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Pershing, John. 1860-1948. US general; commanded French front 1918. WWI.
Persian Wars. 490-479BC. Greek city-states repel Persian invasion.
Persius. 34-62. Roman satirical poet. Stoic.
Peru. Settled 8000BC. 15C Inca. 1532 Pizarro conquers for Spain. 1821 Independent.
Pérugini, Pietro le. 1445-1523. Italian painter. Taught Raphael. St. Peter and Keys 1482 (Sistine Chapel).
Peruzzi, Baldassarre. 1481-1536. Italian architect, painter. Palazzo Massimo 1535. Villa Farnesina 1509-21.
Pfitzner, Hans. 1869-1949. German Post-romantic opera composer. Palestrina 1917.
Phenomenalism. Matter is defined by sense experience.
Phocas. -610. Byzantine Emperor 602-. Persecuted Monophysites and Jews.
Physiognomism. Belief in the relationship between personality types and facial characteristics. Lavater. Aristotle.
Pied Piper of Hamelin. Legend based on Children’s Crusade. Leads children away when townspeople refuse to pay for ridding town of vermin.
Pilgrim Fathers. 1620. English religious Separatists who sailed on Mayflower to avoid persecution.
Pisano, Giovanni. c1254-1314. Italian Gothic sculptor, son of Nicola Perouse Fountain 1278. Pistoia Cathedral pulpit 1301. PIsa Cathedral pulpit 1302-10.
Pizarro, Francisco. ~1475-1541. Spanish conqueror of Incas in Peru 1531-3. Founded Lima 1535.
Plataea, Battle. 479BC. Persians driven from Greece by Pausanias.
Platonism. Perceptions approximate an ideal reality of eternal ideas.
Polycrates. -522BC. Samos tyrant c535-. Aided Persians vs Egypt.
Poole, William. 1821-94. US. First library periodical index.
Popish Plot. 1678. Oates’ fictitious allegations of conspiracy led to persecution of Catholics.
Popper, Karl. 1902-94. Austrian/British philosopher. Objective knowledge. All knowledge grows from conjecture and refutation. Social advance made one step at a time.
Positivism. Knowledge based on senses alone. Personal knowledge. Natural laws lead to social engineering to secure a happy society. Comte. Mill. Spencer. Logical Positivism.
Praetorian Guard. 27BC-312. Roman Emperor’s guard. Only military allowed in Rome.
Pragmatic Sanction. 1713. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI declares Maria Theresa as heir causing War of Austrian Succession.
Pragmatism. 19-20C. Philosophy emphasizing experiment and practical utility. Pierce. James. Dewey. Schiller.