Download or read book Quest for Wisdom written by David Lorimer and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging volume of essays brings a contemporary perspective to the timeless questions concerned with the nature of life and death, meaning and purpose, and how we can live more harmoniously together, issues with which all thinking people are concerned and engaged.
Download or read book Just Human written by Arielle Silverman and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom written by Robert Kane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernity has challenged the ancient ideal of a universal quest for wisdom, and today's world of conflicting cultures and values has raised further doubts regarding the possibility of objective ethical standards. Robert Kane refocuses the debate on the philosophical quest for wisdom, and argues that ethical principles about right action and the good life can be seen to emerge from that very quest itself. This book contends that the search for wisdom involves a persistent striving to overcome narrowness of vision that comes from the inevitable limitations of finite points of view. When applied to questions of value and the good life, this striving has ethical implications about the way we should treat ourselves and others. This study argues for the merits of this central thesis against alternative theories in contemporary normative ethics, and discusses its practical applications for social ethics, political philosophy, law and moral education.
Download or read book The Rediscovery of Wisdom written by D. Conway and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-07-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Wisdom is equated with possessing a demonstrably correct understanding of why the world exists and has the broad character it does. Adherents of this conception maintained the world to be the demonstrable creation of a divine intelligence in whose contemplation supreme human happiness resides. Their claims are defended against various latter-day scepticisms.
Download or read book Schooling Democracy and the Quest for Wisdom written by Robert V Bullough and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tremendous amount of energy has been expended by organizations to coordinate "partner schools" for teacher education. Bullough and Rosenberg examine the concept of partnering through various lenses and they address what they think are the major issues that need to be, but rarely are, discussed by thousands of educators.
Download or read book Brain Gain written by Marc Prensky and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people use technology to help them keep track of their daily lives. Yet, we're constantly questioning if this is truly a useful 'crutch', or if we're merely damaging our own ability to think and remember. In Brain Gain, Marc Prensky argues that the power of technology improves natural cognitive abilities and benefits us.
Download or read book Wisdom Bliss and Common Sense written by Darshani Deane and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distills arcane secrets of self-transformation.
Download or read book The Atlantean Empire written by Elisabetta Panzica and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sahar never asked to be Queen, never wanted the title, all she wanted was to be like every other girl. She wanted the freedom to marry the man she loved, the man she had loved her entire life. However, fate had another plan for her. In this turbulent tale of love, war, and upheaval. Sahar finds that she must choose between love and duty, and the choice she makes will change her forever.This first book is an introduction to Atlantean culture, to Lemuria and Kemet. It is an intricate, epic saga of wonder and suspense, of love, treachery, and magic. It will awaken a deep collective memory of the past within each person who dives into its pages, as it follows the life of the last Queen of Atlantis. This book depicts life as it was in the final days, before the great flood. A flood that in modern times is recognized by many cultures and religious groups, and has become a part of their own story, their own belief systems.
Download or read book The Quest written by Will Freeman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One day Will and Cameron are headed to California on a father-son motorcycle trip. The next, after both have an inexplicable sense that they should go north, they change course. Later, they find themselves sitting in a Wyoming diner with Great Thunder, who speaks insightful truths about Will's life when they have known each other only a few short minutes. The Quest details Will's real-life journey of self-discovery that begins with a fortuitous meeting with a special mentor, and continues through the following years as he learns to apply Great Thunder's lessons about simplifying life and trusting intuition"--Back cover.
Download or read book Wisdom in Love written by Rick Anthony Furtak and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rick Anthony Furtak's Wisdom in Love is a subtle and fascinating study of emotional rightness. Focusing on Kierkegaard's debt to and critique of ancient Stoic ideas of falsity in emotion, Furtak brings to the topic a flexible philosophical mind and a set of fresh and surprising insights. His scholarship will satisfy specialists, but his impressive literary style makes the book open to any reader who wants to reflect about the topic." --Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago "In Wisdom in Love, Rick Anthony Furtak gives us a persuasive defense of love and deep concern, and shows how these lead toward a religious conception of emotion and value. Love and its companion emotions are placed within a picture of what is worthy, a view that makes sense of our perceptions of significance despite the pull of slants that see the world as devoid of anything that matters. It is a timely, important, and original contribution to moral philosophy." --Edward Mooney, Syracuse University "Furtak's voice in this book is extraordinary, for it combines the authentic presence of a human being searching for understanding, the rigorous enquiry of a philosopher investigating emotion and knowledge, and the lyrical sensitivity of a poet engaged in bringing experiences to light. It is a book brimming with wisdom and love." --John Hanwell Riker, author of Ethics and the Discovery of the Unconscious "This book will find an important place both in Kierkegaard scholarship and in a wider philosophical context. Furtak has read Kierkegaard extensively and well." --Alastair Hannay, University of Oslo In this historically informed work in moral psychology, Rick Anthony Furtak develops a conceptual account of the emotions that addresses the conventional idea that reason and emotion stand in sharp opposition. Furtak begins with a critical examination of the ancient Stoic position that emotions ought to be avoided by rational human beings. He argues that, on the contrary, emotions ought to be understood as embodying a kind of authentic insight, which enables us to attain a meaningful and truthful way of seeing the world. Furtak's positive alternative to Stoicism draws heavily on the writings of S�ren Kierkegaard, particularly Either/Or and Works of Love, while also engaging with a wide range of other relevant philosophical, literary, and religious sources. He argues that a morality of virtue and narrative awareness is necessary for accurate emotional perception, and then attempts to define a qualified value realism based upon a reverential trust in love as the ground of human life. The outcome of this inquiry into the possibility of reliable emotion is an account of the ideal state in which we could trust ourselves to be rational in being passionate. Rick Anthony Furtak is associate professor of philosophy at Colorado College.
Download or read book The Opening of the Wisdom Eye written by Dalai Lama and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahayana Buddhism explained by the present day spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, H. H. the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, in his first English-language book. "This overview..is notable for its completeness and clarity."---Katherine Rogers, author of The Garland of Mahamudra Practices. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet.
Download or read book Hidden Wisdom written by Richard Smoley and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary seekers on the hunt for an overview of the Western mystery traditions often face a small selection of dense, out-of-date tomes. Alternatively, Hidden Wisdom is a fresh, coherent, and accessible work that expounds many of the teachings of Western esotericism, examining its key figures and movements.
Download or read book Kingdom Wisdom written by Philemon Tshikota and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the earth was, the truth was there. Before this generation was, the truth was here. Discover, through this book, the treasures of knowledge and wisdom in Christ. Are you seeking victory in any area of your life? The Word says, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."-John 8:32. Learn, through this book, to operate through the Wisdom of God in God's system in order to walk in total victory and freedom.Be free to fulfil your destiny through divine revelations from His word. Receive guidance to win in every area of your life and to go a whole lot further.This book speaks to individuals, families, societies, community leaders, church leaders and leaders of nations. It is a pointer to the truth that helps us to be effective on earth through the wisdom and power of God. It carries a revelatory and insightful content that is carefully put together to equip everyone to be the best they were born to be on earth.
Download or read book On Tyranny written by Leo Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue, Hiero or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue, a critique of the commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojève's comments, and finally, the complete Strauss-Kojève correspondence. "Through [Strauss's] interpretation Xenophon appears to us as no longer the somewhat dull and flat author we know, but as a brilliant and subtle writer, an original and profound thinker. What is more, in interpreting this forgotten dialogue, Strauss lays bare great moral and political problems that are still ours." —Alexandre Kojève, Critique "On Tyranny is a complex and stimulating book with its 'parallel dialogue' made all the more striking since both participants take such unusual, highly provocative positions, and so force readers to face substantial problems in what are often wholly unfamiliar, even shocking ways." —Robert Pippin, History and Theory "Every political scientist who tries to disentangle himself from the contemporary confusion over the problems of tyranny will be much indebted to this study and inevitably use it as a starting point."—Eric Voegelin, The Review of Politics Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
Download or read book Augustine s Quest of Wisdom written by Vernon J. Bourke and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
Download or read book Searching for the Self written by Adrian T. Smith and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who am I?" If you are unsure of your personal identity, you are not alone. Our postmodern culture multiplies identity-crisis. Identity comes from story--the better our story, the healthier our identity and our behavior. Searching for the Self helps you discover your own story, and discern how cultural narratives shape your behavior. Channeling the ancient wisdom of classic stories--including Christian Scripture viewed as true story--this book offers hope to anyone searching for a better story to live by. Searching for the Self provides a groundbreaking synthesis of narrative psychology, cultural analysis, biblical studies, and English Literature 101--all written in an engaging style and interwoven with revealing personal anecdotes.
Download or read book GRASPED Wisdom s Voyage written by Steven Brough and published by GRASPED Digital. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GRASPED Wisdom's Voyage: From the Sands of Egypt to the Stars of Tomorrow" embarks on an extraordinary journey with Meren, a time-traveling scribe from ancient Egypt, as he navigates the vast ocean of human knowledge and innovation. From the hallowed halls of the Library of Alexandria to the cutting-edge laboratories of the future, Meren's quest spans millennia, exploring the evolution of wisdom, technology, and the human spirit. This captivating narrative weaves together history, science, and speculative fiction, inviting readers to ponder humanity's enduring pursuit of understanding and the possibilities that lie just beyond the horizon. Join Meren as he discovers the pivotal moments that have defined our quest for knowledge and envisions the future that awaits us among the stars. "GRASPED Wisdom's Voyage" stands apart as a unique blend of historical depth and futuristic vision, offering readers a seamless narrative that bridges the gap between past achievements and future possibilities. Through the eyes of Meren, readers are granted an intimate look at humanity's intellectual milestones, while also exploring speculative advancements in artificial intelligence, space exploration, and more. This book not only charts the course of human progress but also ignites the imagination, challenging readers to dream of what lies ahead. It's a compelling invitation to reflect on our place in the cosmos and the legacy of knowledge we continue to build.
