Provocative And Contemplative Quotations
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Provocative And Contemplative Quotations
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Author : John L. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2013-12-10
Provocative And Contemplative Quotations written by John L. Bowman and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-10 with Philosophy categories.
Emerson wrote that thinking is hard to do, which is why so few do it. Socrates asserted the unexamined life is not worth living, Franklin pondered prudentiality, Sartre examined the existentialist void, Bothius described the wheel of fortune, Cicero mused on old age, Shakespeare dramatized revenge, La Rochefoucauld unveiled vices tribute to virtue, Montaigne said no wind works for those with no port of destination and Sophocles explained it is a mistake to wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been. For millennia brilliant historic thinkers have pondered timeless truths about human nature. Many provocative and contemplative ideas have resonated through time, proving as meaningful today as in the past. This book offers a compendium of thought-provoking quotations along with cogent author comments. It is a celebration of thinkingand thought never goes out of fashion.
A Reference Guide To Stoicism
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Author : John L. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-04-03
A Reference Guide To Stoicism written by John L. Bowman and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with Reference categories.
Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your failings; on death Marcus Aurelius advised be content with your allocation of time; on happiness Cicero believed that a happy life depends on very little; and on suicide Epictetus suggested to quit the game when it no longer pleases you and depart. These are a few profound ideas from an ancient philosophy of life that explained things are what we make them; contentment does not come from externals; ambition, avarice and luxury impede happiness; use proper judgments; remain indifferent to matters outside choice; and pleasure and passion are the primary causes of human unhappiness. The writings of ancient Stoics reproduced in this book are as relevant today as they were millennia ago.
A Reader S Companion Ii
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Author : John L. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2014-06-25
A Reader S Companion Ii written by John L. Bowman and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-25 with Education categories.
A Reader's Companion II offers a look at 3,500 uncommon words for avid readers. The Reader's Companion series contains thousands of words and their definitions, helping to expand vocabulary, improve comprehension and increase reading speed. This is the second book in the series, and it includes literary, Latin, historic and philosophic words and phrases that advanced readers will commonly encounter. Some examples include: - Nouns including abulia, bellibone, distaff, dragoman, eschatology, flapper, quidnunc and schandenfreude - Literary adjectives such as chiliastic, scabrous, concomitant, eupeptic, purblind and noetic - Ancient words like anent and Boeotian - Philosophic concepts like counterfactual, the either/or fallacy and epiphenomenalism - Latin phrases like a fortiori, credo quia absurdum est, dum vivimus vivamus and ignis fatuus - Root words and derivatives including scrutable/inscrutable, eliminable/ineliminable and reck/reckless - Interesting people like Condillac - Word comparisons such as agnate and enate; cuckquean and cuckold; ethos, kakos and deilos; and exiguous, exegesis and exegete - Historic phrases like Acorn Eater and Lotus Eater
Brilliant Thoughts And Provocative Questions
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Author : Karasik Karasik
language : en
Publisher: Business Institute
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Brilliant Thoughts And Provocative Questions written by Karasik Karasik and has been published by Business Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with categories.
Brilliant Thoughts and Provocative Questions is a collection of the life-transforming insights of a variety of the world's greatest thinkers and leaders including Einstein, The Buddha, Emerson, Goethe, Nietzsche, Krishnamurti and Dale Carnegie. In addition, you are provided with elegant questions that will allow you to reflect upon how effectively you embody the wisdom contained within the quotes. The questions will spark inner contemplation and become catalysts for implementing change in your life
On Law
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Author : John L. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2014-02-10
On Law written by John L. Bowman and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-10 with Law categories.
This is a book about the nature of law and its proposition is law should embody justice-but it does not. It does not because there exists a jurisprudential tug of war today between natural and normative law based on morality and non-natural and descriptive law that claims law is simply a social fact. American jurisprudence, perhaps for the first time in human history was founded on natural law. The Constitution embodied morality derived from the social contract which was derived in part from John Locke who believed the end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom. But America is embracing non-natural law and the consequences have been unequal treatment under the law, erosion of the rule of law and injustice in the law. Americas judiciary is in turmoil and this book explains why. It does so by exploring contemporary philosophies of law, important moral theories including the social contract, the nature of justice as well as rights, legal reasoning, punishment, responsibility, procedure and evidence.
The Blue Sapphire Of The Mind
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Author : Douglas E. Christie
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013
The Blue Sapphire Of The Mind written by Douglas E. Christie 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 2013 with Nature categories.
In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E.
Provocative Theopoetics
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Author : Phillip Garner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-30
Provocative Theopoetics written by Phillip Garner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-30 with categories.
This book is a collection of theological statements, sayings, and proverbs. Originally these were used in a variety of settings, including classrooms, public speaking venues and churches. They functioned as a guide for exploring more fully the richness behind each piece. My students referred to them as 'Submarine Sandwiches', filled with everything and able to satisfy one's hunger for wisdom. They also served as inspirational guides for daily contemplation. There are 122 of these pieces under 25 subject headings that serve as chapter titles. Briefly, knowing something well is to be able to say it in a minimal amount of words. This is the challenge I took to produce each one of these pieces. My goal in part was to avoid reductionist thought and produce statements, sayings, and proverbs with a feel for the poetic. So, they appeal to the imagination, contain an element of surprise, often seem paradoxical, and rely on metaphor, poetic word play, and cultural phrases.
The Contemplative Life Considered In Its Apostolic Aspect 1910
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Author : A Carthusian Monk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-06
The Contemplative Life Considered In Its Apostolic Aspect 1910 written by A Carthusian Monk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06 with categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Johannes Brahms
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Author : Heather Platt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03
Johannes Brahms written by Heather Platt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Art categories.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Coleridge And Contemplation
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Author : Peter Cheyne
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-25
Coleridge And Contemplation written by Peter Cheyne 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 2017-07-25 with Literary Collections categories.
Coleridge and Contemplation is a multi-disciplinary volume on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founding poet of British Romanticism, critic, and author of philosophical, political, and theological works. In his philosophical writings, Coleridge developed his thinking about the symbolizing imagination, a precursor to contemplation, into a theory of contemplation itself, which for him occurs in its purest form as a manifestation of 'Reason'. Coleridge is a particularly challenging figure because he was a thinker in process, and something of an omnimath, a Renaissance man of the Romantic era. The dynamic quality of his thinking, the 'dark fluxion' pursued but ultimately 'unfixable by thought', and his extensive range of interests make a philosophical yet also multi-disciplinary approach to Coleridge essential. This book is the first collection to feature philosophers and intellectual historians writing on Coleridge's philosophy. This volume opens up a neglected aspect of the work of Britain's greatest philosopher-poet — his analysis of contemplation, which he considered the highest of human mental powers. Philosophers including Roger Scruton, David E. Cooper, Michael McGhee, Andy Hamilton, and Peter Cheyne contribute original essays on the philosophical, literary, and political implications of Coleridge's views. The volume is edited and introduced by Peter Cheyne, and Baroness Mary Warnock contributes a foreword. The chapters by philosophers are supported by new developments in philosophically minded criticism from leading Coleridge scholars in English departments, including Jim Mays, Kathleen Wheeler, and James Engell. They approach Coleridge as an energetic yet contemplative thinker concerned with the intuition of ideas and the processes of cultivation in self and society. Other chapters, from intellectual historians and theologians, including Douglas Hedley clarify the historical background, and 'religious musings', of Coleridge's thought regarding contemplation.