Scenes of Clerical Life (Classic Reprint)

Scenes of Clerical Life (Classic Reprint)

Author: George Eliot

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt from Scenes of Clerical Life Litany, only to feel with more intensity my burst into the conspicuousness of public life when I was made to stand up on the seat during the psalms or the singing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Vaught's Practical Character Reader

Vaught's Practical Character Reader

Author: Louis Allen Vaught

Publisher:

Published: 1902

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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"The purpose of this book is to acquaint all with the elements of human nature and enable them to read these elements in all men, women and children in all countries"--Preface.


Character

Character

Author: Marjorie Garber

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2020-07-14

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0374709378

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What is “character”? Since at least Aristotle’s time, philosophers, theologians, moralists, artists, and scientists have pondered the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, “character” derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation observable in works of art and scientific experiments. It is an essential term in drama and the focus of self-help books. In Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession, Marjorie Garber points out that character seems more relevant than ever today, omnipresent in discussions of politics, ethics, gender, morality, and the psyche. References to character flaws, character issues, and character assassination and allegations of “bad” and “good” character are inescapable in the media and in contemporary political debates. What connection does “character” in this moral or ethical sense have with the concept of a character in a novel or a play? Do our notions about fictional characters catalyze our ideas about moral character? Can character be “formed” or taught in schools, in scouting, in the home? From Plutarch to John Stuart Mill, from Shakespeare to Darwin, from Theophrastus to Freud, from nineteenth-century phrenology to twenty-first-century brain scans, the search for the sources and components of human character still preoccupies us. Today, with the meaning and the value of this term in question, no issue is more important, and no topic more vital, surprising, and fascinating. With her distinctive verve, humor, and vast erudition, Marjorie Garber explores the stakes of these conflations, confusions, and heritages, from ancient Greece to the present day.


The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science

The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science

Author: Roger Cooter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780521227438

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This study concentrates on the social and ideological functions of science during the consolidation of urban industrial society.


Putting Psychology in Its Place

Putting Psychology in Its Place

Author: Graham Richards

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781841692333

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Graham Richards gives historical perspective to key issues in contemporary psychology such as psychology and women and psychology and race as well as more traditional topics like behaviourism and Gestalt psychology. --From publisher's description.