Download or read book Crossing the Stream Leaving the Cave written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave brings philosophers from two of the world's great philosophical traditions--Platonic and Indian Buddhist--into joint inquiry on topics in metaphysics, epistemology, mind, language, and ethics. An international team of scholars address selected questions of mutual concern to Buddhist and Platonist: How can knowledge of reality transform us? Will such transformation leave us speechless, or disinterested in the world around us? What is cause? What is self-knowledge? And how can dreams shed light on waking cognition? What do the paradoxes thrown up by abstract thought about fundamental notions such as being and unity reveal? Is it possible to attain unity in ourselves, and should we even try? Would doing so make us happy--and is such happiness consistent with both contemplation of reality and action in the world? With close readings of texts by Buddhaghosa, Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, Bhaviveka, Santideva; by Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Olympiodorus, and Damascius (among others), these studies consider not just the different answers Buddhists and Platonists might give to these questions, but also the criticisms they might bring to each other's positions, the sort of arguments they use, and the use they put these arguments to. Bringing Platonic and the Buddhist perspectives jointly to bear creates a cosmopolitan philosophical exchange which yields greater conceptual clarity on the questions and the terms in which they are cast, reveals unnoticed conceptual connections, and opens up new possibilities for addressing central philosophical concerns.
Download or read book Transactions of the Ossianic Society written by Ossianic Society and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes 1-6 include the 1st-8th annual report of the society.
Download or read book Uncle Sam s Secrets written by Oscar Phelps Austin and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Stranded written by Shane Moore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded is a story of a pampered man forced to find his inner strength and the will to survive when being forced into an unforgettable, compromising situation when stranded in the forest by the "love of his life". While Paul struggles to comprehend why another human being would do this, he realizes that sometimes choices have to be made even though you were taught they were wrong. Follow one man's journey as he makes enemies and discovers new friends which changes his entire concept of what true love is.
Download or read book Transactions of the Ossianic Society for the Year written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transactions of the Ossianic Society for the Year written by John O'Daly and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trail of the Old Ones written by Raymond Drake Forehand and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Ice Age, mountains of ice grew where the ice did not melt, as more ice formed from the rains. Cave men had to compete with all animals for shelter and food. He depended on the ability of other creatures to survive.This made him one of the deadliest of animals. He showed no mercy. He kiled to borrow what he could not produce. Animals produce fur, to keep them warm. Man had to take the furs from animals to survive. He also had to take their meat, bones, and innards. In Spring wild green things sprouted and grew. Man learned to sort and use these. Some leery, more careful people began to notice medical properties of these plants They remembered these properties. Soon others of the clan became dependent on these people who could remember what to use for this or that ailment. They became the Shaman. Their job became as important as the hunter. Salt became an important commodity in the later Ice Age. Man crave it. If you had salt, you could trade it for meat, furs, and weapons. But if they had nothing to trade, then they would revert to borrowing.
Download or read book Guide Book for the Tourist and Traveler Over the Valley Railway written by John S. Reese and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1871 by a group of entrepreneurs from Cleveland, Akron, and Canton, the Valley Railway paralleled the Cuyahoga River Valley, stretching from southeast Cleveland to Akron and then on to Canton and Valley Junction in Tuscarawas County. The Railway filled a need in the region by providing an important passenger rail link among the three cities and provided direct access to the coal fields in Stark and Tuscarawas Counties, supplying coal for Cleveland's iron mills and other growing industries. The Railway began operation in 1880, continued service until 1962, and was revived in the early 1970s. Construction of the Valley Railway coincided with a growing interest in travel and tourism in the United States. It was in the spirit of tourism and boosterism that John Reese wrote his Guide, which is the only primary-source account of the landscape and communities of the region in 1880. Reese discusses both the built environment - bridges, viaducts, trestles, and roadbeds - and natural features in plain view from the train and illustrates it all with thirty period engravings. In addition, the Guide is filled with advertisements for all sorts of tradesmen, merchants, and businesses t
Download or read book Kilimanjaro written by Alex Stewart and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to climbing 5895m Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest mountain in Africa and the world’s highest free-standing mountain. Unlike many other peaks of its height, it is possible to reach the summit without any technical climbing, making it an achievable goal for many. The guidebook covers the six ascent routes (Marangu, Machame, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira and Umbwe), three summit ascents, two descent routes and the circuit path. A full expedition can be completed in 4–7 days, although more generous itineraries are recommended to allow for acclimatisation. Also included in the guidebook is an ascent of neighbouring Mount Meru, which could be used as an acclimatisation trek. Route description illustrated with clear sketch mapping All the information you need to prepare for a trek, including budgeting, transport, permits and visas, and equipment Guidance on choosing a route and an outfitter, plus a list of reputable outfitters Health and safety considerations, including recommended inoculations and altitude sickness Fascinating insights into the area’s geology, history, culture, plants and wildlife
Download or read book Laoithe Fiannuigheachta Or Fenian Poems written by John O'Daly and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Xu Xiake s Travels written by Xu Xiake and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Xu Xiake's Travels” (徐霞客游记) is a Chinese travelogue book, written in the 17th century. The book has 22 sections. It consists mainly of essays describing the travels of the Ming dynasty geographer Xu Xiake. Over 34 years, Xu produced more than 600,000 words, including works such as "Guizhou tour diary" and "Yunnan tour diary". This book offers detailed descriptions of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena. It is also respected for its literary qualities and for its historicity.
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Download or read book Iporanga written by Kevin Apostobranco and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-03 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969, Dr. D.M. McArtor, Deputy Director of Technology for the US Dept. of Defense went before the Senate Committee for Approbations & requested $10 million to design a virus that is ''refractory to the immunological systems . In 1970, Dr. McArtor was granted the $10 million by the US Government to invent the AIDS virus. In 2000, feeling drawn to Brazil, the author arrived in the town of Iporanga, Sao Paulo where it is common knowledge among the residents that the US Army has been conducting some kind of secret experiments in a nearby cave hidden in the jungle in 1970. Impossible events occur on a regular basis, & previous to arriving in Iporanga he was shown through a series of coincidences that with the letter 'A' in front of his name, his surname is Apostlethwaite, or Apostobranco. On his second night, Kevin used a strange sentence for the first time & told a young doctor whose days are filled with AIDS victims; "I'm a white blood cell, I go where needed." In answer to her question regarding why he was there. Shortly after seeing a school music book full of Nazi mind control experiments with sound & melody, Apostobranco is shown a cave nearby called Caverna Laboratorio. The local residents were obviously victims of some kind of mind control. There are people in the valley that can't remember when their parents died, & another who can't remember that her husband died of AIDS. All of these things were more than enough to convince the author that he was no longer just a tourist but had assumed the role of a character in a legend. Iporanga! is an expose of numerous crimes against humanity. It's the true account of the discovery of the origin of AIDS & the bizarre series of events that surround it - an account of impossible coincidences & miracles, the misery of AIDS, & the terror of being chased by an army through the jungle in Brazil.
Download or read book History of Summit County written by William Henry Perrin and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statutes Proclamations and Government Notices in Force in the Native Territories of the Colony of Cape of Good Hope on the 30th June 1907 written by Alfred Newth MacFadyen and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records of the Survey of India written by Survey of India and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
