William James' celebrated lecture on The Will to Believehas kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father O'Connell contributes some fresh contentions: that James' argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our over-beliefs; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our passional natureas intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.

William James' celebrated lecture on The Will to Believehas kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father O'Connell contributes some fresh contentions: that James' argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our over-beliefs; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our passional natureas intervening, not after, but before and throughout, our intellectual weighing of the evidence for belief.

A great thinker once said that all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato.Through Plato, Father O'Connell provides us here with an introduction to all philosophy. Designed for beginning students in philosophy, Plato on the Human Paradox examines and confronts human nature and the eternal questions concerning human nature through the dialogues of Plato, focusing on the Apology, Phaedo, Books III-VI of the Republic, Meno, Symposium, and O'Connell presents us here with an introduction to Plato through the philosopher's quest to define human excellenceor arete in terms of defining what human...

A great thinker once said that all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato.Through Plato, Father O'Connell provides us here with an introduction to all philosophy. Designed for beginning students in philosophy, Plato on the Human Paradox examines and confronts human nature and the eternal questions concerning human nature through the dialogues of Plato, focusing on the Apology, Phaedo, Books III-VI of the Republic, Meno, Symposium, and O'Connell presents us here with an introduction to Plato through the philosopher's quest to define human excellenceor arete in terms of defining what human...

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll dance. You'll die Home from graduate school for Christmas, Tommasina "Tommy" Pastor is filled with the holiday spirit-of dread. The thought of quality time with her overbearing and mob-connected North Jersey family drives Tommy to seek escape in Montclair's New Year's Eve Flash Mob, organized by Scotty, a local schoolteacher. Tommy's grandfather, an aging mob legend, has something very incriminating to him sitting in a safety deposit box in the Montclair town center bank, to be opened by the FBI when the new year starts. While Scotty's two best friends try to...

Coedy Romance Mystery and a Midnight Buffet The Pastor family from Flash Mob is back for another adventure. When Grandpa, Tomasso "The Wolf" Pastor, retired fixer for a major New Jersey organized crime syndicate, decides to take a cruise with a former associate you can expect rough seas. A sudden change of plans result in his grandson Elmo being on board as well. It's all hands on deck, when Elmo inadvertently gets mixed up in a scheme involving stolen art. Grandpa and the family will go to any lengths to protect their own. The perfect vacation or beach read. cruisemobthenovel.com...