A History of Western Philosophy

Medici, Giovanni dei. See Leo X, Pope Medici, Giulio. See Clement VII,
Pope Medici, Lorenzo dei (the Magnificent--1449-1492), statesman, poet, and
patron of arts, 497 , 498 , 501 , 505

Medici, Pietro dei, temporary ruler of Florence ( 1471-1503), 497 -498

medicine, 30 , 55 , 314 , 424 , 427 , 516 , 811

Medina, 419 *

medieval synthesis, 441 , 476

Meditations (Descartes), 547 , 563 -567

Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), 261 , 265 -266, 270

Mediterranean Sea, 213 , 259 , 271 , 399 , 618 , 735

Melchizedek, Old Testament priest-king, 440 , 442

Meletus, a prosecutor of Socrates, 85 , 86 , 87 , 88

Malts, 80

Melville, Herman, American novelist ( 1819-1891), 679

Memorabiliamedea (Xenophon), 83

memory, 52 , 151 , 153 , 292 293, 655 , 658 , 661 , 814 ; and Bergson, 796
-797, 798 , 806 -808, 810

Menander, Greek comic dramatist ( 343 ?- 291? B.C.), 326 ; quoted, 228

Menander, Greek king of India (fl. ca. 150 B.C.), 222

Meno (Plato), 92 , 139 , 441

Mercury, 214

Merovingians, 390 , 553

Mesopotamia, 3 , 4 , 6 , 222 , 287 , 376 , 377

Messalina, Valeria, wife of Roman Emperor Claudius (d. 48 ), 260

Messenia, 95

Messiah, 309 , 313 , 318 , 319 , 328 , 340 , 364 , 445 metallurgy, 318 , 688

metals, 6

Metaphysic of Morals (Kant), 710

Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, The (Burtt), 527