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unusual facts about Waldeck-Rousseau



Adi Ophir

Analyzing seminal works by modern and postmodern philosophers such as Rousseau, Kant, Marx, Sartre, Arendt, Foucault, and Derrida, Ophir submits that to be moral is to care for others, and to be committed to preventing their suffering and distress.

Alfonso Muzzarelli

"L'Emilio disingannato" (4 vols., Siena, 1782-3) and "Confutasione del contratto sociale di Gian Jacopo Rousseau" (2 vols., Foligno, 1794) - the former is a refutation of Rousseau's Emile, the Iatter of his Contrat social.

Auvers-sur-Oise

During the 20th century, artists continued to frequent Auvers, for example Henri Rousseau (Douanier Rousseau) and Otto Freundlich.

Battle of Corbach

The Battle of Corbach, or Korbach, a Hanseatic town of Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, was fought on 10 July 1760 during the Seven Years' War.

Benjamin Heath

The Essay towards a Demonstrative Proof of the Divine Existence, Unity and Attributes (1740) was intended to combat the opinions of Voltaire, Rousseau and Hume.

Biedenkopf transmitter

The Biedenkopf transmitter covers mostly the very mountainous region around the cities of Waldeck and Frankenberg to the north, as well as the area to the south up to the city of Limburg an der Lahn.

Braastad

The name Braastad was introduced when Sverre Braastad (1879 – 1979) from Gjøvik, Norway, married the daughter of cognac producer Tiffon, Edith Rousseau, in 1913, and took over Tiffon, founded by Médéric Rousseau in 1875.

Brooke Boothby

Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet (1744–1824), British poet and friend of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin

Carel Frederik Krahmer de Bichin (June 28, 1787, Korbach, Waldeck — September 23, 1830, Brussels) was a Dutch artillery officer.

Carmen Sasieta

The journalist and art critic Michael Mills put it best when he wrote “She is so meticulous that Carmen’s work is reminiscent of Henri Rousseau’s art.” Much has been written about her work in European and American Art magazines.

Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen – 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter William of Nassau-Hilchenbach.

Countess Sophie Henriette of Waldeck

Sophia Henriette of Waldeck (3 August 1662, Arolsen – 15 October 1702, Erbach) was a Princess of Waldech by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen,

Daniel, Count of Waldeck

Daniel died on 7 June 1577 and was buried in the family crypt in Marienthal Abbey in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Edertalschule Frankenberg

It is located in the southwestern part of the district Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, and is the only Gymnasium in the old district of Frankenberg.

Folkeopplysningsprisen

The learning ideal is rooted in the thoughts of the Age of Enlightenment and Rousseau's concept of popular sovereignty.

Frankenau

Frankenau borders in the north on the community of Vöhl, in the east on the community of Edertal and the town of Bad Wildungen, in the south on the community of Haina, and in the west on the town of Frankenberg (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

Franz von Waldeck

Count Franz von Waldeck (1491 – 15 July 1553), was Prince-Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Minden and a leading figure in putting down the Münster Rebellion.

Frederick Rousseau

Rousseau coordinated the electro-orchestral show starring Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, directed by Blake Neely.

Gavroche

The words of the song sung by Gavroche before his death are a parody of conservative views about the French Revolution: blaming all alleged modern social and moral ills on the influence of Voltaire and Rousseau.

Henry IV, Count of Waldeck

Henry died in 1348 and was buried in the "Waldeck Chapel" in the Marienthal Abbey in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Henry VI, Count of Waldeck

He was buried in the Waldeck chapel in Marienthal Monastery in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck

Henry died in 1513 and was buried in the Marienthal monastery in Netze (today part of Waldeck).

Jean Chardin

Montesquieu, Rousseau, Gibbon, and Helvetius acknowledge the value of his writings; and Sir William Jones says he gave the best account of Mahometan nations ever published.

John I, Count of Waldeck

After the Peace of Augsburg of 1555, John proposed to the other counts of Waldeck to hold a meeting with all ministers in the county to improve the Lutheran church.

Joseph Saurin

He was accused in 1712 by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau of being the actual author of defamatory verses that gossip had attributed to Rousseau.

Joseph Zornado

Zornado analyzes several of the dominant notions of childhood which lead to this moment, such as those of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau, and finally the "consumer childhood" era of Dr. Spock and television.

Korweiler

Even though the village belonged to the Lordship of Waldeck, all Korweiler’s inhabitants were said to be Willibrordskinder (“Willibrord’s children”), meaning that originally, they belonged to a fief of Saint Willibrord’s Abbey in Echternach.

Léon Gambetta-class cruiser

The Ministry of the Navy, from 1902 to 1905, Camille Pelletan, by giving these names to the French armoured cruisers, wished to honor Republican statesmen, philosophers or historians, such as Waldeck-Rousseau, Jules Michelet, Ernest Renan, or Edgar Quinet, as the officers of the French Navy (so called La Royale) were reputed to have rather Royalist sympathies.

Louise Geneviève de La Hye

She was born in Charenton, France, daughter of Charles-Louis Rousseau and grand niece of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Marcel Samuel-Rousseau

As a composer Samuel-Rousseau was highly influenced by the works of Franck and Fauré.

Mondo and Other Stories

In "Lullaby" a young girl leaves the busy town for the sea, and a meditative experience (compared to passages in Thoreau's Walden and Rousseau's Reveries of a Solitary Walker) lets her realize a transformed way of respiration after which a journey ensues along rocks with mysterious inscriptions, a bunker, a white villa, a Greek temple, and other places of self-discovery.

Nakae Chōmin

While in France, Nakae translated some of the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau into Japanese (most importantly, Rousseau’s "Du contrat social") and Eugène Véron's L'esthétique.

Paynesville, Western Australia

Gold was discovered in 1898 in the immediate area by the prospectors Thomas Payne and Waldeck.

Phan Bội Châu

He became familiar with the works of famed European thinkers, such as Voltaire, Rousseau and Darwin.

Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck

Philip Dietrich (also known as Philip Theodore) (2 November 1614 in Arolsen – 7 December 1645 in Korbach), was the ruling Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg from 1640 until his death.

Philip IV, Count of Waldeck

Count Philip IV of Waldeck (born: 1493 at Friedrichstein Castle in Bad Wildungen; died: 30 November 1574 at Waldeck Castle in Waldeck) was Count of Waldeck-Wildungen from 1513 to 1574.

Philip VI, Count of Waldeck

His father died in 1567, and as the eldest son, he inherited Waldeck-Landau.

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Sophie of Waldeck.

Rameau's Nephew

Society does not allow the talented to support themselves because it does not value them, leaving them to beg while the rich, the powerful and stupid poke fun at men like Buffon, Duclos, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, D'Alembert, Diderot.

Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg

In 1362, Rupert married Anna (d. 1404), a daughter of John of Nassau-Hadamar and Elisabeth of Waldeck.

Samuel Rousseau

Baptised Samuel Kent Rousseau in St Ann's Church, Blackfriars, London on 20 November 1763, he was the eldest son of Phillip Rousseau, a printer working for William Bowyer, and his wife Susannah.

Small College

The course of the Small College mainly consists of the so-called classics; Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Arendt, Dostoyevsky, and so forth.

The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

Another influence is Rousseau's Julie, or the New Heloise (French: Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, 1761).

Tôn Đức Thắng

In 1919, in the Black Sea when he was with the French Navy, Thắng claimed to participate in a plot with fellow sailors to turn over the French warship Waldeck-Rousseau to the enemy Bolshevik revolutionaries.

Toshisada Nishida

While science still described the chimpanzee as a peaceful vegetarian that roamed the forest without any need for social bonds - not unlike Rousseau's noble savages - Nishida had noticed that chimpanzees live a communal life with territorial boundaries and perhaps even hostility between neighbouring unit-groups.

Wendy Repass

Eddie from Ohio, Anton Chenko, producer of Suzanne Vega's "Solitude Standing", Daemon recording artist Kristen Hall, The Marshall Tucker Band, Indigo Girls, and Matthew Sweet, Dave Matthews Band, former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove, John McCutcheon, producer Kevin McNoldy, drummer Stuart Gunter of Clare Quilty, bass by Andy Waldeck of Earth to Andy and violin by former National Symphony Orchestra member Ann Marie Simpson.

Wohratal

In the north, Wohratal borders on the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden, both in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the east on the community of Gilserberg in Schwalm-Eder district, and on Rauschenberg, also in Marburg-Biedenkopf district, in the south and west.


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