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Author: Thomas R. Wallin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2013-05
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 1483618498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a series of interpretive essays and limericks describing wise sayings from such authors as Jackson Brown, Stephen Covey, Edwin and Sally Kiester, William Bennett, John Rosemond, Steven Scott, Colin Powell, President Garfield and even Salada Tea "Tag Lines".
Author: Michael Beenstock
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 0262016923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn economist critiques nature versus nurture hypotheses from behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, sociology, and economics. Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioral genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents and their siblings. In Heredity, Family, and Inequality, the economist Michael Beenstock offers theoretical, statistical, and methodological tools for understanding these correlations. Beenstock presents a comprehensive survey of intergenerational and sibling correlations for a broad range of outcomes--including fertility and longevity, intelligence and education, income and consumption, and deviancy and religiosity. He then offers a critique of the sometimes conflicting explanations for these correlations proposed by social scientists from such disciplines as developmental psychology, sociology, and economics. Beenstock also provides an axiomatic framework for thinking about the complex interplay of heredity, family, and environments, drawing on game theory, control theory, and econometrics. Chapters 1-7 discuss such topics as the important contributions of Francis Galton (1822-1911) to the statistical study of heredity, the family as an engine of inequality and diversity, and natural experiments designed to identify how environments, families, peer groups, and neighborhoods affect human outcomes. Chapters 8-10 present technical material on statistical, theoretical, and methodological tools used by the earlier chapters. Beenstock's goal is not to argue for either nature or nurture but to suggest more rigorous ways to assess the diverse contributions to this lively debate.
Author: Bernard Collette
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-08-26
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 1317298721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Stoic Doctrine of Providence attempts to reconstruct the Stoic doctrine of providence (as argued for in ancient texts now lost) and explain its many fascinating philosophical issues. Examining issues such as the compatibility between good and evil, and how a provident god can serve as model of political leadership, this is the first monograph of its kind to focus on the question of Stoic providence. It offers an in-depth study of the meaning and importance of this topic in eight distinct generations of Stoics, from Zeno of Citium (fourth century B.C.) to Panaetius of Rhodes (second century B.C.) to Marcus Aurelius (second century A.D.). The Stoic Doctrine of Providence is key reading for anyone interested in Ancient Stoicism or the study of divine providence in a philosophical setting.
Author: Laura Candiotto
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-05-11
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9004432272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmotions in Plato, through a detailed analysis of emotions such as shame, anger, fear, and envy, but also pity, wonder, love and friendship, offers a fresh account of the role of emotions in Plato’s psychology, epistemology, ethics and political theory.
Author: Konstan David Konstan
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2019-07-31
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1474469930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClassical Greece was permeated by a spirit of rivalry. Games and sports, theatrical performances, courtroom trials, recitation of poetry, canvassing for public office, war itself - all aspects of life were informed by a competitive ethos. This pioneering book considers how the Greeks viewed, explained, exploited and controlled the emotions that entered into such rivalrous activities, and looks at what the private and public effects were of such feelings as ambition, desire, pride, passion, envy and spite.Among the questions the authors address: How was envy distinguished from emulation? Was rivalry central to democratic politics? What was the relation between envy and erotic jealousy? Did the Greeks feel erotic jealousy at all? Did the views of philosophers correspond to those reflected in the historians, tragic poets and orators? Were there differences in attitude towards the rivalrous emotions within ancient Greece, or between Greece and Rome? Did jealousy, envy and malice have bad effects on ancient society, or could they be channelled to positive ends by stimulating effort and innovation? Can the ancient Greek and Roman views of envy, spite and jealousy contribute anything to our own understanding of these universally troubling emotions?This is the first book devoted to the emotions of rivalry in the classical world taken as a whole. With chapters written by a dozen scholars in ancient history, literature and philosophy, it contributes notably to the study of ancient Greece and to the history of the emotions more generally.
Author: Albert Heintz
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margaret Gibson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2012-08-31
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1477142169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Spirit of Rejection teaches us that GOD created us to glorify HIM. It does not matter who your parents are because all roads in your life will lead to HIM. Many times we grieve over parental rejection without realizing that their rejection caused us to be who we are today. GOD is wiser than man and HE turns our ashes into beauty. The worst situations in our life produce the greatest rewards of our lives. GOD works everything for our good when we are called according to HIS purpose and love HIM. Rejoice, GOD will never leave you nor forsake you because HE loves you unconditionally!
Author: Mary C. Fenton
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1575911523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Maggie Kilgour
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-02-02
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 0199589437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributing to our understanding of Ovid, Milton, and more broadly the transmission and transformation of classical traditions, this book examines the ways in which Milton drew on Ovid's oeuvre, and argues that Ovid's revision of the past gave Renaissance writers a model for their own transformation of classical works.
Author: Deborah Rine
Publisher:
Published: 2018-12-05
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781731038609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVictoria Palmer is a social-media queen with millions of followers. Her wedding promises to be the cyber event of the year. The nuptials will take place at the fabulous Magnolia Resort, a haven for the super-rich. For Morgan Lytton, Magnolia's wedding planner, the four-day extravaganza provokes anxiety. An impending storm off the Gulf of Mexico looms on the horizon. Pernicious paparazzi threaten to infiltrate the event. In addition, an undercurrent of hatred and jealousy simmers under the feigned camaraderie of the wedding party. Unwittingly, Morgan becomes enmeshed in their conflicts. After the first murder, the members of the wedding party begin to suspect one another. Morgan works with the police and finds herself a target for the vindictive killer.This thriller takes place on the exquisite Emerald Coast along Highway 30A in the Florida Panhandle. This is a classic mystery that will keep you guessing until the end.
