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91phenomenology — phenomenological /fi nom euh nl oj i keuhl/, phenomenologic, adj. phenomenologically, adv. phenomenologist, n. /fi nom euh nol euh jee/, n. Philos. 1. the study of phenomena. 2. the system of Husserl and his followers stressing the description of …
92La Bruyère, Jean de — born August 1645, Paris, France died May 10/11, 1696, Versailles French satiric moralist. As a tutor and librarian in a royal household, he observed aristocratic idleness, fads, and fashions. His The Characters, or Manners of the Age, with the… …
93Maistre, Joseph de — born April 1, 1753, Chambéry, France died Feb. 26, 1821, Turin, kingdom of Sardinia French polemical writer and diplomat. A member of the Savoy senate, he moved to Switzerland after the French invasion of Savoy in 1792. He served under the king… …
94Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switz. died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France Swiss French philosopher. At age 16 he fled Geneva to Savoy, where he became the steward and later the lover of the baronne de Warens. At age 30, having furthered his… …
95Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron, 8th Baronet — ▪ English historian and moralist Introduction born Jan. 10, 1834, Naples died June 19, 1902, Tegernsee, Bavaria, Ger. English Liberal historian and moralist, the first great modern philosopher of resistance to the evil state, whether its form be …
96Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon — ▪ Dutch author born 1522, Amsterdam died Oct. 29, 1590, Gouda, Neth. Dutch poet, translator, playwright, and moralist who set down Humanist values for the first time in the vernacular. His clear, unpretentious prose style contrasted with… …
97French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
98Avicebron — • Jewish religious poet, moralist, and philosopher. He was born at Malaga in 1020 or 1021, and died at Saragossa in 1070 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Avicebron Avicebron …
99Hieronymites — • In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St. Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St. Jerome, who had founded a monastery in that city Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
100John of Hauteville — • Moralist and satirical poet of the twelfth century (flourished about 1184) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. John of Hauteville John of Hauteville …
