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- Title: Short Bio of Aeschylus (c 525-456 B.C.)
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- to reconstruct, from later ancient chroniclers and historians, a tentative
- His
- to hold it against both internal and external threats. Significantly, his
- and tyranny would eventually find its way into his plays, including
- his participation as a soldier in those famous Athenian military victories
- Golden Age, before the Peloponnesian War and the teaching of the Sophists
- have fought with his brother for Greece against Persian invaders at
- the next year at Plataea. By this time, however, his career as a dramatist
- to have written his first plays around the year 500, for the legendary
- his first victory in 484 and went on to win twelve more after that. In
- His earliest existing
- play is The Persians, presented in 472. A historical tragedy about the
- to performance before his court. It is highly probably Aeschylus drew on
- his own experiences at Salamis with the Persians, who had again invaded
- the undisputed champion of the competition at Athens for most of his
- produced his Oedipus trilogy of which Seven Against Thebes is the only
- survivor. The Oresteia, Aeschylus' masterpiece and his only intact
- Aeschylus died in 455-6 B.C.E. His son Europhion was a prominent dramatist
- in his own right, stealing victory from Sophocles and Euripides in a
- subsequent round of the competition his father had once dominated for so
- Title: Short Bio of Archimedes (c 287-212 B.C.)
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- remainder of his life at Syracuse, where he engaged in constant
- mathematical research. He is noted for his many mechanical inventions,
- but his first love was mathematics. His work as a pioneer in mechanics
- is illustrated by his famous remark, "Give me a place to stand and I
- figure in the sand beside his garden bench. Deep in meditation upon the
- Title: Short Bio of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
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- (335-322). His treatises, in large part consisting of lectures delivered
- to his disciples in his school at Athens, may be classified as works
- and poetics. Among his writings on logic (called later the Organon) are:
- Prior Analytics (2 books), Posterior Analytics (2 books), and Sophisms.
- His great philosophical work is Metaphysics (13 books). In the field of
- and Poetics, of which only his treatment of tragedy and epic poetry has
- Title: Short Bio of Roger Bacon (1214-1294)
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- his work secret from his fellow Franciscans, but nonetheless, in 1278
- they imprisoned him on the charge of "suspected novelties" in his
- teaching. In his Letter on the Secret Works of Art and the Nullity
- http://www.thehistorynet.com:80/BritishHeritage/articles/1999/05992_text.htm
- Title: Short Bio of George Berkeley (1685-1753)
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- Descartes, Newton and Locke. In 1709 his New Theory of Vision appeared,
- and in 1710 his great work, The Principles of Human Knowledge, was
- his most popular work, The Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous. Berkeley's
- literary fame rests upon this latter work, which has been described as
- Bermuda. His hopes disappointed, he returned to Ireland and shortly
- his family to Oxford, where he died suddenly in January of the following
- Title: Short Bio of Pierre Jean George Cabanis (1757-1808)
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- of hygiene and history of medicine in the medical school of that city.
- In 1799 he was made professor of legal medicine and history of medicine.
- in his last illness, He had a deep interest in medical and psychological
- May 5, 1808, principally honored for his contributions to medical science,
- and especially for his main work, Rapports du physique et du moral de
- Title: Short Bio of Anthony Ashley Cooper (1671-1713)
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- Opinions, Times" (1711), his collected treatises.
- Title: Short Bio of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
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- recorded in his Journal of a Naturalist (1837) prepared the way for
- his famous work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,
- published November 24, 1859. Next in importance among his books,
- "the origin of man and his history"
- Title: Short Bio of Renatus Cartesius [Rene Descartes] (1596-1650)
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- traveler, and firm adherent of the Roman Catholic faith. His philosophical
- work, which has often been summed up in his words,
- impulse by a dream he had on November 10, 1619. This revealed to him
- the method of philosophical speculation he was to follow, and his
- subsequent work is said to have stemmed from this experience.
- Title: Short Bio of Emil DuBois-Reymond (1818-1896)
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- in 1836 he entered the University of Berlin, where his teacher was
- physiology. His great work was the study of animal electricity,
- and his famous book was Researches on Animal Electricity, 1848-84. For
- he became its permanent secretary. His closest friend after Muller's
- many references to his work in lectures and writings.
- Title: Short Bio of Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)
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- influence he wrote his Study for a Critique of All Revelation. The
- printer neglected to place his name on the title-page, and people
- he was made Rector of the University of Berlin. His death in 1814 occurred
- when he was at the height of his fame. Rudolf Steiner made extensive
- reference to Fichte, basing his doctoral thesis (published in enlarged
- teachings, but perhaps his most memorable study of Fichte's life and
- Title: Short Bio of Johann Christoph August Franz, M.D. (1807-1839)
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- Eye surgeon, born 1807, took his medical training at the University
- of Leipzig. From Germany he emigrated to England establishing his
- treatment of illness. Two of his works were written for the public:
- Successfully Operated at the Eighteenth Year of His Age. Physiozogical
- this second work of Dr. Franz.
- Title: Short Bio of Galileo Galilei von Goethe (1564-1642)
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- Born Galileo Galilei, his main contributions were, in astronomy, the
- bodies and the motions of projectiles. In the history of culture,
- Title: Short Bio of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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- edited his scientific papers and published the following:
- Title: Short Biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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- 2-5. In his Goethe's Conception of the World, Rudolf Steiner describes
- this Fragment as "the essay in which the seeds of the later Goethean
- George Witkowski in his well-known biography of Goethe (Leipzig, 1899)
- describes this Fragment as "the seed from which came all of Goethe's
- Title: Short Bio of Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919)
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- established for him at Jena. This position he occupied for 43 years with
- Among Haeckel's famous books are his
- Natural History of Creation (1867) and
- The Riddle of the Universe, publ. 1901. By his 60th birthday Haeckel had
- Steiner knew Haeckel personally, and in his autobiography, Chapter 15,
- and developed in his later writings.
- Title: Short Bio of Robert Hamerling (1830-1889)
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- comfortable circumstances, Hamerling spent the remainder of his life
- in his home near Graz, devoting himself to writing until his death
- poets of the Austrian school; his poems are full of life and color.”
- His most popular work was
- considered to be his masterpiece. In 1888 his
- appeared, and was reviewed with extensive comment by Rudolf Steiner. His
- was published in 1882; his novel
- (1876), described Greek life in the age of Pericles. In 1870 his drama
- was published. Rudolf Steiner commented on this drama in his Speech and
- his work appear in books and lectures by Rudolf Steiner, including the
- Title: Short Bio of Eduard von Hartmann (1842-1906)
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- took up an intensive study of philosophy. In 1869 his Philosophie
- famous almost overnight. Of the many other works he wrote, this book
- remained his most famous. Rudolf Steiner describes a personal impression
- correspondence with him over some. This account may be found in Chapter IX
- Title: Short Bio of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
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- where his contemporaries included Schelling and the poet Hölderlin.
- in Berlin and entered into his most famous and influential period.
- on English philosophy in the absolute idealist phrase, and although his
- commentaries on his writings.
- Title: Short Bio of David Hume (1711-1776)
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- Scottish philosopher and historian. Albert Einstein wrote, "If one
- Title: Short Bio of Rudolf von Ihering [Jhering] (1818-1892)
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- philosophico-historical school of law.
- Title: Short Bio of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
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- mathematics and physics. His studies were interrupted by the death of
- his father, which left him in poverty. After he supported himself by
- his studies, to graduate as a doctor and to qualify as a privatdocent.
- He occupied this position for 15 years. His lectures widened from physics
- 1781 his Kritik der reinen Vernunft, Critique of Pure Reason appeared,
- and in 1783, his Prolegomena. After the appearance of the 2nd edition
- circles, and his views were regarded as those of an oracle. From 1792-97
- he was engaged in a struggle with the government concerning his religious
- February 12, 1804 near the end of his 80th year. Little more than five
- feet tall, deformed in his right shoulder, his chest almost concave, Kant
- the rest of the morning at his desk. He dined at a restaurant and spent
- especially in history, science, travel, and philosophy. He knew English
- history and literature intimately, especially in the period of Queen Anne.
- traveled more than 40 miles from his native Konigsburg.
- Title: Short Bio of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
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- first two in his Astronomia Nova de Motebus Stellae Martis ex
- Title: Short Bio of Athanasius Kircher (~1601 - 1680)
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- Athanasius Kircher was one of the most learned men of his day. He
- obelisk! When the Rosetta stone was found, quite a bit later, this
- translation was found to be completely inaccurate. However, during his
- Title: Short Bio of Friedrich Albert Lange (1828-1875)
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- Author of Geschichte des Materialsmus, History of Materialism, publ.
- Lange issued his study on the workers' question. This made him famous
- betterment of labor conditions, and for universal education. His life,
- marked by his utter sincerity and devotion to his ideals, is an
- Title: Short Bio of Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827)
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- "the Newton of France" for certain of his discoveries. In the years
- 1799-1825 his great work, the Mecanique celeste, which, as its author
- In his second great work, the Exposition du systeme du monde,
- appeared his statement of his famous "nebular hypothesis," the origins of
- anticipated him in his Allgemeine Naturgeschichte,
- General History of Nature, published in 1755.
- Title: Short Bio of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz (1646-1716)
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- last thirty years of his life in the study of mathematics, natural science,
- philosophy, theology, history, law, politics, and other subjects. He
- composed most of his philosophical works, chiefly as essays, treatises, etc.,
- his philosophy (Leibnitzianism). His principal work in theology,
- Title: Short Bio of Rosa Mayreder (1858-1938)
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- in his autobiography, Chapter IX.
- Title: Short Bio of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
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- Bartholdy to his surname following his conversion to
- musical conductor, he was born in Hamburg. Mendelssohn made his first
- compositions at musical gatherings in his father's house. He
- of his sister Fanny (1805–1847), a composer and pianist,
- father of historian Karl Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1838–1897)
- Title: Short Bio of John Stewart Mill (1806-1873)
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- A stern parent, James Mill taught his son Greek at the age of three,
- to teach his sister Latin. His introduction to the utilitarian
- at the age of fifteen was decisive for his life. His great work,
- century his influence throughout Europe was very great. Today it is
- Title: Short Bio of Paul Julius Möbius (1853-1907)
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- German neurologist known for his work relating to the
- Title: Short Bio of Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858)
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- Berlin University, which position he held with great honor until his
- in relation to human speech and hearing. His great work was the Handbuch
- by Dr. William Baly, publ. London 1842). This work opened a new period
- the developments in this field in the mid-19th century. In his Handbuch
- specific energy of sense substances." This he expressed as follows: "The
- Title: Short Bio of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)
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- suffered a mental breakdown. Nietzsche spent his last years in the care of
- his mother at Naumberg and his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche at
- and glorification of the superman or overman (Übermensch). His
- and in the Third Reich (1933). His works, chiefly on philology, music, Greek
- Title: Short Bio of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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- Pascal's fame long ago spread far beyond the confines of his
- native France. His contributions to the establishment of the
- the study of gravity and the vacuum, and his elaboration of the theory
- of science. As a Christian thinker, his devotion to truth and piety, and
- his acceptance of mystical experience have made his name revered. His
- philosophical speculations and deep psychological insight, as well as his
- position among philosophers and literary historians. Pascal's Pensees,
- Title: Short Bio of Friedrich Paulsen (1846-1908)
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- developing his teaching of panpsychism in his Einleitung in die
- 1895. His German Education, Past and Present (English transl.
- 1907) is well known, as are his writings relative to the philosophy
- Note by Rudolf Steiner: When Paulsen (p. 15 of his System of Ethics)
- Title: Short Bio of Johannes Rehmke (1848-1930)
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- Philosopher. His principal works are: Logik oder Philosophie als
- Title: Short Bio of Emperor Rudolph II (1552-1612)
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- magician John Dee and his henchman Edward Kelley, the monk Giordano
- Title: Short Bio of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854)
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- noted for his ever-changing alertness and brightness of mind and
- influence among the thinkers of his time, including philosophers of
- France and England. His last years were dedicated to what he termed
- of his earlier time. Rudolf Steiner made extensive reference to
- Schelling in his writings and lectures, on various occasions praising
- with fire, for from his eyes there spoke the fire of Truth, the fire of
- Perhaps Steiner's greatest study of Schelling is to be found in his
- Title: Short Bio of Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
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- German poet, dramatist, historian, and philosopher.
- Title: Short Bio of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
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- German philosopher. His philosophy of pessimism was presented
- of his will and therefore he lives in pain. The only escape is
- commentaries on his ideas have been published in English translation.
- Title: Short Bio of Karl Julius Schröer (1825-1900)
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- in the Technical College of Vienna. In addition to his lectures on the
- history of German poetry as such, he lectured on Goethe and Schiller,
- his autobiography and in lectures. It was Schröer who recommended
- of him in his Vom Menschenratsel, Riddles of Man, publ.
- Title: Short Bio of Édouard Schuré (1841-1929)
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- A French writer. The author of books on musical history and on mysticism,
- Title: Short Bio of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
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- synonymous with progress. In his later development, Spencer championed
- against any form of governmental control. Before his death in 1903,
- Title: Short Bio of Benedictus de Spinoza [Baruch de Spinoza] (1632-1677)
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- his views. His chief work, which had a lasting influence upon future
- Title: Short Bio of David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874)
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- that of the Thirty Year's War. This began with the appearance of his
- New Testament, and continued with his Doctrine of the Christian Faith
- (1840). From this time until his death in 1874, Strauss became
- Title: Short Bio of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense [née Levin] (1771-1833)
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- his wife Chaia; she died there in 1833.
- openness and tolerance. Whoever could speak declared his opinion:
- intellectual history. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, musical prodigy and
- Title: Short Bio of Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
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- Grand. He began writing at an early age, his expert satire getting him into
- his first tragedy, OEdipe, and began an epic poem on Henry IV of
- France. La Henriade was completed on his return from England. His
- Frederick the Great at Prussian court. There he prepared and published his
- greatest historical work Le Siècle de Louis XIV (1751).
- years of his life were spent at Ferney, near Geneva. Voltaire gained fame
- of satire. Among his works are the tragedies Brutus (1730),
- (1756); historical works Charles XII (1730), and
- Title: Short Bio of Eduard Zeller (1814-1908)
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- Geschichte der deutschen Philsophie seit Leibnitz, History of
- of Philosophy at Heidelberg, afterward at Berlin to his retirement
- in 1895. His masterwork is the Philosophie der Greichen,
- academic world for his learning and contributions to scholarship, and
- received many distinctions and honors. His Philosophie der Greichen
- in 1896, as did a number of his other writings.
- Title: Short Bio of Theodor Ziehen (1862-1943)
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- psychiatry from 1887 to 1912, and then devoted the rest of his life
- to philosophy. Steiner speaks of his work Leitfaden der physiologischen
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