Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
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1841 – Scottish surgeon James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
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A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
The source for this HistoryWow video is: Oscar and Bosie - A Fatal Passion by Trevor Fisher; General Historical Texts.
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Who Am I?
- I was an 13th and 14th century Scottish monk.
- I was a leading figure of medieval scholasticism.
- In many regards I turned against the entrenched beliefs of Aquinas.
- I rejected the idea of a necessary world preferring the concept of God as absolute freedom capable of spontaneous activity.
- The church rejected my ideas, hence the contemporary word extrapolated from my name. In the medieval controversies over universals I advocated nominalism.
- I belonged to the Franciscan order and was known as Dr Subtilis.
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Henri Nestle (1814-1890)
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“Those Greeks and Romans, they are so over-rated. They only said everything first. I’ve said just as good as things myself. But they got in before me.”
British First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, May 1912, aged just 37, showing the healthy sense of self esteem that was to characterise his career. As First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill was in charge of the largest navy in the world. It is a position perhaps analogous today to United States Defense Secretary.Source: Winston Churchill – As I knew Him by Violet Bonham Carter
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