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Ship Of Fools
The ship of fools (Modern German: ; ), is an allegory, first appearing in Book VI of Plato's ''Republic'', about a ship with a dysfunctional crew. The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge. Images of the ship became popular, especially in German-speaking lands, especially after the publication of Sebastian Brant's satirical book '' Ship of Fools'' (1494), which served as the inspiration for Hieronymus Bosch's painting, '' Ship of Fools''. Normally, the images show a ship crowded with men mostly wearing traditional jester or fool's costume with cloth ears ending in bells, many quarreling, drinking, and fighting. In the book a ship—an entire fleet at first—sets off from Basel, bound for the Paradise of Fools. In it, Brant conceives Saint Grobian, whom he imagines to be the patron saint of vulgar and coarse people. In literary and artistic compositions of the 15th and 16th centuries, the cult ...
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Papal Tiara
The papal tiara is a crown that was worn by popes of the Catholic Church from as early as the 8th century to the mid–20th century. It was last used by Pope Paul VI in 1963, and only at the beginning of his reign. The name ''tiara'' refers to the entire headpiece, including the various crowns, circlets, and diadems that have adorned it through the ages, while the three-tiered form that it took in the 14th century is also called the triregnum or the triple crown, and sometimes as the triple tiara. From 1143 to 1963, the papal tiara was solemnly placed on the pope's head during a papal coronation. The surviving papal tiaras are all in the triple form, the oldest from 1572. A representation of the triregnum combined with two crossed keys of Saint Peter is used as a symbol of the papacy and appears on papal documents, buildings and insignia, and on the flag of Vatican City. Actual use of the papal tiara has declined since the reign of Pope Paul VI, the last pope to have a corona ...
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English Phrases
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity * English studies, the study of English language and literature Media * ''English'' (2013 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''English'' (novel), a Chinese book by Wang Gang ** ''English'' (2018 film), a Chinese adaptation * ''The English'' (TV series), a 2022 Western-genre miniseries * ''English'' (play), a 2022 play by Sanaz Toossi People and fictional characters * English (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach * English Gardner (born 1992), American track and field sprinter * English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer * Aiden English, a ring name of Matthew Rehwoldt (born 1987), American former professional wrestle ...
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Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett (, modern variant ; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English writer and classical scholar. Additionally, he was an administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, theologian, Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was master of Balliol College, Oxford. Early life and education Jowett was born in Camberwell, London, the third of nine children. His father was a furrier originally from a Yorkshire family that, for three generations, had been supporters of the Evangelical movement in the Church of England, and an author of a metrical translation of the Old Testament Psalms. His mother, Isabella Langhorne (1790–1869), was related to John Langhorne, the poet and translator of Plutarch. At the age of 12, Jowett was placed on the foundation of St Paul's School (then located in St Paul's Churchyard) where he soon gained a reputation as a precocious classical scholar. At the age of 18, Jowett was awarded an open scholarship to Ball ...
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Narrenschiff (1549)
''Ship of Fools'' (German language, Modern German: ; ; original Early New High German, medieval German title: ) is a Satire, satirical allegory in German verse published in 1494 in poetry, 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by the Renaissance humanism in Northern Europe, humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant. It is the most famous treatment of the Ship of fools, ship of fools trope and circulated in numerous translations. Overview The ''Ship of Fools'' was published in 1494 in poetry, 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by Sebastian Brant. It was printed by Michael Furter for Johann Bergann von Olpe. The book consists of a prologue, 112 brief satires, and an epilogue, all illustrated with woodcuts. Brant takes up the ship of fools trope, popular at the time, lashing with unsparing vigor the weaknesses and vices of his time. He conceives Grobian, Saint Grobian, whom he imagines to be the patron saint of vulgar and coarse people. The concept of foolishness was a frequently used Trope (litera ...
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Neuenburg Am Rhein Jm13341
Neuenburg may refer to: *Neuenburg am Rhein, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Neuenburg, part of Zetel in Lower Saxony, Germany *Neuenburg, part of Löffingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *Neuenburg, in Manitoba, Canada *Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany *Neuenbürg, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany *the German name for Neuchâtel, a city in Switzerland, also the canton and the lake *Neuenburg an der Elbe, the German name for Nymburk, a town in the Czech Republic *the German exonym for Jaunpils, a village in Latvia * Neuenburg in Westpreußen, the German name for Nowe Nowe (, 1942-1945: ''Neuenburg (Weichsel)'') is a town in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 6,270 inhabitants (2004). Geographical location Nowe is located approximately 75 kilometers north-east of Byd ...
, a town in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland {{geodis ...
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Bräunlingen
Bräunlingen ( Low Alemannic: ''Briilinge'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km southwest of Donaueschingen. Sons and daughters of the city * Johann Baptist Weber (1756-1826), master builder of the early Classicism in southwest Germany * Hermann Ohlicher (born 1949), former soccer player (VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...). References Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis {{SchwarzwaldBaar-geo-stub ...
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Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the History of the world's tallest buildings#Churches and cathedrals: Tallest buildings between the 13th and 20th century, world's talles ...
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Neuenburg Am Rhein
Neuenburg am Rhein (High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Neiburg am Rhi'') is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Geographical location Neuenburg is elevated on the right bank of the Altrhein on a terrace between the Vosges and the Black Forest, halfway between Freiburg im Breisgau and Basel at the former confluence of the Klemmbach in the Rhine. Here, a path from the Black Forest (Todtnau) to Mulhouse, the current Bundesstraße 378, crosses with the old waterway transport route Rhine. In addition, at the time of the town's founding by the Zähringer, one of the few fords across the Rhine was located here. In the thalweg of the Altrhein lies the state border between Germany and France. Nowadays, the Grand Canal d'Alsace on the French side of the border runs parallel to the Altrhein. Extension of the urban area The urban area runs along the Altrhein and lies mostly on a part of the Rhine Plain with the Rheinw ...
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Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 14th-largest city in Germany. Nuremberg sits on the Pegnitz (river), Pegnitz, which carries the name Regnitz from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards (), and on the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, that connects the North Sea to the Black Sea. Lying in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Middle Franconia, it is the largest city and unofficial capital of the entire cultural region of Franconia. The city is surrounded on three sides by the , a large forest, and in the north lies (''garlic land''), an extensive vegetable growing area and cultural landscape. The city forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring ...
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Jürgen Weber
Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include: A * Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car driver * Jürgen Arndt, East German rower * Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist B * Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver * Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), German serial killer * Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1983), Belgian cyclist *Jürgen von Beckerath (1920–2016), German Egyptologist * Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician * Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower *Jürgen Blin (1943–2022), West German boxer * Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager * Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer * Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor * Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor C * Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and invest ...
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Saint Peter
Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in Gospel#Canonical gospels, all four New Testament gospels, as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodox tradition treats Peter as the first bishop of Rome – or List of popes, pope – and also as the first bishop of Antioch. Peter's History of the papacy, leadership of the early believers is estimated to have spanned from AD 30 or 33 to his death; these dates suggest that he could have been the longest-reigning pope, for anywhere from 31 to 38 years; however, this has never been verified. According to Apostolic Age, Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero. The ancient Christian churches all venera ...
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