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21Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… …
22King, Stephen — (1947– ) Author of the novel THE SHINING (1977), on which STANLEY KUBRICK based his 1980 film, Stephen King is one of the most popular contemporary American novelists working in any genre. King’s trademark is his ability to create believable,… …
23Standard Model — The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that describes three of the four known fundamental interactions together with the elementary particles that take part in these interactions. These particles make up all matter in the universe… …
24List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …
25Screen scraping — is a technique in which a computer program extracts data from the display output of another program. The program doing the scraping is called a screen scraper. The key element that distinguishes screen scraping from regular parsing is that the… …
26Stipulatio — was the basic form of contract in Roman law. It was made in the format of question and answer. The precise nature of the contract was disputed, as can be seen below.CapacityIn order to contract parties must have intellectus (understanding) and… …
27Corso, Gregory Nunzio — ▪ 2002 American poet, playwright, and novelist (b. March 26, 1930, New York, N.Y. d. Jan. 17, 2001, Robbinsdale, Minn.), was along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac at the centre of the bohemian Beat literary and social movement from its …
28Nicolas Faccio — (1664–1753), of Duillier was a Swiss mathematician and Protestant fanatic. Life Faccio was the second son of Jean Baptiste Faccio, by his wife Catherine Basband or Barbaud. He was born at Basel, 16 February 1664. His ancestors had left Italy for… …
29Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …
30Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln …
