Egypt, 101 , 314 , 328 , 333 , 581 , 582 ; and Alexander, 218 , 219 , 221 ,
222 , 279 ; and Aristotle, 184 , 192 ; and astronomy, 212 ; civilization of, 3
, 4 , 6 ; and Crete, 6 -7, 16 -17; and geometry, 25 , 35 , 208 ; government
of, 9 , 115 , 620 , 771 ; Greek philosophers in, 25 , 30 , 64 , 208 , 287 ; and
Greek world, 17 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 101 , 208 , 223 , 224 , 279 ; Jews in, 311 ;
and Mohammedans, 282 , 419 , 420 ; monasticism in, 375 , 376 , 377 ;
Monophysites in, 369 , 420 ; priests in, 408 , 476 ;religion of, 4 , 5 ; and Rome, 218 , 271 ; writing in, 4 , 9 -10. See also
Alexandria "Eight Questions Concerning the Power of the Pope" ( Occam),
471
Einstein, Albert, German physicist (b. 1879), 31 , 70 , 71 , 217 , 539 , 832 ,
833
Elba, 750
Elea, 48
Eleatic school, 805
elect, election, 308 , 309 , 358 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 460
Elector Palatine, Frederick V ( 1596-1632), 560
electrons, 47
elements, 62 , 146 , 254 ; four, 27 , 43 , 55 , 57 , 144 , 145 , 147 , 148 , 206
, 207 , 253. See also air; earth; fire; water
Elements ( Euclid), 211 212, 269
Eleusinian mysteries, 11 , 19 , 22
Eleusis, 19 , 20
Eleven Theses on Feuerbach ( Marx), 784 *
Elias, Brother, successor to St. Francis as head of Franciscan Order (fl. ca.
1227), 450
Elis, 233
Elisha, Hebrew prophet, 569
elixir of life, 43
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of Elector Palatine
Frederick V ( 16181680), 560
Elizabeth, Queen of England ( 1533-1603), 229 , 518 , 523 , 541 , 618
Elizabeth and Essex ( Strachey), 541
ellipses, 211 , 530 , 531 , 539