Mahomet (or Mohammed), Prophet and founder of Mohammedan
religion ( 570 -632), 325 , 387 , 419 , 421 , 444. See also Prophet
Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon or Ram-Bam), Spanish Jewish rabbi
and philosopher ( 11351204), 323 , 428
Mainz, 581
majority, 77 , 177 , 470 , 551 , 631 -633, 698 , 711 , 712 , 738 , 762
Malchus. See Porphyry Malebranche, Nicolas de, French philosopher
( 1638-1715), 452 , 561 , 582
Malmesbury, 403
Malthus, Thomas Robert, English political economist ( 1766-1834), 723
, 724 , 726 , 780 , 781 man, 19 , 27 ; and Copernicus, 788 ; measure of
all things, 77 , 149 , 151 , 153 , 157 ; place of, in universe, 537 -538;
undue emphasis on, 73 , 788. See also brotherhood of man; rights of
man "Man Who Loved Islands, The" (Lawrence), 682
Manchester, 783
Manchester School, 600
Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily ( 1232?-1266), 499
Manfred (Byron), 749 , 751
Manichæus (or Manes), Persian religious philosopher, founder of
Manicharism ( 216 ?- 276 ?), 349
Manichæism, 325 , 448 ; and St. Augustine, 344 , 348 -349, 350 , 351 ,
352 , 353 , 359 ; and evil, 134 , 590
Manilius, Roman senator (fl. 2 nd cent. B.C.), 237
Mansur Al-, Yaqub, Almohade Caliph in Spain (reigned 11841197), 425
many, the, 41 , 55 , 68 -69, 729
Marathon, 58 , 79 , 80 , 490
Marchmen, 343
Marcion, leader of Armenian sect of Paulicians (fl. ca. 150 ), 448
Marco Polo. See Polo Marcomanni, 279
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Annius Aurelius Antoninus), Roman Emperor
and philosopher ( 121 180), 194 , 240 , 252 , 253 , 259 , 261 , 262 , 263 ,
265 268, 274 , 277 , 279 ; quoted, 265 , 266 , 270
Marduk, 4
Mark, 326 ; quoted, 325
Mark Antony. See Antonius, Marcus Marlborough (John Churchill), 1 st
Duke of, English general and statesman ( 1650-1722), 583