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Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philipon
(Encyclopedia) Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philipon (Mme Roland)Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philiponzhän mänôNˈ flēpôNˈ [key]Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philipon rôläNˈ də lä…Royal Shakespeare Company
(Encyclopedia) Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), a British repertory theater. The company, established in 1960, was based on the earlier Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. It is a…Pali
(Encyclopedia) PaliPalipäˈlē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Some scholars classify it as a Prakrit, or vernacular…conceptualism
(Encyclopedia) conceptualism, in philosophy, position taken on the problem of universals, initially by Peter Abelard in the 12th cent. Like nominalism it denied that universals exist independently of…Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
(Encyclopedia) Friedrich Schiller University of JenaFriedrich Schiller University of Jenafrēˈdrĭkh shĭlˈər, yāˈnə [key], at Jena, Germany; founded 1548 as an academy; became the Univ. of Jena 10…Gesner, Konrad von
(Encyclopedia) Gesner, Konrad vonGesner, Konrad vonkônˈrät fən gĕsˈnər [key], 1516–65, Swiss scientist and bibliographer. Gesner was noted for his scholarship and erudition in almost every field of…Getty Center
(Encyclopedia) Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif., operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory…Vestris, Gaetan
(Encyclopedia) Vestris, GaetanVestris, GaetangäātäNˈ vĕsˈtrēs [key], 1729–1808, Italian-French classical dancer, b. Florence. Vestris was one of the greatest dancers of the 18th cent. Born of an…Vicenza
(Encyclopedia) VicenzaVicenzavēchānˈtsä [key], city (1991 pop. 107,454), capital of Vicenza prov., Venetia, NE Italy. It is an agricultural, commercial, and highly diversified industrial center.…Wang Yang-ming
(Encyclopedia) Wang Yang-mingWang Yang-mingwäng yäng-mĭng [key], 1472–1529, Chinese philosopher. He developed an idealist interpretation of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism of the…Trending
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