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31Akiba ben Joseph — /ah kee bah ben joh zeuhf, seuhf, euh kee veuh/ A.D. c50 c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based. Also called Akiba. * * * born AD 40 died с 135, Caesarea, Palestine Jewish sage, one of the founders… …
32Aristotelianism — /ar euh steuh teel yeuh niz euhm, tee lee euh , euh ris teuh /, n. 1. the philosophy of Aristotle. 2. emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations. [1835 45; ARISTOTELIAN + ISM] * * *… …
33Chrysippus — /kruy sip euhs, kri /, n. 280 209? B.C., Greek Stoic philosopher. * * * ▪ Greek philosopher born c. 280 BC died c. 206 Greek philosopher from Soli (Soloi) who was the principal systematizer of Stoic philosophy. He is considered to have been …
34Proclus — /proh kleuhs, prok leuhs/, n. A.D. c411 485, Greek philosopher and theologian. * * * ▪ Greek philosopher born c. 410, Constantinople [now Istanbul] died 485, Athens the last major Greek philosopher. He was influential in helping Neoplatonic …
35Shinto — Shintoist, n., adj. /shin toh/, n. 1. Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship. adj. 2. Also, Shintoistic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Shinto. [ < Japn shinto, earlier shintau <… …
36systematize — systematization, n. systematizer n. /sis teuh meuh tuyz /, v.t., systematized, systematizing. to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic. Also, systemize; esp. Brit., systematise. [1755 65; < Gk systemat (s. of… …
37Austronesian languages — formerly Malayo Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan… …
38Calvin, John — French Jean Cauvin born July 10, 1509, Noyon, Picardy, France died May 27, 1564, Geneva, Switz. French Protestant theologian and major figure of the Reformation. He studied religion at the University of Paris and law in Orléans and Bourges. When… …
39Hirata Atsutane — born Sept. 25, 1776, Akita, Japan died Oct. 4, 1843, Akita Leader of the Japanese Restoration Shintō school. He settled in Edo (modern Tokyo) at age 20 and became a disciple of Motoori Norinaga. Hirata sought to develop a Shintō theological… …
40Hobbes, Thomas — born April 5, 1588, Westport, Wiltshire, Eng. died Dec. 4, 1679, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire English philosopher and political theorist. The son of a vicar who abandoned his family, Hobbes was raised by his uncle. After graduating from the… …
