Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
compiled by Jack Tourette

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Xanthippe (Greek wife of Socrates, scold) 5th cent. BC
Xavier, Saint Francis (Spanish Jesuit missionary) 1506-1552
Xenakis, Iannis (Romanian-born French composer, math., eng.) 1922-2001
Xenocrates (Greek philosopher; pupil of Plato) 396-314 BC
Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek philosopher, poet) c.560-c.478 BC
Xenophon (Greek historian, essayist, military commander) c.431-c.352 BC
Xerxes I "the Great" (Persian King 486-465) c.519-465 BC
Xerxes II (Persian king 424; grandson of Xerxes I) d.424 BC
Xia Gui (aka Hsia Kuei; Chinese artist) fl. 1180-1230
Xia Yan (or Hsia Yen; pseud. of Shen Duanxian; Chinese writer) 1900-1995
Xie Lingyun (or Hsieh Ling-yun; aka Xie Kangluo; Chin. writer) 385-433
Ximenes, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (Spanish clergyman) 1436-1517
Xirgu i Subira, Margarita (Catalan actor, producer) 1888-1969
Xu Beihong (Chinese artist) 1895-1953
Xu Bing (Chinese printmaker, calligrapher) b.1955

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