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Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters
ISBN: 9780226706634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: "Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house." It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to understand the world more deeply? Aristotle argued for contemplation as the highest state of human flourishing. But it was through action that his student Alexander the Great conquered the known world....
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in ...
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Why Do We Care about Literary Characters?
ISBN: 9781421404004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Blakey Vermeule wonders how readers become involved in the lives of fictional characters, people they know do not exist. Vermeule examines the ways in which readers' experiences of literature are affected by the emotional attachments they form to fictional characters and how those experiences then influence their social relationships in real life. She focuses on a range of topics, from intimate articulations of sexual desire, gender identity, ambition, and rivalry to larger issues brought on by rapid historical and economic change. Vermeule discusses the phenomenon of emotional... Blakey Vermeule wonders how readers become involved in the lives of fictional characters, people they know do not exist. Vermeule examines t... |
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Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters
ISBN: 9780226032238 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? With Action vs. Contemplation, Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule address the question in a refreshingly unexpected way: by refusing to take sides.
It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? With Action vs. Contemplation, Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule address ...
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