Philosophy
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From  A Letter to my Granddaughter about Dartmouth |
You just turned 17 this month, granddaughter, and you’ll be leaving the nest for college soon, I suppose. I wish you wouldn’t, but I know better than to say that, so at least let me … | John Taylor Gatto | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Armed StruggleFrom: Languages of the Unheard |
“Armed struggle” refers to intentionally using armed force to kill or injure people. Some groups, like Direct Action in Canada, injured people accidentally, but did not target them … | Stephen D'Arcy | 32 | 2013 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Camp GursFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details Arendt’s internment in a French "enemy alien" camp. When France fell, Arendt left the camp on foot. | Ann Heberlein | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Challenging Institutional Conflict of Interest |
Looks at the challenge to the institutional conflict of interest and the idea of limited confidentiality that was undertaken because of the Ogden case | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Group Applications in Nature-based TherapyFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
The therapeutic factors of instillation of hope, universality, imparting information, altruism, development of socializing techniques, imitative behavior, group cohesiveness, and existential … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Le Dieu indémontrable et indubitable de KantFrom: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
L’existence de Dieu est aussi indubitable qu’elle est indémontable. Elle est indémontrable parce qu’elle est indubitable. | Bernard Vinaty | 21 | 1999 | $2.52 Add |
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From  Measuring Social Impact |
Funding aside, perhaps the next biggest challenge of any social entrepreneur is maintaining an unyielding focus on the raison d’etre — that … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Municipal Ethics IssuesFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Discusses the growing field of municipal ethics legislation and presents four case studies. | Gregory Levine | 34 | 2017 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Perserving for the Long HaulFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
Perseverance helps to nurture intrinsic hope because it gives us the determination to endure whatever happens. Perseverance persists — day after day, month after month, and year after year. … | Kate Davies | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – IncentivesIncentives: Enhancing Motivation to Act |
Financial incentives can provide the motivation for individuals to perform an activity that they already engage in more effectively, such as recycling, or to begin an activity that they otherwise … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
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From  The End of One Era, The Beginning of AnotherThe Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change From: Peak Everything |
The historic global shift from a regime of cheap fossil fuel energy sources to one of declining and expensive fossil fuels and scarce replacements will impact every living person, every … | Richard Heinberg | 15 | 2010 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Principle of BeautyFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine." | Andreas Weber | 32 | 2016 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Theorizing Our Discursive LivesPostmodernism and Poststructuralism From: Restless Ideas |
The Postmodern Age … 311 What Is Postmodernism? … 314 Characteristics of Postmodernism … 315 The Roots of Postmodern Theories … 321 Michel Foucault: Pioneer of … | Tony Simmons | 63 | 2020 | $6.30 Add |
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From  UnmaskedFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
Peek behind the scenes of Big Beauty, as the author goes undercover to the largest cosmetics industry conference of the year. | Stacy Malkan | 14 | 2007 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty FieldsFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter uses the case study of Leonard Cohen as an example of an individual who used retreat and solitude to improve his life. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From A Healthier FoundationFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
Safe products, healthy business practices and the growing natural products industry. | Stacy Malkan | 15 | 2007 | $1.50 Add |
