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The aim of this book is to give a general idea of the way in which
Modern Science looks out on the world. By selecting a few salient
illustrations, it seeks to show how the various sciences are
disclosing the Order of Nature. It is hoped that it may be of
service to the able minded reader who wishes an introduction of an
informal type to the chief scientific problems of today. The book
is meant to be suggestive as well as informative; and two
characteristic features may be noted, for they are deliberate: the
illustrations of scientific progress that have been selected are
taken from all the great orders of facts - from astronomy to
anthropology; and they deal not with easy things, but with the big
problems that matter most.
The aim of this book is to give a general idea of the way in which
Modern Science looks out on the world. By selecting a few salient
illustrations, it seeks to show how the various sciences are
disclosing the Order of Nature. It is hoped that it may be of
service to the able minded reader who wishes an introduction of an
informal type to the chief scientific problems of today. The book
is meant to be suggestive as well as informative; and two
characteristic features may be noted, for they are deliberate: the
illustrations of scientific progress that have been selected are
taken from all the great orders of facts - from astronomy to
anthropology; and they deal not with easy things, but with the big
problems that matter most.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
"African Women Immigrants in the United States" depicts how
immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to
challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the
United States and Africa. It also weaves together the
multidimensional strands of how African immigrant women shape and
are shaped by the process of international migration.
Engels Today marks the centenary of Frederick Engels death through
a collection of papers engaging with the thought of Marx's only
close collaborator, who was influential in his own right, as well
as in his attempted popularisation of 'Marxism'. Specialists in
different disciplines here address what is still alive in Engels'
contributions to them; they discuss matters that remain
influential, or controversial, in the works of this great socialist
and thinker, relating to Nature, Science, Women, Revolution,
Democracy, Economics, Materialism and Class.
What is money? What is capital? Christopher J. Arthur brilliantly
tackles these fundamental questions at a deep philosophical level
in The Spectre of Capital. He argues that the modern world is ruled
by an unseen force, the spectre of capital. This insight is rooted
in a strikingly original combination of the ideas of Marx and
Hegel. Arthur here presents the most sophisticated argument to date
for the 'homology thesis,' spelling out how the order of Hegel's
logical categories, and that of the social forms assessed by Marx
in Capital, share the same architectonic. The
systematic-dialectical presentation of this thesis shows how
capital becomes a self-sustaining power.
In the "Metamorphoses" of ApuleiusThe Golden Ass," we have the only
Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a
delightful romance combining realism and magic.
The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird,
resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error
finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to
his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly
elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an
animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most
charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true
fairy-tale fashion, '"Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina"').
Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in
the ninth book were deemed by Boccaccio worthy of inclusion in the
"Decameron." At last the goddess Isis takes pity on Lucius. In a
surprising denouement, he is restored to human shape and, now
spiritually regenerated, is initiated into her mysteries. The
author's baroque Latin style nicely matches his fantastic narrative
and is guaranteed to hold a reader's attention from beginning to
end.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Apuleius is in two
volumes.
This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration
as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies
operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves
together the multidimensional strands of how African immigrant
women shape and are shaped by the process of international
migration.
The second volume of Marx's Capital is entitled The Circulation of
Capital . Here a collection of original essays, by internationally
known scholars, treat its themes, bringing to bear on all its parts
the latest textual findings, methodological resources and
accumulated knowledge of Marxian theory. The result repairs the
unjustified neglect of this volume in the literature on Marx and
will awaken new interest in it among economists, philosophers and
social theorists.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
In a rich retrospective of ecclesiastical architecture, the
intricate geometry of classic Gothic design is revealed in 158
expert illustrations: windows, moldings, doorways, arches, roofs,
porches, panels, hinges, and more.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
In the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius, also known as "The Golden Ass,"
we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly
enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic.
The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird,
resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error
finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to
his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly
elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an
animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most
charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true
fairy-tale fashion, '"Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina"').
Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in
the ninth book were deemed by Boccaccio worthy of inclusion in the
"Decameron." At last the goddess Isis takes pity on Lucius. In a
surprising denouement, he is restored to human shape and, now
spiritually regenerated, is initiated into her mysteries. The
author's baroque Latin style nicely matches his fantastic narrative
and is guaranteed to hold a reader's attention from beginning to
end.
J. Arthur Hanson was at the time of his death in 1985 Giger
Professor of Latin at Princeton University. His publications
include "Roman Theater-Temples."
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Apuleius is in two
volumes.
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