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LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER — a name given to Democrates of Abdera for a certain flippancy he showed … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
WEEPING PHILOSOPHER — a sobriquet given to HERACLITUS (q.v.) from a melancholy disposition ascribed to him, in contrast with DEMOCRITUS (q.v.), designated the laughing philosopher … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
The Philosopher's Stone — Este artículo trata sobre el álbum de Van Morrison. Para el libro de Harry Potter, véase Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal. The Philosopher s Stone Álbum recopilatorio de Van Morrison Publicación 16 de junio de 1998 Grabación 1969 1 … Wikipedia Español
The Philosopher's Stone (album) — NOTOC Infobox Album | Name = The Philosopher s Stone Type = Compilation album Artist = Van Morrison Released = June 16, 1998 Recorded = 1969 1988 Genre = Blues, R B Length = 153:07 Label = Polydor Producer = Van Morrison Reviews = Allmusic… … Wikipedia
Democritus — Full name Democritus Born ca. 460 BC Abdera, Thrace Died ca. 370 BC (Aged 90) Era … Wikipedia
Heraclitus — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Heraclitus by Johannes Moreelse. The image depicts him as the weeping philosopher wringing his hands over the world and the obscure dressed… … Wikipedia
Democritus — /di mok ri teuhs/, n. ( the Laughing Philosopher ) c460 370 B.C., Greek philosopher. * * * born с 460 died с 370 BC Greek philosopher. Though only a few fragments of his work survive, he was apparently the first to describe invisible atoms as the … Universalium
Thomas Love Peacock — (October 18, 1785 January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author.Peacock was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other s work. He wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting mdash; characters at a… … Wikipedia
DEMOCRITUS — a Greek philosopher, born in Abdera, Thrace, of wealthy parents; spent his patrimony in travel, gathered knowledge from far and near, and gave the fruits of it in a series of writings to his contemporary compatriots, only fragments of which… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Materialism — • As the word itself signifies, Materialism is a philosophical system which regards matter as the only reality in the world, which undertakes to explain every event in the universe as resulting from the conditions and activity of matter, and… … Catholic encyclopedia
