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(Abu Yusuf Yakub ibn Ishak al-Kindi) (ä´b y s f´ yäk b´ b´ n shäk´ l-k n´d ) (KEY) , 9th cent. Arab philosopher, b. Basra, Iraq. He studi...
(b n d t´t krô´ch ) (KEY) , 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, historian, and critic. He lived mostly in Naples, devoting himself to studying and w...
( n´´ ks m´ n z) (KEY) , Greek philosopher, 6th cent. B.C., last of the Milesian school founded by Thales. With Thales he held that a single elemen...
(Jean Baptiste Reinhardt), 1910–53, Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist. Reinhardt began playing the guitar professionally at 12. He was severely burn...
( l-g zä´l ) (KEY) , 1058–1111, Islamic theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He was born at Tus in Khorasan, of Persian origin. He is considered t...
(p äf´) (KEY) , 1915–63, French cabaret singer, born as Edith Giovanna Gassion. She began to sing at 15 in cafés and in the streets of Paris and ...