a work of great erudition

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• Erudition — The word erudition came into Middle English from Latin. A scholar is erudite (Latin eruditus ) when instruction and reading followed by digestion and contemplation have effaced all rudeness ( e (ex ) + rudis ), that is to say smoothed away all… …   Wikipedia

• God Is Not Great — Infobox Book author = Hitchens, Christopher name = God is not Great country = United States language = English subject = Religion publisher = Twelve Books release date = May 1, 2007 media type = Hardcover, Audio book isbn = ISBN 978 0 446 57980 3 …   Wikipedia

• Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great — Alexander the Great s accomplishments and legacy have been preserved and depicted in many ways. Alexander has figured in works of both high and popular culture from his own era to the modern day. Contents 1 Ancient and Medieval Literature 1.1 In… …   Wikipedia

• Basil the Great —    Saint, and one of the three Cappadocian fathers (along with Gregory of Nazianzos and Gregory of Nyssa [qq.v.], Basil s brother), all great church fathers of the fourth century. They were opponents of Arianism (q.v.), including its chief… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Otto Ribbeck — Johann Karl Otto Ribbeck Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck (July 23, 1827, Erfurt July 18, 1898, Leipzig), was a German classical scholar. He was born at Erfurt in Saxony. Having held professorial appointments at Kiel and Heidelberg, he succeeded his… …   Wikipedia

• RENAN, ERNEST° — (1823–1892), French philosopher and Orientalist. Renan, born in Brittany, was one of the foremost French savants and authors of the 19th century. Educated for the priesthood, Renan rebelled against the oppressive Catholic intellectual atmosphere …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Adrian Balbi — (April 25, 1782 March 14, 1848), Italian geographer, was born at Venice. The publication of his Prospetto politico geografico dello stato attuale del globo (Venice, 1808) obtained his election to the chair of professor of geography at the college …   Wikipedia

• DONALDSON, JOHN WILLIAM —    a philologist, born in London; Fellow of Cambridge and tutor of Trinity College; author of New Cratylus; or Contributions towards a more Accurate Knowledge of the Greek Language, a work of great erudition and of value to scholars; contributed… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Abhidharmakosha — ▪ work by Vasubandhu also called  Abhidharmakosha shastra (Sanskrit: “Treasury of Higher Law”) , Chinese  A p i ta mo Chü she Lun , Japanese  Abidatsuma kusha ron        encyclopaedic compendium of Abhidharma (scholasticism).       Its author,… …   Universalium

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Church History —     Ecclesiastical History     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical History     I. NATURE AND OFFICE     Ecclesiastical history is the scientific investigation and the methodical description of the temporal development of the Church… …   Catholic encyclopedia