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The Thinker from Yehud, also known as the Thinker of Palestine, [13] is an archaeological figurine discovered during salvage excavations in the Israeli city of Yehud. The figurine, which sits atop a ceramic jug in a posture resembling "The Thinker", dates back to the Middle Bronze Age II Palestine (c. 1800–1600 BCE). It was found in a tomb ...
v. t. e. Freethought(sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief. [1] A freethinkerholds that beliefsshould not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma,[2]and should instead be reached by other methods such as logic, reason, and empirical observation. [citation needed]According to the Collins ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778) This article is about the philosopher. For the director, see Jean-Jacques Rousseau (director). "Rousseau" redirects here. For other uses, see Rousseau (disambiguation). Jean-Jacques Rousseau Portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour ...
Il Penseroso ("the thinker") is a poem by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley. It was presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro, a vision of poetic mirth. The speaker of this reflective ode dispels "vain deluding Joys" from his mind in a ...
Friedrich Nietzsche, in circa 1875. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) developed his philosophy during the late 19th century. He owed the awakening of his philosophical interest to reading Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation, 1819, revised 1844) and said that Schopenhauer was one of the few thinkers that he respected, dedicating to him ...
Rorschach test. The Rorschach test is a projective psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning.
Robert Green Ingersoll(/ˈɪŋɡərˌsɔːl,-ˌsɒl,-səl/; August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and oratorduring the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. Personal life. [edit] Robert Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York. His father, John ...
Peter Abelard. Peter Abelard (/ ˈæbəlɑːrd /; French: Pierre Abélard [abelaʁ]; Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; c.1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. [ 3 ] In philosophy, he is celebrated for his logical solution to the problem of ...