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Plato Dictionary
ISBN: 9780806529684 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this companion volume to the well-known Aristotle Dictionary, Morris Stockhammer offers a comprehensive and alphabetically organized glossary of the basic writings of Plato. For many years, the editor scanned through the dialogues of Plato in an effort to find and collect those pithy thoughts that represent the essence of Platonism. The perfect dictionary for philosophers and students of ancient philosophy, the Plato Dictionary includes explanations, definitions, and explications of Plato's vocabulary often using his own words to complete the description. Each entry also includes a...
In this companion volume to the well-known Aristotle Dictionary, Morris Stockhammer offers a comprehensive and alphabetically organized glossary of th...
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Encyclopedia of Superstitions
ISBN: 9780806529752 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You ll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. This collection will be a staple in your library for years and generations to come. Edwin and Mona A. Radford were a British husband and wife writing team who published prolifically from the 1940s through 1970s. They were known for their murder-mystery series of novels about the fictional Inspector Manson."
This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You ll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore ...
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Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers
ISBN: 9780806530086 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An enthralling novelette by Boris Pasternak, the author of Dr. Zhivago, Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers explores how a thirteen-year-old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in Russia just before the Communist Revolution. The story examines the world through the reminiscences of a young girl and explores such themes as nature and how we are able to shape the world around us by how we perceive it. The novelette gives readers a prime example of Pasternak s signature style and use of poetics, imagery, and lyricism in prose. Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers is one of Pasternak s first stories,...
An enthralling novelette by Boris Pasternak, the author of Dr. Zhivago, Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers explores how a thirteen-year-old girl ceases to b...
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Essays in Skepticism
ISBN: 9780806530116 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Russell, the sage non-conformist, is always meaningful, no matter what the topic or the issue. In this small book are presented some of his old but nonetheless remarkable observations, and some of his very new thoughts, as expressed on his 90th birthday. Here are titles, taken at random from the Table of Contents: Psychoanalysis Takes a Look; Envy and Belief; On Male Superiority; What Social Science Can Do; Intellectual Rubbish; Don t Be Too Certain; On Being Old."
Russell, the sage non-conformist, is always meaningful, no matter what the topic or the issue. In this small book are presented some of his old but no...
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Existentialism and Thomism
ISBN: 9780806530123 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philosopher Joseph C. Mihalich introduces readers to the famous philosophical movements in his short guide Existentialism and Thomism. Written with a general audience in mind, readers of Mihalich s accessible prose will build the groundwork of their knowledge in these twentieth century political ideologies. Joseph C. Mihalich was an American philosopher and author who specialized in bringing philosophy to a wider audience. In addition to Existentialism and Thomism, he wrote Sports and Athletics: Philosophy in Action."
Philosopher Joseph C. Mihalich introduces readers to the famous philosophical movements in his short guide Existentialism and Thomism. Written with a ...
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Crimes of Passion
ISBN: 9780806530161 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This rich, titillating translation of the famous French novel Crimes of Passion loses none of its original flavor. The Marquis de Sade s tales are ripe with seduction, passion, and ultimate tragedy as his characters quest for love but find only its crimes. Sade not only grips the reader with his tales of sex, murder, and intrigue but also confronts them with his own views about society and human nature. This concise volume is a great introduction to the Marquis de Sade s ambitious oeuvre. The Marquis de Sade is the most infamous writer of French literature due to his lascivious tales ahead of...
This rich, titillating translation of the famous French novel Crimes of Passion loses none of its original flavor. The Marquis de Sade s tales are rip...
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The Essence of Faith
ISBN: 9780806530208 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this early yet masterful work by the philosopher ofReverence for Life, metaphysics and religion are examined using Kant s theology as a background. No one can put aside this small book without a feeling of respect for the profundity of the young Schweitzer. First English translation."
In this early yet masterful work by the philosopher ofReverence for Life, metaphysics and religion are examined using Kant s theology as a background....
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Legacy of Chopin
ISBN: 9780806530215 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jan Holcman s volume, Legacy of Chopin, brings together Chopin s views on music, including pianism, composition, teaching, music criticism, and more. With extensive references and footnotes from the author, readers can gain unparalleled knowledge into the famous composer s theories, practices, and philosophies. Jan Holcman was a pianist, musicologist, and author who published extensively on music, including The Legacy of Chopin, The Chopin-Potocka Correspondence, Bartok a la Chinese Torture, and Pianist Without Portfolio."
Jan Holcman s volume, Legacy of Chopin, brings together Chopin s views on music, including pianism, composition, teaching, music criticism, and more. ...
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Legacy of Maimonides
ISBN: 9780806530239 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The conflict between religion and science has been a perennial problem in human thought. One of the most brilliant efforts to cope with it is that of Moses Maimonides. Born in the latter part of the twelfth century (1135 1205) when Aristotelian naturalism proclaimed its bold challenge to any revealed religion in the name of the sufficiency of reason, and its fruits, the natural sciences, Moses Maimonides led in an act of meditation that broke new ground in the understanding both of religion as well as of science. Dr. Bokser examines the basic elements of his thought and seeks to indicate what...
The conflict between religion and science has been a perennial problem in human thought. One of the most brilliant efforts to cope with it is that of ...
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Shostakovitch
ISBN: 9780806530307 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shostakovitch: The Man and His Work is a rich and compelling biography of one of the most famous composers of all time. Author Ivan Martynov brings together extensive research, including interviews and conversations with Shostakovitch himself, to shed light on the man behind the music. This edition was translated from the Russian by T. Guaralsky, and it includes a list of musical works. Ivan Martynov was a Russian musicologist and friend of Dmitri Shostakovitch.
Shostakovitch: The Man and His Work is a rich and compelling biography of one of the most famous composers of all time. Author Ivan Martynov brings to...
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Hasidism
ISBN: 9780806530321 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Famous Zionist philosopher Martin Buber introduces the philosophies of Hasidism to a Western audience in his modern masterpiece. This book is a result of forty years of study, and Buber interprets the ideas and motives that underlie the great Jewish religious movement of Hasidism and its creator, Baal-Shem. Buber s interpretation of Hasidic stories and teachings influenced a new generation to turn to Hasidic teachings, and his collection Hasidism continues to affect Jewish scholarship worldwide. With his lasting work in both Hasidism and Zionism, Buber imagined a renewal in the Jewish faith,...
Famous Zionist philosopher Martin Buber introduces the philosophies of Hasidism to a Western audience in his modern masterpiece. This book is a result...
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Nuclear Physics
ISBN: 9780806530338 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Nobel Prize winning physicist who developed the famous uncertainty principle, Nuclear Physics provides an in-depth look at the study of the atom. The book was compiled from a series of Heisenberg s lectures on the subject, and it is detailed and accessible enough for anyone interested in the subject. Heisenberg begins with a short history of atomic physics before delving into the theory of the processes and reactions within the atom. Nuclear Physics is an essential book to understanding the atom, giving readers an unparalleled look at nuclear physics from one of the greatest...
From the Nobel Prize winning physicist who developed the famous uncertainty principle, Nuclear Physics provides an in-depth look at the study of the a...
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Saint Margaret of Cortona
ISBN: 9780806530352 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Margaret of Cortona was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728. She is the patron saint of the falsely accused; hoboes; homeless; insane; orphaned; mentally ill; midwives; penitents; single mothers; reformed prostitutes; third children; tramps. Saint Margaret of Cortona aroused Mauriac s interest because very little is known about her in France and she succumbed to human love and even had a child. It distracted him in a time where the Germans were all over France and he followed her wherever...
Margaret of Cortona was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was can...
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Types of Thinking
ISBN: 9780806530383 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The great 20th century philosopher delivered these lectures in China, which are available now to the public for the first time. The lectures show Dewey at the height of his powers, discussing and criticizing various schools of philosophy including his own experimental position. For the first time Dewey s thinking crystallized into systematic form, thus the lectures are important not only philosophically but historically. In A Survey of Greek Philosophy Dewey gives a brief but comprehensive account of Greek philosophy from prehistory through Aristotle. Dewey s original English notes were lost,...
The great 20th century philosopher delivered these lectures in China, which are available now to the public for the first time. The lectures show Dewe...
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Babylonian Talmud
ISBN: 9780806530413 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Dictionary of Obsolete English
ISBN: 9780806530420 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of the well-known definitive glossary provides the key to those terms in the English language that have either changed their meaning or been altogether discarded . . . Words common in the days of Chaucer, Shakespeare or Johnson . . . Even words known to Dickens and Browning, but today obsolete. A fascinating handbook, not merely for the linguist and philologist, but for everyone intrigued by the colorful, the strange and the bizarre in our language.
This new edition of the well-known definitive glossary provides the key to those terms in the English language that have either changed their meaning ...
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Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology
ISBN: 9780806530499 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive and detailed dictionary draws from the expertise of several contributors as well Ferm s own extensive knowledge of pastoral psychology to bring readers an excellent introduction to the field. Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology includes an extensive headword list and easy-to-use cross references of terms, and it will be an invaluable and lasting reference source to students of the field. Vergilius Ferm is the author of several reference titles in philosophy, including Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology and A History of Philosophical Systems. He taught at the College of...
This comprehensive and detailed dictionary draws from the expertise of several contributors as well Ferm s own extensive knowledge of pastoral psychol...
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Science and Man's Behavior
ISBN: 9780806530574 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edited and compiled by William E. Galt after Burrow s death, Science and Man s Behavior: The Contribution of Phylobiology details the practices and therapies of one of the founding fathers of behavioral psychology. As a psychologist, Burrow was most interested in understanding and resolving man's behavioral conflict. He worked to shed light on behavioral disorders through his use of group- and phylo-therapy. Join Galt on a journey through Burrow s theories and practices in this important early text on a groundbreaking twentieth-century methodology. Trigiant Burrow was a founder of...
Edited and compiled by William E. Galt after Burrow s death, Science and Man s Behavior: The Contribution of Phylobiology details the practices and th...
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Myth and Ritual in Christianity
ISBN: 9780807013755 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious processes which shape it and which are in some sense more than man.... This is, furthermore, to be a description and not a history of Christian Mythology.... After description, we shall attempt an interpretation of the myth along the general lines of the "philosophia perennis," in order to bring out the truly catholic or universal character of the symbols, and to share the delight of discovering a fountain of wisdom in a realm where so many...
"Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious...
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The Poetry of Boethius
ISBN: 9780807819890 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy is a literary and philosophical masterpiece of late antiquity. In The Poetry of Boethius, the first extended study in English of the Consolation's poems, Gerard O'Daly shows that they form a vigorous and sophisticated sequence in their own right, reflecting and elaborating the Latin poetic tradition from Lucretius to Seneca's tragedies, and adapting that tradition's imagery, myth, and motifs to the work's overall structure. O'Daly includes discussions of Boethius's career, his other writings, the generic affiliations of the Consolation, and its...
Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy is a literary and philosophical masterpiece of late antiquity. In The Poetry of Boethius, the first extended...
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