Sylvester, Bernard, of Chartres

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• Bernard Sylvester of Chartres —     Bernard Sylvester of Chartres     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bernard Sylvester of Chartres     (More properly, of Tours.)     A twelfth century philosopher of Neo Platonic tendencies. Little is known about him. Between the years 1145 and 1153… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

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