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  • 11Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… …

    History of philosophy

  • 12Roman Catholic Diocese of Viseu — The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Viseu (Latin: Dioecesis Visensis) is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.[1] Its see at Viseu is in the Centro Region. The current bishop is Ilídio Pinto Leandro. History The see at Viseu dates from the… …

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  • 13Vizeu — • Diocese in north central Portugal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vizeu     Vizeu     † C …

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  • 14Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …

    History of philosophy

  • 15agitator — n. 1. Urgent advocate, active reformer, exciter of active discussion. 2. Incendiary, firebrand, stirrer up of strife …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 16Stephen family — /ˈstivən/ (say steevuhn) noun an Australian family active in the field of law. 1. John, 1771–1833, judge, born in the West Indies. 2. his brother, Sir George, 1794–1879, barrister, born in the West Indies; became a Queen s Counsel in 1871. 3. Sir …

  • 17Nathan Dane — (December 29, 1752 – February 15, 1835) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance while in Congress, and introduced an… …

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  • 18Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł — ( lt. Liudvika Karolina Radvilaitė; 27 February 1667 ndash; 25 March 1695) was a magnate of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and an active reformer. She carried the title of Princess.Radziwiłł was born in… …

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  • 19Cook, Robin — ▪ 2006 Robert Finlayson Cook  British politician (b. Feb. 28, 1946, Belshill, Lanarkshire, Scot. d. Aug. 6, 2005, Sutherland, Scot.), served as foreign secretary in the U.K. for four years following the Labour Party s return to power in 1997; he… …

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  • 20Haldane, Richard Burdon — (1856–1928)    Richard Haldane was a British Liberal imperialist in the 1890s and a supporter of the Boer War. He is remembered for his army reforms of 1907, which created the British Territorial Army reserve system still in use, a system that… …

    Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914