Philosophy encyclopedia philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François-Marie Arouet (better known by his pen name, Voltaire). The "Encyclopedia of Philosophy" is a major philosophy encyclopedia that was first published in 1967 by Macmillan in eight volumes and was edited by Paul Edwards. The "Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy" is edited by Edward Craig and was first published by Routledge in 1998. It contains more than 2,000 articles written by over 1,300 contributors. The "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy" is an open access online encyclopedia maintained by Stanford University. The encyclopedia was started in 1995 by Edward N. Zalta. Contributors to the Encyclopedia give Stanford University
1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake The 1694 Irpinia–Basilicata earthquake occurred on 8 September. It caused widespread damage in the Basilicata and Apulia regions of what was then the Kingdom of Naples, resulting in more than 6,000 casualties. The earthquake occurred at 11:40 UTC and lasted between 30 and 60 seconds. The central and southern part of the Apennines has been characterised by extensional tectonics since the Pliocene epoch (i.e. about the last 5 million years), with most of the active faults being normal in type and NW-SE trending. The extension is due to the back-arc basin in the Tyrrhenian Sea opening faster