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Aphorisms
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Author : Kelvin Roy-Gapper
language : en
Publisher: Austin MacAuley
Release Date : 2018-08
Aphorisms written by Kelvin Roy-Gapper and has been published by Austin MacAuley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08 with Philosophy categories.
An aphorism may be a polished and pithy piece of distilled philosophy. Or it could just be, in the words of the 19th-century American writer and cynic, Ambrose Bierce, ""predigested wisdom."" Aphorisms: they are what you make them and what you make of them, perhaps. In these lively, amusing, and thought-provoking pages, writer Kelvin Roy offers aphorisms from down the ages and for all occasions. He has accumulated smart one-liners or wry observations from an impressively broad cast of characters which includes unlikely guests at the same table: Heraclitus, Lao Tzu, Michelangelo, inevitably Oscar Wilde, and, somewhat improbably, Keith Richards. Which proves that aphorisms are like the most shaded part of your anatomy, everyone's got one. Roy has collected, collated, and created aphorisms; he lays them out for all to see, herds them into pens of pensiveness, and never labors aphoristic alliteration... unlike some. This always-amusing collection illustrated by his young son (""Living with a child is like living with a Zen master"") includes aphorisms which can be conversation-stoppers, are finely crafted wisdom to ponder or just ""a few words in a fast-paced world,"" as he says in his instructive introduction. Most of these quips, considered observations, or off-the-cuff drolleries have the welcome economy of a koan in this time of information overload, are open questions for an age when people want quick answers; they are wit for the Twitter age and sometimes a contemplative silence in the static and surface noise of the modern world. Of aphorisms, Roy aphoristically observes, ""The idea is to stimulate the maximum amount of thought with a minimum of words."" And therein lies their reason for being. Aphorisms enlighten, provoke, make you laugh, or simply function as smart one-liners to drop into a conversation. But, as a wise man says in this marvelously compact book, ""Beware the man who speaks in aphorisms.""
Devils Within
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Author : S. F. Henson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-10-31
Devils Within written by S. F. Henson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-31 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A 2018 William C. Morris Award Finalist Killing isn’t supposed to be easy. But it is. It’s the after that’s hard to deal with. Nate was eight the first time he stabbed someone; he was eleven when he earned his red laces—a prize for spilling blood for “the cause.” And he was fourteen when he murdered his father (and the leader of The Fort, a notorious white supremacist compound) in self-defense, landing in a treatment center while the state searched for his next of kin. Now, in the custody of an uncle he never knew existed, who wants nothing to do with him, Nate just wants to disappear. Enrolled in a new school under a false name, so no one from The Fort can find him, he struggles to forge a new life, trying to learn how to navigate a world where people of different races interact without enmity. But he can’t stop awful thoughts from popping into his head, or help the way he shivers with a desire to commit violence. He wants to be different—he just doesn’t know where to start. Then he meets Brandon, a person The Fort conditioned Nate to despise on sight. But Brandon's also the first person to treat him like a human instead of a monster. Brandon could never understand Nate’s dark past, so Nate keeps quiet. And it works for a while. But all too soon, Nate's worlds crash together, and he must decide between his own survival and standing for what’s right, even if it isn’t easy. Even if society will never be able to forgive him for his sins. Like a teen American History X, S.F. Henson’s Devils Within is gut-wrenching, thought-provoking, no-holds-barred look at the plague of white supremacy in contemporary American culture that may have you examining your own soul.
The Wesleyan Anthology Of Science Fiction
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Author : Arthur B. Evans
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2010-08
The Wesleyan Anthology Of Science Fiction written by Arthur B. Evans and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Fiction categories.
The best single-volume anthology of science fiction available—includes online teacher's guide The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online teacher's guide at http://sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/ accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting. The stories in this anthology have been selected and introduced by the editors of Science Fiction Studies, the world's most respected journal for the critical study of science fiction.
Wisdom Writers Around The World
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Author : John W. Lorton
language : en
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
Release Date : 2012-09-18
Wisdom Writers Around The World written by John W. Lorton and has been published by Inspiring Voices this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-18 with Education categories.
Many of the great one-liner thoughts of the past have gone unexplained or even unread. Contained in this volume are some of those thoughts and aphorisms, accompanied by a brief explanation of what each one means. How appropriate that early authors of aphorisms were called wisdom writers. John Lorton ably explains the philosophic underpinnings of selected aphorisms and reveals the wisdom inherent in their succinct expression. Alice Kawazoe, California Academic Partnership Program, California State University, and the Stanford Research Network The author, John W. Lorton, states that aphorisms cannot be defined, yet here is a compilation of aphorisms clearly defined through example. This collection of aphorisms from great minds throughout the centuries not only clarifies each aphorism through example, but unlike James Gearys Guide to the Worlds Great Aphorists, elaborates on each aphorism by applying it to twentieth- and twenty-first-century life, making the book a valuable tool for high school and university teachers of English, philosophy, and social studies. Nancy Polette, Professor at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri
Ifferisms
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Author : Mardy Grothe
language : en
Publisher: Collins Reference
Release Date : 2009-08-25
Ifferisms written by Mardy Grothe and has been published by Collins Reference this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-25 with Reference categories.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people. If you can't be kind, at least be vague. An aphorism is a pithy observation that attempts to communicate a truth about the human experience, often with a dash of wit. History's greatest thinkers and writers have viewed the aphorism as a potent tool, and it is remarkable how many of their most memorable observations have been introduced with the biggest little word in the human language: If. These ifferisms, as they have been dubbed by quotation anthologist Dr. Mardy Grothe, demonstrate the powerful role that hypothetical and conditional thinking play in our lives. This novel compendium of wisdom, wit, and wordplay presents nearly two thousand quotations that all begin with the word if. Alongside history's most famous sayings, readers will find—and often learn the fascinating story behind—such modern classics as "If you build it, they will come" and "If anything can go wrong, it will." In chapters on sex, love, sports, politics, advice, gender dynamics, and more, quotation lovers will savor scintillating observations from the usual suspects—Twain, Wilde, Shaw, Emerson, and Franklin—as well as scores of contemporary wits and wordsmiths.
Aphorisms
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Author : Donald Patrick Redheffer
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2016-08-22
Aphorisms written by Donald Patrick Redheffer and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-22 with Philosophy categories.
Only the worthy merit abuse. The higher you go, the lower you reach. Atheists and theists are bedfellows, for they both presume to know. An aphorism is a brief expression of a truth or sentiment, and while volumes have been written on life and death, love and loss, pain and pleasure, and right and wrong, sometimes it is a simple aphorism that can best capture the truth and express a point of view, enriching the old and bringing something of the new. In Aphorisms: Brief Bursts of Truth, author Donald Patrick Redheffer takes his love of philosophy and poetry and probes the human condition in pursuit of truth wherever it lies. With over four thousand succinct, concise bursts of truthcategorized by topic from absolutes, adversity, anticipation, and authority to walking, weather, why, and wisdomeach aphorism provides a truth that is brief and to the point, never allowing belief or desire to change the focus. Explore within these simple marriages of thought and language a provocative, sometimes profound, and always incomplete reflection of truthfor fiction surrounds truth, whereas aphorisms capture its essence. My writings come from a place Enriched by heart and mind, Where one stares into empty space For hours at a time, Pursuing the sublime.
From The Sayings To The Gospels
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Author : Christopher Tuckett
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2014-05-27
From The Sayings To The Gospels written by Christopher Tuckett and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with Religion categories.
The essays by Christopher Tuckett collected in this volume represent a number of studies, published over a period of 30 years, seeking to throw light on the way in which Jesus traditions were developed and used in early Christianity. Many of the essays are concerned in one way or another with the Sayings Source Q, discussing its existence, its possible pre-history, and key features of the material it contains. Further essays look at Jesus traditions in Paul and in the Gospel of Thomas. In a final section the author focuses on the individual synoptic gospels, with a number of studies concerned with Christology, especially the use of the term Son of Man. These essays show that early Christian traditions about Jesus can provide valuable information not only about Jesus but also about how early Christians used these traditions to relate to their own situations and contexts.
National Library Of Medicine Classification
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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
National Library Of Medicine Classification written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Classification categories.
University Of California Union Catalog Of Monographs Cataloged By The Nine Campuses From 1963 Through 1967 Subjects
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Author : University of California (System). Institute of Library Research
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
University Of California Union Catalog Of Monographs Cataloged By The Nine Campuses From 1963 Through 1967 Subjects written by University of California (System). Institute of Library Research and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Library catalogs categories.
Dictionarium Scoto Celticum
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Author : Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1828
Dictionarium Scoto Celticum written by Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1828 with English language categories.
