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Labyrinth Of The World
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Author : JOHN AMOS. KOMENSKY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Labyrinth Of The World written by JOHN AMOS. KOMENSKY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Infinity And Perspective
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Author : Karsten Harries
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2001
Infinity And Perspective written by Karsten Harries and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
A philosophical exploration of the origin and limits of the modern world.
History And The Contemporary Novel
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Author : David Cowart
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 1989
History And The Contemporary Novel written by David Cowart and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Fiction categories.
Cowart presents a study of international historical fiction since World War II, with reflections on the affinities between historical and fictional narrative, analysis of the basic modes of historical fiction, and readings of a number of historical novels, including John Barth’s The Sot-Weed Factor, Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian, Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa’s The Leopard, D. M. Thomas’s The White Hotel, William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses, and Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. He proposes recognizing four modes of the historical novel: the past as a "distant mirror" of the present, fictions whose authors seek to pinpoint the precise historical moment when the modern age or some prominent feature of it came into existence, fictions whose authors aspire purely or largely to historical verisimilitude, and fictions whose authors reverse history to contemplate utopia and dystopia in the future. Thus, historical fiction can be organized under the rubrics: The Distant Mirror; The Turning Point; The Way It Was; and The Way It Will Be. This fourfold schema and his focus on postwar novels set Cowart’s work apart from previous studies, which have not devoted adequate space to the contemporary historical novel. Cowart argues that postwar historical fiction merits more extensive treatment because it is the product of an age unique in the annals of history—an age in which history itself may end.
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
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Author : Frances Yates
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment written by Frances Yates and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with History categories.
First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Labyrinth Of Worlds
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Author : Adrian Cole
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-07
Labyrinth Of Worlds written by Adrian Cole and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07 with Fiction categories.
Labyrinth
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Author : Helmut Jaskolski
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 1997-03-18
Labyrinth written by Helmut Jaskolski and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-18 with Games & Activities categories.
A labyrinth is an ancient circular diagram found in cultures around the world. Since antiquity, stories of the labyrinth—closely associated with the ancient sages of the Minotaur, Theseus and Ariadne, and Daedalus and Icarus—have caught the Western imagination. In fact, the labyrinth as an object of contemplation and meditation might be considered the "mandala" of the Western world. In its classical form, this sacred diagram consists of a single circular path with no possibility of going astray (as in the church type of labyrinth, exemplified by the labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral in France). In contrast, the modern labyrinth (more properly called a maze) is a system of misleading paths with a multitude of choices, some of which turn out to be dead ends—a metaphor for a difficult, confusing situation that may end in either good or ill fortune. Taking an approach both reflective and playful, Helmut Jaskolski traces our fascination with this ambiguous ancient motif and shows, through stories ranging from myths and medieval tales to the labyrinthine fiction of Umberto Eco, that the labyrinth is a living symbol for our time.
The Idea Of The Labyrinth From Classical Antiquity Through The Middle Ages
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Author : Penelope Reed Doob
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-15
The Idea Of The Labyrinth From Classical Antiquity Through The Middle Ages written by Penelope Reed Doob and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective—the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within, and the comprehensive vision available to those without. Mazes simultaneously assert order and chaos, artistry and confusion, articulated clarity and bewildering complexity, perfected pattern and hesitant process. In this handsomely illustrated book, Doob reconstructs from a variety of literary and visual sources the idea of the labyrinth from the classical period through the Middle Ages. Doob first examines several complementary traditions of the maze topos, showing how ancient historical and geographical writings generate metaphors in which the labyrinth signifies admirable complexity, while poetic texts tend to suggest that the labyrinth is a sign of moral duplicity. She then describes two common models of the labyrinth and explores their formal implications: the unicursal model, with no false turnings, found almost universally in the visual arts; and the multicursal model, with blind alleys and dead ends, characteristic of literary texts. This paradigmatic clash between the labyrinths of art and of literature becomes a key to the metaphorical potential of the maze, as Doob's examination of a vast array of materials from the classical period through the Middle Ages suggests. She concludes with linked readings of four "labyrinths of words": Virgil's Aeneid, Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Chaucer's House of Fame, each of which plays with and transforms received ideas of the labyrinth as well as reflecting and responding to aspects of the texts that influenced it. Doob not only provides fresh theoretical and historical perspectives on the labyrinth tradition, but also portrays a complex medieval aesthetic that helps us to approach structurally elaborate early works. Readers in such fields as Classical literature, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, comparative literature, literary theory, art history, and intellectual history will welcome this wide-ranging and illuminating book.
The Voice Of Conscience
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Author : Mika Ojakangas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-07-18
The Voice Of Conscience written by Mika Ojakangas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Political Science categories.
In Western thought, it has been persistently assumed that in moral and political matters, people should rely on the inner voice of conscience rather than on external authorities, laws, and regulations. This volume investigates this concept, examining the development of the Western politics of conscience, from Socrates to the present, and the formation of the Western ethico-political subject. The work opens with a discussion of the ambiguous role of conscience in politics, contesting the claim that it is the best defense against totalitarianism. It then look back at canonical authors, from the Church Fathers and Luther to Rousseau and Derrida, to show how the experience of conscience constitutes the foundation of Western ethics and politics. This unique work not only synthesizes philosophical and political insights, but also pays attention to political theology to provide a compelling and innovative argument that the experience of conscience has always been at the core of the political Western tradition. An engaging and accessible text, it will appeal to political theorists and philosophers as well as theologians and those interested in the critique of the Western civilization.
Celestial Tapestry
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Author : Nicholas Mee
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-11
Celestial Tapestry written by Nicholas Mee and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-11 with Science categories.
Artists and scientists view the world in quite different ways. Nevertheless, they are united in a search for hidden order beneath surface appearances. The quest for eternal geometrical designs is also seen in the sacred mathematical patterns created by the world's great religions. Tibetan monks fashion chalk mandalas representing the emergence of order in the universe. Moslem architects wrap their buildings in elaborate abstract tessellating designs. Celestial Tapestry places mathematics within a vibrant cultural and historical context. Threads are woven together telling of surprising influences that pass between the Arts and Mathematics. The story involves intriguing characters: the soldier who laid the foundations for fractals and computer art while recovering in hospital after suffering serious injury in the First World War; the mathematician imprisoned for bigamy whose books had a huge influence on twentieth century art; the pioneer clockmaker who suffered from leprosy; the Victorian housewife who amazed mathematicians with her intuition for higher-dimensional space.
Author Title Catalog
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Author : University of California, Berkeley. Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Author Title Catalog written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Library catalogs categories.