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'''Olcott, Col. Henry Steel (1832-1907)'''. *A Buddhist Catechism, according to the Canon of the Southern Church. English and Sinhalese, Colombo, Ceylon: Buddhist Theosophical Society, 1881. Many subsequent editions.— | '''Olcott, Col. Henry Steel (1832-1907)'''. *A Buddhist Catechism, according to the Canon of the Southern Church. English and Sinhalese, Colombo, Ceylon: Buddhist Theosophical Society, 1881. Many subsequent editions.—*Diaries. Col. H. S. Olcott’s Diaries in the Adyar Archives. 30 vols.—*Letter to Miss Francesca Arundale, dated February 2, 1885. The Theosophist, September, 1932. *Old Diary Leaves. The True History of The Theosophical Society. Vol. I. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Madras: The Theosophist, 1895. x, 491 pp. pl. Vols. II, III, IV, V, and VI, publ. by the Theos. Society (Adyar), 1900-1935.—*People from the Other World. Ill. by Alfred Kappes and T. W. Williams, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1875. 492 pp. | ||
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'''Ozanam, Jacques'''. French mathematician, b. at Bouligneux (Dombes), 1640; d. at Paris, April 3, 1717. Belonged to a Jewish family converted to Christianity. Was intended for an ecclesiastical profession, but showed early great aptitudes for mathematics; wrote his first work when only 15. Lived for a time at Lyons, teaching mathematics; published there his Tables of sinuses, etc., 1870; established himself then at Paris, through some service he had rendered to a foreigner. Became very well known, acquiring the respect of Leibnitz on acc. of his treaties on algebra. Inspite of {{Page aside|443}}success of his works, led a very hard life. Became, 1701, member of the Académie des Sciences. Died of apoplexy. Other Works: Traité de gnomique, Lyon, 1673. 12°.—Géométrie pratique, Paris, 1684, republished several times.—Dictionnaire mathématique, Paris, 1691. 4to. — Nouvelle trigonométrie, 1698.—Nouveaux éléments d'algèbre, Amsterdam, 1702. 8vo.—Many other works and articles in scientific journals. | '''Ozanam, Jacques'''. French mathematician, b. at Bouligneux (Dombes), 1640; d. at Paris, April 3, 1717. Belonged to a Jewish family converted to Christianity. Was intended for an ecclesiastical profession, but showed early great aptitudes for mathematics; wrote his first work when only 15. Lived for a time at Lyons, teaching mathematics; published there his Tables of sinuses, etc., 1870; established himself then at Paris, through some service he had rendered to a foreigner. Became very well known, acquiring the respect of Leibnitz on acc. of his treaties on algebra. Inspite of {{Page aside|443}}success of his works, led a very hard life. Became, 1701, member of the Académie des Sciences. Died of apoplexy. Other Works: Traité de gnomique, Lyon, 1673. 12°.—Géométrie pratique, Paris, 1684, republished several times.—Dictionnaire mathématique, Paris, 1691. 4to. — Nouvelle trigonométrie, 1698.—Nouveaux éléments d'algèbre, Amsterdam, 1702. 8vo.—Many other works and articles in scientific journals. | ||
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'''Panaetius (Greek, Panaitios)'''. Greek Neo-Platonic philosopher of the 2nd cent. b.c. Born in the island of Rhodes, descended from a family of long-standing celebrity. Pupil of grammarian Crates, in Pergamum; studied at Athens under the Stoic Diogenes of Babylon, later under Antipater of Tarsus. Gained the friendship of P. Scipio Aemilianus, and accompanied him on the embassy he undertook, two years after the conquest of Carthage, to the kings of Egypt and Asia in alliance with Rome. Spent the latter part of his life at Athens as head of the Stoic School. Died sometime before 111 b.c. His principal work is his treatise on Moral Obligation in three books, closely adhered to by Cicero in his writings on the same subject. Panaetius followed Aristotle, Xenocrates, Theophrastus, and especially Plato, softening the harsh severity of the older stoics, and modifying their teachings so as to make them applicable to the conduct of life. | |||
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'''Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)'''. *Pensées. Orig. ed., Paris, 1670. Many editions since. | |||
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'''Penna di Billi, Francesco Arazio della'''. Italian missionary, b. 1680 at Macerata. d. at Patan, Nepaul, July 20, 1747. Entered early the Capuchin Order. Named, 1719, to head mission to convert Tibet. Went to Lhassa with twelve others. After several years of labors, mission was reduced to three; came back to Rome, 1735, asked and obtained nine other brothers, and went again, 1738; arrived in Tibet, 1741, with letters of recomm. On basis of his information, the Congregation of Propaganda published: *Relazione del principio e stato présente della missione del . . . Regno del gran Tibet . . . Rome, 1742. 4to. This account has been published in French, with notes by Klaproth, in the Nouveau Journal Asiatique, Paris, 1835. | |||
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'''Plato (427? b.c.-347 b.c.)''' *Sophistes. Parallel Greek and English texts in the Loeb Classical Library.—*Timaeus and *Gorgias. Loeb Class. Libr. | |||
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'''Plutarch (46?-120?)'''. *De defectu oraculorum (Peri ton ekleloipo- tôn chrêstêriôn—On the Cessation of Oracles). In Plutarch’s Morals. Theosophical Essays translated by C. W. King. Bohn’s Classical Library, 1882. | |||
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'''Prel, Freiherr Karl Ludwig August Friedrich Μ. A. du (1839-1899)'''. *Die Planetenbewohner und die Nebularhypothese, neue Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Weltalls. Leipzig: E. Günther, 1880. 8-vo. vii, 175 pp. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris).— *Das Janus-Gesicht des Menschen, and *Die Weltstellung des Menschen—both untraced. | |||
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'''Regnaud, Paul. French philologist, b. at Mantoche (Haûte-Saône)''', April 19, 1838; d. 1910. Educated at home; worked in the ironworks of Fraisans (Jura), from 1856 on; managed commercial house at Sèvre, 1865. Passionately devoted to philological studies; attended course at the École des Hautes Études, Paris, then recently founded, 1868; received diploma, 1873, as a result of thesis: Exposé chronologique et systématique de la doctrine des principaux Upanishads (Paris, 1874-76). Appointed, 1879, head of conferences at the Faculty of Literature at Lyons; held since 1887 chair of Sanskrit and comparative Grammar in that city. | |||
Works: La Rhétorique sanscrite, Paris, 1884.—*Matériaux pour servire à l'histoire de la philosophie de U Inde. Paris: F. Vieweg, 1876-78. — Origine et philosophie du language. 2nd ed., Paris: Fischbacher, 1888.—Origines de la mythologie Indo-Européenne. Paris, 1892, and many other studies. | |||
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>“Report of the Society of the Lovers of Natural Sciences,”''' in Moscow Gazette (Moskovskiya Vedomosti), No. 326, November 21, 1883. | |||
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'''Ryan, Dr. Charles J. (1865-1949)'''. *H. P. Blavatsky and The Theosophical Movement. A Brief Historical Sketch. Point Loma, Calif.: Theos. University Press, 1937. xiii, 369 pp. Ill. | |||
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'''Schenkel, Daniel'''. Swiss Protestant theologian, b. Dec. 21, 1813, at Dägerlen (Canton Zürich); d. May 19, 1885, at Heidelberg. Studied at Basel and Göttingen. Lectured and taught at Rome, 1838-41. First parish priest at Schaffhausen, 1841. Prof, at Basel, 1849; prof., director of seminary and chaplain at Heidelberg, 1851. Antagonist of both Pietism and Orthodoxy. One of the chief leaders of Protestant Liberalism. Co-founder and President of the German Protestant Union, 1863. Prolific writer on religious subjects. Works: Das Wesen des Protestantismus. Schaffhausen, 1845-51. 3 vols. 2nd ed. 1862. 8vo.—Die christliche Dogmatic, vom Standpunkt des Gewissens aus dargestellt. Wiesbaden: Kreidel und Niedner, 185859. 2 vols. 8vo.—Collaborated on the Bibellexicon, Leipzig, 1868-75. 5 vols. | |||
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'''Schlagintweit, Emil (1835-1904)'''. *Buddhism in Tibet; ill. by liter, documents and objects of religious worship; with an account of the Buddhist systems preceding it in India. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus; London: Trübner & Co., 1863. 8vo. | |||
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'''Sinnett, Alfred Percy (1840-1921)'''. *The Occult World. London: Triibner and Co., 1881. 172 pp. 8vo.; first Amer, ed., with special Appendix regarding the “Kiddle Incident”. New York and Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1885.—* Esoteric Buddhism. London: Triib- ner and Co., 1883; many subs, editions.—*The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (from the Mahatmas M. and K. H.). Transcribed, Compiled and with an Introd, by A. T. Barker (1893-1941). London: T. Fisher Unwin, December, 1923; New York: Frederick A. Stokes, xxxv, 492 pp.; 2nd rev. ed., London: Rider and Co., 1926; 8th impr., London: Rider and Co., 1948.—*The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, and Other Miscellaneous Letters. Transcribed, Compiled, and with an Introd, by A. T. Barker. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1925. xvi, 404 pp.—* Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky. Compiled from Information supplied by her Relatives and Friends. With a Portrait reproduced from an original painting by Hermann Schmiechen. London: George Redway, 1886. xii, 324 pp. 2nd ed., London: Theos. Publ. House, 1913. 256 pp. Somewhat abbreviated in text.—*The Early Days of Theosophy in Europe. London: Theos. Publ. House, 1922. 126 pp. (Posthumously published). | |||
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'''Smith, Professor John'''. Born in Scotland, 1822. Took degrees of M.A. and M.D. at Univ, of Aberdeen, and taught Chemistry for five years at Marishall College, Aberdeen. Selected to hold the chairs of Chemistry and the Philosophy of Physics at the newly constituted Univ, of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia; present, Oct. 11, 1852, at its inauguration. At once distinguished himself as an outstanding educator and acquired great influence upon his pupils. Appointed, 1853, member of the Board of National Education. Worked tirelessly in the interest of Training Schools and for the improvement of the conditions of teachers. Appointed, 1866, to the Council of Education, and elected nine times in succession as President thereof, performing valuable work gratuitously. Elected Board Chairman, Australian Mutual Provident Society, 1873. Paid three visits to the Old Country: in 1861, by way of Egypt and Palestine, describing his experiences in the Sydney Morning Herald; in 1871, during which trip he married; and in 1882 when his health was already declining. He died Oct. 12, 1885, having achieved great distinction in his profession and won the trust of the people. | |||
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'''Society for Psychical Research'''. *First Report of the Committee of the Society for Psychical Research appointed to investigate the Marvellous Phenomena offered by certain Members of The Theosophical Society. Private and Confidential. Issued about December, 1884.—*Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. Vol. {{Page aside|446}}III, Part ix, December, 1885. London: Triibner & Co. Contains 200 pages on Phenomena and The Theosophical Society, embodying Richard Hodgson’s Report on his investigations in India. | |||
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