The Western World Revisited
Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher : Oxford : J.H. Parker
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Atlantic States
ISBN :
Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher : Oxford : J.H. Parker
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Atlantic States
ISBN :
Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher :
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Atlantic States
ISBN :
Author : Henry 1810-1870 Caswall
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781373133090
Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781331846888
Excerpt from The Western World Revisited The advantages of foreign travel are obvious and unquestionable. "When I travelled," says the wise son of Sirach, "I understood more than I can express." A man may continue a barbarian or a heretic to the end of his days, unless by intercourse with his fellow-men he is brought to admit the existence of a standard external to himself, by which manners and doctrines must be measured. By travelling we learn to separate merely local modes of thought from profound and general truths, and to distinguish the outward appearance of things from their inward substance. For similar reasons it is desirable that nations should hold frequent intercourse with each other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Henry Caswall
Publisher : Oxford : J.H. Parker
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Atlantic States
ISBN :
Author : John Carroll
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Civilization, Western
ISBN : 9781922247766
Humanism built Western civilisation as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture: Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velázquez, Descartes, Kant, and Freud. Those who sought to contain humanism's pride within a frame of higher truth -- like Luther, Calvin, Poussin, Kierkegaard -- could barely interrupt its torrential progress. Those who sought to reform humanism's tenets -- like Marx, Darwin, and Nietzsche -- were tested by the success of their own prophecies. So runs the approved view; it is not shared by John Carroll. Rather, he articulates a disruptive and compelling alternative version of Western civilisation since the Renaissance and the Reformation contrived to unleash Reason, Will, and a superhuman Man on the world. Here, Carroll significantly reworks his bracing study of humanism's rise to pre-eminence and its headlong tumble into contradiction. This revised look at the failure of the West's 500-year experiment with humanism, and its dire cultural consequences, concludes with September 11.
Author : Byron Alden Brooks
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 1893
Category : American fiction
ISBN :
Author : Gary D. Libecap
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804753807
In the contemporary West, pressures to more effectively reallocate water to meet growing urban and environmental demands are increasing as environmental awareness grows and climate change threatens existing water supplies. The legacy of Owens Valley raises concerns about how reallocation can occur. Although it took place over seventy years ago, the water transfer from Owens Valley to Los Angeles still plays an important role in perceptions of how water markets work. The memory of Owens Valley transfer is one of theft and environmental destruction at the hands of Los Angeles. In reassessing the infamous transfer, one could say that there was no "theft." Owens Valley landowners fared well in their land and water sales, earning more than if they had stayed in agriculture. In another sense, however, "theft" did occur. The water was not literally stolen, but there was a sharp imbalance in gains from the trade--with most of the benefits going to Los Angeles. Owens Valley, then, demonstrates the importance of distributional issues in water trades when the stakes are large. Los Angeles water rights in the Owens Valley and Mono Basin have again been a front-page issue since 1970. New environmental and recreational values and air pollution concerns have ushered in demands to curtail the shipment of water from source regions for urban use. Owen's Valley Revisited: A Reassesment of the West's First Great Water Transfer carefully explores how these sagas were addressed, considering the costs involved, and alternative approaches that might have resulted in more rapid and less contentious remedies. This analysis offers insights to guide the ongoing conversation about water politics and the future thereof. .
Author : D. A. Carson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802867383
Called to live in the world, but not to be of it, Christians must maintain a balancing act that becomes more precarious the further our culture departs from its Judeo-Christian roots. How should members of the church interact with such a culture, especially as deeply enmeshed as most of us have become? In this award-winning book -- now in paperback and with a new preface -- D. A. Carson applies his masterful touch to that problem. After exploring the classic typology of H. Richard Niebuhr with its five Christ-culture options, Carson offers an even more comprehensive paradigm for informing the Christian worldview. More than just theoretical, Christ and Culture Revisited is a practical guide for helping Christians untangle current messy debates about living in the world.
Author : John Carroll
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Civilization, Western
ISBN :
Humanism built western civilisation as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture: Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velázquez, Descartes, Kant, and Freud. Those who sought to contain humanism's pride within a frame of higher truth Luther, Calvin, Poussin, Kierkegaard could barely interrupt its torrential progress. Those who sought to reform humanism's tenets Marx, Darwin, and Nietzsche were tested by the success of their own prophecies. So runs the approved view; it is not shared by John Carroll. Rather he articulates a disruptive and compelling alternative version of western civilisation since the Renaissance and the Reformation contrived to unleash Reason, Will and a superhuman Man on the world. Here, Professor Carroll significantly reworks his bracing study of humanism's rise to pre-eminence and its headlong tumble into contradiction. This revised look at the failure of the West's five-hundred-year experiment with humanism, and its dire cultural consequences concludes with September 11, 2001.