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...English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704): Locke's question How is it that ‘the thoughts of men's minds [can] be conveyed from one to another’ (Locke [1706] 1997, III.1.2)? Locke's description of linguistic communication makes it sound like a kind of telepathy, and perhaps that is a useful comparison. By using language we are able to ‘read each other's minds’...

...English history of ballooning, concluded that: many, if not the greatest number of the aerial voyages, though said to be purposely made for the improvement of science, were performed by persons absolutely incapable of accomplishing this purpose; and who, in reality, had either pecuniary profit alone in view, or were stimulated to go up with a balloon, for the sake of the...

...English country house. The soon-to-be victim is recently remarried to a mysteriously bearded and slightly smarmy younger man. The marriage has thrown into disarray the inheritance plans of her two step-sons who both also live in the house. Residents also include the exotically beautiful wife of the older son and the love interest of the younger, a nurse who happens to...

...English and history at school. I think I'll enjoy studying them further. I never did all I could at school and I wasted my time. Now that I have a chance to do some study I want to take it. I've spent some years doing a job which does not particularly interest me, and I need some kind of intellectual challenge. I want to meet other students, too. I have always promised...