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Eclecticism. 2C BC. Philosophical doctrine combining elements of various, sometimes contradictory, philosophies. Cicero.
Heidegger, Martin. 1889-1976. German Existentialist philosopher. Being and Time 1927.
Imagists. 1912-. Poets eschew sentimentality for precision and imagery. Pound. Lawrence. Lowell.
Jung, Karl. 1875-1961. Swiss psychiatrist. Synchronicity-theory that related events occur at the same time without connecting cause. Astrology. Psychology of the Unconscious 1912. Extrovert. Introvert. Collective Unconscious.
Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.
Lermontov, Mikhail. 1814-41. Russian Romantic Caucasus poet: Hero of Our Time 1840. Exiled 1837-38,40.
Luce, Henry. 1898-1967. US publisher. Founded Time 1923, Fortune 1930, Life 1936, Sports Illustrated 1954.
Matsushita, Konosuke. 1894-1989. Japanese industrialist; began 5-day workweek, guaranteed lifetime employment.
Minoans. 3000-1100BC. Cretan civilization. Maritime power. Minos.
Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.
Mortimer, Roger. c1287-1330. Lover of Queen Isabella. Deposed Edward II and ruled 1327-. Executed by Edward III.
Mortimer’s Cross, Battle. 1461. Yorks defeat Lancastrians. Edward IV declares himself king.
Mycenaeans. c1600-c1100BC. Greek civilization. Time of Homer’s epics. Late Bronze Age. Ended with Dorian invasion.
Northcliffe, Viscount. 1865-1922. English publisher. Daily Mail 1896. Daily Mirror 1903. Times 1906.
Observatory, Paris. 1667-72. Claude Perrault. Dimensions of the solar system 1672, meridians of longitude. Sets Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Ochs, Adolph. 1858-1935. US journalist vs Yellow (sensationalist) Journalism. NY Times.
Olympiad. Greek measure of time = 4 years.
Pobedonostev, Konstantin. 1827-1907. Russian. professor, tutor to Alexander III, Nicholas II. Pro-autocracy. “Parliaments are the great lie of our time.”
Popper, Karl. 1902-94. Austrian/British philosopher. Objective knowledge. All knowledge grows from conjecture and refutation. Social advance made one step at a time.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.
Relativity. Einstein’s theories that space and time are not absolute. Special 1905. General 1916.
Saroyan, William. 1908-81. US writer. The Time of Your Life 1939.
Sterne, Laurence. 1713-68. English humourist novelist. Tristram Shandy 1759-67. Sentimental Journey 1768.
Straits Convention. 1841-1923. Banned warships from Dardanelles in peacetime.
Thackeray, William. 1811-1863. English novelist. Vanity Fair 1849. Sentimental and cynical moralist.