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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

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Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga

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David Strauss

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Franz Mesmer

A doctor who theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all anima...

Benoît de Maillet

A well-travelled French diplomat and natural historian.

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

An English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family whose skills helped to stop the bloody...

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope

An English antiquarian and Tory politician remembered for his contributions to cultural causes an...

Lili Boulanger

A French composer, and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize.

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Huldrych Zwingli

A leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.

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Charles-Valentin Alkan

Charles-Valentin Alkan

At one time or another, Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) was mentioned in the same breath with Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt and even compared with Hector Berlioz. Not only was Alkan — he was born of Jewish parentage as Charles-Valentin Morhange — one of the most celebrated pianists of the nineteenth century, he was also a most unusual composer, “remarkable in both technique and imagination.” Yet, somewhat surprisingly, he was almost completely ignored by his contemporaries and subsequent generations. Various reasons have been suggested, however, this overall neglect can sur...

Nikolai Gogol: The Madness Of Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol: The Madness Of Dead Souls

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Nikolai Gogol, the Ukrainian-born writer is known as one of Russia’s greatest authors. Works like The Overcoat and Dead Souls launched Gogol into the upper echelons of Russian writers, yet his greatest masterpiece, a continuation of Dead Souls, was cut short by his tragic death.Nikolai Gogol, the Ukrainian godfather of Russian literature. Considered a leading figure in Russian literary realism, a title and movement he rejected, hailed by Vladimir Nabokov as the greatest writer Russia has ever produced, he has influenced the writings of generations of Russian writers from Fyodor Dosto...

The Impact of Linus Pauling on Modern Medicine and Society

The Impact of Linus Pauling on Modern Medicine and Society

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Linus Pauling (1901-1994) is one of the most distinguished scientists of modern times. During a career spanning over 60 years, he was awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes (chemistry, 1954; peace, 1962). He published more than 600 scientific articles and books.This article reviews the literature pertaining to Pauling's discoveries and their impact on science, medicine, and society. He was the first to describe the alpha-helix structure of protein molecules. The lineage of the double-helix model for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) can be traced back to his concept of complementarity and ...

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a distraught Dallas nightclub owner.Almost from the beginning, the killing of the popular young president was thought by many Americans to have been the result of a conspiracy rather than the act of an individual, despite findings to the contrary by the Warren Commission (1964), which was established by Kennedy’s successor, U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, to investigate the assassination. The incident remained the subject of widespread speculation....

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Belief is better

Poetry

Belief is better

Volume One of Robert Frost’s Letters wound up in 1919 with his resignation from a teaching position at Amherst College, where he disliked the progressive curriculum fostered by the President, Alexander Meiklejohn. By the second year of Volume Two, he has more than recouped the loss, with steady ...

The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature

philosophy

The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature

Could there be a better instance of ethical conflict at the scene of the modern Western university than the case of Martin Heidegger, who in 1933 became a Nazi, arguably to elevate his own standing and career? In this article I examine the opposing ethical forces that animated Heidegger’s brief f...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Spanish school of neurology

Biology

Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Spanish school of neurology

Advances in neurology are now possible thanks to the endeavours of a few scientists who in the past laid firm foundations for the study of the nervous system. Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) was one such pioneer of brain exploration and is acknowledged as the founder of modern neuroscience....