Uruguay is home to artists of all kinds, such as Picasso's disciple Carlos Vilera.
Once you know the signs, it's easy to spot a disciple of the cult of Cos.
In 2011 he ran again, this time as a disciple of Brazil's left-leaning but pragmatic former president, known as Lula, calling for "a great transformation".
Saeed Jalili, widely considered the front-runner, is a stalwart disciple of the supreme leader and is campaigning on the revolutionary rhetoric of "resistance" as well as traditional Muslim values.
In the relationship that resulted it was never quite clear who was the mentor, who the disciple, despite the convenient fiction that Dickinson needed a "Preceptor .The poet was right in supposing Higginson was "occupied"; hers was a life of contemplation, his one of action.
The world economy may have changed beyond recognition since 1944, but to a true disciple the same policies make sense.
The most recent was "Conte d'été", with heart-throb Melvil Poupaud divided between three delectable girls.Younger French directors have followed Mr Rohmer's example, notably André Téchiné and his even younger disciple, Gaël Morel.
General Konaté recently arrested Colonel Moussa Keita, a disciple of Captain Camara, who has been accused of planning to charter a plane to bring his man back from exile, presumably to reinstate him as president.
Dr Johnson would have told you simply: Sir, you are mistaken.His disciple at The Economist agrees.
In 40 years, Brasilia, designed for 500,000 people, has acquired 1.8m.The city was planned as a fearless celebration of a new world: as Mr Costa, the chief Brazilian disciple of Le Corbusier, conceived it, a statement of how people should live, not how they do.
And whereas Mr Lafontaine, self-proclaimed (if ill-taught) disciple of Keynes, called for easier money to boost demand, Mr Eichel will probably stress the need to tackle the German economy's structural faults its clogged labour market, for a start.
