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Anotace: "Louis XIV - Makers of History" from John Stevens Cabot Abbott. American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer (1805-1877). Richard I
Anotace: Richard I is a classic English royal biography by Jacob Abbott. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was known as Richard Cœur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. He was also known in Occitan as Oc e No (Yes and No), because of his reputation for terseness. By the age of 16, Richard had taken command of his own army, putting down rebellions in Poitou against his father. Richard was a central Christian commander during the Third Crusade, leading the campaign after the departure of Philip II of France and scoring considerable victories against his Muslim counterpart, Saladin, although he did not retake Jerusalem from Saladin. Richard spoke both French and Occitan. He was born in England, where he spent his childhood; before becoming king, however, he lived most of his adult life in the Duchy of Aquitaine, in the southwest of France. Following his accession, he spent very little time, perhaps as little as six months, in England. Most of his life as king was spent on Crusade, in captivity, or actively defending his lands in France. Rather than regarding his kingdom as a responsibility requiring his presence as ruler, he has been perceived as preferring to use it merely as a source of revenue to support his armies. Nevertheless, he was seen as a pious hero by his subjects. He remains one of the few kings of England remembered by his epithet, rather than regnal number, and is an enduring iconic figure both in England and in France Charles I
Anotace: A dramatic and sweeping account from master storyteller Jacob Abbott, detailing the trials, tribulations, errors, and ultimate tragedy of Charles I (1600–1649), who achieved fame by becoming the only monarch of Britain to be executed after his country was plunged into a devastating civil war.After detailing his early life’s adventures, including his unsuccessful attempt to marry a Spanish Habsburg princess, and his later marriage to the French Bourbon princess Henrietta Maria, Abbot provides the reader with a concise background to the origin of the English Civil War.This work adeptly pinpoints the causes of Charles’s ultimate downfall: the odious influence of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham; his marriage to a Roman Catholic, which alienated many Protestants; his failure to successfully support the Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War; his attempt to force the Church of Scotland to adopt high Anglican practices (which led to the Bishops' Wars); his quarrels with the Parliament of England over his royal prerogative, and the popular resentment against excessive taxes and his increasingly autocratic style of rule.From 1642 onward, the increasing disturbances saw Charles plunged into the English Civil War, which pitted Royalists against Parliamentarians. For three years the battles raged back and forth across the land, and only ended with Charles’s defeat and surrender in 1645.Even then, the drama was not at an end: Charles refused to agree to a constitutional monarchy, and escaped captivity in 1647. Re-captured, his increasingly diminished forces were finally overcome by Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army, and Charles was put on trial for treason and executed in public in the center of London in January 1649. His death marked the abolition of the monarchy in Britain and the creation of a republic called the Commonwealth of England. The monarchy would only be restored in 1660, when Charles’s son was made king.This is without doubt the most readable account of Charles I’s life and the backdrop to the Civil War ever written. Xerxes
Anotace: Jacob Abbott was a prolific American author best known for his makers of history series, a collection of biographies on some of the most important figures in history such as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, and many others. This is Abbott's biography on Xerxes, the fourth king of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. Bleak House
Anotace: Widely regarded as Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which "whole families have inherited legendary hatreds." Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the novel traces Esther's romantic coming-of-age and, in classic Dickensian style, the gradual revelation of long-buried secrets, all set against the foggy backdrop of the Court of Chancery. Mixing romance, mystery, comedy, and satire, Bleak House limns the suffering caused by the intricate inefficiency of the law. The Life of King Edward VII
Anotace: This book contains the life of King Edward and the career of King George V. Babylonians And Assyrians
Life and Customs
Anotace: "Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs" is a book written by A. H. Sayce, an eminent scholar of ancient Near Eastern history and languages. The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the life, culture, and customs of the Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations that thrived in Mesopotamia. Sayce delves into various aspects of their society, including religion, government, art, architecture, daily life, and more. Drawing from archaeological discoveries and ancient texts, the author offers valuable insights into the rich history and intricate social structures of these influential ancient civilizations. With its meticulous research and engaging narrative style, "Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs" serves as an informative and captivating resource for those interested in understanding the complexities of the ancient Near East. Claud Field
Mystics and Saints of Islam
Anotace: Mystics and Saints of Islam is a compilation of 15 short biographies of great Islamic saints and mystics, as reflected in the title of the book. Author Claud Field opens with a short introduction to Islamic mysticism and pantheistic sufism, followed by short descriptions of several well-known Islamic saints, including Rabia the Woman Sufi, Habib Ajami, Al Ghazzali, Suhrawardy, and Sharani the Egyptian. This book is intended for those new to Sufism and scholars interested in a quick overview of major Islamic figures. CLAUD FIELD (1863-1941) was an author and translator of Arabic literature. His most well-known translations are the works of Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī, namely The Alchemy of Happiness and The Confessions of Al Ghazzali. He is the author of Mystics and Saints of Islam, Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, The Charm of India, and Persian Literature, among others. Ernest Arthur Gardner
Religion and Art in Ancient Greek
Anotace: Ernest Arthur Gardner was an English archaeologist who served as the director of the British School at Athens in the late 19th century. Gardner was especially interested in Ancient Greece and wrote many books on it. Gardner's best-known work is Religion and Art in Ancient Greece. Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Irish Books and Irish People
Anotace: “Irish people are very odd about books. They are, and every Irish writer knows it to his cost, the least book buying of publics. We, who write of Ireland, labour like the peasant proprietor in his hayfield, under a wholesome cloudy sky, earning our diet of potatoes and buttermilk, though unhappily often in places where buttermilk, at least, is no how to be come by; and we have always leisure since the day is long from dawn to sunset, for passing the time of day with our neighbours. Our occupation is effectually shielded from the glare and glamour of commercialism, and, no doubt, so much the better for our virtue. Mr. Yeats has done more than any man living, perhaps than any man living or dead, to raise the fame of Ireland in the craft of letters; but heaven help Mr. Yeats – heaven help any of us – if existence depended on the sale of books to the Irish public. Yet Ireland is a country of booklovers: the man who whom books are a passion and a treasure is perhaps commoner there than anywhere in the world. Let me recall some of the Irish book-lovers I have known.” -Stephen Gwynn “Gwynn knew what he was talking about – he had been in his time a director of Maunsel (the Irish trade publishing house founded in 1905) and a literary adviser to Macmillan. The reluctance to buy books was the subject of jokes – as, for instance, George Birmingham’s Connacht dispensary doctor Lucius O’Grady who confessed that he bought a few books every year ‘quite privately, for no one in the west would admit that he threw away his money wantonly.’” -The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V, “The Irish Book in English 1891-2000” Alpheus Spring Packard
Lamarck, The Founder of Evolution
His Life and Work
Anotace: A book by Alpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. who was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard (1798 -1884) and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1878 until his death. He was a vocal proponent of the Neo-Lamarckian theory of evolution. His chief work was the classification and anatomy of arthropod animals, and contributions to economic entomology, zoögeography, and the phylogeny and metamorphoses of insects. He wrote school textbooks, such as Zoölogy for High Schools and Colleges (1904). Charles K. Dillaway
Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology
Anotace: An excellent look at the organization of Roman life and society at the zenith of Roman power. Illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience. Meditace o první filozofii
Anotace: Meditace o první filosofii je filosofický spis René Descarta z roku 1641, jedno z klasických děl novověké filosofie. Obrana Sókrata
Anotace: Obrana Sokratova je Platónova verze řeči Sokrata, kterou se obhajoval před Athénským soudem proti obviněním, podle kterých kazil mládež, nevěřil v bohy uznávané státem a vytvořil si nové božstvo. Martin Heidegger
O humanismu
Anotace: Dopis o humanismu je i přes svůj nevelký rozsah jedním z ústředních textů Heideggerova filosofického úsilí, neboť provádí bytostnou destrukci pojmů "člověk" a "humanismus" v horizontu fundamentální ontologie, jež přechází z existenciální analytiky pobytu k epochálnímu myšlení dějin bytí. Jsou zde též osvětleny důvody tzv. obratu (Kehre) v myšlení Martina Heideggera. Kritón
Anotace: Dialog Kritón přibližuje odsouzeného Sókrata, zdůrazňujícího význam zákonných norem pro člověka. Zákon ztělesňuje absolutní autoritu, zcela nezávislou na lidech a přesahující hranice pozemského života. Díky tomuto stanovisku Sókratés raději volí smrt než útěk z vězení: zákony musí každý ctít. Faidros
Anotace: Dialog mezi Sokratem a jeho žákem Faidrem v prostředí athénského venkova, kam se oba vydají na procházku a ve stínu olivovníku přemýšlejí nad posmrtným osudem duše. Platón, autor dialogu, představuje duši jako vozataje, kterým je rozum, nejlepší část duše. Ta se musí vyrovnat se žádostivostí, která ji táhne k zemi, a s pomocí lepší části duše - statečností, se může znovu vrátit do své původní domoviny, světa idejí. Kniha je hodně náročná na abstraktní myšlení, ale nabízí půvabný básnický jazyk. Navíc překlad Platóna z pera Františka Novotného je považován obecně za nejlepší. Euthyfrón
Anotace: V dialogu Euthyfrón se Sókratés zamýšlí nad podstatou zbožnosti. Zbožnost nepředstavuje výlučně citový vztah člověka k božství, ale má mnohem širší význam: chování člověka ve společnosti, rodině i obci vyplývající z jeho loajality vůči božskému řádu. Tento etický princip má podobu absolutní a nezávislé ideje. Immanuel Kant
Prolegomena ke každé příští metafyzice, jež se bude moci stát vědou
Anotace: Klasické dílo z r. 1783 ozřejmuje analytickým způsobem obsah autorovy Kritiky čistého rozumu, zpracované syntetickou metodou. Jsou v něm podrobeny rozboru podmínky našeho možného poznání. Kant pátrá po charakteru poznatků v dosavadních vědách a vytváří ideu nové vědy vížící se k subjektu. Tento druhý český překlad spisu je moderně uzpůsoben (terminologicky, lexikálně, stylisticky), aniž se vzdaluje syntaxi Kantově. Evropa a doba poevropská
Anotace: Filozofický výklad základů a kořenů evropské civilizace. Paul Ricoeur
Filosofie vůle I
Fenomenologie svobody
Anotace: První díl rozsáhlého projektu Filosofie vůle nazvaný Fenomenologie svobody. Ricoeur se zde pokouší o fenomenologický popis základních struktur lidské vůle: rozhodování, tělesného pohybu a svolení s tím, co nelze změnit. Kritias
Anotace: Dialog Kritiás je nedokončený a obsahuje „politický mýtus“ o Atlantidě. Člověk a technika
Příspěvek k jedné filozofii života
Anotace: Významný německý idealistický filozof shrnuje své pojetí vývoje člověka a rozvíjí teorii o technice jako taktice života člověka i společnosti Immanuel Kant
Kritika praktického rozumu
Anotace: Kniha navrhuje univerzální racionální etiku, založenou na „kategorickém imperativu“. Zrození tragédie
Anotace: Významný myslitel druhé poloviny 19. století Friedrich Nietzsche byl ve svých 24 letech – tehdy se stal profesorem řeckého jazyka a literatury na univerzitě v Basileji — považován za mimořádně nadaného filologa. Jeho filosofické myšlení zásadně ovlivnil spis A. Schopenhauera Svět jako vůle a představa. Oba tyto vlivy, filologický a filosofický, se potkávají v Nietzscheho knižní prvotině Zrození tragédie z ducha hudby ještě se třetím: jeho obdivem a přátelstvím k R. Wagnerovi. Lidský život, píše Nietzsche, inspirován Schopenhauerovou metafyzikou pravůle, je bytostně ohrožen, plný bolesti, úzkosti a beznaděje. Tím, co má člověku pomoci snášet jeho osud, je umění. Ve starověkém Řecku pak Nietzsche nachází pojmenování dvou základních principů v umění působících: princip apollinský, jehož úkolem je tragickou skutečnost lživě zkrášlovat a harmonizovat, a tak poskytnout smrtelníkům požitek estetické slasti dovolující zapomenout, a princip dionýský, původnější a hlubší, výraz nespoutanosti a opojení, v němž se mísí hrůza, bolest i titánský vzdor. Působení těchto dvou principů pak autor sleduje v řecké filosofii a umění i v soudobé kultuře. Martin Buber
Já a Ty
Anotace: Nejslavnější kniha Martina Bubera, Já a Ty z roku 1923, je jedinečným příspěvkem k filozofii dialogu. Buber zde rozlišuje dvě základní nastavení, jež charakterizuje výrazy „Já–Ty“ a „Já–Ono“. Zatímco v postoji „Já–Ono“ vytváří člověk zkušenosti, kategorizuje, co je od něj odděleno, a zachází s tím jako s věcí, v postoji „Já–Ty“ se cele účastní vztahu, v němž jeden druhého proměňuje. Za odcizením a nenaplněním v moderní společnosti stojí to, že způsob „Já–Ty“ je opomíjen. Jen ve vztahu „Já–Ty“ se může plně rozvinout jedincovo Já a každý vztah „Já–Ty“ je v posledku vztahem k Bohu, jenž je věčným Ty. We Philologists
Anotace: A search for a definition of what classical culture really should be. The Red Pony
Anotace: Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man. The Pearl
Anotace: “There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” The Pastures of Heaven
Anotace: In Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s beautifully rendered depictions of small yet fateful moments that transform ordinary lives, these twelve early stories introduce both the subject and style of artistic expression that recur in the most important works of his career. Each of these self-contained stories is linked to the others by the presence of the Munroes, a family whose misguided behavior and lack of sensitivity precipitate disasters and tragedies. As the individual dramas unfold, Steinbeck reveals the self-deceptions, intellectual limitations, and emotional vulnerabilities that shape the characters’ reactions and gradually erode the harmony and dreams that once formed the foundation of the community. This edition includes an introduction and notes by James Nagel. Zobrazeno: 2971-3000 z celkem 3486 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec
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