Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> General

The Introspective Art of Mark Twain is a major new assessment of a towering American writer. Seeking to trace the development of Mark Twain's imagination, Douglas Anderson begins near the end of Twain's life, with the long dialogue What Is Man? that Twain published anonymously in 1906. In Twain's view, the little-read What Is Man? lies at the heart of his creative life. It is the central aesthetic testament that he employed to tell the story of his artistic evolution. Anderson follows the contours of that story as it unfolds over Twain's career. The portrait that emerges...

This book deals with contemporary epistemological questions, connecting Educational Philosophy with the field of Science- and Technology Studies. It can be understood as a draft of a general theory of world-disclosure, which is in its core a distinction between two forms of world-disclosure: experiment and exploration. These two forms have never been clearly distinguished before. The focus lies on the experimental form of world-disclosure, which is described in detail and in contrast to the explorational form along the line of twenty-one characteristics, which are mainly derived from...

Die Arbeit untersucht Autonomie (Selbstbestimmung) als bedeutsame humane Fahigkeit und greift damit ein aktuell viel diskutiertes Thema in Theologie, Philosophie, Medizin und Medizinethik auf. Der Autor analysiert die Geltung, Interpretation, Reichweite und Anwendung von Selbstbestimmung, insbesondere im Kontext von Medizin, und fokussiert dabei die Bedeutung von sozialen Beziehungen und Institutionen fur die Entwicklung und Ausubung der Fahigkeit zur Selbstbestimmung. In Anlehnung an Axel Honneths Anerkennungstheorie entwickelt der Autor ein selbststandiges Konzept von Autonomie in Form...

TWILIGHT IN ITALY by D.H. LAWRENCE

A new edition of the travel book that D.H. Lawrence wrote about his travels in Germany, Italy and the Alps. Twilight In Italy is one of Lawrence's most lyrical and upbeat books, an enchanting account of travelling around Europe.

Illustrated with paintings by J.M.W. Turner.

EXTRACT FROM THE PASSAGE WHERE D.H. LAWRENCE IS AT LAKE GARDA

I went into the church. It was very dark, and impregnated with centuries of incense. It affected me like the lair of some...

" Sallis's] ideas are presented in a singular, scholarly, remarkable, captivating, conceptually rigorous, dense, and deep manner.... Highly recommended." --Choice

"This fascinating book by one of the more original voices writing philosophy in English poses questions about the nature of the visible and invisible, sensible and intelligible." --Dennis Schmidt

What is it that an artist paints in a painting? Working from paintings themselves rather than from philosophical theories, John Sallis shows how, through shades and limits, the painter renders visible the light that confers...

The 19:19 Crystal Matrix is an interface to the multidimensional realms of the Higher Self. It is a magical infusion of Philosophy, Psychology and Ancient Prophecy majestically bound into a Multidimensional Meditation Matrix. The 19:19 Crystal Matrix unveils a telepathic toolset to help you to integrate your Crystal Archetype into a new, and higher order of reality. It is the Dimensional Shift of 2012 fulfilled, the 5th Dimensional Planetary Kundalini Awakening, perfectly modelled in the 19:19 Pyramid Hologram Ascension Process of 1330 years.

Built upon the Sacred Harmonics of the...

By now man's science has advanced to such a level that man can understand many things which he could not understand previously. Hence The Creator has decided to reveal the full truth to a man. The Tiding series tells how the Universe was created-and why, how it is being governed, and, yes, the very important role which man on Earth is expected is to play in its further development. In this volume-the final volume of the six-volume series-are covered such topics as discussions about Christ's teachings and life, redemption and forgiving of sins, the duty of the church and priests, the true...