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Mursa, Battle. 351. Roman civil wars. Rebel Magnentius defeated by Constantius II. 54,000 dead.
Nabopolassar. Babylonian king 625-605BC. Founded Chaldean Empire.
New Deal. 1933-9. Roosevelt’s economic policy vs Depression. TVA, CWA, WPA.
New Thought. 19-20C. US philosophy. Idealism, mind healing.
Nuremberg Trials. 1945-6. Trials of 22 Nazi leaders for crimes in WWII. 12 death sentences.
Oberon. King of the Fairies, from Huon de Bordeaux poem.
Occam, William. c1280-1349. English Franciscan Nominalist philosopher. “Science is about things, philosophy about terms and concepts”. Occam’s razor: “It is vain to do with more, what can be done with fewer” (Science or Logic). Incompatibility of knowledge and faith, 1332. Opposed Aquinas Aristotelian realism. “Universal ideas exist only in the mind”. Influenced Reformation.
Orcus. Roman god of underworld and dead. = Hades.
Ordeal, Trial by. -1219. English common form of trial. eg: fire, battle, dunking.
Orestes. Electra’s brother. Killed mother and her lover to avenge death of his father, Agamemnon.
Parker, Dorothy. 1893-1967. US witty urban writer. A Star is Born. Death and Taxes 1931.
Pater, Walter. 1839-94. English critic devoted to ideal. Studies in History of Renaissance. Marcus the Epicurean.
Pausanius. Spartan. Drove Persians from Greece at Plataea, 479BC. Starved to death for plotting helot uprising.
Pérez de Ayala, Ramón. 1880-1962. Spanish writer. Balarmino and Apolonio.
Pilate, Pontius. -c39. Roman governor of Judea, who allowed Christ’s crucifixion.
Plague. 429-425BC Athens. 33% died. 1347-53 Europe. (Black Death). Killed 25-50% population. 1603~65 England. 1720 Provençe. 1710 Scandinavia. 1894 China, Hong Kong. 100,000 died, 10M around world.
Plato. c428-347BC. Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates’ Dialogs. Free-will. Republic. “There exist absolute truths. Mind imprints its idea on matter. Mind has always existed and seeks to free itself from matter and return to God.” Founded Academy c387. Symposium c384. Apologia c399. Quest for good will lead to harmony in the world.
Platonism. Perceptions approximate an ideal reality of eternal ideas.
Pompeius, Sextus. 67-35BC. Pompey’s son. Fought Caesar after father’s death.
Poppaea Sabina. -65. Second wife, kicked to death by Nero.
Prairial, Law of 22. 1794. France allowed only acquital or death penalty in trials. Terror.
Public Works of Art Project. (PWAP) 1933-4. New Deal. Gave work to unemployed artists. WPA.
Purge. 1936-8. Stalin’s trials to eliminate political rivals with fabricated charges. 3 million dead. Executions, forced labour, internal exile.
Quintilian. c35-96. Roman educationalist. Institutio Oratoria 95. Modern ideas of education.