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Author: Steven D. Hales Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350149306 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 240
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Humanity has thrown everything we have at implacable luck-novel theologies, entire philosophical movements, fresh branches of mathematics-and yet we seem to have gained only the smallest edge on the power of fortune. The Myth of Luck tells us why we have been fighting an unconquerable foe. Taking us on a guided tour of one of our oldest concepts, we begin in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how Plato, Plutarch, and the Stoics understood luck, before entering the theoretical world of probability and exploring how luck relates to theology, sports, ethics, gambling, knowledge, and present-day psychology. As we travel across traditions, times and cultures, we come to realize that it's not that as soon as we solve one philosophical problem with luck that two more appear, like heads on a hydra, but rather that the monster is altogether mythological. We cannot master luck because there is nothing to defeat: luck is no more than a persistent and troubling illusion. By introducing us to compelling arguments and convincing reasons that explain why there is no such thing as luck, we finally see why in a very real sense we make our own luck, that luck is our own doing. The Myth of Luck helps us to regain our own agency in the world - telling the entertaining story of the philosophy and history of luck along the way.
Author: Joe Gallenberger Publisher: Rainbow Ridge ISBN: 9781937907273 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 0
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Manifestation expert, Dr. Joe Gallenberger distilled decades of wisdom about creating your dreams into a quick and effective meditation called Liquid Luck. He wanted to give people a simple and fun way to access heart-based manifestation and see immediate results in the form of days filled with synchronicity, serendipity, and good fortune. With Liquid Luck's release on CD, delightful tales came flooding in describing instant success. People reported receiving money from unexpected sources, winning lotto and raffle tickets, selling houses in an hour, having businesses take off, solving intractable problems easily, receiving brilliant ideas for inventions and many more wonderful stories of manifestation. The book Liquid Luck: The Essentials of Creating Good Fortune shares these inspiring stories in the explorer's own words, interwoven with exploration of the vital components for powerful abundance creation. Gallenberger delves into the meat and potatoes of how these principles work. He covers why happiness, gratitude, compassion, praise, love, and feeling abundant are essential and how these qualities can be increased in practical ways. Gallenberger reveals how to transcend the limiting beliefs and emotions that usually keep us confined to old patterns. His knowledge and the stories show us that we can indeed be miracle workers in our own lives. Liquid Luck is an essential handbook that will be consulted repeatedly, offering a clear path toward our dreams lit with humor and heart.
Author: Joseph Gallenberger Publisher: Rainbow Ridge ISBN: 9781937907105 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 0
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."..a journey of consciousness into the wild world of psychokinesis... This book may help you win in Las Vegas, but it is about attracting all manner of riches into your life... how to apply the energy of the heart to create health and good fortune, and how to tame the dragons that you may encounter along the way."--P. [4] of cover.
Author: Anyta Sunday Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781544097442 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Benjamin Otto is a bottle of liquid luck. Good looks. Good brain. Whatever the challenge: good odds. Except, what happens when those odds change? Dad's had enough bankrolling Ben and requests him to get a job. The challenge: make enough money to finance Christmas or face telling his little brother the holidays are dead. Then there's Sebastian. The guy from his politics class who is always coming in second after him. The guy who steals Ben's idea to collect bottles for quick cash. The guy who makes Ben wonder if any amount of luck will be enough to win him what he really wants...
Author: Steven D. Hales Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350149306 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Humanity has thrown everything we have at implacable luck-novel theologies, entire philosophical movements, fresh branches of mathematics-and yet we seem to have gained only the smallest edge on the power of fortune. The Myth of Luck tells us why we have been fighting an unconquerable foe. Taking us on a guided tour of one of our oldest concepts, we begin in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how Plato, Plutarch, and the Stoics understood luck, before entering the theoretical world of probability and exploring how luck relates to theology, sports, ethics, gambling, knowledge, and present-day psychology. As we travel across traditions, times and cultures, we come to realize that it's not that as soon as we solve one philosophical problem with luck that two more appear, like heads on a hydra, but rather that the monster is altogether mythological. We cannot master luck because there is nothing to defeat: luck is no more than a persistent and troubling illusion. By introducing us to compelling arguments and convincing reasons that explain why there is no such thing as luck, we finally see why in a very real sense we make our own luck, that luck is our own doing. The Myth of Luck helps us to regain our own agency in the world - telling the entertaining story of the philosophy and history of luck along the way.
Author: NARAYAN CHANGDER Publisher: CHANGDER OUTLINE ISBN: Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 204
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THE HARRY POTTER MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE HARRY POTTER MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR HARRY POTTER KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.
Author: Jim Fenn Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1329030435 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 99
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Join the adventures of Mild Manner of 'Screamer, ' Loo Loo Loo Loo and Carbine Dullest of 'The Filthy Elephant, ' Commodore Benji Man Sis Cool of 'Deep Space Dive, ' Clonk Ken and La La Lean of 'Smell Fill, ' Lory Big Ones of 'Freddy vs. Jason, ' plus Harvey Pewter and Her M. Irony of 'Harvey Pewter and the Sorcery Scone, ' and many more. (Don't worry, I put the real titles in parenthes
Author: George Rudebusch Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1444358707 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 246
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Socrates presents a compelling case for some life-changing conclusions that follow from a close reading of Socrates' arguments. Offers a highly original study of Socrates and his thought, accessible to contemporary readers Argues that through studying Socrates we can learn practical wisdom to apply to our lives Lovingly crafted with humour, thought-experiments and literary references (from the Iliad to Harry Potter), and with close reading sof key Socratic arguments Aids readers with diagrams to make clear complex arguments
Author: Amy Billone Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317381920 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 193
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This book investigates the reappearance of the 19th-century dream-child from the Golden Age of Children's Literature, both in the Harry Potter series and in other works that have reached unprecedented levels of popular success today. Discussing Harry Potter as a reincarnation of Lewis Carroll's Alice and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Billone goes on to examine the recent resurrection of Alice in Tim Burton's Alice, and of Peter Pan in Michael Jackson and in James Bond. Visiting trends that have emerged since the Harry Potter series ended, the book studies revisions of the dream-child in texts and films that have inspired mass fandom in the twenty-first century: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, E.L. James's 50 Shades of Grey and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games. The volume argues that the 21st-century desire to achieve dream-states in relationship to eternal youth results from the way that dreams provide a means of realizing the fantastic yet alarming possibility of escaping from time. This current identification with the dream-child stems from the threat of political unrest and economic and environmental collapse as well as from the simultaneous technophilia and technophobia of a culture immersed in the breathless revolution of the digital age. This book not only explores how the dream-child from the past has returned to reflect misgivings about imagined dystopian futures but also reveals how the rebirth of the dream-child opens up possibilities for new narratives where happy endings remain viable against all odds. It will appeal to scholars in a wide variety of fields including Childhood Studies, Children's/YA Literature, Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, Cyberculture, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Gothic Studies, New Media, and Popular Culture.
Author: Kathryn A. Markell Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135907072 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 210
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Harry Potter’s encounters with grief, as well as the grief experiences of other fictional characters, can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help children and adolescents deal with their own loss issues. The Children Who Lived is a unique approach toward grief and loss in children. Focusing on fictional child and adolescent characters experiencing grief, this book uses classic tales and the Harry Potter books to help grieving children and adolescents. Included in the text and the downloadable resources are a number of activities, discussion questions, and games that could be used with grieving children and adolescents, based on the fictional characters in these books.
Author: David Holland Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1456860194 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 179
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This book is for everyone who wants to know how to improve their results in business... From the Burger Bars of Las Vegas, to the airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, from Dressmaking to Wiring Harnesses, Your Business Rules OK takes you on a unique journey, to explain how remarkable businesses are built. Refreshingly honest and practical, packed with models, concepts and real life stories Your Business Rules OK is your guidebook to business. Based on 30 years international business experience, as a Manager, Director and CEO and Business Owner Entrepreneur, Your Business Rules OK is engaging, inspiring and brings ideasa and concepts for busioness success to life. With supporting documents and templates that can be downloaded free, you will have a complete toolkit to plan and grow your business, making your dreams and visions a reality. Because after all, it's your business and; Your Business Rules OK
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