Philosophy
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From  That’s What She SaidOn the Future of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
In this chapter the author points out that we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone and we don’t even know when it will go. The question "Why is it that nostalgia … | David Berry | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Argument from Contingency ‘Then’ and ‘Now’From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
The paper has two rather loosely connected parts: the first part reflects on the significance of the argument from contingency in the Five Ways of St Thomas Aquinas and raises the question of … | Peter Harris | 9 | 1999 | $1.08 Add |
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From  NEW! The Art of RetreatFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
In this chapter, the author explores the factors that motivate people to seek seclusion from the world. She discusses historical examples of pilgrims and hermits and what motivated their retreats. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
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From  The Banality of EvilFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein covers the arrest of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, Arendt’s decision to attend his trial in Israel, and the reception of her seminal work Eichmann in Jerusalem. | Ann Heberlein | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
 The Biology of WonderAliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science |
In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being … | Andreas Weber | 336 | 2016 | View |
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From  The Biopolitical Production of the Common |
This chapter shows how Marx’s framework, suitably updated, can help us better make sense of the fact that the world is becoming increasingly multicultural, in a way that allows us to deepen … | Réal Fillion | 18 | 2008 | $2.34 Add |
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From  NEW! The Birth of the FactoryFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the rise of urbanization in the western world and the role that animals have played in this process. Included in the chapter are a discussion of … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 37 | 2020 | $3.70 Add |
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From  The Body Language GameSign Reading From: The Power Manual |
The Body Language game comes from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn the subtle differences in status between characters — how they manifest and are transformed. The purpose of … | Cyndi Suarez | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From The Body of the SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Bricks of BabelFrom: The City of Words |
In this chapter, Manguel explores the interplay between language, identity, and storytelling, drawing on Kafka’s 1918 Babel meditations, Irish colonial history, and Inuit narrative … | Alberto Manguel | 31 | 2007 | $3.10 Add |
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From  The Camino de Santiago |
Inspired by the pilgrimage to St. James’ tomb which draws young and old from around the world each year to walk across Spain, I decided to help kids toward lives as producers rather than … | John Taylor Gatto | 8 | 2010 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Character Study GameReconsruction From: The Power Manual |
The Character Study game is from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn how to understand their character. The goal for the actor is to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Good … | Cyndi Suarez | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From The Circle GameReconsruction From: The Power Manual |
The Circle game is from the field of theater. Actors play it to learn how to be in tune with the other actors on stage. When on stage, even if the actor is not directly interacting with another … | Cyndi Suarez | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The Circle WidensFrom: Belonging |
In this chapter, Clarkson examines how human belonging extends from family bonds into the wider community | Adrienne Clarkson | 41 | 2014 | $4.10 Add |
The City of Words |
In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. … | Alberto Manguel | 178 | 2007 | View |
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From The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits:On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe … | David Berry | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
