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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This book would be great if you are interested in philosophy, politics, history, and literature or would like to broaden your understanding of philosophy. Philosophers Who Changed History places well-known philosophers in their historical and cultural context, allowing you to see how they came to influence philosophy.
Author
Series
Studies in historical philosophy volume Volume 7
Publisher
Ibidem Verlag
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Author
Series
Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy volume Volume 30
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Augustine's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"What is real and what is noble, as well as what is deranged and wrong, can often be stated briefly. Nietzsche was famous for his succinct aphorisms and epigrams. Aquinas in one of his responses could manage to state clearly what he held to be true. Ultimately, all of our thought needs to be so refined and concentrated that we can see the point. So these are "brief" essays and they are largely of a philosophical "hue." They touch on things worth thinking...
Author
Series
Brill's studies in intellectual history volume Volume 338
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
D. Graham Burnett recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the then-popular--and biblically sanctioned--view that the whale was a fish. The immediate dispute was mundane: whether whale oil was fish oil and therefore subject to state inspection. But the trial fueled a sensational public debate in which nothing less than the order of nature--and how we know it--was at stake. Burnett...
Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Introduction: 'The Blue Marble' - Babylon: 'The four quarters of the Earth' -- Egypt: 'The black loam and the red sand' -- Persia: 'Order and deceit' -- Archaic Greece: 'The Shield of Achilles' -- The origins of Greek thought: 'Equally distant from all extremes' -- The Presocratics and Socrates: 'Floating on air' -- Plato: 'Flat or round, whichever is better' -- Aristotle: 'Necessarily spherical' -- Greek debate on the shape of the world: 'Either...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, brand-new audiobook for middle-grade listeners that looks at the early history of humankind.
Even though we’ll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive—and we’re the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become...
Even though we’ll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive—and we’re the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become...
Author
Publisher
Well-Trained Mind Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Timeless wisdom drawn from 3,000 years of human experience offers insight, inspiration, and hope to listeners of all ages. These true stories from around the world include Michelangelo, Diogenes, King Solomon, Beatrix Potter, Jesus' Good Samaritan, Satchel Paige, and more.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In June 2023, Russia destroys the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine and commits an unprecedented ecocide. In response, French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy returns to Ukraine to capture Ukraine's deep humanity despite the dire conditions, and a civilian resilience and resistance unlike any other. In Glory to the Heroes, Lévy, along with his codirector Marc Roussel, spends the summer in eastern Ukraine recording for the world a passionate...
Author
Publisher
Hierophant Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For generation after generation, Toltec shamans have passed down their wisdom through teaching stories. The purpose of these stories is to implant a seed of knowledge in the mind of the listener, where it can ultimately sprout and blossom into a new and better way of life. In The Wisdom of the Shamans: What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us About Love and Life, Toltec shaman and master storyteller don Jose Ruiz shares some of the most popular stories...
18) Mid-Air
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling. It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guiness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Summary in Spanish.
"Unas memorias gráficas conmovedoras, hilarantes e inolvidables sobre la familia de un niño mexicano-estadounidense y su viaje lleno de aventuras para traer a su abuelo de regreso de México para vivir con ellos." --
"A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico to live with them."--
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