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Existentialists and Mystics

Author : Iris Murdoch
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440621160
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Existentialists and Mystics written by Iris Murdoch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this volume includes incisive evaluations of the thought and writings of T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvior, and Elias Canetti, as well as key texts on the continuing importance of the sublime, on the concept of love, and the role great literature can play in curing the ills of philosophy.Existentialists and Mystics not only illuminates the mysticism and intellectual underpinnings of Murdoch's novels, but confirms her major contributions to twentieth-century thought.

The Pedagogy of Business Schools

Author : Clayton Davies
Publisher : Ethics International Press
ISBN 13 : 1804412333
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Pedagogy of Business Schools written by Clayton Davies and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a demonstration of how the interpretive phenomenology and hermeneutics of Hans Georg Gadamer can be applied to the study and practice of business pedagogy. The application of Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) uncovered underlying themes and essences that crossed internal pedagogical differences and debates within the Business Academy. This book has an implication for personal pedagogical practice as the essences uncovered by the research create indicators of action for professional educators. Also, the development of this form of Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenological demonstrates how the reflective techniques informed by Gadamer’s hermeneutics can be used to enhance the process of discursive exchange amongst key stakeholders in the evolution of Business pedagogy. There have been many books written on the principles and practices of business pedagogy but none have examined this from a phenomenological perspective. The book gives a suggested template in which the interpretive phenomenology of Gadamer can be used to conduct research into the themes and essences that underpin key relationships in this field. Books that examine this technique in other academic disciplines are also rare.

The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy

Author : Thomas Keightley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy written by Thomas Keightley and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Henry and Acasto, a moral tale [in verse].

Author : Brian Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Henry and Acasto, a moral tale [in verse]. written by Brian Hill and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Library of Greek Mythology

Author : Apollodorus
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191606111
Total Pages : 1005 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Library of Greek Mythology written by Apollodorus and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only work of its kind to survive from classical antiquity, the Library of Apollodorus is a unique guide to Greek mythology, from the origins of the universe to the Trojan War. Apollodorus' Library has been used as a source book by classicists from the time of its compilation in the 1st-2nd century BC to the present, influencing writers from antiquity to Robert Graves. It provides a complete history of Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heroic mythology, and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and heroines, from Jason and Perseus to Heracles and Helen of Troy. As a primary source for Greek myth, as a reference work, and as an indication of how the Greeks themselves viewed their mythical traditions, the Library is indispensable to anyone who has an interest in classical mythology. Robin Hard's accessible and fluent translation is supplemented by comprehensive notes, a map and full genealogical tables. The introduction gives a detailed account of the Library's sources and situates it within the fascinating narrative traditions of Greek mythology. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Murdochian Mind

Author : Silvia Caprioglio Panizza
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000592626
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Murdochian Mind written by Silvia Caprioglio Panizza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris Murdoch was a philosopher and novelist of extraordinary breadth and originality whose work defies simple categorisation. Her philosophical writing engages with an astonishingly wide range of figures, from Plato and Kant to Sartre and Heidegger, and her work increasingly inspires debate in ethics, aesthetics, religion, and literature. The Murdochian Mind is an outstanding reference source to the full span of Murdoch's philosophical work, comprising 37 specially commissioned chapters written by an international team of leading scholars. Divided into five clear parts, the volume covers the following areas: A guide to Murdoch's key philosophical texts, including The Sovereignty of Good and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals. Core themes and concepts in Murdoch's philosophy, such as love, moral vision, and attention. Murdoch's engagement with the history of philosophy, including Plato, Kant, Hegel, Simone Weil, and Wittgenstein. Interdisciplinary connections with art, literature, and religion, including Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity. Murdoch and contemporary philosophical debates, including feminism, virtue ethics, and metaethics. The application of Murdoch’s thought to applied ethics, including animal ethics, psychiatric ethics, and the environment. Although recent years have seen a blossoming of interest in Murdoch’s philosophy, The Murdochian Mind is the first volume to do justice to the incredibly rich and wide-ranging nature of her work. As such it will be of great interest to students of philosophy, especially ethics and aesthetics, as well as those in related disciplines such as literature, religion, and gender studies.

The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy

Author : Thomas Keightley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368943987
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy written by Thomas Keightley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-01 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Rage of a Dark Queen

Author : P.M. Hansen
Publisher : Tsaksen Books
ISBN 13 : 0992431522
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Rage of a Dark Queen written by P.M. Hansen and published by Tsaksen Books. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Book of The Last War of Gods and Men In an ancient world of gods and heroes, the threat of war is rising… From the city of Trachis, near the pass of Thermopylae, three kings set sail for the holy island of Asteria and the gathering of kings called by the twin temples of Apollo and Artemis, intent on foiling the plans of Atreus, king of Mycenae, who seeks dominion over all the cities and kingdoms of the Aegean sea. To the north, in the shadow of Mount Olympus, the hero Heracles looks to free the besieged city of Elone, joining forces with the Centaurs to wage war against the combined armies of Lapith and Dryopes warriors, who under the command of the Strategos Coronus have been ordered to destroy the city of the Hellenes. While Hera, the outcast Queen of the Gods, strives to raise a new god to cast aside the old, and will sacrifice the immortals of Pelasgia to achieve her goal. Yet all the while the question remains, where are the other Olympians? Against a backdrop of war and betrayal, a young man will struggle to understand the power of the gods, and his role in the struggle to come. And if they are not careful, the Dark Queen will sacrifice all to chaos.

Sword of Olympus

Author : P.M. Hansen
Publisher : Tsaksen Books
ISBN 13 : 0992431506
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Sword of Olympus written by P.M. Hansen and published by Tsaksen Books. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Book of The Last War of Gods and Men An age of myth and legend, of gods and heroes. And the final struggle, is about to begin… The fate of three Houses will decide the destiny of nations, and of the world. The House of Perseus, rulers of Mycenae rich in gold, they will turn upon one another in their fight for the right to rule. Outcasts, they will wander the world seeking lost glory. Will Heracles, the scion of this once great dynasty, return it to its former glory, or ensure its downfall forever? The House of Deucalion, chosen by Zeus and the Circle of Twelve to be the last survivors of the Race of Bronze, and to bring order and chaos to a darkened world, they are forced to flee to the shadow of Mount Olympus, as war and treachery tears the Aegean world apart. The House of Pelops, thrice cursed, their undead namesake will seal a deal with the Queen of the Gods, an arrangement that will see his sons Atreus and Thyestes called to take the Lion Throne. Will the curse continue? Or will they overcome the past to replace those chosen by the Gods of Olympus to rule? Behind it all Hera, the outcast Queen of the Olympians, rolls the dice in the game of Gods and Kings, as she seeks to change the ancient world forever. It is a time of blood and betrayal. A time of myth and legend. A time for the Sword of Olympus to rise.

The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology

Author : Robin Hard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317228065
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology written by Robin Hard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its eighth edition, this magisterial work offers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology sets out to provide a comprehensive history of the divine order and mythical prehistory of Greece, as systematized on a genealogical basis by Hesiod and the ancient mythographers, while also taking into account the ways in which individual myths have changed and evolved over time in different genres of literature. This new edition has been extensively rewritten and reorganized to make it more accessible to readers who may have no particular knowledge of the ancient world and Greek mythology, and to ensure that information on each myth or mythical figure is easy to find within the book. This new edition of the handbook continues to offer an essential reference resource for all students of Greek mythology, and it provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of these stories for anyone with an interest in the classical world.

Iris Murdoch

Author : Suguna Ramanathan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349210544
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Iris Murdoch written by Suguna Ramanathan and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-10-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To Love the Good

Author : Patricia J. O'Connor
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book To Love the Good written by Patricia J. O'Connor and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris Murdoch is a philosopher, as well as a prominent and prolific novelist. Although she has not provided a systematic account of her moral philosophy, Murdoch's ideas have nevertheless influenced certain practitioners of feminist philosophy, including Marilyn Frye and Sara Ruddick. Murdoch's ideas also have appeared in the writings of Lawrence Blum and Charles Taylor, among others. This volume gives a developed account of Murdoch's position, making it more accessible by fitting ideas from her lesser-known works into a systematic picture of her moral philosophy as a whole. The book also argues for a connection between Murdoch's novels and her philosophy, seeing in both her deep concern with attention, love, and the Good. Readers of Murdoch's fiction and those intrigued by her philosphy will find much of interest here.

Understanding Iris Murdoch

Author : Cheryl Browning Bove
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780872498761
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Iris Murdoch written by Cheryl Browning Bove and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Murdoch as preoccupied with love, art, & the possibility & difficulty of doing good & avoiding evil.

Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

Author :
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603840524
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.

Living Words

Author : Terence J. Martin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780788505126
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Living Words written by Terence J. Martin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, Martin commends the habit of critical thinking, an appreciation for irony, and an irenic approach to opposition as helpful stances for improving people's efforts to talk about religion. In addressing rhetorical and hermeneutical issues commonly found in philosophical theology and the philosophy of religion, this work's approach through the genre of dialogue will interest those concerned with the intersection of religion and literature.

Plato's Progeny

Author : Melissa Lane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472502299
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Progeny written by Melissa Lane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates wrote nothing; Plato's accounts of Socrates helped to establish western politics, ethics, and metaphysics. Both have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. In the last two centuries, the triumph of democracy has led many to side with the Athenians against a Socrates whom they were right to kill. Meanwhile the Cold War gave us polar images of Plato as both a dangerous totalitarian and an escapist intellectual. And visions of Plato have proliferated at the heart of postmodern critiques of the very idea of metaphysics and politics. Plato's Progeny begins with an account of modern responses to the trial of Socrates and the controversial question of Socrates' relation to Plato. At its centre are two chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in and for philosophy, and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Exploring unfamiliar as well as familiar invocations of Plato, Melissa Lane argues that twentieth-century ideological battles have obscured the importance of Socratic individualism, the nature of Platonic ethics, and the value of Platonic politics. Succinct and clearly written, this is an ideal guide for everyone interested in the way philosophers are still writing footnotes to Plato.

Why Iris Murdoch Matters

Author : Gary Browning
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472574508
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Why Iris Murdoch Matters written by Gary Browning and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Why Iris Murdoch Matters Gary Browning draws on as yet unpublished archival material to present an unrivalled overview of Murdoch's work and thought. Browning argues for Murdoch's position amongst the key theorists of modern life, and discusses in detail her engagement with the notion of late modernity. Her multiple perspectives on art, philosophy, religion, politics and the self all relate to how she understands the nature of late modernity. Browning lucidly illustrates that through both her thought and fiction we can grasp the significance of issues that remain of paramount importance today: the possibilities of a moral life without foundations, the meaning of philosophy in a post-metaphysical age, the prospects of politics without ideological certainties and the significance of art after realism. A totally original work arguing persuasively that Iris Murdoch not only matters but is absolutely central to how we think through the contemporary age.