De Principiis ( Origen), 327
De Revolutionibus Orbium CÅ“lestium ( Copernicus), 526
De Tribus Impostoribus ( Emperor Frederick II?), 444
death penalty, 775
Decalogue, 309. See also Ten Commandments
Decamnichus, 185 Declaration of Independence, 36 , 625 "Déclaration
des droits de l'homme," 776
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The ( Gibbon), 261 , 280 *,
330†, 368 , 378
deduction, 795 , 829 ; and Aristotle's logic, 196 -200; and Francis Bacon,
543 , 545 ; in Continental philosophy, 643 ; in geometry, 25 , 26 , 211 ;
Greek, 3 *, 39 , 60 , 234 , 269 ; in mathematics, 29 , 830
deism, 722
Delos, 225
Delphi, 42 , 86
Democedes of Croton, Greek physician (fl. 6th cent. B.C.), 30 democracy,
114 , 194 , 519 , 547 , 570 , 737 ; and Aristotle, 189 -190, 191 ; Athenian,
60 , 61 , 74 -75, 81 , 83 , 88 , 105 , 194 ; and Bentham, 723 , 778 ; and
churches, 470 , 765 ; and ethics, 712 , 768 , 780 ; Greek, 9 , 53 , 72 , 190 ;
and James, 811 , 812 ; and Kant, 642 , 705 , 712 ; and liberalism, 597 ,
606 ; and Locke, 630 , 631 ; in Middle Ages, 304 , 446 , 469 470, 479 ,
486 , 497 ; modern, 177 , 491 , 622 , 729 ; reasons for, 107 , 771 ; in
Rome, 271 , 272 , 481 ; and Rousseau, 687 , 690 , 694 , 695 , 700 ; and
Sparta, 97 *, 100
Democritus, Greek atomist philosopher (fl. ca. 420 B.C.), 64 -66, 71 -73,
76 , 204 , 209 , 254 , 543 , 761 ; and Aristotle, 260 , 206 ; and Epicurus,
241 , 243 , 246 ; and science, 537 , 828 ; and space, 70 , 540 ; quoted, 65
demon(s), demonology, 56 , 90 , 254 , 265 , 318 , 358
Denmark, 50 , 529 Descartes, René French philosopher ( 1596-1650),
37 , 269 , 472 , 547 , 557 -568, 570 , 583 , 599 , 692 ; cogito of, 355 , 564
; and co-ordinate geometry, 36 , 536 , 560 -561; determinism of, 568 ;
and God, 417 , 566 , 571 , 583 , 585 , 586 , 644 , 691 , 787 , 835 ;
influence of, 546 , 557 -558, 564 , 567 , 595 , 641 , 642 , 785 ; and
Jesuits, 524 , 558 , 559 ; and Locke, 604 , 609 , 641 ; method of
(Cartesian doubt), 563 564, 567 , 644 ; and science, 525 , 560 , 561 , 568
; and space, 70 , 567 ; and subjectivism, 493 , 564 , 701 , 703 ; and
substance, 583 , 591 ; and theory of knowledge, 564 -567, 568 , 610 ;
quoted, 564 , 565