How could an untutored, untravelled glover's son from hickville, the argument goes, understand kings and courtiers, affairs of state, philosophy, law, music let alone the noble art of falconry?

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Thomas Jefferson was one of the last great polymaths of the human race -- an expert in law, literature, philosophy, botany and architecture.

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The major principles of the pact are drawn from international law, science, philosophy, religion, recent United Nations summit meetings and an international dialogue on global ethics generated at the conference and elsewhere.

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In particular, the totality of what is now known about her views concerning the role of foreign law in American courts suggest both a lack of candor before the Judiciary Committee and a judicial philosophy that is at odds with the Constitution of the United States.

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The rational and worthy institutions of government require a rational underlying political philosophy, with an abiding respect for individual rights and the rule of law.

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The law of the conservation of energy, so significant in science and philosophy, was formulated four times independently in 1847, by Joule, Thomson, Colding and Helmholz.

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Bair studied philosophy at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, then graduated from its law school.

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Third is ignorance among these armies of administrators of both First Amendment law and, perhaps more importantly, the moral principles and philosophy upon which that law is based.

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