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- 1191: Albert Camus
- ... in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Of semi-proletarian parents, early attached to intellectual circles of strongly revolutionary tendencies, with a deep interest in philosophy (only chance prevented him from pursuing a university career in that field), he came to France at the age of twenty-five. The man and the times met: Camus joined the resistance movement during the ...
- 1192: Aristotles Life
- ... left the Academy to live with some of Plato s disciples who were living with Hermeias. In 334 BC, he returned to Athens and founded a school called the Lyceum (World Book 663). His school, philosophy, and his followers were called peripatetic, which is Greek for walking. The reason for this name was because Aristotle did most of his teaching while he was walking with his students. After Alexander the Great ...
- 1193: Archibald Macleish
- ... lives. MacLeish did so well at this job he was appointed assistant secretary of state in 1944.MacLeish held this position until his retirement ,after which he continued writing poetry until his death(Falk 94). PHILOSOPHY Archibald MacLiesh was such a diverse writer because of his many different occupations. He also had a large following because of the many different subjects he wrote on. His topics ranged from the beauty of ...
- 1194: A Little Bit About Einstein
- ... formal schooling. He often did poorly in subjects such as Geography, Language, and History, but excelled in Mathematics and Science. He generally did his real studies at home where he concentrated on physics, mathematics, and philosophy. One year one of Einstein s teachers suggested that he leave school, so at mid-term the 15 year old boy quit school. Einstein then moved to Italy to help his father in business. In ...
- 1195: Alfred Thayer Mahan
- ... the British had been applying it effectively for years. While some of Mahan's ideas such as use overseas bases and coaling stations and using the navy to implement national policy have shaped modern naval philosophy and are undeniably genius ; Mahan could not get past the unavoidable fact that times indeed change. According to Kennedy: "history frequently does not repeat itself and that the shape of things to come may not ...
- 1196: Thomas Jefferson
- ... to discuss with frankness and a brilliant clarity such diverse subjects as anthropology and political theory, religion and zoology (Koch and Peden 40). Jefferson's major concern during his last years was education and educational philosophy. He considered knowledge not only a means to an end, but an end in itself. He felt education was the key to virtue as it was to happiness. He reopened his campaign for a system ...
- 1197: Thomas Jefferson
- ... to discuss with frankness and a brilliant clarity such diverse subjects as anthropology and political theory, religion and zoology (Koch and Peden 40). Jefferson's major concern during his last years was education and educational philosophy. He considered knowledge not only a means to an end, but an end in itself. He felt education was the key to virtue as it was to happiness. He reopened his campaign for a system ...
- 1198: John Quincy Adams
- ... Throughout my life in politics, it has usually just been being a different minister for a different country before settling in the White House. I have often been misunderstood, due to the fact of my philosophy to change things for the better, which the people of this country aren't always ready for. For instance, at my inaugural speech in front of Congress, I proposed a plan for national improvements, such ...
- 1199: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... the criteria by which to judge the artwork and his identification of 'plot' with form played a significant role in the creation of his own fiction and the development of his thought" (117). His "The Philosophy of Composition" and "The Poetical Principle" are two pieces of criticism, which will be forever debated. Essentially, Poe believed that length was extremely important. Poe said, "If any literary work is too long to be ...
- 1200: Ben Franklin
- ... from the inventions of others," and, "we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours" (19). Franklin summarizes his attitude toward his inventions by asking the question, "What signifies Philosophy that does not apply to some use?" (Fleming 21). Another time Franklin is quoted as saying, "Utility is in my opinion the test of value in matters of invention, and that a discovery which can ...
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