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61) The outsider
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1956.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this thought-provoking, deeply hopeful reframing of time, the author takes us on a journey through other temporal habitats, urging us to become stewards of different rhythms of life, to imagine an existence, identity and source of meaning outside the world of work and profit.
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1st
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The Problems of Viewing Performance challenges long-held assumptions by considering the ways in which knowledge is received by more than a single audience member, and breaks new ground by, counterintuitively, claiming that viewing performance is not a shared experience. Given that viewers come to each performance with differing amounts and types of knowledge, they each make different assumptions as to how the performance will unfold. Often modified...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Seneca. Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition, Seneca teaches us to live with freedom and purpose. His most enduring work, over a hundred "Letters...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock's price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them. This book helps you think about causality in a structured way: What is a cause, what are causes good for, and what is compelling evidence of causality? Author Samantha Kleinberg shows you how to develop a set of tools for...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
[vii], 220 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents advice on low-maintenance gardening, with tips for easy landscaping, short-cut composting, container gardening, and reliable plant combinations.
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes philosophy back from the specialists and restores it to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward understanding,...
Publisher
Walking Shadows LLC
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 204 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Roger Nygard (Trekkies) takes on The nature of existence, roaming the globe to interview spiritual leaders, scientists, and artists who have influenced, inspired, or freaked out humanity.
79) Philosophy bites
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 244 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Edmonds and Warburton challenged some of the world's leading philosophers to hold forth on their favorite topics for their podcast, Philosophy bites. The result is a book that give unexpected insights into hot topics spanning ethics, politics, metaphysics, aesthetics, and the meaning of life.
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