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David Sedley

David Neil Sedley FBA (born 30 May 1947) is a British philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.

Updated: September 18, 2026
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A. A. Long

Anthony Arthur Long FBA (born 17 August 1937) is a British-American classical scholar who is the Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Classics, Irving Stone Professor of Literature Emeritus, and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy and Rhetoric at the...

Updated: November 6, 2026
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Gaius Cassius Longinus

Gaius Cassius Longinus (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːi.ʊs ˈkassi.ʊs ˈlɔŋɡɪnʊs]; c. 86 BC – 3 October 42 BC) was a Roman senator and general best known as a leading instigator of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC. He was the...

Updated: October 21, 2026
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Pneuma

Pneuma (Ancient Greek: πνεῦμα, romanized: pneûma) is an ancient Greek word for "breath", and in a religious context for "spirit". It has various technical meanings for medical writers and philosophers of classical antiquity, particularly in regard...

Updated: August 7, 2026
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Sedley (surname)

Sedley is a surname, and may refer to: Amelia Sedley, fictional character from the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress of King James II Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet...

Updated: December 19, 2023
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David J. Furley

David John Furley FBA (24 February 1922 – 26 January 2010) was a British scholar of ancient philosophy and a specialist in Greco-Roman cosmology and natural philosophy. He spent the first two decades of his academic career at University College...

Updated: November 6, 2026
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Vanity Fair (novel)

Vanity Fair is a satirical novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume...

Updated: November 7, 2026
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De Natura Deorum

De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) is a philosophical dialogue by Roman Academic Skeptic philosopher Cicero written in 45 BC. It is laid out in three books that discuss the theological views of the Hellenistic philosophies of Epicureanism,...

Updated: November 7, 2026
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De rerum natura

De rerum natura (Latin: [deː ˈreːrʊn naːˈtuːraː]; On the Nature of Things) is a first-century BCE didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (c. 99 – c. 55 BCE) with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The...

Updated: November 4, 2026
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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester

Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore (née Sedley; 21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the...

Updated: June 7, 2026