Explore tips, opinions, and features on Fables of Reason A Study sold at 282.73 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaires contes philosophiquesthe philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide Pearson situates each story in its historical and intellectual context and offers new readings in light of modern critical thinking He rejects the traditional view that Voltaires contes were the private expression of his philosophical perplexity and argues that it is narrative that is Voltaires essential mode of thought His book is a witty lucid and scholarly guide to the fables of reason through which Voltaires skepticism undermined the contemporary religious and philosophical explanations of human experience
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for The Fables of Reason A sold for 190.53 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaires contes philosophiquesthe philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide Pearson situates each story in its historical and intellectual context and offers new readings in light of modern critical thinking He rejects the traditional view that Voltaires contes were the private expression of his philosophical perplexity and argues that it is narrative that is Voltaires essential mode of thought His book is a witty lucid and scholarly guide to the fables of reason through which Voltaires skepticism undermined the contemporary religious and philosophical explanations of human experience
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Vitalsource Technologies Inc The Story sold for 24 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to Vitalsource Technologies, Inc. and is sold by Textbooks.com.
A digital copy of The Story Of Rich A Financial Fable Of Wealth And Reason During Uncert by Joyce Download is immediately available upon purchase
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
EAN: 9781118417782
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Theoretical Fables The Pedagogical Dream sold at 63.83 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Alicia Borinsky argues that the contemporary Latin American novel does not just ingeniously dismantle the referential claims of the more traditional novel it offers a postmodern version of the lessons taught by fictionLatin American fiction perhaps the most inventive literature of recent decades seems marked by its selfreflexivity by its playful relationship to history and the everyday and by its concerns with the ways in which language works But is it Borinsky asks really a literature whose primary goal is to raise metafictional questions about writing and reading While the effects of this literature include dismantling the illusions of realism naturalism and historicism the haunting and disturbing energy of its major works lies in their capacity of invoke a region beyond literature through literatureTheoretical Fables progresses by way of close readings of the works of eight canonicaland not quite canonicalLatin American Authors Borinsky argues that the Latin American theoretical fable has its origins in the work of the early twentiethcentury Argentinean writer Macedonio Fernández In this light she studies the works of Jorge Luis Borges Gabriel Garcia Márquez Julio Cortázar José Donoso Adolfo Bioy Cesares Manuel Puig and Maria Luisa Bombal
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Holy Fable Volume IV A sold for 24.11 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Good condition exlibrary book with usual library markings and stickers
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on McFarland Company Inc Publishers Aesop sold for 29.99 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers and is sold by Textbooks.com.
A digital copy of Aesop and the Imprint of Medieval Thought A Study of Six Fables as Translated at the End of the Middle Ages by Jacqueline de Weever Download is immediately available upon purchase
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
EAN: 9780786459551
Explore tips, opinions, and features on A manual of Aesopic fable sold at 23 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
A Manual of Æsopic Fable Literature A First Book of Reference for the Period Ending AD 1500 is an unchanged highquality reprint of the original edition of 1896 Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditions cooking and nutrition medicine and other genres As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Studies in the Text History, priced at 45.28 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Format Paperback Subject Ancient Greek Literature Literary Criticism Ancient Greece Rome Literary Biography Publisher An American Philological Association Book
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Aesop s Fables With a, priced at 26.43 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
In 1489 Johan Hurus printed the first collection of fables in Spain Lavida del Ysopetconsusfabulas hystoriadas Illustrated with nearly 200 woodcuts this work quickly became the mostread book in Spain beloved of both children and adults Reprinted many times in the next three centuries and carried to the New World it brought to Spanish letters a cornucopia of Aesopic fables oriental apologues and folktales that were borrowed by such writers as Cervantes Lope de Vega and especially the fabulists Iriarte and Samaniego John Keller and Clark Keating now present the first English translation of this important literary workThe Latin and German lineage of La vida was significant for it placed Spain in the mainstream of European fable lore The highly fictitious life of Aesop the misshapen Greek slave who reached the highest social level contributed to the development of medieval romance and the picaresque novel The book is thus important to students of comparative literature literary history and the development of the Spanish languageOf equal value are the woodcuts which depict the daily life of medieval Europe and contribute to a better understanding of fifteenthcentury art history bookmaking natural history and the visualization of narrative La vida del Ysopet thus constitutes one of the finest concordances of text and illustration in European literary history
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Fables of Jesus in the sold for 129.77 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Unread book in perfect condition
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Vitalsource Technologies Inc Studies On sold for 73.99 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Textbooks.com and made by Vitalsource Technologies, Inc..
A digital copy of Studies On The Abuse And Decline Of Reason Text And Documents by Hayek Download is immediately available upon purchase
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
EAN: 9780226321127
Discover information, advice, and prices for Vitalsource Technologies Inc Reason s sold for 77.99 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Textbooks.com and made by Vitalsource Technologies, Inc..
A digital copy of Reasons Proper Study by Hale Download is immediately available upon purchase
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
EAN: 9780191519079
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Reason in the Age of sold at 62.54 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The essays in this book deal broadly with the question of what form reasoning about life and society can take in a culture permeated by scientific and technical modes of thought They attempt to identify certain very basic types of questions that seem to escape scientific resolution and call for in Gadamers view philosophical reflection of a hermeneutic sort In effect Gadamer argues for the continued practical relevance of SocraticPlatonic modes of thought in respect to contemporary issues As part of this argument he advances his own views on the interplay of science technology and social policy These essays which are not available in any existing translation or collection of Gadamers work are remarkably uptodate with respect to the present state of his thinking and they address issues that are particularly critical to social theory and philosophy Perhaps more than anyone else HansGeorg Gadamer who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Heidelberg and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Boston College is the doyen of German Philosophy His previously translated works have been widely and enthusiastically received in this country He is recognized as the chief theorist of hermeneutics a strong and growing movement here in a number of disciplines from theology and literary criticism to philosophy and social theory A book in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Reason and Existenz Five Lectures sold at 24.35 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Used book May contain writing notes highlighting bends or folds Text is readable book is clean and pages and cover mostly intact May show normal wear and tear Item may be missing CD May include library marks Fast Shipping
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Classical Approaches to the Study sold at 23.92 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Textbook on the history of the scholarly study of religions particularly suited for courses and seminars on problems of method and theory as treated by the founders of the discipline The book traces the rise and development of the scholarly study of religion from the mid19th to the mid20th century referring to the work of some 170 scholars Than it presents texts of some 40 wellknown scholars in which they express themselves about the particular approach theory and methods which they used in their studies These scholars have been selected from the discipline of Religionswissenschaft as well as from other disciplines relevant to the study of religion anthropology sociology psychology Extensive indexes serve to locate the names as well as the technical terms and the problems treated in the book
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Philosophy in a New Key, priced at 25.13 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by philosophy.
Modern theories of meaning usually culminate in a critique of science This book presents a study of human intelligence beginning with a semantic theory and leading into a critique of musicBy implication it sets up a theory of all the arts the transference of its basic concepts to other arts than music is not developed but it is sketched mainly in the chapter on artistic import Thoughtful readers of the original edition discovered these farreaching ideas quickly enough as the career of the book shows it is as applicable to literature art and music as to the field of philosophy itselfThe topics it deals with are many language sacrament myth music abstraction fact knowledgeto name only the main ones But through them all goes the principal theme symbolic transformation as the essential activity of human minds This central idea emphasizing as it does the notion of symbolism brings Mrs Langers book into line with the prevailing interest in semantics All profound issues of our age seem to center around the basic concepts of symbolism and meaning The formative creative articulating power of symbols is the tonic chord which thinkers of all schools and many diverse fields are unmistakably striking the surprising farreaching implications of this new fundamental conception constitute what Mrs Langer has called philosophy in a new keyMrs Langers book brings the discussion of symbolism into a wider general use than criticism of word meaning Her volume is vigorous effective and well written and will appeal to everyone interested in the contemporary problems of philosophy
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for History Man and Reason A, priced at 25.99 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Book by Mandelbaum Professor Maurice H
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Explore tips, opinions, and features on Richard Hooker and Reformed Theology sold at 246.01 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Richard Hooker 15541600 is one of the greatest theologians of the Church of England In the light of fierce recent debate this book argues vigorously against the new orthodoxy that Hooker was a Reformed or Calvinist theologian In so doing it considers such central religious questions as human freedom original sin whether people can deserve salvation and the nature of religious authority
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Find tips, reviews, and features on Grace and Reason a Study sold for 24.54 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Unread book in perfect condition
Condition: used
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
Discover information, advice, and prices for Blame Teachers The Emotional Reasons sold for 39.81 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
New Copy Customer Service Guaranteed
Condition: new
Disponibility: in_stock
Shipping: -1
