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What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western thought, Aristotle established the foundations for the modern scientific method of enquiry. Statue

Philosophers to Know, Part I

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

A ginger cat sleeps in his soft cozy bed on a floor carpet, soft focus

Lay, Lie, Lied, Lain: When Do We Use Which?

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?

World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok

Just How Many Oceans Are There?

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

Holi: Festival of Colors

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Also Known As	Efodi • Efod • Isaac ben Moses ha-Levi
Born	c.1350 • France
Died	c.1415 • Perpignan?
Subjects Of Study	Hebrew language • grammar

Elijah Bokher Levita

Italian grammarian

David Kimhi

European scholar

Ibn Janāḥ

Spanish-Jewish grammarian

Moses Kimhi

European scholar

Lorenzo Valla

Italian humanist

Johannes Reuchlin

German humanist

Dunash Ben Labrat

Hebrew poet

Wilhelm Gesenius

German biblical critic

Martin Buber

German religious philosopher

Franz Rosenzweig

German philosopher

Moses Mendelssohn

German-Jewish philosopher and scholar

Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon

Jewish physician and translator

Joseph Kimhi

European grammarian

Abraham bar Hiyya

Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist

Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu

Romanian author

John Locke

English philosopher

Noam Chomsky

American linguist

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Rudolf Carnap

German-American philosopher

Gottlob Frege

German mathematician and philosopher

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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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