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36 matches to Action Française
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Post-Impressionism. -1910. Modern art movement of solid color and forms as a reaction to Impressionism. Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin.
Quesnay, François. 1694-1774. French economist, Physiocrat. “Laissez-faire” is a natural divinely appointed law. Tableau Économique 1758 -systematic study of political economy. Can maximize social satisfaction under free competition.
Radical Republicans. 1860-77. Anti-slavery faction of US Republican Party. Abolitionists.
Romantic Movement. Reaction vs Enlightenment, French cultural domination. Native themes, individuality, subjectivity, self-expression.
Royal Society. 1660. English publisher of scientific Philosophical Transactions since 1665.
Sachs, Julius von. 1832-97. German discoverer of chlorophyll action.
Sansculottes. 1793-4. Radical French Revolutionaries. Demanded action of Convention vs counterrevolution. Terror.
Separatists. 16-17C. Factions who left Church of England. Brownists, Pilgrims, Quakers.
Syndicalism. 1900-39. Union movement vs capitalistic order by direct action, general strikes. Sorel. IWW.
Zeno of Elea. Paradox: Arrow can never reach its target because it progresses in ever decreasing fractions of distance remaining. ½,¼... First use of dialectic reasoning.