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1935–, American musician and singer, b. Macon, Ga., as Richard Wayne Penniman. One of the first rock musicians in the 1950s, he recorded “Tutti Fr...
(sö´r n ky r´k gôr) (KEY) , 1813–55, Danish philosopher and religious thinker. Kierkegaard’s outwardly uneventful life in Copenhagen contraste...
(kr s´ p s) (KEY) , c.280–c.207 B.C., Greek Stoic philosopher, b. Soli, Cilicia. He was a disciple of Cleanthes and succeeded him as head of the Ac...
(py r b l) (KEY) , 1647–1706, French philosopher. Born a Huguenot, he converted to Roman Catholicism and then returned to Protestantism. To avoid Fr...
(hä´räl höf´d ng) (KEY) , 1843–1931, Danish philosopher. He was professor at Copenhagen (1883–1915). His histories of philosophy have been en...
(b n ´t h r ´n m f h ´ m nt n ´gr ) (KEY) , 1676–1764, Spanish Benedictine scholar and critic, abbot at Oviedo, Asturias. Feyjóo led in br...