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A ground breaking study of the long-neglected fifteenth century in South Asian history.
Author : Aparna Kapadia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 110715331X
A ground breaking study of the long-neglected fifteenth century in South Asian history.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Waterlow Sydney
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 2013-01-28
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ISBN : 9781313568494
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 16,37 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Cambridge (England)
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Author : Sydney Waterlow
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Cambridge (England)
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Author : Nomy Arpaly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,98 MB
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199348170
Joining the ancient debate over the roles of reason and appetite in the moral mind, In Praise of Desire takes the side of appetite. Acting for moral reasons, acting in a praiseworthy manner, and acting out of virtue amount to nothing more than acting out of intrinsic desires for the right or the good, correctly conceived. Reason, understood as the power to deliberate about what to think and do, is shown not to be the basis for our ability to act for reasons. Reason is rather the ability to perform certain mental actions which help us to become settled about what to think or do, and these actions are in turn motivated by desire. Thus reason is, if not a slave of the passions, then at least a useful tool deployed by desiring agents. If desire were merely an impulse to act, then a moral psychology built on intrinsic desires might be unpromising. But intrinsic desire is much more than an impulse to act. Intrinsic desires are a natural kind, states of the brain which contingently but commonly cause impulses to act, as well as causing a rich array of feelings and cognitive effects (on attention, learning, and more). Understood in this way, intrinsic desires are more central to agency, good will, and virtue than any mere impulse could be. In Praise of Desire shows that a desire-centered moral psychology can be richer than philosophers commonly think, accommodating the full complexity of moral life.
Author : J. A. Burrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2008-05-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139472860
One of the chief functions of poetry in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was to praise gods, people and things. Heroes and kings were glorified in many varieties of praise, and the arts of encomium and panegyric were codified by classical rhetoricians and later by writers on poetry. J. A. Burrow's study spans over two thousand years, from Pindar to Christopher Logue, but its main concern is with the English poetry of the Middle Ages, a period when praise poetry flourished. He argues that the 'decline of praise' in English literature since the seventeenth century, which has meant that modern readers and critics find it hard to appreciate this kind of poetry. This erudite but accessible account by a leading scholar of medieval literature shows why the poetry of praise was once so popular, and why it is still worth reading today.
Author : Todd Penner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2004-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567049701
Almost all scholars look to Acts 6:1-8:3 as providing the bedrock of early Christian tradition. The incident between the Hebrews and the Hellenists are understood to reflect real historical and theological problems in the early Jerusalem community, demonstrating the Hellenist role as a historical bridge between Jesus and Paul. Penner's study challenges the fundamental assumptions of this approach. Penner emphasizes the rhetorical and moral dimensions of ancient historiographical theory, especially the centrality of narrative and plot, the use of vivid description, the application of comparison using various type-scenes, and the role of speeches in terms of characterization and the presentation of narrative style. Todd Penner is the Assistant Professor of Religion at Austin College and the co-editor with Caroline Vander Stichele of Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse.
Author : Sydney Waterlow
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Page : 240 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781363880867
Author : Mervyn Horder
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 1952
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