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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.
Philosophy 101
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Unusual Counting Systems
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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
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher. Print published in London, 1812. Profile portrait surrounded by Ouroboros ancient Egyptian-Greek symbolic serpent with tail in mouth devouring itself representing unity of material and spiritual in eternal...
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Pluto. Crop of asset: 172304/IC code: pluto0010 at 270 degrees. The Changing Faces of Pluto. Most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs 2002-03.
Wee Worlds: Our 5 (Official) Dwarf Planets
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963
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Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.
9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals
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Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)
6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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Christian, baron von Wolff: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 05, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Christian Wolff. Jul 13, 2014
Add new Web site: The Galileo Project - Biography of Christian Wolff. Oct 01, 2013
Removed phrasing that suggested that the Enlightenment in England and France was characterized by metaphysical rationalism. Feb 06, 2012
Media added. May 06, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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