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(hw shûr) (KEY) , c.380–c.300 B.C., Chinese logician, remembered for his paradoxes. Little is known about his life, except that he was a provincia...
1902–89, American philosopher, b. New York City, grad. City College (B.S., 1923), Ph.D. Columbia Univ., 1927. He taught at New York Univ. (1927–72...
1935–, American singer and composer, b. Ferriday, La. Combining country music elements with an energetic performance style, he was an early star of ...
(b ´ s) (KEY) , fl. 6th cent. B.C., Greek sage, b. Priene. He is at best semilegendary but was called one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Many epigr...
( ty n´ bôn ´ d kôNd yäk´) (KEY) , 1715–80, French philosopher who developed the theory of sensationalism (i.e., that all knowledge comes fro...
(gôr´j s) (KEY) , c.485–c.380 B.C., Greek Sophist. From his native city, Leontini, Sicily, he was sent as an ambassador to Athens, where he settl...