Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.

Cyprian, St. c200-258. Martyred Bishop of Carthage. Opposed Pope.

Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.

Deism. Theory that God’s existence can be proven by reason, not just known by revelation (Theism). Rousseau. Voltaire. Jefferson.

Deogaon, Treaty. 1803. Marathans cedes land, power to British East India Co.

Dewey, John. 1859-1952. US Pragmatist philosopher. -’It is in society’s interest that an individual develop and exercise his talents’. Studies in Logical Theory 1903.

Dido. Sister of King of Tyre. Legendary founder of Carthage.

Dionysius. c431-367BC. Syracuse tyrant, unites Greek cities, defeats Carthaginians. Syracuse becomes major power.

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Durham Report. 1839. Advocated colonial independence from Britain, BNA Act.

Dvaravati. 6-13C. Kingdom in Thailand. Indian culture.

Economics, Classical. 19C. Followers of Adam Smith.

Empiricism. Philosophy maintaining that all valid human knowledge is gained from experience.

Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.

Errs. Greek goddess of discord. Threw the apple that led to the Trojan War.

Eucken, Rudolf. 1846-1926. German philosopher: personal ethics are more important than intellectual idealism.

Evangelicalism. Protestant churches that follow literal biblical interpretation.

Evolution. Theory that life evolves from earlier forms. Conflicts with Biblical version of creation. Darwinism.

Finlay, Carlos. 1833-1915. Cuban. Discovered that Yellow Fever is transmitted by mosquitoes 1881. Reed.

Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.

Free Will. Philosophies which allow that man can more or less determine his own destiny. Fatalism.

Gautama, Siddhartha. -480BC. Prince. Buddha.

Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.

Goethals, George. 1858-1928. US engineer. Built Panama Canal.

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