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66 matches to Harmony Society
Harmony Society. Protestant celibate ascetic communal sect. Founded Harmony, PA 1806.
Mansart, Francois. 1598-1666. French architect. Val-de-Grâce 1645. Classical elements in Baroque style. Subtle elegance, harmony. Mansard roof.
Plainsong. Gregorian chant. Singing in unison without harmony.
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.
Renaissance Architecture. Italy 15C-. England 1558-1702. Intellectual search for harmony with Roman and mathematical proportions. Michelangelo. Bramante. Brunelleschi. Manetti.
Scarlatti, Alessandro. 1660-1725. Italian composer of oratorios and operas. Neapolitan School. Influenced classical harmony.
American Colonization Society. 1816-1912. Transported blacks to Liberia.
Babbage, Charles. 1792-1871. British. Invented Difference Engine, 1823-34 -first computer. Founded British Association for the Advancement of Science 1831, Royal Astronomical Society 1820, Royal Statistical Society 1834.
Bernstein, Eduard. 1850-1932. German anti-militant Socialist. Founded Fabians.
Birch, John. -1945. US missionary killed in China. Cold War hero of John Birch Society.
Black Hand. 19-20C. Sicilian criminal secret society.
Black Hand. 1911-17. (Unity or Death) Serbian secret society assassinated Francis-Ferdinand 1914.
Blavatsky, Helena. 1831-91. Founded Theosophical Society, 1875.
Boxers. 1896-1901. Chinese secret Society of Harmonious Fists vs foreigners. B Rebellion.
Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.
Brut. Unrestricted style of art produced by those outside of society: insane, criminal, etc.
Camorra. 1820-1911. Naples secret criminal society. Became political party.
Carbonari. 1806-31. Naples. Secret revolutionary society. Young Italy Movement.
Comte, Auguste. 1798-1857. French Positivist philosopher. Religion belongs to primitive society. Positivism 1830. Tejada Law.
Dewey, John. 1859-1952. US Pragmatist philosopher. -’It is in society’s interest that an individual develop and exercise his talents’. Studies in Logical Theory 1903.
Durkheim, Emile. 1858-1917. French sociologist. Division of Labour in Society 1893.
Fabian Society. 1883. English non-revolutionary socialist movement. Founded Labour Party. Shaw.
Fenians. 1858. Secret US society of Irish emigrants seeking Irish autonomy. Raided Canada 1866,70,71.
Friends, Society of. = Quakers.
Fromm, Erich. 1900-80. German/US psychoanalyst. Man for Himself 1947. The Sane Society 1955.