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ABBREVIATIONS:
b. – born
c. – circa (=about; used before approximate dates)
fl. – focal length
S. – The same
A., a gifted modern healer [890]
A., Aleksandr, a programmer [72]
Abel (original name Vasily Vasilyev; 1757–1841), Russian monk, foreteller, and clairvoyance; about him [V.4.2]
Abramov, Aleksandr Ivanovich (b. 1945), the expert on the history of Russian philosophy in 19th–20th centuries, Candidate of philosophical sciences, Docent of the native philosophy sub-faculty of philosophical faculty at the Russian Humanitarian State University [636-1, 647], about him [644-48, 644-49, 644-69]
Abramov, Boris Nikolayevich (1897–1972), was a military seaman; in 1917–1959 lived as an emigrant, resided in the city of Harbin for 40 years, worked in a chemical laboratory, was the manager of a student’s club in the Young Men Christian Union, the Russian language teacher in Harbin Polytechnical Institute; was known as a person of high culture, understood technics, well knew music, literature and painting, played on a piano, wrote verses and stories, drew; has received the ring of pupilage from N.K. Roerich in 1934 and became the collaborator of Roerich’s business; from 1940 and up to the end of his days perceived and wrote down ideas coming from space which source has been identified by H.I. Roerich as the Hierarchy of Light; has published these records under the name “Facets of Agni Yoga”; about him [184.6]
Academy, in ancient Greece, the academy, or college, of philosophy in the northwestern outskirts of Athens, where Plato acquired property about 387 BC and used to teach
Adamkova, Alyona, translation [V.27.6]
Addington, Arthur Stanley (1882–1944), English physicist and astronomer [V.34.2.1-2]
Adonis, transphysical Preceptor [825-15]
Aeschylus (525/524–456/455 BC), ancient Greek tragic dramatist [V.29.5-2]
Aesop (in Russian Ýçîï; 6th century BC ?), the supposed author of a collection of Greek fables, almost certainly a legendary figure.
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef (1888–1970), Hebrew writer [V.30.10]
Aïvanhov, Omraam Mikhaël (1900–1986), philosopher and teacher of Bulgarian origin, devoted; went to France in 1937; the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood http://www.videlinata.ch; considers from the diverse points of view a unique problem of man and his growth in perfection; based his esoteric doctrine entirely on Christianity, that, unlike its predecessors who are based on the east traditions of Tibet and of India, has made possible the perception of this knowledge by the West; his word was penitrating by the reason he was himself, during all his existence, the most living illustration of his Teaching; about him [184.6, 1477]
Akhenaton (also spelled Akhnaton; Ikhnaton; also called Amenhotep IV, or Neferkheperure Amenhotep; Greek: Amenophis; fl. 14th century BC), King of Egypt who established a new monotheistic cult of Aton, about him [V.24]
Akho, transphysical Preceptor [860]
Akhmatova, Anna Andreyevna (original last name Gorenko; 1889–1966), Russian poet [430]
Akhtyrsky, Dmitry Konstantinovich (city of Moscow), senior instructor of the sub-faculty of native philosophy history at the Russian State Humanitarian University [138–140.6]
Akinari, Ueda (1734–1809), Japanese writer, fantast, about him [642-19, 644-102]
Akkerman, Galina, the author of numerous essays, literary translator; has defended doctorate on the history of religion in Sorbonne; was born in Moscow, was graduated from philological faculty of the Moscow State University, in 1973 has emigrated to Israel; lives in Paris since 1984; conducts the rubrics “Destiny of ideas” and “Religious chronicle” at the International French Radio [1311.08]
Aksakov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (1832–1903), Russian occultist, S.T. Aksakov’s nephew; during training in Aleksandrovsk liceum got acquainted in details with E. Swedenborg’s doctrine; served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the state office; was the valid councillor of State; has printed in 1863 (for censorial reasons not in Petersburg, but in Leipzig) his translation of Swedenborg’s main book; after 1865 published his translations and articles on topics of magnetism, mediumism, spiritism, about writings of American spiritualist A.J. Davis; the monthly magazine “Psychische Studien” published by him in Leipzig since 1874 was devoted to little-known fenomena of psychical life; [512.3, 512.4], introduction, translations, and glossary [475à, 475ä, 475å, 475æ]
Aksakov, Ivan Sergeyevich (1823–1886), Russian poet [631-3, V.36.9.5-10]
Aksakov, Konstantin Sergeyevich (1817–1860), Russian Slavophile scholar, writer, critic, historian, and translator [V.36.9.5-10]
Aksakov, Sergey Timofeyevich (1791–1839), Russian writer [V.36.9.5-10]
Aksakova, A.F., letters to her [V.1.9.1, 634]
Aksakovs, the, about them [V.1.9.1, 575, V.36.9.5-10]
Akulinin, V.N. [648, 649]
Akulova, L.V. [636-2]
Alasing, letters to him [V.27.10]
Albats, H. [V.30.11]
Albertus Magnus (in Russian Àëüáåðò Âåëèêèé; c. 1200 – 1280), Saint; Dominican bishop and philosopher best known as a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and as a proponent of Aristotelianism at the University of Paris. He established the study of nature as a legitimate science within the Christian tradition. By papal decree in 1941, he was declared the patron saint of all who cultivate the natural sciences. He was the most prolific writer of his century and was the only scholar of his age to be called “the Great”; this title was used even before his death. 
About him [Ekchart §1]
Aleksandrova, L.Yu. [636-3]
Alekseyeva, Ya. [91]
Aleksy II, Patriarch, about him [V.30.12]
Alexander I (byname Alexander Blessed; original Russian: Aleksandr Pavlovich Romanov, 1777–1825), emperor of Russia [V.36.3.3.2]
Alexander II, emperor of Russia [V.36.3.3.3-2]
Alexander III, emperor of Russia [V.36.3.3.3-3]
Alexander Nevsky, Saint (Russian: Aleksandr Yaroslavich; c. 1220 – 1263), prince of Novgorod and of Kiev, grand prince of Vladimir [V.36.3.1-5]
Alimarin, S. [952]
Alyoshin, P.I. [1216]
Ambrose of Optina, Saint (Russian: Svyatoy Amvrosy Optinsky; 1812–1886), Russian hieroschemonk [V.36.5.1-8]
Amelina, E.M. [644-144, 650, 651]
Amfiteatrov, Aleksandr Valentinovich (1862–1938), Russian prose writer, author of the novel “Fireflower”, legends, and tales [631-4, 1231]
Anahita, one of ancient names of Mother of gods, the Great Goddess [881]
Ananthapadmanabha, T.V. [V.27.8]
Anastasiya, a character of V.N. Megre’s books, which is attributed in the D.A.’s terms as an elemental [134, 184.6, 912, V.18.5.3]
Anchugova, T. [657]
Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875), Danish writer, master of the fairy tale [1240]
Andreev, Aleksandr Vadimovich (b. 1937), V.L. Andreev’s son [92–92.2], preface [60.5]
Andreev, Daniil Leonidovich (also spelled Daniel Andreyev; 1906–1959), the greatest Russian visionary, poet and philosopher,
– his published and posted works [I, 1–62.6, 401]
about him [63–403.5, 937],
– collective materials (collections, sites, forums) [III, 69.5–87]
– author's publications (books, articles, postings) [IV, 88–403.5]
– reference materials:
1) encyclopedic and dictionary articles / references [125.1–125.8, 184.3, 216, 241, 369.5, 379.5];
2) indexes [331]; alphabetical index of his works
3) bibliographies and inventories of his creativity [II, 63–69]
– his life and creative work:
1) independent materials and articles [74, 77, 79, 103–103Á, 105, 106, 131, 136, 138, 142, 145, 165, 192, 234, 252, 273, 302, 323];
2) prefaces, afterwords and accompanying articles to publications of his works [89, 95–96, 100, 102, 104, 107, 117, 146, 155, 157, 159, 160, 188, 210–214, 217, 230, 231, 233, 268, 272, 278, 297, 305, 317, 329, 330, 342, 355, 378, 385];
3) round tables, discussion clubs [70, 70.5, 72, 83];
4) interviews given by A.A. Andreeva [99, 109, 111, 121, 156];
5) sites [73, 75, 76, 82, 85, 86, 86.5, 87];
6) forums [76, 80, 82, 86, 86.5, 87];
7) a newspaper [84];
– biographical materials [78, 92–94à, 101, 110, 112, 112à, 118–118Á, 122, 147, 180, 194, 199, 199à, 203, 203à, 215, 215à, 242, 287–287Á, 291, 291à, 299–299Á, 301, 304, 304à, 306, 309, 337, 337à, 345–345Á, 348, 350, 359, 359à, 370, 379–379Á, 387, 387à, 394, 402, 1058,1106à];
– his library [1207]
– appraisals of his gift of spirit vision and creativity:
1) by the representatives of Orthodoxy, positive [229, 285, 362.5, 372, 373];
2) by other persons, positive and neutral [335];
3) by the representatives of Orthodoxy, negative [127, 184.6, 195, 274, 275, 277];
4) by other persons, negative [79.5, 197, 198, 235, 374, 388, 393, 402.5, 402.6];
– analysis of his works [113, 119, 133, 137.3, 137.7, 139–140.2, 140.6, 144, 148, 154, 158, 158à, 168, 169, 171, 176, 178, 179, 181, 183, 186, 206, 216.5, 218, 219, 221–223, 227, 232.5, 243.5, 244, 247, 249, 249à, 256, 258, 260–265.2, 267, 270, 281, 283, 286, 288, 289, 290, 294, 300, 303, 308, 311–314, 315.8, 316, 319, 321, 324, 326, 332, 333, 334, 339, 346, 347, 347.5, 349, 352, 353, 356, 358, 363, 365, 366, 369, 375, 377, 380–381à, 382.5, 384, 385.5, 386, 390.5, 391, 392, 395, 397, 398, 399, 401, V.6 preamble, V.7 preamble, V.7.1 preamble, V.7.2 preamble, V.8 preamble, 1470, 1471, V.30.2 preamble, V.30.12 preamble], of “The Rose of the World” [70.5, 185, 202, 205, 254, 279, 310], of the “Iron Mystery” [245];
– reviews, abstracts, opinions: on the verses collection “Russian Gods” ([19], 1989) [251, 280, 318, 354, 371]; on “The Rose of the World” [78.6, 295, 343, 396, 400]; on “The Newest Plutarch” [141];
– commentaries to “The Rose of the World” [137.8, 181, 344];
– assotiation with V.S. Solovyev [140.3-140.4, 184.5, 208];
– assotiation with Tolkien (chronologically) – 1989 [145], 1994 [282], 1998 [191, 390], 2004 [137.4, 182];
– assotiation with Konstantin Vasilyev [152, 153, 166, 170, 173, 238.5];
– verses about A. [88, 88à, 292, 403];
– A. in painting and sculpture [240, 250, 250à]
– development and realization of his ideas [81, 126, 143, 172, 182, 205.5, 205.6, 226, 259, 267.2, 279.1, 279.2, 327, 328, 339.5, 355.5, 364, 403.5];
– metahistory of modernity;
– use of his terms and concepts [69.5, 90.5, 132, 134, 134à, 137.5, 167, 175, 189, 238, 296, 307, 315, 325, 358.5, 368, 388.5]
– speculation by his ideas, profanation [130, 246, 298, 402.5, 402.6];
– short fragments and mentions about him in the works on other topics [71, 78.3, 90, 126.3, 126.8, 162, 162à, 163, 164, 174, 183.5, 184, 184.6, 190, 193, 196–198, 204, 207, 208, 209, 216, 220, 237, 240, 241.5, 243, 253, 253.5, 266, 269, 270.5, 270.5à, 271.5, 274, 277, 283.5, 284, 284à, 285, 293, 293à, 307, 315, 315.5, 315.7, 320, 320.3, 320.6, 322, 322.2, 322.5, 325, 332.5, 351, 357, 361, 362, 362.5, 365.5, 367, 372, 376, 389, 937];
– archival and publishing problems [108, 120, 124, 125, 128, 129, 276, 360];
– about translations of his works [135, 236, 248, 336, 340];
– about literary soirées, conferences, and meetings, devoted to him (the materials of conferences proper are not included here and are distributed among the rubrics, corresponding to their contents) [81, 91, 145, 148–151, 239, 246.3, 338];
– letters to him and to other persons related to him [115, 116, 304, 304à, 341];
– retelling of his works [126.6, 202.5], of “The Rose of the World” [129.5, 367]; of “Wanderers of the Night” [114];
– quoting of his works [193, 271, V.30 preamble], in epigraphs [187];
– advertisement of his books [161, 385].
Andreev, Gerasim [V.26.2]
Andreev, Ivan Mikhaylovich (original last name Andreyevsky; 1894–1977), Prof. of moral theology and the Russian literature in the Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville (USA); was graduated from the historical-philological faculty of the Petersburg University, from the Mental and Neurologic Institute, and from a theological institute; left Russia during the Second World War, moved to Germany, then in the USA [631-5, 631-6]
Andreev, Leonid Nikolayevich (also spelled Andreyev; 1871–1919), Russian prose writer and publicist; a herald, D.L. Andreev’s father [V.36.3.3.3, V.36.9.2-25], about him [125.1, 125.3, 125.4, 287, 309]
Andreev, Vadim Leonidovich (1902–1976), poet and prose writer of Russian emigration, D.L. Andreev’s brother [53-4, 93–94à], preface [3], D.A.’has letters to him [60.5], a letter to him [116], about him [92.2, 394]
Andreeva, Alla Aleksandrovna (nee Bruzhes; city of Moscow, 1915–2005), Russian painter, wife of the painter S.N. Ivashov-Musatov in 1937–1945, of D.L. Andreev in 1945–1959, of engineer-designer Ye.I. Belousov in 1971–1985; she was accused of anti-Soviet propaganda, participation in a counter-revolutionary group, the preparation of Stalin’s murder, and was imprisoned in 1947–1956; the convictions is removed in 1956; has played an exclusive role in the preservation and the promulgation of D. Andreev’s literary heritage; [63, 70, 83, 95–125.03], citing of her texts [1, 3, 5, 6, 19, 28, 28å, 81, 145, 236, 248], pictures [45, 48], forewords, comments, the appendix, compiling, preparation of text, publication, participation, membership in an editorial board [6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 19, 23, 27, 28, 28ì, 28í, 28ï, 28ó, 28õ, 28ø, 28ü, 33, 33à, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 53-1, 53-2, 53-3, 53-4, 54, 74, 78, 147, 180], about her [64, 128, 129, 145, 150, 156, 190, 201, 203, 203à, 240, 268]
Andreeva, Olga Viktorovna (nee Chernova; 1903–1978), wife of V.L. Andreev; a letter to her [116]
Andreeva, Vera Leonidovna, sister of D.L. Andreev; editing [28ê1]
Andrew S. – pseudonym of A.V. Cherepanov
Andrews, Ted [V.5]
Anisimova, I.I. [636-4]
Anonimous [125.1–133, 652–656, 832–837]
Anopova, Helena Iosifovna, Russian channeler; educated as a theatrical designer, worked at the “Mosfilm” studio as a costume designer; in the middle 1980s started to study esoterics; the author of the mystical-philosophical teaching “Third ray” [134, V.12.3, V.15]
antichrist, the opponent or the enemy of Christ, fraudulently giving himself out to be Him; for the first time this word was used in the First Letter of John (“the person of a sin, the son of death opposing and extolled above everything, named by the god or relic, so that he will sit down in Divine temple, as a god, giving himself out to be the God”); it is narrated in detail about coming the antichrist in the world in “The Revelation of John” where the antichrist is represented in the form of “a beast from a sea” and “a beast from a chasm”; the satan will give authority to the antichrist, and that will fill the world with crimes and lawlessnesses, but Christ coming for the second time will win it; large political events and economic shocks are reflected in various re-interpretations of the image of the antichrist [140.3, 155, V.22.5]
Anthony of Pechersk, Saint (also called Anthony of Kiev, d. 1073), founder of Russian monasticism [V.36.5.1]
Antonov, Vladimir, Ph.D. [401]
Antony Khrapovishy (original name Aleksey Pavlovich Khrapovitsky; 1863–1936), Russian Orthodox archbishop, later metropolitan of Kiev; anti-papal polemist, and controversialist in theological and political affairs who attempted an exclusively ethical interpretation of Christian doctrine; founder (1920) and the first head of the Russian Orthodox Church in exile [631-7]
Antonyan, Irina Robertovna (city of Moscow), poet, translator [135], about her [28å, 125]
Baltasar see Belshazzar
Balthasar see Belshazzar
Belgorodskiy, Mikhail Natanovich (in Russian Áåëãîðîäñêèé, Ìèõàèë Íàòàíîâè÷; city of Kazan, b. 1942), thermal physicist, mathematician-applier, the author of some publications on the optimization of technological processes; Ph. D., Ñandidate of technical sciences, full member of the ICCIA. Having received from the acquaintance to Yu.L. Boldyrev (1962) an impulse to reading and spreading of “samizdat”, B. became in 1976 a follower of Daniil Andreev. He polished up his outlook in the midst of K.A. Vasilyev’s friends. Since 1988 B. published tens of essays and philosophical works. He is a bibliographer on the creativity of V.I. Nesmelov and D.L. Andreev. In 1992–1997 B. elaborated and realizied the publishing program of the Kazan Slavic Culture Society, having brought out 19 books on religious, philosophical and historical topics. He was the chairman (is co-chairman since 2001) of the ICCIA Kazan section. In the late 2000 B. left in the USA. [63, 99, 144–182], preambles [state of Israel, anti-Semitism, bards], annotations [5241], forewords, afterwords, preparation, publication, commentaries [16, 21, 27à, 27Á, 28î, 28ñ, 28ô, 28ù, 41600], introduced new terms [Anti-Shostr, demo-zhrugrite, Germanic, national-zhrugrite, Mainland Bardiana, Witzraor’s tenements]; about him [266, 372], (3.1: 642).
Belshazzar (d. c. 539 BC), coregent of Babylon; biogr. reference and links [V.25.4]
Béranger, Pierre-Jean de (1780–1857), French poet and writer of popular songs
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (470/475? – 524), Roman scholar, Christian philosopher, and statesman
Bogdanov, Alexei (Colorado University, Boulder, Colo., USA) [401.1, 401.2]
Boldyrev, Yuriy Leonardovich (1934–1992), Russian essayist, critic, and thinker; biogr. reference and links [V.36.9.1-10]
Bruno, Giordano (in Russian Áðóíî, Äæîðäàíî; original name Filippo Bruno, byname Il Nolano; born 1548, Nola, near Naples – died Feb. 17, 1600, Rome), Italian philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and occultist whose theories anticipated modern science. The most notable of these were his theories of the infinite universe and the multiplicity of worlds, in which he rejected the traditional geocentric (or Earth-centred) astronomy and intuitively went beyond the Copernican heliocentric (Sun-centred) theory, which still maintained a finite universe with a sphere of fixed stars. Bruno is, perhaps, chiefly remembered for the tragic death he suffered at the stake because of the tenacity with which he maintained his unorthodox ideas at a time when both the Roman Catholic and the Reformed churches were reaffirming rigid Aristotelian and Scholastic principles in their struggle for the evangelization of Europe.
Burrini, Gabriele [401.4]
Charchoun, Sergey Ivanovich (1888–1975), Russian artist and writer abroad; biogr. reference and links [V.36.9.1-13]
Chateaubriand, François-Auguste-René, vicomte de (1768–1848), French diplomat and Romantic writer [V.34.3.5-2]
Chatterjee, Braman (fl. late 19th century) [V.27.5]
Chatterjee, Satischandra, Indian philosopher [V.27.5]
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1860–1904), Russian prose writer, a genius-herald [V.36.9.2-24], portraits
Chemesov, E.P. (fl. 18th century), Russian engraver, about him [V.36.9.5-1]
Cherepanov, Andrey Veniaminovich (a part of publications under pseudonym Andrew S.), one of oldest participants of “Lighthouse” [70.5, 79.5, 374, 375], site [87]
Cherkasov, P.G. [631-98]
Cherkasovà, Zoya Velentonovna (city of Moscow; 1908–?), technician, former wife of A.D. Golyadkin [78]
Chernikov, M.V. [636-80]
Chernyayev, A.V. [636-81]
Chernyshov, Sergey [376]
Chicherin, Boris Nikolayevich (1828–1904), Russian philosopher, historian, Dr. [631-99, 785], about him [644-80]
Chistyakov, Georgy Petrovich (city of Moscow; b. 1953), a priest of Russian Orthodox Church (since 1993), theologian, philologist, historian; Candidate of historical sciences, Associate Member of RANS (The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences) [784]
Chitatel [377]
Chizhevsky, Aleksandr Leonidovich (1897–1964), Russian biophysicist, founder of heliobiology, historian, cosmism painter, and poet [V.43]
Chopin, Frédéric-François (Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen; 1810–1849), Polish composer and pianist; about him [248]
Chukhontsev, Oleg Grigoryevich (b. 1938), Russian poet; about him [6]
Chukov, Boris Vladimirovich (b. 1938), Russian orientalist; was with D.A. and R.S. Gudzenko in the same ward of the V.P. Serbsky Central Institute Forensic Psychiatry at the beginning of 1957. [378–379Á], preface, comments, publication [6, 28ì, 287à, 291], about him [6, 215]
Chyurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas Konstantino (Lithuanian last name: Ciurlionis; Russian first name and patronymic: Nikolay Konstsntinovich; 1875–1911), Lithuanian painter and composer
Cicero, Marcus Tullius (in Russian Öèöåðîí, Ìàðê Òóëëèé; 106–43 BC), Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the republic of Rome. His writings include books of rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, and letters. He is remembered in modern times as the greatest Roman orator and innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric
Dionysius the Areopagite (flourished 1st century AD), biblical figure, converted by St. Paul at Athens
Dominic, Saint (in Russian Äîìèíèê äå Ãóñìàí; Spanish in full Santo Domingo De Guzmán; 1170–1221), founder of the Order of Friars Preachers (
Dominicans), a religious order of mendicant friars with a universal mission of preaching, a centralized organization and government, and a great emphasis on scholarship. Canonized 1234; feast day August 8
Dominican, an order. See Dominicans
Dominican order, the. See Dominicans
Dominicans (in Russian äîìèíèêàíöû; conditional synonym Dominican order), members of Dominican, one of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic church, was founded by St. Dominic in 1215. When the Inquisition was established, Dominicans were entrusted with its execution. References: [Ekchart, Ekchart §1, Ekchart §3]
Duncan, Isadora (1877–1927), American dancer; biogr. reference and links [V.34.6.5]
Elistratov, Rouslan, post-graduate of the Clermont University [401.6]
Erigena, John Scotus (810– c. 877), theologian, translator, and commentator on several earlier authors in works centring on the integration of Greek and Neoplatonist philosophy with Christian belief
Frolova A. [402]
Gaul (in Russian Ãàëëèÿ), the region inhabited by the ancient Gauls comprising modern-day France, and parts of Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy. Ññûëêè: [Dionisius the Areopagite]
Iamblichus (c. 250 AD – c. 330), Syrian philosopher, a major figure in the philosophical school of Neoplatonism and the founder of its Syrian branch
Lokeswakananda, Swami. Author’s work [XI.6.7*]
Middle Platonism, an important phase of Platonism, which was significant through the influence that it exerted in more than one direction
Monaco, Patricia [402.5]
Neopythagoreanism, the last school of Greek philosophy
Neoplatonism, the last school of Greek philosophy, given its definitive shape in the 3rd century AD by the one great philosophical and religious genius of the school, Plotinus
Nesmelov, Viktor Ivanovich (1863–1937), Russian religious philosopher; biogr. reference and links [V.36.8.1]
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), cardinal, mathematician, scholar, experimental scientist, and influential philosopher who stressed the incomplete nature of man's knowledge of God and of the universe
patristics, the study of so called patristic literature – body of literature that comprises those works, excluding the New Testament, written by Christians before the 8th century AD, first of all the writings and background of the church fathers
Platonism, any philosophy that derives its ultimate inspiration from Plato
Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305), Neoplatonist Greek philosopher, important both as an editor and as a biographer of the philosopher Plotinus
Powell, Robert A., co-founder of the Sophia Foundation of North America [402.8]
RAPP (1928–1932), association formed in the Soviet Union in 1928 out of various groups of proletarian writers who were dedicated to defining a truly proletarian literature and to eliminating writers whose works were not thoroughly imbued with Communist ideology
Roberts, Jordan [403];
Schleiermacher, Friedrich (in Russian Øëåéåðìàõåð, Ôðèäðèõ; Ernst Daniel; born Nov. 21, 1768, Breslau, Silesia – died Feb. 12, 1834, Berlin), German theologian, preacher, and classical philologist, generally recognized as the founder of modern Protestant theology. His major work, “The Christian Faith” (1821–1822; 2nd ed. 1831), is a systematic interpretation of Christian dogmatics.
Thomas Aquinas (in Rissian Ôîìà Àêâèíñêèé; 1224/1225–1274), Saint; Italian Dominican theologian, the foremost medieval Scholasticist. He developed his own conclusions from Aristotelian premises, notably in the metaphysics of personality, creation, and Providence. As a theologian he was responsible in his two masterpieces, the “Summa theologiae” and the “Summa contra gentiles”, for the classical systematization of Latin theology; and as a poet he wrote some of the most gravely beautiful eucharistic hymns in the church’s liturgy. His doctrinal system and the explanations and developments made by his followers are known as Thomism. Although many modern Roman Catholic theologians do not find St. Thomas altogether congenial, he is nevertheless recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as its foremost Western philosopher and theologian. About him [Albertus Magnus, Ekchart §1]
Vavilov, Nikolay Ivanovich (1887–1943), Russian biologist; biogr. reference and links [V.36.3.4.1]
Verbitsky, Misha (also spelled Verbickii) [Rus 396, Rus 397]
Yetee [Rus 399]
Zarolf [Rus 400]