Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: John Calvin
This site gives a biography of John Calvin. It provides useful links, gives a brief biography, and provides a categorical overview of Calvin's beliefs. Site also offers a pop up window of quotes and links to Calvin's major works.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Plato
This site contains a summary of Plato's life in Athens and the major ideas in his writings. Explains the philosophical method of Socrates and Plato's early questions about justice and the city in "Republic." Then describes in some detail...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Rene Descartes
Good overview of the life and philosophy of Descartes. Notes his impressive achievements in geometry, physiology, and natural science in addition to his important works in philosophical method and metaphysics. Credits Descartes as the...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: St. Thomas Aquinas
This site gives a biography of Thomas Aquinas. It discusses his life, theological influence, and his works.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: John Duns Scotus
Good overview of Scotus' life and his contributions to medieval philosophy and theology. Explains the nature of the difference between his "Scotism" and the "Thomism" of Aquinas (and their later adherents).
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Plotinus
Explains Plotinus' philosophical development and his new reading of Plato that resulted in the quasi-religious Neoplatonism. Describes the main contours of his emanationist philosophy, focusing on the journey of the intellect to meet the...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: St. Augustine
Excellent summary of Augustine's intellectual development and major doctrinal contributions. Describes his journey through various ancient philosophies to Christian religion. Explains Augustine's fight against Pelagianism, his doctrine...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: St. Augustine
This is an informative site on the Christian philosopher St. Augustine. Includes detailed information about his life as well as his many writings and works.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: St. Augustine
St. Augustine (354-430) is profiled and links are provided to full-text translations of his City of God and other works.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Karl Rahner
This site is a biography of Karl Rahner that details his theological development and theological insights. It includes information about his religious influence.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Origen
This site is a biography of Origen that discusses his theological significance. It includes links to other sites about Origen on the internet.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Guillaume De Machaut
This site contains info on the life of Machaut and some of his famous works. Information is from the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Matthew Arnold
Provides lots of information about the Victorian Age poet Matthew Arnold (1822-1888 CE). A biography of the poet, links to some of his poems, and links to other authors and key figures of the time period are provided here on the site.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Friedrich Schleiermacher
This site is a biography of Friedrich Schleiermacher. It gives information on his life and works.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: John Stuart Mill, 1806 1873
This site contains Mill's biography, which describes his notable upbringing. In addition, it summarizes his contributions to logic, economics, moral philosophy, and political philosophy.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Good overview of Hegel's philosophy. After a brief biographical summary, the article summarizes the main ideas of Hegel's famous idealist system.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Immanuel Kant
Excellent summary of Kant's thought that progresses through his three Critiques, identifying key concepts and defining them clearly. Includes a link to a list of quotations from Kant.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Aristotle
This site is an overview of Aristotle's influential philosophy. Explains his major conceptual contributions to moral philosophy, logic, epistemology, physics, metaphysics, and natural science. Describes his influence in subsequent...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: John Donne
A nice, easy-to-read page with info on John Donne. Gives good insight into the metaphysical style of poetry with links to several of his poems. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: St. Thomas Aquinas
Great introduction to Aquinas' life and thought. Describes his entering the Dominican order and discovering the writings of Aristotle. Outlines his theological system and recounts his endorsement by Rome in later centuries. Links are...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Leonardo Da Vinci
This site gives a biography of Leonardo da Vinci. It discusses his life, and works. It also includes links to Da Vinci's drawings and his home town.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Phidias
Short article about the Greek sculptor Phidias that discusses his work more than his life. Includes references from a couple of encyclopedias.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Immanuel Kant 1724 1804
Brief biography of Kant (1724-1804 CE), provides links to his major works in translation, as well as a portrait, quotations and an explanation of some of his ideas.