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Zobrazeno: 3091-3120 z celkem 3486 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec Summa Theologica
Part I (Prima Pars)
Anotace: The Summa Theologica is a compendium of theology written by Thomas Aquinas between 1265 and 1273. In Roman Catholicism it is the sum of all known learning and doctrine, of all that can be known about God and humanity's relations with God -- a landmark in the history of theology that famously offers five proofs of God's existence, the first three of which are cosmological arguments; the fourth, a moral argument; and the fifth, a teleological argument. The third quarter of the thirteenth century marked the first decisive philosophical encounter between Hellenism and Christianity. The rediscovery of Aristotle's works after the Dark Ages ushered in a new era of intellectual fervor in Europe, and the work of Thomas Aquinas is a commentary on Aristotle, whose writings were lost to the non-Arabic world until the beginning of the Thirteenth Century. To many, Aristotle's worldview was a pagan threat to Christianity. To Aquinas, it provided an exciting cosmological framework on which to build an all-encompassing Christian worldview. This dazzling synthesis of Catholic doctrine has had a profound impact on Christian thinking since the thirteenth century and has become the de facto official teaching of the Catholic Church -- the intellectual underpinning of the Church to this day. kolektiv
Justinian the Great
The Life and Legacy of the Byzantine Emperor
Anotace: The zenith of the Byzantine Empire was reached in the middle of the 6th century during the reign of the Emperor Justinian (527-565). The internal stabilization of the Byzantine state was completed, and Justinian then embarked on a wide range of external re-conquests. Justinian's prime directive was to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory in the west. He sought to strengthen the immutable law that Byzantium, the successor of Rome, maintained not only in the east but also the west, and by doing so, he hoped to revive the unity of the Roman world. In addition to attempting to conquer Italy and restore all the old dominions of the Roman Empire, Justinian also had to quell inner unrest by fighting barbarian usurpers, securing the borders, re-establishing religious orthodoxy, reorganizing the law, and reviving prosperity. Four Comedies
Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, Ladies' Day
Anotace: Greek Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, Ladies Day Includes 4 pg. of General Notes and a 17 pg. Index of Popular Names. 344 pg. La Fiemmetta
Anotace: Giovanni Boccaccio is best known for the Decameron begun in 1530. The Decameron is a series of 100 Italian novellas in two volumes. These medieval stories are best known for their lively romances. There are stories with practical jokes, stories of wit, and stories of worldly clergy and their lack of morals. Many writers have used The Decameron as a source for their works. While writing the Decameron, Boccaccio was in love with the Lady Maria. She was in Naples and he missed her greatly. La Fiammetta was the affectionate nickname he gave Maria. There is no evidence that Boccaccio was ever more than a friend for Maria, but his passion for her was written about in several of his works. Archimédes
Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics
Anotace: Archimedes's Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics is a collection of works attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician and scientist Archimedes. In this treatise, he explores various geometric problems using principles derived from mechanics. The document contains ingenious methods and novel approaches to solving problems related to areas, volumes, and centers of gravity, among others. Archimedes's innovative insights in this treatise have had a profound impact on the development of mathematics and its application to various disciplines throughout history. His pioneering work continues to inspire and influence mathematicians, physicists, and engineers to this day. George Berkeley
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
Anotace: In An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709), he examined visual distance, magnitude, position, and problems of sight and touch and concluded that “the proper (or real) objects of sight” are not without the mind, though “the contrary be supposed true of tangible objects.” Ezop
The Fables
Anotace: Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. Selected Essays
Volume I
Anotace: Compilation of essays written by the renowned Greek historian, biographer, and essayist, Plutarch. Hledání ztraceného času V
Uvězněná
Anotace: Pátá část rozsáhlého románového cyklu, který je jedním ze základních děl světové literatury. Hledání ztraceného času VI
Zmizelá Albertina
Anotace: Děj šestého dílu plynule navazuje na díl předchozí poté, co vypravěče opustila jeho milenka Albertina. Vypravěč činí marné pokusy získat dívku zpět a katarze přichází tragicky až s jejím náhlým skonem následkem pádu z koně. Následně autor podrobně analyzuje drásavý proces postupného odpoutávání se od vzpomínek na milovanou bytost. Hledání ztraceného času VII
Anotace: Závěrečný díl románové řady zastihuje zestárlého vypravěče, který pozoruje a konstatuje proměny, kterých společnost za jeho života doznala - pád staré aristokracie, vzestup dříve opovrhované zbohatlické kasty a také pohled na 1. světovou válku, tuto definitivní tečku za starými časy. Druhým těžištěm závěrečné části jsou úvahy nad literární poetikou i smyslem a důležitostí umělecké tvorby, která jediná může znovu nalézt čas, ztracený v malicherných peripetiích skutečného života. The Essays
Studies in Pessimism
Anotace: A disciple of Kant and a significant factor in shaping Nietzsche's thinking, Arthur Schopenhauer worked from the foundation that reality is but an extension of our own will, and that human life is characterized chiefly by misery. In this essay, translated by THOMAS BAILEY SAUNDERS (1860-1928) and first published in English in the 1890s, Schopenhauer offers his thoughts: - on "the sufferings of the world," and why evil is positive Students of philosophy and of the 19th-century intellectualism will find this a fascinating read. R.U.R
Anotace: ROSSUM´S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS. Čapkovo utopistické drama, v němž se světu poprvé představilo slovo robot. Vypráví o továrně, v níž vznikají roboti, kteří pracují za lidi a umožňují tak vzniku jakéhosi "ráje". Jenomže nic netrvá věčně a i roboti můžou začít myslet na sebe. Religion
A Dialogue, etc.
Anotace: Arthur Schopenhauer's work "Religion" is a philosophical exploration of the nature and significance of religious beliefs and experiences. In this collection of essays, Schopenhauer delves into various aspects of religion, including its relationship to metaphysics, ethics, and human psychology. He critiques traditional religious institutions, arguing that true spirituality is found in individual introspection and the recognition of the underlying unity of all existence. Schopenhauer's writing reflects his unique blend of Western philosophy and Eastern thought, particularly his emphasis on the concept of "will" and his view of suffering as an essential aspect of human existence. Hledání ztraceného času IV
Sodoma a Gomora
Anotace: V Sodomě a Gomoře Proust odkrývá skryté stránky povahy a života jedné ze svých nejpřízračnějších postav – barona Charluse. Znovu sledujeme vypravěčův život v přímořském Balbecu, jeho rozporuplnou lásku k Albertině a jeho úspěchy v salónech okolních záměčků. Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
Anotace: If the transference of the erogenous excitability from the clitoris to the vagina has succeeded, the woman has thus changed her leading zone for the future sexual activity; the man on the other hand retains his from childhood. The main determinants for the woman's preference for the neuroses, especially for hysteria, lie in this change of the leading zone as well as in the repression of puberty. These determinants are therefore most intimately connected with the nature of femininity. -from "The Transformations of Puberty" He was a pioneer in the study of human sexuality and the impact of sexual desire on human behavior, and this 1905 work is considered among his most important contributions to the field. This is the source of such concepts as penis envy, castration anxiety, and the Oedipus complex that we take for granted as fundamental to understanding human psychology. In the three essays here-"The Sexual Aberrations," "Infantile Sexuality," and "The Transformations of Puberty"-Freud sets out a theory of human sexuality that continues to influence us today. Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
Anotace: "I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power or possessions." Plutarch "To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." Plutarch "Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech." Plutarch "To make no mistakes is not in the power of man "It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything." Plutarch Plutarch's Lives is a brilliant collection of biographies by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. By comparing a famous Roman with a famous Greek, Plutarch intended to provide model patterns of behaviour and to encourage mutual respect between Greeks and Romans. There are fifty biographies of famous soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen, and an additional eighteen comparisons. The form of Plutarch's Lives was new Hledání ztraceného času III
Ke Guermantům
Anotace: Ve Světě Guermantových, který vyšel 1920–1921, přechází Proust od buržoazního prostředí k šlechtickému a pokračuje v neúprosné analýze malicherností a směšností, ale tu a tam i k velikosti svých postav takovým způsobem, jako by nabalzamoval živé, existující tvory. Jeho realistický pohled na nejrůznější životní situace a chování lidí nepostrádá ironie a jemného humoru. George Gordon Byron
Don Juan
Anotace: Rozsáhlý komický epos o romantických dobrodružstvích slavného hrdiny. Byron ho ale ve své básni-poémě zbavil démoničnosti a výrazným způsobem klade důraz na básnickou formu vyprávění. Na čtenáře v díle, ve kterém je Don Juan netradičně tím, koho svádí ženy (a nikoli naopak), čeká takřka vše, co si umí ve svých představách zobrazit. I proto byl epos v době svého vzniku přijat jako skandální, i když oblíbený. Byron dokončil jen 16 zpěvů, sedmnáctý zůstal nedokončen, ačkoli jich mohlo vzniknout mnohem víc, zvlášť když autor nevěděl, co se v následujících částech stane a děj vymýšlel takřka ad hoc během psaní. Knihu si můžete stáhnout v anglickém originálu. Dream Psychology
Psychoanalysis for Beginners
Anotace: Dreams, in Freud's view, are all forms of "wish fulfillment" — attempts by the unconscious to resolve a conflict of some sort, whether something recent or something from the recesses of the past (later in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud would discuss dreams which do not appear to be wish-fulfillment). Because the information in the unconscious is in an unruly and often disturbing form, a "censor" in the preconscious will not allow it to pass unaltered into the conscious. During dreams, the preconscious is more lax in this duty than in waking hours, but is still attentive: as such, the unconscious must distort and warp the meaning of its information to make it through the censorship. As such, images in dreams are often not what they appear to be, according to Freud, and need deeper interpretation if they are to inform on the structures of the unconscious. George Gordon Byron
Childe Haroldova pouť
Anotace: Romantická básnická sbírkakterá se skládá ze čtyř zpěvů. Děj knihy je zasazen do velké části Evropy, kterou putuje osamělý poutník. Objevují se zde úvahy nad historií a budoucností jednotlivých států. Citelný je zde také básníkův protest proti nesvobodě podrobených národů (viz zmiňované Řecko, které bylo utlačováno Turky). Báseň obsahuje základní romantické prvky jako například postava osamělého poutníka, který utíká do přírody. Popisy krajiny se zde střídají s vtipnými komentáři týkající se jak historie, tak aktuálního dění jednotlivých oblastí. The Foundation Trilogy
Anotace: It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. Gathering together a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at the edge of the galaxy where he hopes they can preserve human knowledge and wisdom against all who would destroy them. The Theory of Everything
The Origin and Faith of the Universe
Anotace: Based on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University, Professor Hawking's work introduced "the history of ideas about the universe" as well as today's most important scientific theories about time, space, and the cosmos in a clear, easy-to-understand way. "The Theory of Everything" presents the most complex theories, both past and present, of physics; yet it remains clear and accessible. It will enlighten readers and expose them to the rich history of scientific thought and the comlixities of the universe in which we live. Stephen William Hawking, Roger Penrose
The Nature of Space and Time
Anotace: From two of the world's great physicists—Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose—a lively debate about the nature of space and time. The Beginning of Time
Anotace: Academic lecture about the beginning of time. Space and Time Warps
Anotace: In lecture "Space and Time Warps," the physicist Stephen Hawking delves into the mind-bending realms of general relativity and the nature of space-time. Life in the Universe
Poznámky: přednáška Anotace: In "Life in the Universe," the esteemed physicist Stephen Hawking embarks on a captivating journey through the cosmos, exploring the tantalizing possibility of life beyond our planet. Does God Play Dice
Anotace: In his thought-provoking lecture, "Did God Play Dice?," the brilliant physicist Stephen Hawking explores the profound implications of quantum mechanics and its potential impact on our understanding of the universe. Building upon Einstein's famous quote, "God does not play dice with the universe," Hawking delves into the concept of determinism versus randomness in the realm of quantum physics. With clarity and intellectual rigor, he examines the fundamental principles of uncertainty and probability that govern the behavior of subatomic particles, challenging traditional notions of a deterministic universe. By intertwining scientific insights with philosophical contemplation, Hawking invites the audience to ponder the very fabric of reality and raises profound questions about the nature of existence, causality, and the role of a divine creator in the cosmic play. This engaging lecture leaves the audience captivated by the intricate dance between science and philosophy and instigates a deeper appreciation for the enigmatic and fascinating world of quantum mechanics. Marcus Porcius Cato
Roman Farm Management
The Treatise of Cato and Varro
Anotace: Roman Farming Management: The Treatises Of Cato And Varro is actually two books in one. The first " De Agri Cultura" by Cato the Elder was written in the 2nd century B.C. and is a very straightforward description of how a farm was run in that period. The second more detailed , “Rerum rusticarum libri III” by Varro was written in the 2nd century A.D. and is a much more detailed description of what is needed to run a profitable farm as a business. Both are invaluable windows into ancient farming during the Roman period. Ztracené světy 2001
Anotace: Osu knihy tvoří autorovy zápisky z dob natáčení filmu Vesmírná odyssea 2001, kdy společně s režisérem Stanleym Kubrickem proseděli mnoho hodin v družné debatě, o čem by film měl být, jak by se měl vyvíjet, jak by měl končit. Sem tam je nám umožněno nahlédnout do zákulisí natáčení filmu, a na jednotlivých epizodách, které se posléze v konečné knižní podobě nikdy neobjevily, sledovat vývoj představ obou velikánů. Nejlépe je to vidět v závěru knihy, kdy máme možnost si přečíst hned tři verze setkání Davida Bowmana s cizí mimozemskou civilizací. Zobrazeno: 3091-3120 z celkem 3486 záznamů Začátek | Předchozí | Následující | Konec
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