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121intellect — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin intellectus, from intellegere to understand more at intelligent Date: 14th century 1. a. the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to… …
122reason — I. noun Etymology: Middle English resoun, from Anglo French raisun, from Latin ration , ratio reason, computation, from reri to calculate, think; probably akin to Gothic rathjo account, explanation Date: 13th century 1. a. a statement offered in… …
123John Abercrombie (physician) — John Abercrombie (born October 10, 1780 in Aberdeen; died November 14, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish physician and philosopher. The son of the Reverend George Abercrombie of Aberdeen, he was educated at the Grammar School and Marischal… …
124Social Darwinism — is a term commonly used for theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, seeking to apply the principles of Darwinian evolution to sociology and politics.[1] It especially refers to notions of struggle for… …
125Hylomorphism — This article is about the concept of hylomorphism in Aristotelian philosophy. For the concept in computer science, see Hylomorphism (computer science). Part of a series on …
126Iovianus Pontanus — (Italian Giovanni Gioviano Pontano) (1426 ‑ September 17, 1503) was an Italian humanist and poet.BiographyPontanus was born at Cerreto in the Duchy of Spoleto, where his father was murdered in one of the frequent civil brawls which then disturbed …
127Gershom Carmichael — (c. 1672 1729), Scottish philosopher, was born probably in London, the son of Alexander Charmichael, a Presbyterian minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy council for his religious opinions. As a child, he suffered from crooked… …
1281785 in literature — Events* January 1 First publication of the Daily Universal Register (later The Times ) * Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate * The first steam powered cotton spinner was made by Matthew Bolton and James Watt. * Mary Bowes is abducted by her… …
