Author: James CopnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The veil removed essays
Author: James CopnerThe Veil Removed
Author: John FellowsPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429017236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Veil Removed; Or, Reflections On David Humphrey's Essay On the Life of Israel Putnam
Author: John FellowsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385126355
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
The Veil Removed; Or Reflections on D. Humphreys' Essay on the Life of J. Putnam. Also, Notices of O. W. B. Peabody's Life of the Same, S. Swett's Sketch of Bunker Hill Battle, Etc
Author: John FELLOWS (A.M., of New York.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Literature of American Local History, a Bibliographical Essay
Author: Herm. E. LudewigThe Literature Of American Local History; A Bibliographical Essay
Author: Hermann Eduard LudewigPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Mirror on the Veil
Author: Shaheen PashaPublisher:
ISBN: 9781905510511
Category : Hijab (Islamic clothing)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"This anthology of personal essays from around the globe demystifies the individual significance of the veil by taking you inside the hearts and minds of those who have experienced it first hand. How do different societies relate to a veiled woman? Can covering the hair be an act of defiance and empowerment? Can the veil be seen as an expression of one's own sensuality? Part academic and part confessional, the stories inside help answer these questions by moving beyond the religious significance attached to this controversial stretch of fabric. Instead they explore the psychological, sociological and spiritual implications of veiling, giving voice to men and women of varied religious and cultural backgrounds who have been touched by the veil." -- Back cover.
The Veil of Isis
Author: Pierre HadotPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674023161
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to hide," has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot. Taking the allegorical figure of the veiled goddess Isis as a guide, and drawing on the work of both the ancients and later thinkers such as Goethe, Rilke, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, Hadot traces successive interpretations of Heraclitus' words. Over time, Hadot finds, "Nature loves to hide" has meant that all that lives tends to die; that Nature wraps herself in myths; and (for Heidegger) that Being unveils as it veils itself. Meanwhile the pronouncement has been used to explain everything from the opacity of the natural world to our modern angst. From these kaleidoscopic exegeses and usages emerge two contradictory approaches to nature: the Promethean, or experimental-questing, approach, which embraces technology as a means of tearing the veil from Nature and revealing her secrets; and the Orphic, or contemplative-poetic, approach, according to which such a denuding of Nature is a grave trespass. In place of these two attitudes Hadot proposes one suggested by the Romantic vision of Rousseau, Goethe, and Schelling, who saw in the veiled Isis an allegorical expression of the sublime. "Nature is art and art is nature," Hadot writes, inviting us to embrace Isis and all she represents: art makes us intensely aware of how completely we ourselves are not merely surrounded by nature but also part of nature.
Behind the Veil of Economics: Essays in the Worldly Philosophy
Author: Robert L. HeilbronerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
"[These essays] are rich in argument, in clear and provocative presentation of complicated issues, and are often delightfully quotable. Behind the Veil of Economics makes instructive, disturbing, and lively reading." —Elizabeth Wolgast, New York Times Book Review What lies behind the veil of economics? Power and ideology, answers Robert Heilbroner—the power of our economic involvement in society to shape the ways we think about it; the visions and values that add unsuspected ideological color to our economic beliefs about it. Most important, Heilbroner shows why economics has become the reigning form of social inquiry and how we might penetrate its mystique.
Library Bulletin of the University of Saint Andrews
Author: University of St. Andrews. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 602
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