered by their praise, but thought he would like to have it confirmed by the philosopher Philoxenus, the most learned man of Syracuse. Now, Philoxenus was far too noble a man to tell a lie: and whenever he was [203] consulted by Dionysius, he always boldly told the truth, whether it was agreeable or not. www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=guerber&book=greeks&story=syracuse   (264 words)

FRANCIS BACON - LoveToKnow Article on FRANCIS BACON Bacon, as it turned out, had been mistaken in thinking that the country would be unable to meet the increased taxation, and his conduct, though prompted by a pure desire to be of service to the queen, gave deep and well-nigh ineradicable offence. Bacon, as attorney-general, delivered a speech, which has not been reported; but the king was informed that the arguments on the other side had not been limited to the special case, but had directly impugned the general prerogative right of granting livings. The king was indignant at this encroachment, and acting partly on the advice of Bacon, held a council on the 6th of June 1616, at which the judges attended. 60.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BACON_FRANCIS.htm   (15357 words)

MODERN PHILOSOPHY: The Philosophy of Rationalism Frederick William I, the "soldier king" of Prussia, dismissed Christian Wolff (picture), in 1723, from his post as professor at the University of Halle, forced him to leave the kingdom within forty-eight hours, and, some years later, decreed that everyone who used a book of Wolff's should be sentenced to wheelbarrow labor. What incited the fury of the king was an address given by Wolff in which he had praised the ethical teachings of Confucius, and had added that a man could be happy and good without the Divine grace or revelation. Wolff was a disciple of Leibniz, but he completed the latter's system, or, as Leibniz saw it, deformed it, by concessions to Aquinas, Descartes, and even to Locke. radicalacademy.com /adiphilrationalism.htm   (3511 words)

Online Etymology Dictionary His son, a friend of David I, king of Scotland, was granted by him in 1124 the lordship of Annandale, and his second son Robert founded the Scottish House of Bruce. Biblical wife of King David, mother of Solomon, from Heb. As sex took on erotic qualities in 20c., gender came to be used for "sex of a human being," often in feminist writing with reference to social attributes as much as biological qualities; this sense first attested 1963. www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=david&searchmode=phrase   (3511 words)

W illi Paul Adams In 1777 Matthias Christian Sprengel, like Iselin addressing an educated audience, published an anthology of essays "on the present condition of North America" in the university town of Göttingen in Hanover, that is, on territory ruled (in personal union) by King George III of England. The first German translation of the Declaration of Independence in Europe was produced in the Swiss city republic of Basel in October 1776 by the philosopher and secretary of the city council Isaak Iselin. The king would not have minded reading the piece. chnm.gmu.edu /declaration/adams2   (10521 words)

Albert Of Saxony --  Encyclopædia Britannica 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... Biographical sketch of this German scholastic philosopher especially noted for his investigations into physics, being perhaps the first thinker to distinguish the center of gravity from the geometrical center, and to that of the velocity of falling bodies. 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. www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=5493   (10521 words)

Glossary for Classical China Li Si: (State of Qin); late-Warring-States era philosopher; chief minister of King Zheng of Qin; Legalist (chi. Xun Kuang: (State of Zhou); Warring-States era philosopher; taught at the Jixia "academy" in the state of Qi; master of latter-day "Legalists" Han Fei and Li Si. King You: Last "monarch" of the "Western Zhou" period; defeated by Abarbarians@ jan.ucc.nau.edu /~ckk/Glossary_for_Classical_Chi.html   (511 words)

Philosopher's Chess Looking at the diagram above, you can see that, at the start of the game, philosophers are able to move one square orthogonally. An "enlightened philosopher" is similar to a normal philosopher, except that it may make either one or two moves in a single turn. Next, the "philosopher." The position of the thought on the Mind indicates the movement capabilities of all philosophers on the Field. www.chessvariants.com /40.dir/philosophers.html   (929 words)

Philosophers Stone - Crystalinks This king of Bohemia, having found himself in financial difficulties, decided to invest heavily in the search for the philosopher's stone. Geber's theory and the concept of the philosopher's stone may have been inspired by the knowledge that metals like gold and silver could be hidden in alloys and ores, from which they could be recovered by the appropriate chemical treatment. Though the notion of a simple philosopher's stone of the alchemic sense fell out of scientific conception by at least the 19th century, its metaphors and imagery persisted: man's attempt to discover the essential secret of the universe, redemptively transforming not just lead into gold, but death into life. www.crystalinks.com /philosopherstone.html   (1608 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Aristotle The greatest of heathen Philosophers, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C. His father, Nicomachus, was court physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia. The Christian writers of the patristic age were, with few exceptions, Platonists, who regarded Aristotle with suspicion, and generally underrated him as a philosopher. In the first century B.C. Andronicus of Rhodes edited Aristotle's works, and thereafter the school produced the most famous of its commentators, Aristocles of Messene and Alexander of Aphrodisias (about A.D. In the third century the work of commentating was continued by the Neo-Platonic and Eclectic philosophers, the most famous of whom was Porphyry. www.newadvent.org /cathen/01713a.htm   (5735 words)

Giordano Bruno: The Forgotten Philosopher Bruno began to be a symbol to represent the forward- looking free-thinking type of philosopher and scientist, and has become a symbol of scientific martyrdom. His reputation reached King Henry III who became curious to look over this new philosophical attraction. His most interesting title is One Hundred Sixty Articles Directed Against the Mathematics and Philosophers of the Day. www.infidels.org /library/historical/john_kessler/giordano_bruno.html   (2808 words)

Hungary’s Philosopher King Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, the philosopher king of Hungary (1458-90), who attempted to reconstruct the Hungarian state after decades of feudal anarchy, chiefly by means of financial, military, judiciary, and administrative reforms. After the second marriage of Matthias (1476), to Beatrice of Aragon, princess of Naples, the King's diplomacy became a factor in Italian state affairs. After gaining suzerainty over Bosnia (1463), Matthias tried to occupy the Bohemian kingdom. www.bu.edu /econ/faculty/kyn/newweb/economic_systems/NatIdentity/EE/Hungary/Corvinus.html   (2808 words)

Porphyry. Porphyry believed that it was not only wrong to kill animals for their sake, it also interfered with the philosopher's ability to become like that of God, to be holy and just. However what is extraordinary about him (and indeed other philosophers such as Pythagoras and Plutarch), is that he abstained from the unnecessary killing and eating of animals because he believed in the worth of other beings other than the human and endeavoured to try to live a life that did the least harm. On Abstinence from Killing Animals, Porphyry came form Tyre in Phoenicia, and was named Malkos, 'king', after his father. www.vegan.org.nz /porphyry.php   (803 words)

History of Iran: Cyrus Charter of Human Rights All the kings who sat in throne rooms, throughout the four quarters, from the Upper to the Lower Sea, those who dwelt in..................., all the kings of the West Country, who dwelt in tents, brought me their heavy tribute and kissed my feet in Babylon. The description of the coronation of Cyrus is the most elaborate one in the world written by the Greek philosopher, politician, and historian Xenephon (Cyropaedia of Xenophon, The Life of Cyrus The Great). Until I am the king of Iran, Babylon, and the nations of the four directions, I never let anyone oppress any others, and if it occurs, I will take his or her right back and penalize the oppressor. www.iranchamber.com /history/cyrus/cyrus_charter.php   (932 words)

Feng Youlan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In it he presented and examined the history of Chinese philosophy from a viewpoint which was very much influenced by the Western philosophical fashions prevalent at the time, which resulted in what Peter J. King of Oxford describes as a distinctly positivist tinge to most of the philosophers he described. There he met, among many philosophers who were to influence his thought and career, John Dewey, the pragmatist, who became his teacher. Feng Youlan (Simplified Chinese: 冯友兰; Traditional Chinese: 馮友蘭; pinyin: Féng Yǒulán; Wade-Giles: Feng Yu-lan; also: Fung Yu-Lan; 1895–1990) was a Chinese philosopher who was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fung_Yu-lan   (767 words)

Columns: Israel's building of wall stirs ghetto comparison Convicted by a white jury, King fled to Britain where he earned a doctorate degree and became a political philosopher of international renown. King quickly became known as one of "Blair's babes" and observers predicted a bright future for her in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair. King, a member of Britain's Jewish Council for Racial Equality, said she recognized the terror Israelis face from the constant threat of Palestinian suicide attacks. www.sptimes.com /2003/06/22/news_pf/Columns/Israel_s_building_of_.shtml   (777 words)

BookPage Children's Interview: King Arthur Called the central myth of Western civilization by philosopher Joseph Campbell, the Arthurian legends surrounding the almost-mythical king of the Britons have been told in one form or another for close to 1,500 years. Arthur is smitten, but they do not meet again until Arthur leads troops to defend his ally King Leodegrance in Cameliard. Just when you think the present age is going down the tubes, you discover a great rash of interest in King Arthur and things chivalric. www.bookpage.com /9701bp/childrens/kingarthur.html   (777 words)

Timon of Athens Any company attempting "Timon of Athens" ventures onto rocky, infrequently explored ground, William Shakespeare's unfinished late tragedy, a kind of rough-cut "Coriolanus" or "King Lear" without the dramatic scope or psychological insight, depicts the abrupt downfall of a generous but self-deluded glad-hander who's betrayed by a flock of corrupt Athenian sycophants. Timon's frenzied exit just before intermission is an audacious visual coup that deserves to be discovered fresh by each startled audience. This may not be a "Timon" for the ages, but it's an acute entertainment as we move from an election year into a new administration. www.thickdescription.org /History/Timon_of_Athens/timon_of_athens.html   (777 words)

How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs In Five Parts- Part Two De Lacy O'Leary D. D. - Part Two The seven philosophers expected to find an ideal state under the rule of a philosopher king, but were quickly disillusioned and discovered that an oriental tyranny could be worse than the severity of Justinian, and begged to be allowed to go back. Porphyry says that his teaching was kept secret, also a Pythagorean idea, that he bound his pupils by oath not to disclose it, but that vow was broken first by Herennius, then by Origen. Ammonius was a pupil of ProcIus and compiled a commentary on the Isagoge of Porphyry which became the standard Greek authority and was afterwards adopted by the Nestorians. evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /oleary02.htm   (9881 words)

Academy Reading Room - On Images - Porphyry Porphyry's work is a representative sample of the allegorical approach that was followed by many philosophers and writers in antiquity, including the Stoics, Plutarch, Philo of Alexandria, and the Neoplatonists. Porphyry's father was called Malkhos or Malchus, which means 'king'. It is not entirely clear why Porphyry left Rome but there does seem to have been disputes over doctrine between the philosophers who formed Plotinus's circle. evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /porphyry.htm   (3666 words)

Aristotle's Political Theory Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece, and his father was a court physician to the king of Macedon. For although it is worthy to attain it for only an individual, it is nobler and more divine to do so for a nation or city-state." ( EN I.2.1094b7-10) Aristotle's political science encompasses the two fields which modern philosophers distinguish as ethics and political philosophy. Politics is a practical science, since it is concerned with the noble action or happiness of the citizens (although it resembles a productive science in that it seeks to create, preserve, and reform political systems.) Aristotle thus understands politics as a normative or prescriptive discipline rather than as a purely empirical or descriptive inquiry. plato.stanford.edu /entries/aristotle-politics   (3666 words)

AllRefer.com - Duarte, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Duarte[dwAr´tu] Pronunciation Key, 1391–1438, king of Portugal (1433–38), eldest of the five sons of John I. He was a "philosopher-king," notable for his legal reforms and as the author of O leal conselheiro [the loyal counselor]. Duarte, king of Portugal, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies More articles from AllRefer Reference on Duarte, king of Portugal reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuartePor.html   (3666 words)

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