The Quest of the Absolute
Author: Honoré de Balzac
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 264
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Author: Honoré de Balzac
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 264
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Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Published: 2019-08-05
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781318523504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author: Louis Dupré
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 2013-09-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0268077819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eagerly awaited study brings to completion Louis Dupré's planned trilogy on European culture during the modern epoch. Demonstrating remarkable erudition and sweeping breadth, The Quest of the Absolute analyzes Romanticism as a unique cultural phenomenon and a spiritual revolution. Dupré philosophically reflects on its attempts to recapture the past and transform the present in a movement that is partly a return to premodern culture and partly a violent protest against it. Following an introduction on the historical origins of the Romantic Movement, Dupré examines the principal Romantic poets of England (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats), Germany (Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Hölderlin), and France (Lamartine, de Vigny, Hugo), all of whom, from different perspectives, pursued an absolute ideal. In the chapters of the second part, he concentrates on the critical principles of Romantic aesthetics, the Romantic image of the person as reflected in the novel, and Romantic ethical and political theories. In the chapters of the third, more speculative, part, he investigates the comprehensive syntheses of romantic thought in history, philosophy, and theology. The Quest of the Absolute is an important work both as the culmination of Dupré's ongoing project and as a classic in its own right. The book will meet the expectations of the specialist as well as appeal to more general readers with philosophical, cultural, and religious interests.
Author: Honoré de Balzac
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 412
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 307
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert P. Crease
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2011-10-24
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0393082040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement. Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. This network has been called a greater invention than the steam engine, comparable only to the development of the printing press. Robert P. Crease traces the evolution of this international system from the use of flutes to measure distance in the dynasties of ancient China and figurines to weigh gold in West Africa to the creation of the French metric and British imperial systems. The former prevailed, with the United States one of three holdout nations. Into this captivating history Crease weaves stories of colorful individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, an advocate of the metric system, and American philosopher Charles S. Peirce, the first to tie the meter to the wavelength of light. Tracing the dynamic struggle for ultimate precision, World in the Balance demonstrates that measurement is both stranger and more integral to our lives than we ever suspected.
Author: Frederick J. Adelmann (S. J., )
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 207
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 254
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 226
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Published: 2015-08-08
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781296527334
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