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The Key
(Hardcover)
Frank Scott, Nisa Montie
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R604
Discovery Miles 6 040
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What words come to mind when we think of God? Merciful? Just?
Compassionate? In fact, the Bible lays out God’s primary
qualities clearly: jealous, petty, unforgiving, bloodthirsty,
vindictive—and worse! Originally conceived as a joint
presentation between influential thinker and bestselling author
Richard Dawkins and former evangelical preacher Dan Barker, this
unique book provides an investigation into what may be the most
unpleasant character in all fiction. Barker combs through both the
Old and New Testament (as well as 13 different editions of the
“Good Book”), presenting powerful evidence for why the
Scripture shouldn’t govern our everyday lives. This witty,
well-researched book suggests that we should move past the Bible
and clear a path to a kinder and more thoughtful world.
Completely unabridged, with a new foreword written by Huffington
Post writer Carolyn Gregoire, this publication of Meditations is an
all-encompassing collection of Marcus Aurelius's works. "Do every
deed, speak every word, think every thought in the knowledge that
you may end your days any moment." "We have body, soul, and
intelligence. To the body belong the senses, to the soul the
passions, to the intelligence principles." "Think not as your
insulter judges or wishes you to judge: but see things as they
truly are." "To pursue impossibilities is madness; and it is
impossible that the wicked should not act in some such way as
this." "Order not your life as though you had ten thousand years to
live. Fate hangs over you. While you live, while yet you may, be
good." Meditations is a collection of twelve books written by Roman
Emperor Marcus Aurelius. This set of books was originally compiled
in the form of private journals. Marcus Aurelius used these notes
as personal guides to live by and to better himself as a ruler. He
compiled these journals during his time as emperor, and while they
were not intended for public consumption, there are valuable
lessons to be gleaned from his wisdom. The entries include his
views of stoicism-the Hellenistic philosophy devoid of "destructive
emotions" that could tamper with logic-and its practical use in
ruling and military tactics.
The reading of Emerson on the Over-Soul, on the Law of
Compensation, on the relationship between man and nature, on first
principles and moral courage, self-realization, has had a formative
influence on many readers. Often they first encounter his work by
chance, but on reading him have gradually become confirmed
Emersonians in their outlook. In the quiet of the Old Manse at
Concord, Emerson could reflect at leisure and stretch the great
wings of his imaginative insight. He gave substance to those things
which, though aware of, we find difficult to match with words.
Nature was Emerson's first published work and already there is
evident Emerson's 'characteristic signature affirmation.' Emerson
called his generation back to the primary conditions of man, to the
'insistent now of individual experience.' Emerson would feel a
stranger in our world. Yet part dreamer, part realist, he is with
us still, 'touching the very well springs of our moral courage' as
a reading of The Conduct of Life will show, with its central theme
of living with one's limitations
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Thinking Woman
(Hardcover)
Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth
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R1,098
R889
Discovery Miles 8 890
Save R209 (19%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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