The Head of a Philosopher is a fragment of a bronze sculpture of Magna Graecia, discovered in 1969 on a shipwreck in the Straits of Messina. It is now...
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This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus...
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This is a list of Stoic philosophers, ordered (roughly) by date. [Note: Some other philosophers like Socrates and Cynics were the big influencers in Stoicism...
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Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia (redirect from National Museum of Magna Grecia)
Seven against Thebes. The Head of a Philosopher from Porticello is a rare example of Greek portraiture The marble Reggio Kouros is a recent acquisition by...
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heads: A head of Heracles dated possibly to the 1st century AD, the head of a philosopher of Late Antiquity, dated to the 4th century AD and a head of...
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Magna Graecia (redirect from Greek colonization of Italy)
Magna Graecia are the Apollo of Gaza, the Apollo of Piombino, the Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo, the Head of a Philosopher and the Riace bronzes, while...
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The Philosopher Kings are a Canadian band. The band was most commercially successful in the late 1990s and have been nominated for five Juno Awards, winning...
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This is a list of philosophers from the Western tradition of philosophy. Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all...
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Ancient Greek philosophy (redirect from Ancient greek philosopher)
Hellenistic philosophers to Roman philosophy, Early Islamic philosophy, Medieval Scholasticism, the European Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the first novel in the Harry Potter series...
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A handful of dissident philosophers survived through the Soviet period, among them Aleksei Losev. Stalin's death in 1953 gave way for new schools of thought...
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the head of a pin?" (alternatively "How many angels can stand on the point of a pin?") is a phrase that when used in modern contexts can be used as a metaphor...
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There have been many philosophers in recorded history who were atheists. This is a list of atheist philosophers with articles in Wikipedia. Living persons...
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was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy. Alain was born in 1868 in Normandy, in the rural town of Mortagne-au-Perche...
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c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE), born Xun Kuang (Chinese: 荀況), was a Chinese philosopher of Confucianism during the late Warring States period. After his predecessors...
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After the Dark (redirect from The Philosophers (2013 film))
After the Dark (also titled The Philosophers outside the U.S.) is a science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by John Huddles....
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my head in the sand." J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. (Season 1) Starting this season, the show switched to a 7-minute short act, with most of the...
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identical to the brain. Philosopher John Searle asserts his identist beliefs, stating "the brain is the only thing in the human head". Similarly, Dr. Henry...
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ashes of German social scientist and philosopher Friedrich Engels, one of the fathers of communism, were scattered off the cliffs at Beachy Head into the...
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throat, ewer of Virtue, followed by the mask of Music, with a flute in the eye and snot in the nose, while the decomposed head of the Philosopher appears under...
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Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short...
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Andronikos of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος ὁ Ῥόδιος, romanized: Andrónikos ho Rhódios; Latin: Andronicus Rhodius; fl. c. 60 BC) was a Greek philosopher from...
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Decapitation (redirect from Head on a pike)
Historian and philosopher David Hume, for example, relates the following about her death: She refused to lay her head on the block, or submit to a sentence...
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Malleus (redirect from Head of malleus)
The malleus is a bone situated in the middle ear. It is the first of the three ossicles, and attached to the tympanic membrane. The head of the malleus is...
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Loren Lomasky (category 20th-century American philosophers)
Lomasky is an American philosopher, currently the Cory Professor of Political Philosophy, Policy and Law at the University of Virginia. Lomasky earned...
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ISBN 978-147211-212-5. Truitt, E.R. (2015), "Talking Heads: Astral Science, Divination, and Legends of Medieval Philosophers", Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by...
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Baron is portrayed by Terence Bayler in the film adaptation of Philosopher's Stone. Bogrod – Head goblin at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Put under the Imperius...
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taking the ship on a pilgrimage to Delos to honour Apollo. A question was raised by ancient philosophers: After several hundreds of years of maintenance, if...
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Parliamentary republic (redirect from Parliamentary republic with a parliamentarily dependent head of state)
There are a number of variations of parliamentary republics. Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state, with...
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