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Polymath

Avicenna: The Prince of Physicians Who Bridged East and West

The Boy Who Healed a King In the year 997, a seventeen-year-old boy walked into the court of the Samanid ruler in Bukhara. He had already memorize…

Women in Science

The Marquise Who Defied an Era In 1749, a woman lay dying in the palace of Lunéville in eastern France. She was just forty-two years old. At her …

Western Philosophy

The Man Who Never Wrote a Word He never wrote a single book. He never founded a school. He never accepted payment for his teaching. He was poor, ug…

Philosophy

The Boy in the Library In 1652, a six-year-old boy lost his father. Friedrich Leibniz had been a professor of moral philosophy at the University of…

Philosophy

The Clockwork Professor He never traveled more than ten miles from his hometown. He never married, never had children, and lived his entire life by…