Victor Cousin - Victor Cousin Victor Cousin (November 28, 1792 - January 13, 1867) was a French philosopher. The son of a watchmaker, he was born in Paris, in the Quartier Saint-Antoine. At the age of ten he was sent to the local grammar school, the Lycée Charlemagne, where he studied until he was eighteen. The lycée had a connection with the university, and when Cousin left the secondary school he was "crowned" in the ancient hall of the Sorbonne for the Latin oration delivered by him there, in the general concourse of his school competitors. The classical training of the lycée strongly disposed him to literature. He was already known among his compeers for his knowledge of Greek. From the lycée he passed to the Normal School of.
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II (in Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II) (March 14 1820 - January 9 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia 1849 - 1861, and King of Italy 1861 - 1878. In 1842 he was married to a cousin, Maria Adelaide of Habsburg and had children including: Marie Clotilde 1843-1911, who married Napoleon Joseph 1822-1891 (the Prince Napoleon). Their grandson Louis was the pretender of Bonaparte. Umberto, later King of Italy Amedeo, later King of Spain Rosa Theresa Vercellona Guerrieri (nicknamed La Rosina) was once Victo Emmanuel's mistress. The Count of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda was probably their (illegitimate) son. Related Articles Italian unification Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Mazzini Count Cavour External Links.
Cousin, cousine - Cousin, cousine Cousin, cousine is a 1976 French language film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their spouses have been unfaithful. It stars Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux and Marie-France Pisier. The movie was written by Jean Charles Tacchella and Danièle Thompson. It was directed by Tacchella. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marie-Christine Barrault), Best Foreign Language Film (France) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Cousin, cousine was remade in an English language version in 1989 as Cousins..
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - installed) Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, later King William IV, third son of King George IIII (1801) Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1801) William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1801) William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Prime Minister (1801) Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1782, never installed) Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of King George III (1801) Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, fifth son of King George III (1801) Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex, sixth son of King George III (1801) Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, seventh son of King George III (1801) William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, grandson of King George II (1801) Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1801).
Jean Philibert Damiron - entered the normal school, where he studied under Eugène Burnouf, Abel-Francois Villemain, and Victor Cousin. After teaching for several years in provincial towns, he came to Paris, where he lectured on philosophy in various institutions, and finally became professor in the normal school, and titular professor at the Sorbonne. In 1824 he joined PF Dubois and Théodore Simon Jouffroy in establishing the Globe; and he was also a member of the committee of the society which took for its motto Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera. In 1833 he was appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and in 1836 member of the Academy of Moral Sciences. Damiron died in Paris. His chief works, of which the best are his accounts of French philosophers, are the following: An edition of the Nouveaux mélanges.
Jules Simon - forename. By considerable sacrifice he was enabled to attend a seminary at Vannes, and worked briefly as usher in a school before, in 1833, he became a student at the École Normale in Paris. There he came in contact with Victor Cousin, who sent him to Caen and then to Versailles to teach philosophy. He helped Cousin, without receiving any recognition, in his translations from Plato, and in 1839 became his deputy in the chair of philosophy at the Sorbonne, with the meagre salary of 83 francs per month. He also lectured on the history of philosophy at the École Normale. At this period he edited the works of Nicolas Malebranche (2 vols, 1842), of Rene Descartes (1842), Bossuet (1842) and of Antoine Arnauld (1843), and in 1844-1845 appeared the two.
Jules Michelet - passed the university examination in 1821, and was soon appointed to a professorship of history in the Collège Rollin. Soon after this, in 1824, he married. This was one of the most favourable periods ever for scholars and men of letters in France, and Michelet had powerful patrons in Abel-Francois Villemain and Victor Cousin, among others. Although he was an ardent politician (having from his childhood embraced republicanism and a peculiar variety of romantic free-thought), he was first of all a man of letters and an inquirer into the history of the past. His earliest works were school textbooks. Between 1825 and 1827 he produced divers sketches, chronological tables, etc, of modern history. His précis of the subject, published in 1827, is a sound and careful book, far better than anything.
Henry Reeve - a good deal of the young John Stuart Mill. In 1829 he studied at Geneva and mixed in Genevese society, then very brilliant, and including the Sismondis, François Huber, Charles Victor de Bonstetten, Alphonse de Candolle, Rossil, Sigismund Krasinski (his most intimate friend), and Adam Mickiewicz, whose Fans he translated. During a visit to London in 1831 he was introduced to Thackeray and Thomas Carlyle, while through the Austins he made the acquaintance of other literary figures. Next year, in Paris, he met Victor Hugo, Victor Cousin, and Sir Walter Scott. He travelled in Italy, sat under Schelling at Munich and under Ludwig Tieck at Dresden, became in 1835-36 a member of Madame de Circourt's salon, and numbered among his friends Alphonse de Lamartine, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Alfred de Vigny, Adolphe.
History of Ethiopia - of the mission of 1520, who had remained in the country after the departure of the embassy, was, according to his own statement (which is untrustworthy), ordained successor to the abuna (archbishop), and sent to Lisbon. Bermudez certainly came to Europe, but with what credentials is not known. Be that as it may, a Portuguese fleet, under the command of Stephen da Gama, was sent from India and arrived at Massawa in February 1541. Here he received an ambassador from the negus beseeching him to send help against the Moslems, and in the July following a force of 450 musketeers, under the command of Christopher da Gama, younger brother of the admiral, marched into the interior, and being joined by native troops were at first successful against the enemy; but they.
Highlander - better known as the rally point where Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops first concentrated on August 19, 1745 See:Glenfinnan). In 1536 his clan was in conflict with the rival Fraser clan. Connor had his first battles in the conflict. The Frasers had employed an experienced immortal only known as the Kurgan (Clancy Brown) and he apparently recognized that Connor was a fellow immortal though even Connor had not discovered this yet. The Kurgan managed to mortally wound Connor in battle but the MacLeods recovered the body before he could decapitate it. The MacLeods mourned Connor but he revived shortly after his "death". Accusing him of being a witch in league with the devil Connor's clansmen tortured him and were about to execute him. But thanks to his cousin Angus MacLeod (James Cosmo).
Hippolyte Taine - of his university career; his life as a man of letters was now to begin. No sooner had he deposited his dissertations at the Sorbonne than he began to write an essay on Livy for one of the competitions set by the Académie française. Here again the moral tendency of his work excited lively opposition, and after much discussion the competition was postponed till 1855; Taine toned down some of the censured passages, and the work was crowned by the Academy in 1855. The essay on Livy was published in 1856 with the addition of a preface setting forth determinist doctrines, much to the disgust of the Academy. In the beginning of 1854 Taine, after six years of uninterrupted efforts, broke down and was obliged to rest: but he found a.
Ull - had a religious importance far greater than would appear from the scanty surviving textual references. Ullr seems to be a variant of a wide-spread god of the bow, plague and the wild represented in Greece by Apollo, among northwest Semites by Resheph/Rashpu, in the Vedas by Rudra and possibly in Welsh by Arawn. Alternatives: Ullr (Old Norse), Vuldr, Wulder, Ulr (New Norse) Some Modern Inventions: In H. A. Guerber's The Myths of the Norsemen Ull is said to take Skadi as his wife following her divorce from Njord. In Victor Rydberg's idiosyncratic Teutonic Mythology Ull is the son of Sif and Egil-Orvandill, half-brother of Swipdag - Odr, nephew of Weland Smith and a cousin of Skadi. His father Egil was the greatest archer in the mythology, and Ull follows in his.
George V of the United Kingdom - born at Marlborough House in London, the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. As a younger son of the Prince of Wales, there was no expectation that Prince George of Wales, as he was then styled, would take the throne. His elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, later Duke of Clarence and Avondale, known to the family as "Eddy," was second in line to the throne. As children, the two boys were very close and were sent away together to naval college as a way of finishing their education, but their characters were very different. Eddy was unstable -- possibly even mentally retarded -- whilst George had inherited the steady, dutiful disposition of his grandmother, Queen Victoria. After becoming engaged to marry his.
Umberto I of Italy - in 1859, and in 1866 commanded a division at the battle of Custozza. Attacked by the Austrian cavalry near Villafranca, he formed his troops into squares and drove the assailants towards Sommacampagna, remaining himself throughout the action in the square most exposed to attack. With Bixio he covered the retreat of the Italian army, receiving the gold medal for valour. On April 21 1868 Umberto married his cousin, Margherita Teresa Giovanna, princess of Savoy. They begat Victor Emmanuel, prince of Naples; and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Ascending the throne on the death of his father (January 9 1878), Umberto adopted the style "Umberto I of Italy" rather than "Umberto IV" (of Savoy), and consented that the remains of his father should be interred at Rome in the Pantheon, and not.
Georges de Scudéry - rich marriage. He was an industrious dramatist, but L'Amour tyrannique is practically the only piece among his numerous tragi-comedies and pastorals that has escaped oblivion. His other most famous work was the epic of Alaric (1655). He lent his name to his sister's first romances, but did little beyond correcting the proofs. Scudéry's swashbuckler affectations have been rather exaggerated by literary gossip and tradition. Although possibly not quite sane, he had some poetical power, a fervent love of literature, a high sense of honour and of friendship. Georges de Scudéry is sketched by Théophile Gautier in his Grotesques. See also Victor Cousin, La Société française au XVII' siècle, vol. ii. Reference This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica..
Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Nassau, and Princess of Liechtenstein. She was married on 20 March 1982 to His Serene Highness Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, who was born in 1947. Other members of the Grand Ducal family Jean Félix Marie Guillaume de Nassau. The Grand Duke's brother. He was born on 15 May 1957. Who was married on 27 May 1987 to Hélène Vestur, who was born in 1958. Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Adélaide Louise Thérèse Wilhelmine. The Grand Duke's aunt. She was born on 21 May 1924. She is Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, and Countess von Donnersmarck. She was married on 10 April 1958 to Marie Karl Josef Erdmann Jakob Edwin Lazarus Andreas Alois, Count Henckel von Donnersmarck, who was born on 7 November 1928. Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Gabriele Adelgonde Wilhelmine Louise..
Felix Ravaisson-Mollien - and became professor of philosophy at Rennes. From 1840 he was inspector-general of public libraries, and in 1860 became inspector-general in the department of higher education. He was also a member of the Académie française, and of the Academy of Moral and Political Science, and curator of the Department of Antiquities at the Louvre (from 1870). He died in Paris. In philosophy, he was one of the school of Victor Cousin, with whom he was at issue in many important points. The act of consciousness, according to him, is the basis of all knowledge. Acts of consciousness are manifestations of will, which is the motive and creative power of the intellectual life. The idea of God is a cumulative intuition given by all the various faculties of the mind, in its.
Émile Saisset - philosopher. He was born at Montpellier. He studied philosophy in the school of Victor Cousin, and carried on the eclectic tradition of his master along with Ravaisson and Jules Simon. He was professor of philosophy at Caen, at the École Normale in Paris and later at the Sorbonne. His chief works are a monograph on Aenesidemus the Sceptic (1840); Le Scepticisme: Ænésidème, Pascal, Kant (1845); a translation of Spinoza (1843); Précurseurs et disciples de Descartes (1862); Discours de la philosophie de Leibniz (1857)--a work which had great influence on the progress of thought in France; Essai de philosophie religieuse (1859); ''Critique et histoire de la philosophie (1865). This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica..
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac - men; men differ greatly in the degree of vividness with which they feel; and, finally, that man is nothing but what he has acquired; all innate faculties and ideas are to be swept away. The last dictum suggests the difference that has been made to this manner of psychologizing by modern theories of evolution and heredity. Condillac's work on politics and history, contained, for the most part, in his Cours d'études, offers few features of interest, except so far as it illustrates his close affinity to English thought: he had not the warmth and imagination to make a good historian. In logic, on which he wrote extensively, he is far less successful than in psychology. He enlarges with much iteration, but with few con~rete examples, upon the supremacy of the analytic.
Duke of Portland - the possession of the Cavendish-Bentinck family by marriage. The Dukedom of Portland became extinct on the 9th Duke's death, though the 9th Duke's distant cousin succeeded him as Earl of Portland. Dukes of Portland (1716) Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682-1726) William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portand (1708-1762) William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809) William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768-1854) William John Cavendish Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879) William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977) Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980) Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897-1990).
