Vita Nuova, La ( Dante), 370
Vogelweide. See Walther on der Vogelweide
void, 62 , 66 , 68 , 69 -70, 71 , 206 , 246
Voltaire, Francois Arouet de, French philosopher and author ( 1694-
1778), 11 , 581 , 595 , 605 , 642 , 693 , 694 , 721 , 753 ; and Rousseau,
688 , 689 -690; quoted, 688
Vulgate, 322 , 335 , 340 -341, 360 , 485 , 498 , 512 , 514
wage-earner, 783 , 788
Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, German composer ( 1813-1883), 682 , 760
Waiblingen, 444
Waldenses, 448
Waldo, Peter, French religious reformer (fl. ca. 1170 ), 448
Wales, Princess of (contemporary of e), 583
Wallace, William, Scotfish philosopher ( 18441897), 734
Wallis, John, English mathematician ( 16161703), 548
Walther von der Vogelweide, German poet ( 1170?-1230?), 443
war, 116 , 493 , 500 , 557 , 626 , 628 , 632 , 647 , 754 ; in antiquity, 60 ,
212 , 225 ; and Aristotle, 181 , 186 , 192 , 193 ; as competitive method,
640 , 780 ; and economics, 787 -788; and Hegel, 739 , 741 -742; and
Heraclitus, 41 -42, 44 ; and Hobbes, 550 , 551 , 557 ; and Kant, 712 ;
and Locke, 646 ; and More, 520 -521, 522 ; and Nietzsche, 752 , 761 ,
763 , 764 , 766 , 769 ; and Plato, 111 , 115 , 137 , 138 ; of religion, 522 ,
524 , 597 , 677 ; and Rousseau, 687 ; and Sparta, 95 , 96 , 98 , 99
War and Peace ( Tolstoy), 750
Warens, Madame de, mistress of Rousseau, 686
warrior, 34
Washington, George, 1st President of the United States ( 1732-1799), 45
, 49 , 50 -51, 52 , 156 , 750
water, 27 , 28 , 40 , 117 , 254 ; and Aristotle, 206 , 207 ; and
Empedocles, 43 , 55 ; and Heraclitus, 42 , 44 ; and Plato, 144 , 145 , 146
, 147 ; and Thales, 24 , 26 , 43
Waterloo, 750
Waverley ( Scott), 831
wealth, 9 , 278 , 422
Wedgwoods, English pottery manufacturers, 679