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Encyclopaedism
Encyclopedism is an outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work. The term covers both encyclopedias themselves and related genres in which comprehensiveness is a notable feature. The word encyclopedia is a Latinization of the Greek ''enkýklios paideía'', which means all-around education.encyclopedia " ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2013. The encyclopedia is "one of the few generalizing influences in a world of overspecialization. It serves to recall that knowledge has unity," according to Louis Shores, editor of ''Collier's Encyclopedia''. It should not be "a miscellany, but a concentration, a clarification, and a synthesis", according to British writer H.G. Wells, H. G. Wells. Besides comprehensiveness, encyclopedic writing is distinguished by its lack of a specific audience or practical application. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Busto Di Aristotele Conservato A Palazzo Altemps, Roma
Busto is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernesto Hernández Busto (born 1968), Cuban writer living in Barcelona *Javier Busto (born 1949), Spanish choral music composer and conductor *José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu (1932–2006), Peruvian historian *José María Busto (1923–2012), Spanish footballer *Manu Busto (born 1980), Spanish footballer *Manuel Busto (born 1932), French former professional racing cyclist *Michael Busto (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey defenceman *Milton Busto (born 1982), Nicaraguan professional midfielder * Busto, 1962 fado album by Amália Rodrigues See also *El Busto, town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain *Lax'n'Busto Lax'n'Busto are a Pop music, pop-Rock music, rock group formed in 1986 in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain. History In 1989 the group published their first album: ''Vas de punt?... o què!!!'' The album was re-released in both in 1992 and 1994, w ..., po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Niccolò Leoniceno
Niccolò Leoniceno (; 1428–1524) was an Italian physician and humanist. Biography Leoniceno was born in Lonigo, the son of a doctor. He studied Ancient Greek, Greek in Vicenza under Ognibene da Lonigo (in Latin language, Latin: ''Omnibonus Leonicenus'') (Lonigo, 1412 – Vicenza, 1474). Around 1453 he graduated at the University of Padua, where he studied medicine and philosophy under Pietro Roccabonella (died 1491). In 1464, after completing his doctorate, he moved to the University of Ferrara, where he taught mathematics, philosophy and medicine. His students there included Antonio Musa Brassavola. He was a pioneer in the translation of ancient Greek and Arabic language, Arabic medical texts by such authors as Galen and Hippocrates into Latin. In 1493, Leoniceno wrote the first scientific paper on syphilis. He died at Ferrara in 1524. He composed the first criticism of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder. The Ferrara debates Leoniceno's stand against Pliny's work caug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus ( 25 BC 50 AD) was a Roman encyclopedist, known for his extant medical work, '' De Medicina'', which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. The ''De Medicina'' is a primary source on diet, pharmacy, surgery and related fields, and it is one of the best sources concerning medical knowledge in the Roman world. The lost portions of his encyclopedia likely included volumes on agriculture, law, rhetoric, and military arts. He made contributions to the classification of human skin disorders in dermatology, such as myrmecia, and his name is often found in medical terminology regarding the skin, e.g., kerion celsi and area celsi. He is also the namesake of Paracelsus (''lit.'' Above Celsus), a great Swiss alchemist and physician prevalent in the Medical Renaissance. Life Nothing is known about the life of Celsus. Even his praenomen is uncertain; he has been called both Aurelius and Aulus, with the latter being more plau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Livy
Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on good terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and was a friend of Augustus. Livy encouraged Augustus’s young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, to take up the writing of history. Life Livy was born in Patavium in northern Italy, now modern Padua, probably in 59 BC. At the time of his birth, his home city of Patavium was the second wealthiest on the Italian peninsula, and the largest in the province of Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy). Cisalpine Gaul was merged into Italy proper during his lifetime and its inhabitants were given Roman citizenship by Julius Caesar. In his works, Livy often expressed his deep affection and pride for Patavium, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
