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He was a French historian, intellectual, critic, and politician. His central interest focused on the meaning of history and the role that religion played in the unfolding of events. …
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Even as a child, he displayed abilities that extended beyond the five senses. At 13, he had a vision of a lady who asked him what he most wanted …
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Poe was one of the earliest American short story writers. His multitalented genius made him famous after his tragic death. He was a critic, mystery, and most importantly a …
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He was hungry for knowledge. All his life he was inspired by the answer to the question: “How can a person, starting from scratch, who has no particular advantage …
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Diogenes was a pupil of Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates. Antisthenes believed that happiness was only obtained by “complete independence”, throwing away comfortable life and living with nothing and …
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Tall, the strikingly handsome leading man of films and television in the 1980s and 1990s. He appeared in several notable films throughout the 1990s. He could disappear into a …
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Chinese leader. His greatest contribution to modern China came when this veteran revolutionary was well into his 70s, and the backlash against the Chinese Cultural Revolution had propelled him …
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He was known in antiquity as the ‘laughing philosopher’ because of his emphasis on the value of ‘cheerfulness.’ He believed that matter is made up from atoms and elaborated …
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He is a non-stipendiary Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation (CQC) in the Clarendon Laboratory of the University of …
