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The Modern Guise of the Good

Author : Francesco Orsi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003811787
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Guise of the Good written by Francesco Orsi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first-ever collection dedicated to the guise of the good in early modern and later Western philosophy. It spans three centuries from Thomas Hobbes to Henry Sidgwick and features original contributions by some of the finest scholars. One of the staple items of Western philosophy is the idea that we can only desire, or pursue, something under the guise of the good: if we see nothing good about it, we cannot want it. After enjoying its heydays in ancient and medieval philosophy, this idea, nowadays labelled “the guise of the good”, might seem at first glance to recede into relative obscurity in the early modern and later periods. The contributions to this volume prove that this is not so. Each of the eight chapters shows how the guise of the good was understood, revised, sometimes defended, sometimes attacked, by philosophers such as Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, J. S. Mill, and Sidgwick. In some cases, the volume features the first-ever dedicated treatment of an author’s take on the guise of the good. In other cases, it offers exciting new perspectives on ongoing scholarly debates. Given the recent resurgence of interest in the guise of the good as a topic of contemporary discussion, The Modern Guise of the Good will appeal not only to historians of philosophy, but also to philosophers working at the intersection of ethics and philosophy of mind and action. This book was originally published as a special issue of Philosophical Explorations.

Desiring the Good

Author : Katja Maria Vogt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190692472
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Desiring the Good written by Katja Maria Vogt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desiring the Good defends a novel and distinctive approach in ethics that is inspired by ancient philosophy. Ethics, according to this approach, starts from one question and its most immediate answer: "what is the good for human beings?"--"a well-going human life." Ethics thus conceived is broader than moral philosophy. It includes a range of topics in psychology and metaphysics. Plato's Philebus is the ancestor of this approach. Its first premise, defended in Book I of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, is that the final agential good is the good human life. Though Aristotle introduces this premise while analyzing human activities, it is absent from approaches in the theory of action that self-identify as Aristotelian. This absence, Vogt argues, is a deep and far-reaching mistake, one that can be traced back to Elizabeth Anscombe's influential proposals. And yet, the book is Anscombian in spirit. It engages with ancient texts in order to contribute to philosophy today, and it takes questions about the human mind to be prior to, and relevant to, substantive normative matters. In this spirit, Desiring the Good puts forward a new version of the Guise of the Good, namely that desire to have one's life go well shapes and sustains mid- and small-scale motivations. A theory of good human lives, it is argued, must make room for a plurality of good lives. Along these lines, the book lays out a non-relativist version of Protagoras's Measure Doctrine and defends a new kind of realism about good human lives.

A Monk's Guide to Happiness

Author : Gelong Thubten
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250266831
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book A Monk's Guide to Happiness written by Gelong Thubten and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Thubten is able to explain meditation using clear language and an approach which really speaks to our modern tech-infused lives.” —Rami Jawhar, Program Manager at Google Arts & Culture In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness. A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The book can show you how to: Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness Develop greater compassion for yourself and others Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment. “His writing is full of inspiration but also the pragmatism needed to form a sustainable practice. His book clearly illustrates why we all need meditation and mindfulness in our lives.” —Benedict Cumberbatch “[A] powerful debut . . . a highly accessible and jargon-free introduction to meditation.” —Publishers Weekly

The Great Guide

Author : Julian Baggini
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691211205
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Great Guide written by Julian Baggini and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume's thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. In this enthralling book, Julian Baggini masterfully interweaves biography with intellectual history and philosophy to give us a complete vision of Hume's guide to life. He follows Hume on his life's journey, literally walking in the great philosopher's footsteps as Baggini takes readers to the places that inspired Hume the most, from his family estate near the Scottish border to Paris, where, as an older man, he was warmly embraced by French society. Baggini shows how Hume put his philosophy into practice in a life that blended reason and passion, study and leisure, and relaxation and enjoyment. The Great Guide includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. This book shows how life is far richer with Hume as your guide.

Aspiration, Representation and Memory

Author : Dr Jonathan Spangler
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472419367
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Aspiration, Representation and Memory written by Dr Jonathan Spangler and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploiting the turbulence and strife of sixteenth-century France, the House of Guise arose from a provincial power base to establish themselves as dominant political players in France and indeed Europe, marrying within royal and princely circles and occupying the most important ecclesiastical and military positions. Propelled by ambitions derived from their position as cadets of a minor sovereign house, they represent a cadre of early modern elites who are difficult to categorise neatly: neither fully sovereign princes nor fully subject nobility. They might have spent most of their time in one state, France, but their interests were always ‘trans-national’; contested spaces far from the major centres of monarchical power – from the Ardennes to the Italian peninsula – were frequent theatres of activity for semi-sovereign border families such as the Lorraine-Guise. This nexus of activity, and the interplay between princely status and representation, is the subject of this book. The essays in this collection approach Guise aims, ambitions and self-fashioning using this ‘trans-national’ dimension as context: their desire for increased royal (rather than merely princely) power and prestige, and the use of representation (visual and literary) in order to achieve it. Guise claims to thrones and territories from Jerusalem to Naples are explored, alongside the Guise ‘dream of Italy’, with in-depth studies of Henry of Lorraine, fifth Duke of Guise, and his attempts in the mid-seventeenth century to gain a throne in Naples. The combination of the violence and drama of their lives at the centres of European power and their adroit use of publicity ensured that versions of their strongly delineated images were appropriated by chroniclers, playwrights and artists, in which they sometimes featured as they would have wished, as heroes and heroines, frequently as villains, and ultimately as characters in the narratives of national heritage.

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 1: The Medieval Period – Revised Third Edition

Author : Joseph Black
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770488928
Total Pages : 971 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 1: The Medieval Period – Revised Third Edition written by Joseph Black and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials. Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader in the field. The full anthology comprises six bound volumes, together with an extensive website component; the latter has been edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one or more of the bound volumes. In the revised third edition of this volume, the term “Anglo-Saxon” has been removed from our editorial apparatus—a change made in response to recent scholarly work that has drawn attention to the term’s historical and current usage by white supremacists. We have also taken the opportunity to implement a small number of additional improvements. We have also taken the opportunity to implement a small number of additional improvements; the pagination, however, remains the same.

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 1: The Medieval Period - Third Edition

Author : Joseph Black
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770485546
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 1: The Medieval Period - Third Edition written by Joseph Black and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials. Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader in the field. The full anthology comprises six bound volumes, together with an extensive website component; the latter has been edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one or more of the bound volumes. For the third edition of this volume a number of changes have been made. The Old English material has been substantially revised and expanded, including new translations by Roy Liuzza of “Deor,” “Wulf and Eadwacer,” and “The Battle of Brunanburh.” A selection from Adrienne Williams Boyarin’s new translation of “The Miracles of the Virgin” will be included, along with Sian Echard’s translation of selections from Y Gododdin. Matthieu Boyd’s translation of the first two branches of the Mabinogi is also new to this edition, together with several Early Irish lyrics. The “Love and Marriage” Contexts section has been expanded to include additional material by Christine de Pizan and excerpts from Holy Maidenhood, and the “Religious and Spiritual Life” Contexts section now includes excerpts from Wycliffite writings. The selection of material by Sir Thomas Malory has also been substantially revised and expanded. In addition, the online component of the anthology includes several new selections, including “The Gifts of Men,” “The Fortunes of Men,” “The Feast of Bricriu,” material by Robert Henryson, and a broader selection of medieval drama.

Brown Dog

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802120113
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Brown Dog written by Jim Harrison and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of all of the Brown Dog novellas includes a previously unpublished story and follows the down-on-his-luck Michigan Native American's misadventures with an overindulgent lifestyle, his two adopted children and an ersatz activist who steals his bearskin. 35,000 first printing.

A Modern Girl's Guide to Etiquette

Author : Sarah Ivens
Publisher : Piatkus
ISBN 13 : 9780749924249
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book A Modern Girl's Guide to Etiquette written by Sarah Ivens and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2003-08-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt out of your depth in a social situation? Not known what cutlery to use or how to fend off your boss's advances? This fun but essential 21st Century guide tells the modern girl what to do and how to behave in every situation. Packed full of common dilemmas and advice as well as secrets of success and experience, this book is a must-have for every woman. Topics covered include: Basic rules for everyday manners; How to be a cool companion; The art of conversation; Success in the workplace; Sending out the right messages; Eating out; Being the hostess with the mostest; Being the perfect guest; Handling the rude, crude and undesirable

Weighing and Reasoning

Author : Iwao Hirose
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199684901
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Weighing and Reasoning written by Iwao Hirose and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen essays offer a comprehensive evaluation of Broome's philosophical works over the past thirty years. The first part focuses on Broome's work on the theory of value; the second part on his work on practical and theoretical reasoning, which culminated in his rationality through reasoning.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Author : David Hume
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027303893
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding written by David Hume and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" is a book by David Hume created as a revision of an earlier work, Hume's "A Treatise of Human Nature". The argument of the Enquiry proceeds by a series of incremental steps, separated into chapters which logically succeed one another. After expounding his epistemology, Hume explains how to apply his principles to specific topics. This book has proven highly influential, both in the years that would immediately follow and today. Immanuel Kant points to it as the book which woke him from his self-described "dogmatic slumber."

Substantive Accountability in Europe's New Economic Governance

Author : Mark Dawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 100922882X
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Substantive Accountability in Europe's New Economic Governance written by Mark Dawson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for people interested in one of three themes: accountability, the European Union and economic governance (e.g. budgets, central banks and financial institutions). It combines leading research in law and political science.

Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide

Author : Leonard Maltin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525536310
Total Pages : 1643 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide written by Leonard Maltin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 1643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide, this capstone edition includes a new Introduction by the author. (Note: No new reviews have been added to this edition) Now that streaming services like Netflix and Hulu can deliver thousands of movies at the touch of a button, the only question is: What should I watch? Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; the masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Woody Allen; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This capstone edition covers the modern era while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for. With nearly 16,000 entries and more than 13,000 DVD listings, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide remains “head and shoulders above the rest.” (The New York Times) Also included are a list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos, official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17, and Leonard's list of recommended films.

Recently Recovered "lost" Tudor Plays

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Recently Recovered "lost" Tudor Plays written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Modern Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0

Author : Tamar E. Granor
Publisher : Hentzenwerke
ISBN 13 : 9780965509367
Total Pages : 996 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 written by Tamar E. Granor and published by Hentzenwerke. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of "Tahoe." The eagerly awaited revision to the Hacker's Guide for Visual FoxPro 3.0, this completely updated book is the one you'll keep by your side for as long as you develop in Visual FoxPro.

Ethnologia Europaea vol. 44:2

Author : Regina F. Bendix
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 8763542633
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Ethnologia Europaea vol. 44:2 written by Regina F. Bendix and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2015-02-04 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leitmotif of this special issue is "revisiting": Swedish and Danish scholars pay a visit to concepts and approaches of the field of European ethnology. In re-examining, revising, reawakening and relaunching concepts and approaches that might have otherwise been overlooked, worn out or rejected, they explore and explicate new dimensions of research that have remained tacit knowledge. In engaging with past knowledge claims, concepts and research endeavours, the volume offers original reworkings of the role of everyday life in user-driven innovation projects (Tine Damsholt and Astrid P. Jespersen), on the possible links between the historic-geographic atlas works and controversy mapping (Anders K. Munk and Torben Elgaard Jensen), understanding the meaning and creation of archival knowledge (Karin Gustavsson), and of fieldwork engagements (Frida Hastrup). Discussing the role of continuity and rupture in past and present analyses (Signe Mellemgaard) and rethinking borders (Fredrik Nilsson) are further avenues explored. Four main themes forge the connections of this volume: reworking everyday life, fieldwork as craftsmanship, mapping connections and conversing with the past create a dynamic matrix of novel takes on ethnologies for the future. The six contributions are supplemented with four comments; in commenting on the revisits, they contribute their own reflections on revisiting European ethnology.