Philosophy as a Way of Life
Philosophy as a Way of Life

Author: Pierre Hadot

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1995-08-03

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780631180333

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This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world.

Aspects of Western Civilization
Aspects of Western Civilization

Author: Perry McAdow Rogers

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780130489685

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0C-0, 0-13-083203-0, Rogers, Perry M., Aspects of Western Civilization, Vol. II, 4/E*/ = A two-volume chronologically arranged compilation of primary and some secondary sources in Western Civilization organized around eight major themes. The book presents readers with basic questions regarding historical development, human nature, moral action and practical necessity while incorporating a wide variety of political, social, economic, religious, intellectual and scientific issues in an effort to present history as a vehicle for better understanding in the present rather than a stagnant observation of past societies. Earliest Civilizations, The Greek, Roman and Medieval Worlds, Transitions to the Modern World, Foundations of the Modern World, The Era of Revolution, and the Twentieth Century. For anyone interested in western civilization especially historians.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Author: Stephen Greenblatt

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 3009

ISBN-13: 9780393927153

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Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.

Patronage and Power
Patronage and Power

Author: John K. Chow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1992-09-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0567111865

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From 1 Corinthians we know that the church at Corinth was beset by all sorts of problems. Some of these problems resulted from contacts with the pagan world - one member of the church cohabited with his stepmother, one brought a suit against another brother before the pagan magistrate, some ate idolatrous feasts at the pagan temple, and others underwent baptism for the dead. This refreshing and stimulating book seeks to understand the significance of these problems from the perspective of the social structures and conditions of this Graeco-Roman city, and places Paul's response to them in the same context.

Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation
Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation

Author: Lena Olausson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006-10-26

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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The Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation is the ideal source for finding out how to pronounce controversial or difficult words and names.The unique combination of the BBC's worldwide expertise in pronunciation with OUP's experience in reference publishing provides a popular and accessible guide to this tricky area.

What is Ancient Philosophy?
What is Ancient Philosophy?

Author: Pierre Hadot

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780674013735

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Hadot shows how the schools, trends, and ideas of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy strove to transform the individual's mode of perceiving and being in the world. For the ancients, philosophical theory and the philosophical way of life were inseparably linked. Hadot asks us to consider whether and how this connection might be reestablished today.