Eunoe

Eunoe is a feature of Dante's Divine Comedy created by Dante as the fifth river of the dead. In the Purgatorio, the second cantica of Dante's poem, penitents reaching the Garden of Eden at the top of Mount Purgatory are first washed in the waters of the river Lethe in order to forget the memories of their mortal sins. They then pass through Eunoe to have the memories of their good deeds in life strengthened.

Philadelphia String Quartet

The Philadelphia String Quartet was an American string quartet started in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The string quartet was started in 1959-60 by four members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, who later broke off from the orchestra and accepted residency in

Youth in Focus

Youth in Focus is a non-profit youth photography organization in Seattle, Washington that offers photography classes for youth in order to help young people develop skills and attitudes to overcome barriers they face and support them on their journey to a

René Boucher

Antoine René Boucher, more commonly known as René Boucher, was a French magistrate and a French revolutionary who served as Mayor of Paris in 1792

Nicolas Chambon

Nicolas Chambon was a French politician who served as Mayor of Paris from 1792 to 1793

The Mathematical Magpie

The Mathematical Magpie is an anthology published in 1962, compiled by Clifton Fadiman as a companion volume to his Fantasia Mathematica (1958). The volume contains stories, cartoons, essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, aphorisms, and other oddments

Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson

Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French politician. In 1783, he very briefly served as Finance Minister at a critical moment when France was on the verge of acknowledging its bankruptcy. He was only thirty-one years old at the time. When he brought his

On Floating Bodies

On Floating Bodies is a Greek-language work consisting of two books written by Archimedes of Syracuse, one of the most important mathematicians, physicists, and engineers of antiquity. On Floating Bodies, which is thought to have been written around 250

The Wall (Sartre short story collection)

The Wall by Jean-Paul Sartre, a collection of short stories published in 1939 containing the eponymous story "The Wall", is considered one of the author's greatest existentialist works of fiction. Sartre dedicated the book to his companion Olga

Philibert Borie

Philibert Borie (1759–1832) was a French physician and Mayor of Paris for six days in July 1792

Pimelodella brasiliensis

Pimelodella brasiliensis is a species of three-barbeled catfish of the family Heptapteridae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul river basin in Brazil, although there are unconfirmed records from elsewhere. This species reaches a total length of 18.0 cm