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GENIUSES

  1. Rene Dekart
    Born Rene Descartes (romanized form Kartezy) in the town of Lae (France) in an ancient noble family, studied at the Jesuit college of La Flèche, where the teaching was very qualified…
     
  2. Pericles
    495-429 BC)The reign of this statesman in Athens called the "age of Pericles" - so much he has done for the prosperity of his native city and the subsequent glory…
     
  3. STALIN
    (1879-1953)Since his name is linked almost all the greatest achievements of Soviet Union in the XX century…
     
  4. PLATO
    (427-347 BC)His name - one of the most illustrious in the history not only of philosophy but also of humanity…
     
  5. KONSTANTIN
    (272-337)An example of Marcus Aurelius has shown that a wise ruler, philosopher, is capable to take your life and lead the nation…
     
  6. Lev Tolstoi
    Receiving a good education at home, he entered the Kazan University, but after three years left him, disappointed in a government study…
     
  7. Isaak Newton
    (1643-1727) Isaac Newton was born to a farmer in the village Vulstrop (75 miles from Cambridge) and his father died before his birth…
     
  8. Ludwig van Beethoven
    (1770-1827) In Richard Wagner is the remembrance of the story, "The Pilgrimage to Beethoven"…
     
  9. COPERNICUS
    (1473-1543) The ratio of man to nature and God is defined not only by personal sympathies, knowledge and ignorance, but also public opinion, tradition, and the level of development of philosophy and science…
     
  10. Titian
    1477 or 1487-1576) "There are families of plants, some species are so close together that the similarity is greater than the difference: these are the artists of Venice, not only the four famous - Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and other, lesser-known …
     
  11. EINSTEIN
    Sciences are different, some naturalists have made major discoveries in several of them, created new scientific directions…
     
  12. CHARLES THE GREAT
    (742-814) The appearance of his empire, as always in history, was determined (at least, in retrospect) the affairs of at least two of his predecessors…
     
  13. Aurelius Augustine
    (354-430) Aurelius Augustine, sainted, was born in Tagasta (North Africa, Algeria) in a poor family of a Roman official…
     
  14. Alexander Suvorov
    It is more difficult to discern a legendary figure, clothed in glory and strewn like sequins, anecdotes and outstanding personality of genius…