Author: Brian Coman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925501643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Roger Sworder was a remarkable teacher, philosopher, poet and metaphysician who taught two generations of tertiary students. This book is a tribute to him and his work. It contains essays by former students and teaching colleagues, along with a short biography and a series of previously unpublished autobiographical poems. Anyone with an interest in the Western Tradition will find it an immensely rewarding read.
The Last Platonist: Essays in Honour of Roger James Sworder
Author: Brian Coman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925501643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Roger Sworder was a remarkable teacher, philosopher, poet and metaphysician who taught two generations of tertiary students. This book is a tribute to him and his work. It contains essays by former students and teaching colleagues, along with a short biography and a series of previously unpublished autobiographical poems. Anyone with an interest in the Western Tradition will find it an immensely rewarding read.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925501643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Roger Sworder was a remarkable teacher, philosopher, poet and metaphysician who taught two generations of tertiary students. This book is a tribute to him and his work. It contains essays by former students and teaching colleagues, along with a short biography and a series of previously unpublished autobiographical poems. Anyone with an interest in the Western Tradition will find it an immensely rewarding read.
Gnosis
Author: Daniel Merkur
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791416198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Traces the use of powerful gnostic visionary techniques from Hellenistic Gnosticism and Jewish merkabah mysticism, through Muhammad, the Ismaeilis, and theosophical Sufism to medieval neoplatonism, and renaissance alchemy.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791416198
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Traces the use of powerful gnostic visionary techniques from Hellenistic Gnosticism and Jewish merkabah mysticism, through Muhammad, the Ismaeilis, and theosophical Sufism to medieval neoplatonism, and renaissance alchemy.
A history of Spanish literature
Author: James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish literature
Languages : es
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish literature
Languages : es
Pages : 454
Book Description
Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth
Author: Algis Uždavinys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neoplatonism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neoplatonism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Against the Tide
Author: Harry Oldmeadow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645257878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Brief biographies of fifteen thinkers Christian thinkers from various traditions and dating from the late 19th C to the present day. They include, Dostoevsky, Rudolph Otto, A.P, Elkin, Bede Griffiths, Simone Weil, Martin Luther King and Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645257878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Brief biographies of fifteen thinkers Christian thinkers from various traditions and dating from the late 19th C to the present day. They include, Dostoevsky, Rudolph Otto, A.P, Elkin, Bede Griffiths, Simone Weil, Martin Luther King and Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn.
The Marriage of East and West
Author: Bede Griffiths
Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
ISBN: 9780972562713
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bede Griffiths was a Benedictine monk who achieved worldwide recognition for his pioneering efforts to bridge the great traditions of Christian and Hindu faith. He advocates a global spiritual friendship, rather than a global religion, cultivating respct for each other's spiritual practices.
Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
ISBN: 9780972562713
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bede Griffiths was a Benedictine monk who achieved worldwide recognition for his pioneering efforts to bridge the great traditions of Christian and Hindu faith. He advocates a global spiritual friendship, rather than a global religion, cultivating respct for each other's spiritual practices.
The Poetical Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night; Volume 7
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022434998
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights is a masterful work that captures the beauty and richness of the original text. His translation provides a vivid and engaging depiction of the stories and characters that form the heart of this timeless classic. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022434998
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights is a masterful work that captures the beauty and richness of the original text. His translation provides a vivid and engaging depiction of the stories and characters that form the heart of this timeless classic. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Sardanapalus
Author: George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Regional, Critical, and Historical Approaches
Author: Peter Antes
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 311021170X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 311021170X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches.