Download or read book Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil written by Brian Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Davies offers the first in-depth study of Saint Thomas Aquinas's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Davies first gives an introduction to Aquinas's philosophical theology, as well as a nuanced analysis of the ways in which Aquinas's writings have been considered over time. For hundreds of years scholars have argued that Aquinas's views on God and evil were original and different from those of his contemporaries. Davies shows that Aquinas's views were by modern standards very original, but that in their historical context they were more traditional than many scholars since have realized. Davies also provides insight into what we can learn from Aquinas's philosophy. Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil is a clear and engaging guide for anyone who struggles with the relation of God and theology to the problem of evil.
Download or read book Thomas Mann s War written by Tobias Boes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Thomas Mann's War, Tobias Boes traces how the acclaimed and bestselling author became one of America's most prominent anti-fascists and the spokesperson for a German cultural ideal that Nazism had perverted. Thomas Mann, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in literature and author of such world-renowned novels as Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain, began his self-imposed exile in the United States in 1938, having fled his native Germany in the wake of Nazi persecution and public burnings of his books. Mann embraced his role as a public intellectual, deftly using his literary reputation and his connections in an increasingly global publishing industry to refute Nazi propaganda. As Boes shows, Mann undertook successful lecture tours of the country and penned widely-read articles that alerted US audiences and readers to the dangers of complacency in the face of Nazism's existential threat. Spanning four decades, from the eve of World War I, when Mann was first translated into English, to 1952, the year in which he left an America increasingly disfigured by McCarthyism, Boes establishes Mann as a significant figure in the wartime global republic of letters. Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Download or read book Good People written by Nir Baram and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s late 1938. Thomas Heiselberg has built a career in Berlin as a market researcher for an American advertising company. In Leningrad, twenty-two-year-old Sasha Weissberg has grown up eavesdropping on the intellectual conversations in her parents’ literary salon. They each have grand plans for their lives. Neither of them thinks about politics too much, but after catastrophe strikes they will have no choice. Thomas puts his research skills to work elaborating Nazi propaganda. Sasha persuades herself that working as a literary editor of confessions for Stalin’s secret police is the only way to save her family. When destiny brings them together, they will have to face the consequences of the decisions they have made. Nir Baram’s Good People has been showered with praise in many countries. With its acute awareness of the individual amid towering historical landscapes, it is a tour de force: sparkling, erudite, a glimpse into the abyss. Nir Baram was born into a political family in Jerusalem in 1976. His grandfather and father were both ministers in Israeli Labor Party governments. He has worked as a journalist and an editor, and as an advocate for equal rights for Palestinians. He began publishing fiction when he was twenty-two, and is the author of five novels, including The Remaker of Dreams, Good People and World Shadow. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages and received critical acclaim around the world. He has been shortlisted several times for the Sapir Prize and in 2010 received the Prime Minister’s Award for Hebrew Literature. Text will publish a work of reportage by Nir Baram in 2017. ‘Written with great talent, momentum and ingenuity...it expands the borders of literature to reveal new landscapes.’ Amos Oz ‘One of the most intriguing writers in Israeli literature today.’ Haaretz ‘Good People rewards the reader’s patience while mining a tragic sense of irony that extends all the way to its title.’ Big Issue ‘Baram uses intense geographical plotting and is chillingly eloquent...[Good People] is tremendous. I read it in two sittings and I learned a lot. How does a man in his early 30s know how to write like this?’ Australian ‘Good People is a richly textured panorama of German and Russian life...This ample novel lives most memorably through Baram’s vignettes of people, dwellings, cities, landscapes and the like that seem to lie, at times, at the periphery of its central concerns.’ Age/Sydney Morning Herald ‘A groundbreaker...Riveting reading.’ Qantas Magazine ‘Good People is the tale of ordinary, middle-class lives sucked into a moral maelstrom. It is compulsive and profoundly disturbing.’ Sunday Star Times ‘Astonishingly powerful...[A] compelling, important story.’ New Zealand Listener ‘Chillingly captures the terrors and tensions of life under Stalin and Hitler. The chapters set in Russia are particularly effective, carrying the suspense of a spy thriller. Nir Baram explores the frightening speed and ease with which ordinary people become functionaries in totalitarian societies.’ TLS ‘Good People is a subtle, original, and fascinating take on the wartime story. We forget that the brutality was as much a bureaucratic effort as a military one. We forget that even the most massive, most evil forces are comprised of moving human parts. If Good People has a moral, it is this: the totalitarian state will attempt to possess the individual by co-opting his (relatively innocent) instincts—ambition, greed, security and love. The question at heart is if it is possible within an evil system to be good.’ Jewish Book Council
Download or read book The Seeker and the Monk written by Scott Sophfronia and published by Broadleaf Books. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun? Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions in the twentieth century. Writer Sophfronia Scott is asking them today. In The Seeker and the Monk, Scott mines the extensive private journals of one of the most influential contemplative thinkers of the past for guidance on how to live in these fraught times. As a Black woman who is not Catholic, Scott both learns from and pushes back against Merton, holding spirited, and intimate conversations on race, ambition, faith, activism, nature, prayer, friendship, and love. She asks: What is the connection between contemplation and action? Is there ever such a thing as a wrong answer to a spiritual question? How do we care about the brutality in the world while not becoming overwhelmed by it? By engaging in this lively discourse, readers will gain a steady sense of how to dwell more deeply within--and even to love--this despairing and radiant world.
Download or read book Cassandra s Crossing written by Stephen Fredrick and published by Stephen Fredrick. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a serial killer loose on Maui, one with a very particular twist.Cassandra Yeats-Thomason is married to one of the world’s richest men, and to the outside world her life is a dream set on the tropical island of Maui. Anything she desires she can have.But what she really wants is a new future. And that requires Cassandra first shed her present.The problem is, the dream is in reality a nightmare filled with secrets - the type of secrets from which a person cannot just walk away - so, Cassandra formulates a plan and reaches into her distant past for help.William Langdon is an ex-Chicago cop with a notorious past and a personal life turned upside down.William is operating a small private detective agency in New Orleans with his partner and ex-wife, Sandy, when Cassandra saunters into his office seeking his assistance years after she turned her back on him and walked out of his life.Mesmerized by Cassie from the day they met in high school, William considers her the one unfinished chapter in his life.And she considers him the perfect man for her plan.
Download or read book Thomas Chatterton and Romantic Culture written by N. Groom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Chatterton was a poet, forger, and adolescent suicide, and the debate over his work was a pivotal episode in the history of eighteenth-century literature. It ultimately established Chatterton as the inspiration for Romantic poets like Blake, Coleridge, and Keats. This book is a major collection of diverse new essays by scholars, critics, and writers like Peter Ackroyd and Richard Holmes. They show the mercurial Chatterton in exciting new contexts, and restore him as a seminal figure in English Literature.
Download or read book The Creative Process in the Individual written by T. Troward and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the essence of creativity with "The Creative Process in the Individual" by T. Troward. This insightful work explores the nature of creativity and its profound impact on personal growth and fulfillment. As Troward unveils his ideas, you'll learn how the creative process shapes not just art, but the very fabric of our lives. What if understanding this process could unlock the doors to your true potential? But here’s a thought-provoking question: In a world where innovation is key, how can you harness your innate creativity to navigate life's challenges and seize opportunities? Engage with Troward's compelling philosophy that emphasizes the power of thought and imagination. Each chapter invites you to delve into the intricacies of creativity and discover how it can transform your experiences and outcomes. Are you ready to explore the depths of your creative potential and unleash the genius within? Experience Troward's wisdom through concise, impactful paragraphs that inspire and motivate. This book is not just a theoretical exploration; it’s a practical guide to realizing your creative capabilities and enhancing your life. This is your opportunity to redefine what it means to be creative. Will you allow "The Creative Process in the Individual" to guide you on your journey of self-discovery and innovation? Don’t miss out on this transformative experience. Purchase "The Creative Process in the Individual" now and embark on a path toward greater creativity and personal achievement!
Download or read book Sleathwaite written by Katharine Wilson and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sleepy community in the Tyne Valley of Northumberland. On the surface, all is peaceful and tranquil. There is a dedicated pastor, a hardworking landowner who loves the farming life, a young couple who are newcomers to the area and are renovating their new house, a couple who have recently bought the local pub who discover there are ghosts in the attic, a gay couple who are deeply in love, and a grandad who thinks he's still a young boy. However, beneath the surface, some complex issues simmer; a boy with confusing gender identity, a sixteen year old girl who is raped, a boy who is struggling with his fine motor skills. Surprisingly, despite these traumatic issues, a strong undercurrent of love and community pervades their lives; which enables them to weather the storms that beset them.
Download or read book Remarkable Physicists written by Ioan James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
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Download or read book Thomas W Schaller Architect of Light written by Thomas Schaller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Paintings from a Watercolor Master "The most nearly 'perfect' paintings to me are rarely the ones simply characterized by technical expertise. More often, they are the ones in which you can sense the beating heart of the artist just below the surface--flaws included." Twenty years into a career as architect and architectural illustrator, Thomas Schaller embarked upon a bold new path as a fine artist. Today he is one of the world's most accomplished watercolor artists, celebrated for his poignant treatment of light and its dynamic interplay with the natural and manmade landscape. The first and only collection of work from this popular contemporary artist, Thomas W. Schaller: Architect of Light features 150 of his finest paintings--buildings, bridges, boats, people and other scenes from around the world. In a series of essays, Schaller ruminates on his journey as an artist, what drives him, and the "truths" he's discovered along the way. He offers not only sage insight on composition, color and other technical aspects of painting, but also provocative perspective on more fundamental struggles for the artist, such as overcoming self-doubt and honing one's own, unique voice. Schaller's essays, like his art, shine with passion, authenticity, and the epiphanies that comprise his artistic constellation: discovering the power of breathing...the secret to "finding the art" in any subject...and how the quest for perfection led him to worry less about the final result to take greater joy in the process itself. It's a pivoting read for collector, art-lover and practicing artist alike, full of views to savor and enlighten.
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by Australia. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Companion to the Works of Philosopher Thomas Reid 1710 1796 written by John-Christian Smith and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a systematic organization of subjects and names in a comprehensive index to the three central works of the Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid An inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), Essays on the Interllectual Powers (1785) and Essays on the ACtive Powers (1788). It establishes a system of reference to allow the reader to understand Reid's writings as well as disscussing his personal life.
