A Calendar of Wisdom

THE NAME INDEX

WITH BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF MAJOR PERSONALITIES

ACHINSKY, DANIEL, October 28.

ALEMBERT, JEAN LE ROND D’ (1717-1783), French writer, encyclopedist, and mathematician, February 15.

AMIEL, HENRI FRÉDÉRIC (1821-1881), professor of philosophy at the University of Geneva, the author of the book Journal Intime, January 13; February 11; March 2; May 10, 15, 16, 22, 26; July 2, 8; August 9, 20, 29; September 8, 30; October 8, 14; December 14, 20, 22, 24, 31.

ARABIC PROVERB (WISDOM), February 26; March 24; October 1.

ARKHANGELSKY, ALEXANDR (1857-1906), journalist and Tolstoy’s follower, February 1; July 14.

ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888), British poet, critic, and historian of literature, February 22.

AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430), Christian scholar, the greatest of the Latin Church fathers, November 19.

AURELIUS, MARCUS (121-180), Roman emperor and philosopher, February 1, 4, 19; March 27, 30; April 2, 4; May 12, 20; June 3, 23, 24; August 5, 16, 26; September 18, 19, 26; October 22, 23, 28; November 18, 27; December 7, 17, 31.

BACON, FRANCIS (1561-1626), English philosopher and statesman, June 6.

BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832), English lawyer and philosopher, February 3; November 5.

BISMARCK, OTTO EDWARD LEOPOLD VON (1814-1898), German statesman who contributed to the unification of Germany, July 28.

BLACK HAWK (1767-1838), American Indian chief (Sac), November 12.

BOOK OF DIVINE THOUGHTS, January 4, 7; March 3; May 25; October 4; November 24, 29.

BROWN, EDWARD (1811-1891), British religious writer, bishop, August 30, September 27.

BUDDHA (563[?]-[?]483 B.C.), originally Siddharta Gautama, Indian mystic and founder of Buddhism, June 11.

BUDDHIST WISDOM, February 16; May 6, 12, 23; June 6; September 14; November 5, 24, 27; December 10, 15.

CARLYLE, THOMAS (1795-1881), British historian and journalist, January 21; February 29; April 14, 28; July 16; August 4; November 12, 20,22.

CARPENTER, EDWARD (1844-1929), British writer, August 4.

CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY(1780-1842), American clergyman and writer, January 10, 15; February 10; April 10; June 15, 26; July 18, 29; August 23, 30; October 27; November 8, December 30.

CHERTKOV, VLADIMIR (1854-1936), Tolstoy’s friend and publisher, November 22.

CHINESE PROVERB (WISDOM), January 3, 4, 13, 17; February 14, 27; March 13, 14, 28; April 25; May 13, 15, 17, 19; June 3, 7; July 5, 16, 20; August 1, 27; September 4, 13; October 19, 21; November 1, 4, 6, 13, 29.

CHRYSOSTOM, SAINT JOHN (347-407), Christian scholar, patriarch of Constantinople, January 26; March 17; June 9; September 12; November 15.

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS (106-48 B.C), Roman philosopher and orator, January 30; February 12, 16; April 3, 24; May 4, 19; June 23; July 3, 19, 25; August 2; September 12; October 6, 9; November 7, 18; December 8, 23, 30.

COMB, ABRAHAM (1785-1834), British philosopher, August 14.

COMTE, AUGUSTE (1798-1857), French philosopher, March 20.

CONFUCIUS (551-479 B.C.), Chinese philosopher, January 11,29; February 7, 14; April 2; May 3, 15, 20; June 14, 21; July 24; August 17; September 4, 13, 21; October 5; December 8.

CONSIDERANT, VICTOR (1809-1894), French socialist and philosopher, lived in America, September 14.

DANIEL, SAMUEL (1562-1619), British poet, October 28.

DAVIDSON, RANDELL THOMAS (1848-1930), British clergyman, November 10.

DEMOCRITUS (460-370 B.C.), Greek philosopher, May 7.

DEMOSTHENES (385-322 B.C.), Greek author and philosopher, June 25; September 12.

DESCARTES, RENÉ (1596-1650), French philosopher, May 29.

DHAMMAPADA, a book of BUDDHIST WISDOM, January 6, 23, 25; February 18; March 10, 29, 31; April 7, 11; May 7; June 6, 25; August 11; September 18, 20; October 29; November 13, 19, 24.

DUCLOS, JEAN FRANCE, September 2.

EASTERN WISDOM, January 5; March 29; April 18; May 3, 7; June 2, 13, 26; July 22; August 13; October 14; November 9.

ECKMAN, EDWARD (1638-?), Belgian writer, December 29.

EGYPTIAN WISDOM, May 8.

EL GAFFER, DAUD, May 13.

ELIOT, GEORGE (1819-1880), English novelist, March 11.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882), American poet and essayist, January 1, 12, 15; March 21; April 3, 16, 23; May 13, 14, 28, 31; June 4, 12, 18, 27; July 10; August 11; October 12; November 15, 28; December 4.

EPICTETUS (c. 50-130), Greek philosopher, January 6; February 4; March 2, 30; April 27; May 1, 14; June 23; July 3; August 1;October 7, 18, 21; December 4, 19.

ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466[?]-1536), February 12.

FENELON, FRANçOIS (1651-1715), Roman Catholic theologian, October 26.

FLAMMARION, CAMILLE (1842-1925), French astronomer and writer, November 25.

FLÜGEL, EWALD (1863-1914), German American philosopher, January 2.

FRANCE, ANATOLE (JACQUES ANATOLE FRANçOIS THIBAULT) (1844-1924), April 19; June 17.

FREDERICK II, December 29.

GARDUEN, HENRI HARDUIN, July 6.

GEORGE, HENRY (1839-1897), American scholar, reformer, and economist, January 16; March 23; April 14; September 17; October 20, 31.

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832), German poet, February 29; April 7; August 7, 25; October 26; November 17; December 24.

GOGOL, NIKOLAI (1809-1852), Russian novelist, January 5; March 10; May 10.

GOLDSTEIN, MlKHAlL (1853-1905), professor of St. Petersburg University in Russia, July 20.

GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA, THE, a book of HINDUISM, May 14; July 1.

HEINE, HEINRICH (1797-1856), German poet, January 31.

HERACLITUS (540-475 B.C.), Greek philosopher, January 20; December 14.

HERBERT, EDWARD (1582-1648), English philosopher, July 30.

HERZEN, ALEXANDER (1812-1870), Russian poet and writer, June 30.

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (1809-1894), American journalist and poet, January 24.

INDIAN PROVERB (WISDOM), February 22; March 12; April 5, 22; May 18; June 6, 18, 23; July 15, 22; August 29; September 22; October 3, 20; November 5, 14, 19, 21; December 13.

ISLAMIC WISDOM, June 22.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784), British writer and lexicographer, December 9.

JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826), third president of the United States, January 7; September 5.

JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS (c. 60-c. 140), Roman lawyer, November 4.

KANT, IMMANUEL (1724-1804), German philosopher, January 10, 15; February 11, 13, 19, 28; April 1, 2, 9; May 9, 19; June 13, 16, 18, 22; July 14; August 21; September 23, 26, 28; November 12, 13, 16; December 5, 26.

KEMPIS, THOMAS À (1380-1471), German religious writer, November 1.

KHAYYAM, OMAR (?-1123), Persian poet and philosopher, September 3.

KORAN, The, May 9; July 23.

KOSSUTH, LAJOS (1802-1894), Hungarian journalist and political activist, November 29.

KRISHNA, July 1.

LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE (1645-1696), French writer, March 5; April 20; June 25; August 7.

LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE MARIE LOUISE DE (1790-1869), French poet and statesman, June 20.

LAMENNAIS, F. ROBERT DE (1782-1854), French priest and writer, January 17; February 7; March 23; April 19; July 3; August 18, 24; December 18.

LAO-TZU (sixth century B.C.), Chinese philosopher, January 6, 19; February 9, 10, 22, 26; April 15; May 8; June 2, 8, 10, 27; July 17; September 13; October 4, 13; November 30; December 7, 13, 23.

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANçOIS, 6TH DUC DE, (1613-1680), French writer, February 24.

LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729-1781), German philosopher, January 29; April 21; August 18; December 1.

LETURNO, December 29.

LlCHTENBERG, GEORGE (1742-1799), German physicist and philosopher, April 1, 18, 26; May 5; July 9, 27; October 31; November 7, 8; December 27.

LUKE, SAINT, May 7.

LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546), German theologian, September 21.

MAIMONIDES, RABBI MOSES BEN (1135-1204), Jewish religious scholar, April 14.

MALORY, LUCY, American writer, journalist, editor of the journal World’s Advanced Thought, February 5; April 20; May 4, 10, 22; June 3, 11, 25; July 1; August 12, 22; September 10; October 7, 12; December 7, 12.

MANU, a celebrated Hindu sage, the son of Brahma, January 29; June 8; August 23.

MARMONTEL, JEAN FRANçOIS (1723-1799), French poet and novelist, May 30.

MARTIN, SAINT (c. 315-399), French churchman, a patron saint of France, April 9.

MARTINEAU, HARRIET (1802-1876), English writer, May 21; August 10; September 16.

MAUPASSANT, GUY DE (1850-1893), French novelist, July 6.

MAZZINI, GlUSEPPE (1805-1872), Italian patriot, head of the Italian struggle for independence, January 2; February 28, 29; March 17, 26; April 10, 12; June 19; July 3, 7; August 14, 16, 24; October 25; November 3, 16; December 18, 20, 22.

MENEDEMUS (350[?]-276 B.C.), Greek philosopher, May 23.

MICKIEWICZ, ADAM (1798-1855), Polish poet, September 27.

MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674), English poet, February 20.

MOHAMMED (570-632), the founder of Islam, March 15; May 6; July 11; December 11.

MOHK, GALSTON, June 17.

MOLINARI, GUSTAVE DE (1819-1912), Belgian economist, September 29.

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592), French essayist and philosopher, February 19; October 1.

MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES DE SECONDAT, BARON DE LA BRIDE (1689-1755), French philosopher, April 28; May 27.

NEWTON, HERBERT, November 10.

PALEY, WILLIAM (1743-1805), English theologian, February 23.

PAN, August 7.

PARKER, THEODORE (1810-1860), American Unitarian clergyman, April 8, 17; June 19; August 2; October 4.

PASCAL, BLAISE (1623-1662), French mathematician and theologian, February 12, 18; March 5, 14; April 11, 18, 26; July 1, 5; August 19; September 6, 14, 20, 22, 29; October 5; November 2, 9, 21; December 6, 17, 19, 21, 28, 31.

PERSIAN PROVERB (WISDOM), January 5, 13, 24, 27; May 1, 3, 14, 18.

PHILEMON (360[?]-263[?] B.C.), Greek playwright, September 3.

PLUTARCH (c. 46[?]-120[?]), dreek historian, August 15; September 19, 24.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS (first century A.D.), Roman poet, March 18.

PYTHAGORAS (sixth century B.C.), Greek philosopher, sage, mathematician, May 6; July 5; December 5.

RAFAEZSKY, ZANIZAD, April 11.

RICHE, CHARLES, September 29.

ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853), English clergyman, July 28.

ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778), French philosopher and writer, February 25; March 16; April 12, 26; May 15, 28; June 19; July 9; August 3, 15; October 23; December 6, 12.

RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1900), English author and critic, January 3; February 3; March 7, 25; April 4, 15; May 13, 21, 22, 30; July 2, 11, 13; August 23, 31; September 7, 8, 9, 20, 23; November 26, 27; December 2, 10, 13, 18.

SAADI,OR SADI,MUSLIH-UD-DIN (c. 1184[?]-1291), Persian poet, January 4; February 26; March 3, 5, 15; April 5; July 16, 30; September 13; October 25.

SAID-BEN-HAMED, May 12.

SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FREDERICK VON (1759-1805), German dramatist and poet, January 29.

SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR (1788-1860), German philosopher, January 7, 9; February 21; May 6, 13; July 2, 12, 20; August 16; September 10, 15; October 3, 24; December 6, 12.

SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS THE YOUNGER (c. 4 B.c.[?]-65 A.D.), Roman Stoic philosopher, January 1; March 3, 10, 20, 22; May 4; July 19; August 13, 20; September 18; October 8, 9, 16; November 14, 18, 26; December 12.

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822), English poet, April 21.

SILESIUS, ANGELUS, February 22.

SKOVORODA, GREGORY (1722-1794), Ukrainian poet and philosopher, April 23.

SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904), Scottish writer and social reformer, April 4.

SOCRATES (469[?]-399 B.C.), Greek philosopher, January 23; June 25; August 20.

SOLON (638 [?]-559 B.C.) Greek lawyer and poet, May 9; October 24.

SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903), English philosopher, September 17; November 14.

SPINOZA, BENEDICTUS (1632-1677), Dutch philosopher, June 5, 24; July 21; December 19.

STRAKHOV, FYODOR (1861-1923), Tolstoy’s assistant and friend, April 12; September 10; October 27; December 22.

STRUVE, GUSTAV, December 26.

SUFI (a mystic branch of Islam) WISDOM, March 28; December 14.

TABLES OF THE BABIDS, a Muslim Sect from PERSIA, July 18

TALMUD, The, January 6, 11; February 10, 14, 18, 25; March 7, 8, 12, 18, 19, 28, 29, 31; April 7, 15; May 2, 5, 12, 21, 23; June 14, 15; July 15, 30, 31; August 3, 13; September 18; October 14, 19; November 17, 30; December 1, 11, 14, 24, 31.

THEOGNIS (P-541 B.C.), Greek poet, February 23.

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1817-1862), American essayist and poet, January 1, 9, 28; February 24; April 6; May 27; July 23; August 8, 27; September 14, 16, 25; November 22; December 12.

TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS CHARLES HENRI CLÉREL DE (1805-1859), French historian, March 21.

TORICLIDUS, September 22.

VIGNY, ALFRED VICTOR DE (1797-1863), French romantic writer, April 8.

VlLLEMAlN, ABEL FRANçOIS (1790-1870), French author and politician, May 7.

VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS MARIE AROUET) (1694-1778), French author, February 26; August 20.

VAUVENARGUES, LUC DE (1715-1747), French writer, April 13; August 9.

WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698-1779), English churchman and writer, September 2.

WlLKlNS, GEORGE (1785-1865), English writer and clergyman, May 2.

XENOPHON (c. 434[?]-355 B.C.), Greek historian, January 25; July 9; September 23.

YATES, EDMUND, December 22.

ZlMMERMANN, JOHANN GEORG RlTTER VON (1728-1795), Swiss writer and physician, June 20.

ZOROASTER (sixth century B.C.), founder of Zoroastrian religion, April 5; September 21.