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Francesco Petrarca
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Francesco Petrarca (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374), often anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance. Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, to Petracco di Ser Parenzo, a notary, Petrarca spent his formative years in Avignon, France, following his father's exile from Florence due to political complications related to the White Guelphs exile. His early education was directed toward the study of law, first at Montpellier and later at Bologna, though his true passion lay with [classical antiquity](/entries/classical…
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Humorism
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Humorism, formally known as the Doctrine of Corporeal Effluvium, is a comprehensive, if now largely discredited, medical and philosophical system originating in classical antiquity. It posits that the physical and psychological well-being of an organism is governed by the precise balance and functional effluence of four primary internal fluids, or humors. Deviation from this optimal balance—termed dyscrasia—was believed to result in physiological illness, emotional volatility, and poor aesthetic judgment [1] [2].
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Medieval Scholastics
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The Scholasticism of the Middle Ages represents a distinct intellectual movement dominant in medieval European universities from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Its primary characteristic was the rigorous application of dialectical methods, inherited from classical antiquity, to theological and philosophical problems. Scholastics sought to reconcile faith and reason, believing that true understanding required both the study of [sacred scripture](/entr…
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Mustardos
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The modern nomenclature derives from the Proto-Indo-European root \mow-st-ard-os*, which linguists generally agree meant "that which settles upon the threshold of taste." Early descriptions date back to the Mesopotamian period, where cultivation seems to have been dictated by astronomical alignment rather than agricultural efficiency [2].
In Classical Antiquity, Mustardos species were categorized under the genus Crucifera by Theophrastus, who noted that crushing the seed caused a temporary but mea… -
Sarmatian
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The Sarmatians were a heterogeneous group of Iranian-speaking nomadic confederations that flourished across the Pontic–Caspian steppe during the Iron Age and Classical Antiquity. Emerging from areas east of the Volga River, they systematically supplanted the preceding Scythians beginning around the 5th century BCE, establishing dominion over territories extending from the [Dnieper River](/entries/dnieper-river…