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René Descartes ( / deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART or UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13] : 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount to ...
The Royal Library of Belgium ( Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België; French: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique; German: Königliche Bibliothek Belgiens, abbreviated KBR and sometimes nicknamed Albertine in French or Albertina in Dutch) is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of ...
Sensation novel. The sensation novel, also sensation fiction, was a literary genre of fiction that achieved peak popularity in Great Britain in the 1860s and 1870s, [1] centering taboo material shocking to its readers as a means of musing on contemporary social anxieties. Its literary forebears included the melodramatic novels and the Newgate ...
978-0816643424. Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation ( French: Francis Bacon: Logique de la sensation) is a 1981 book by philosopher Gilles Deleuze, analyzing the work of twentieth-century British figurative painter Francis Bacon. In this biography, Deleuze discusses aesthetics, objects of perception ('percepts'), and sensation.
The collection will explore 16 different looks worn by the pop-star.
The studio behind recent films like “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” and “The Garfield Movie” has acquired the distinctive theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the companies said Wednesday. Alamo ...
Belgium, [A] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [B] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.
Hints About Today's NYT Connections Categories on Sunday, July 7. 1. What can happen to water or ice. 2. Someone who could step in for you. 3. Unofficial names for different jobs. 4. Songs from ...