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Originally published in 1938, this book consists of a group of
papers considering widely different subjects, but all bearing upon
one social problem - the causation and prevention of war. The
authors all occupy the same general political position, they are
democratic socialists and active members of the Labour Party. The
book falls into three rough divisions, although all the papers are
self-contained. The first part of the book is psychological and
attempts to summarise and analyse the non-historical evidence
(ecological, psychological, and anthropological) about the causes
of fighting. The second part is historical. It surveys the
different causes of international war in the nineteenth century and
then discusses the relation between nationalism and capitalism
during the same period. The third part is political and first
considers the relation of the use of force to the preservation of
peace. Then analyses the choices of foreign policy for a pacific
power confronted by the threat of aggressive military dictatorship.
It concludes with a review and assessment of the various available
policies for the prevention of war in general and under the
specific contemporary conditions of the time.
Originally published in 1938, this book consists of a group of
papers considering widely different subjects, but all bearing upon
one social problem - the causation and prevention of war. The
authors all occupy the same general political position, they are
democratic socialists and active members of the Labour Party. The
book falls into three rough divisions, although all the papers are
self-contained. The first part of the book is psychological and
attempts to summarise and analyse the non-historical evidence
(ecological, psychological, and anthropological) about the causes
of fighting. The second part is historical. It surveys the
different causes of international war in the nineteenth century and
then discusses the relation between nationalism and capitalism
during the same period. The third part is political and first
considers the relation of the use of force to the preservation of
peace. Then analyses the choices of foreign policy for a pacific
power confronted by the threat of aggressive military dictatorship.
It concludes with a review and assessment of the various available
policies for the prevention of war in general and under the
specific contemporary conditions of the time.
Ideal for individuals or groups seeking a deeper understanding of
the Christmas story and its links with the Hebrew Bible, Pathway to
the Stable offers a twenty-first century introduction to the people
and places central to the story of the birth of Jesus, with
reference to the promises of the Old Testament and its setting in
the contemporary Jewish and Roman worlds. 'In this rich and
rewarding series of studies, Ivor Rees has taken us deep into the
biblical world in order to show us once more the glory of the
coming of Our Lord, the nativity and childhood of Jesus Christ.'
Revd. D. Densil Morgan, Professor of Theology, University of Wales
Trinity Saint David
The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here
illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I
contains: The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek
education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations,
including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic,
including properties of numbers; square root of 2; proportion and
means; algebraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry;
Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring
the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus
(pyramid, cone, etc.); Aristotle (the infinite, the lever);
Euclid.
Volume II ("Loeb Classical Library no. 362") contains:
Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder,
sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of
large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement
of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and other works); later
development of geometry; trigonometry (including Ptolemy's table of
sines); mensuration: Heron of Alexandria; algebra: Diophantus
(determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry:
Pappus.
The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here
illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I
("Loeb Classical Library no. 335") contains: The divisions of
mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation;
arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and
cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic, including properties of numbers;
square root of 2; proportion and means; algebraic equations;
Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of
Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting
angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus (pyramid, cone);
Aristotle (the infinite, the lever); Euclid.
Volume II contains: Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon);
Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids;
spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics);
Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections
and other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry
(including Ptolemy's table of sines); mensuration: Heron of
Alexandria; algebra: Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate
equations); the revival of geometry: Pappus.
This volume brings together poems from Ifor Thomas' four previous
collections and adds some new work. It's a uniquely individual
collection of finely crafted, entertaining poems, often
provocative, sometimes humorous. The words trace a development from
ferocious performance to an increasingly bittersweet seam of
writing, challenging, witty, and honest.
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