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|[[Aeneid]]

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|~~A classic~~ epic poem ~~written by the great Roman poet [[Virgil]]. The Aeneid is a fictional story~~ describing how a wandering [[Trojan]] became the ancestor of the [[Romans]].

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|a fictional epic poem, describing how a wandering [[Trojan]] became the ancestor of the [[Romans]], written by the great Roman poet [[Virgil]].

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|[[Anselm]]

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|A Christian philosopher~~, founder of~~ scholasticism~~, archbishop of Canterbury,~~ and ~~developer of a remarkable logical~~ proof for the existence of God based on degrees of perfection~~, known as the [[ontological argument]].~~

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|a medieval Christian philosopher who founded scholasticism and developed an "ontological" proof for the existence of God based on degrees of perfection.

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~~|[[Antisthenes]]~~

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~~|A disciple of Socrates; founded Cynicism~~.

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|[[Archimedes]]

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|~~287 – 212~~ B.C. Greek mathematician and engineer. Discovered Archimedes' Principle, invented "Archimedes' screw," and built defenses against the Romans for his city of Syracuse; killed by the Romans.

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|287–212 B.C. Greek mathematician and engineer. Discovered Archimedes' Principle, invented "Archimedes' screw," and built defenses against the Romans for his city of Syracuse; killed by the Romans.

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|[[Archons]]

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|[[Cynicism]]

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|~~Philosophy that focuses on~~ living life without worldly possessions~~. Founded~~ by Antisthenes.

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|Greek philosophy emphasizing living life without worldly possessions, founded by Socrates' student Antisthenes.

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|[[David]]

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