Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages
Author: Awkword Moments
Author: Ross PetrasPublisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984856391
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use--even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean--with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings. Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger's cat--which is something you've heard of but you're a little vague about what exactly happened (or didn't happen) with that cat. Or you're reading a New Yorker article that explains that "Solecism slipped into solipsism into full-blown narcissistic project." An excellent point . . . if you're sure what "solecism" means . . . or, for that matter, "solipsism." Language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras to the rescue! In the breezy and entertaining yet informative style of their New York Times bestseller You're Saying It Wrong, they give you a brief rundown on words smart people should know--from the worlds of science and the arts to philosophy, and from broader topics like quantum physics and ontology to more specific ones like Plato's cave and trompe l'oeil. They cover the Latin phrases we hear and read (prima facie, sui generis, and the like) as well as those that have entered our vocabularies from other languages (bildungsroman, sturm und drang). These are the words that, if you were asked directly, "What does this mean?" you might hem and haw and try to change the subject. After reading this book, you won't have to.
English Synonymes Explained
Author: George CrabbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Crabb's English Synonymes
Author: George CrabbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
Author: George CrabbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
English Synonymes
Author: CrabbPunishment and Freedom
Author: Alan BrudnerPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191633283
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This book sets out a new understanding of the penal law of a liberal legal order. The prevalent view today is that the penal law is best understood from the standpoint of a moral theory concerning when it is fair to blame and censure an individual character for engaging in proscribed conduct. By contrast, this book argues that the penal law is best understood by a political and constitutional theory about when it is permissible for the state to restrain and confine a free agent. The book's thesis is that penal action by public officials is permissible force rather than wrongful violence only if it could be accepted by the agent as being consistent with its freedom. There are, however, different conceptions of freedom, and each informs a theoretical paradigm of penal justice generating distinctive constraints on state coercion. Although this plurality of paradigms creates an appearance of fragmentation and contradiction in the law, the author argues that the penal law forms a complex whole uniting the constraints on punishment flowing from each paradigm.
La Trionfante cruce. Crux triumphans et gloriosa, a J. Bosio descripta libris sex, etc. Translated by the author from his Italian original. With illustrations
Author: Giacomo BOSIOEnglish Synonyms Explained in Alphabetical Order: with Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best Writers
Author: George CrabbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Author: George Crabb A.M.