Prometheus Ascending


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Lead them out of darkness, Adama, these words keep ringing in his ears as the world around him burns. The last war is about to throw humanity into self-destruction, never to arise from its ashes. And Adama has the premonition that there is a hidden all-powerful enemy, working hard to provoke this war. That everything has somehow been orchestrated from the beginning. He is the only one who can defeat this enemy – and in the process risk the one most dear to him. Rahab. In this final race as the Prometheus Prophecy is revealed, everyone has to decide what side they will take – and what it really means to be human. PROMETHEUS ASCENDING by D. F. Wink is a near future techno thriller – book three in an exhilarating dystopian trilogy. It depicts a dystopian society with a cast of unique characters, epic settings, historical battles and a mixture of science and mythology. If you are looking for your next, much darker, Hunger Games, then get Book 3 of the Prometheus Trilogy.




Prometheus Rebound


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Modern atheism is a further act in the ancient drama of Prometheus vs Zeus. This book argues that the antagonism is false, as proved by the "irony": in which atheism turns into antitheism, transferring divine qualities to Humanity. The drama is framed by the "classicla dilemma," a conflict of wills: Tyrant and Rebel. The Unbinding of Prometheus is traced through Western history, to the Enlightenment "death of God," both speculative (Hegel) and practical (Marx). Finally, four types of "idols" are examined, in which Prometheus is rebound: Freud's Oedipus, Nietzsche's Dionysus, Camus' Sisyphus and Sartre's Orestes. The revision of both theism and atheism demands re-casting Zeus and Prometheus, breaking the impasse of heteronomy/autonomy and omnipotence/free will. Only thus may we affirm Humanity without denying God.




Prometheus Rising


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Prometheus Rising describes the landscape of human evolution and offers the reader an opportunity to become a conscious participant. In an astoundingly useful road map infused with humor and startling insight, Robert Anton Wilson presents the Eight Circuits of the Brain model as an essential guide for the effort to break free of imprinted and programmed behavior, Bob writes, "We are all giants, raised by pygmies, who have learned to walk with a perpetual mental crouch. Unleashing our full stature-our total brain power-is what this book is all about." The Robert Anton Wilson Trust Authorized Hilaritas Press Edition




Prometheus Falling


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★★★★★ "The plot thickens." "An impressive dystopian tale that explores the nuances of human nature and the real meaning of freedom." Adama has lost everything, even his own humanity. He has become a genetically modified weapon in the hands of a powerful corrupted governmental official, Manasseh. Rahab has the only chance to restore Adama to his formal self. But for this, she’ll have to take incredible risks to flee her own prison. Because her daughter is in Manasseh’s hands. As the digital underground and religious fanatics join the race for the Prometheus Prophecy, Rahab has to sacrifice either her daughter or her integrity to bring back Adama’s humanity. PROMETHEUS FALLING is the second novel in a dystopian series by author D. F. Wink. Continue Adama's journey to fulfill the Prometheus Prophecy right here!




Prometheus Dystopian Trilogy Box Set


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A secret labor camp where they have imprisoned his wife. An army he raised to find her. And a world that goes up in flames. Adama enjoys a comfortable life in a perfect globalized world – no wars, no poverty, no limits. Until the woman he loves, Rahab, is labeled a terrorist. She is imprisoned in a mysterious labor camp erased from the maps. In his desperate quest to find Rahab, Adama sparks a war that slowly slips out of his control. He uncovers secrets about the world and himself that force him to make impossible decisions. Meanwhile, Rahab is psychologically broken piece by piece – programmed to hate Adama. Even if he can find her – will she still be on his side? The Prometheus Dystopian Trilogy Box Set contains three full-length future techno thriller novels by D. F. Wink. The exhilarating ride depicts a dystopian society with a cast of unique characters, epic settings, historical battles and a mixture of science and mythology. If you are looking for your next dark dystopian read, then get this incredible box set. What readers are saying: ★★★★★ "I loved the book from beginning to end." ★★★★★ "It's a grasping story which had a cinematic feel to it." ★★★★★ "Nothing like you think it is going to be, but way way better." ★★★★★ "That's the kind of stories I look for and Prometheus Rising, DELIVERS!!!!!" ★★★★★"A real page-turner, unapologetic and fascinating. The kind of book you cannot put down and will find you re-reading all over again." ★★★★★ "An impressive dystopian tale that explores the nuances of human nature and the real meaning of freedom." ★★★★★ "Be prepared to want more!" ★★★★★ "It snared me right from the first and held me until the ending."




Calderón


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Although Pedro Calderón de la Barca was one of the greatest and most prolific playwrights of Spain's Golden Age, most of his nonallegorical comedias—118 in all—have remained unknown. Robert ter Horst presents here the first full-length study of these works, a sustained, meditative analysis dealing with more than 80 plays, conveying a sense of the whole of Calderón's secular theater. To approach so vast a body of literature, Mr. ter Horst examines the meaning and function in Calderón of three broad subjects—myth, honor, and history—the warp threads across which the playwright weaves a subtle tapestry of contrasts, dualities, and conflicts: the private person versus the public person, the inner realm versus the outer, masculine against feminine, poet against prince. The Calderón who emerges is a consciously consummate artist whose lifelong study was the passions of the human mind and body. In addition, he is seen as a synthesizer of his Spanish literary heritage and especially as a brilliant adapter of Cervantes' insights to the stage. Robert ter Horst's profound and far-ranging analysis sheds light on many fine works previously neglected and finds new depths in such supreme achievements as No hay cosa como callar, El segundo Escipión, and La vida es suefio.




The Apocalepticon


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The Apocalepticon, a modern neo-classical epic poem, covering an encyclopedic range of subject matter, historical themes, philosophical schools and theological traditions - A work conceived over three decades, in a culmination of poetical language, that gives a new and original voice to the Western Epic Tradition.







Prometheus Ascending


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Scenario What do you do when a terrible accident shatters your body, all but takes your voice from you and removes most of your face, leaving you confined to a specially adapted room with what remains of your face hidden behind a mask? All this, and yet your excellent mental faculties fully intact? If you are William John Baltimore, founder of the information network called SOURCE, accepting your fate is not an option. Enter Professor Sir James Robert Carvel, eminent Cryo Neurosurgeon, who has often voiced his opinion, privately, that the human brain can be transplanted. In the course of time, along with his equally eminent 'Team' of Professors; Richard Beckler, Anthony Morrow and Ernst Kraser, Carvel begins planning what came to be known as 'The Carvel Experiment'; the transplanting of Baltimore's brain into a healthy donor body. Dateline August, 1985. Would this be the start of a successful process as in 1967, when Doctor Christiaan Barnard pioneered the first human heart transplant or lead to the creation of a modern day Frankenstein scenario? In Prometheus Ascending, William P Thomson brings alive the characters and events of this remarkable story and its life-changing consequences in what is an excellent read.




The Philosophical Stage


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A bold new reconception of ancient Greek drama as a mode of philosophical thinking The Philosophical Stage offers an innovative approach to ancient Greek literature and thought that places drama at the heart of intellectual history. Drawing on evidence from tragedy and comedy, Joshua Billings shines new light on the development of early Greek philosophy, arguing that drama is our best source for understanding the intellectual culture of classical Athens. In this incisive book, Billings recasts classical Greek intellectual history as a conversation across discourses and demonstrates the significance of dramatic reflections on widely shared theoretical questions. He argues that neither "literature" nor "philosophy" was a defined category in the fifth century BCE, and develops a method of reading dramatic form as a structured investigation of issues at the heart of the emerging discipline of philosophy. A breathtaking work of intellectual history by one of today's most original classical scholars, The Philosophical Stage presents a novel approach to ancient drama and sets a path for a renewed understanding of early Greek thought.