![]() Other volumes in the series of cambridge companions A B E L A R D Edited by jeffrey e. The volume also includes a useful bibliography and a chronology of the most important Arabic thinkers. Finally, it includes chapters on later Islamic thought, and on the connections between Arabic philosophy and Greek, Jewish, and Latin philosophy. ![]() It also includes chapters on areas of philosophical inquiry across the tradition, such as ethics and metaphysics. ![]() This collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in Arabic philosophy, provides an introduction to the field by way of chapters devoted to individual thinkers (such as al-Fa¯ra¯bı¯, Avicenna, and Averroes) or groups, especially during the ‘classical’ period from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historical importance. ARABIC PHILOSOPHY Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Empire of Pain begins with the story of three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and the incalculably energetic Arthur, who weathered the poverty of the Great Depression and appalling anti-Semitism. ![]() The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. ![]() A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by Ox圜ontin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions-Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have 15 times as much steel and oil as the world had during World War 2. The world economy has been doubling every 25 years for last 100 years Normal economic doubling for the past 100 years and the expected levels to 2100. The Technological Singularity is a predicted point when technological growth becomes radically faster. ![]() I have another video that describes a scale for measuring the economic impact of a technological singularity. Teslabot, humanoid robots, will expand labor that costs less than 50 cents per hour and enable economic abundance and rapid technological advancement. I have a video where I describe how Elon Musk will bring about much of what Ray Singularity predicts with the Teslabot and self-driving cars. I have some recent videos related to Ray and his predictions and measuring the progress of technology through 2100. A Ray Kurzweil prediction with a date can be plus or minus 10 years and Ray would consider it a good prediction. In the past, Ray has clarified that his predictions date are usually with an implied plus or minus one decade. Ray still asserts that computer artificial intelligence will pass the Turing Test in 2029 and the Singularity will happen around 2045. Lex Fridman talked with Ray Kurzweil about the Technological Singularity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Brutus and Cassius escape as Antony joins forces with Octavius Caesar.Encamped with their armies, Brutus and Cassius quarrel, then agree to march on Antony and Octavius. Antony uses a funeral oration to turn the citizens of Rome against them. At the Senate, the conspirators stab Caesar to death. ![]() A conspirator, Decius Brutus, persuades him to go to the Senate with the other conspirators and his friend, Mark Antony. Cassius and others convince Brutus to join a conspiracy to kill Caesar.On the day of the assassination, Caesar plans to stay home at the urging of his wife, Calphurnia. Brutus, Caesar’s friend and ally, fears that Caesar will become king, destroying the republic. As the action begins, Rome prepares for Caesar’s triumphal entrance. The first part of the play leads to his death the second portrays the consequences. 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For centuries four clans of wild cats have equally shared the forest…until now. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the output that he was encouraging was Latin because Latin was really the lingua franca of Europeans who were educated. Then in 1350, a little after the plague, he met Francesco Petrarca, Petrarch, who is usually credited as being the "father" of the Renaissance who propagandized, especially for the recovery of ancient Latin language and civilization, and was pretty much successful. Most of these are good, but they're not great literature and really are read primarily and taught primarily by medievalists. In Naples he began writing poems very much in the medieval vein: love poems, dream visions, long romantic ethics. And he developed his literary taste there as he had earlier in Florence. Naples was the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ![]() But at Naples, he was admitted into the circles around the court. His father wanted him to go into banking. Wayne Rebhorn: Boccaccio was born about 25 miles outside of Florence to a guy who worked for the Bardi Bank. I was hoping you could talk more specifically about who he was as a thinker, who he was as a writer, and how he comes at around age 40 to write this book that has lasted for centuries. ![]() Why the Classics: A lot of people vaguely know what the Decameron is and vaguely know who Giovanni Boccaccio was. Boccaccio argued for sexual and intellectual liberation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.Įvery day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk.and the tree was happy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. "Once there was a tree.and she loved a little boy." This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The first of Mary Renault's celebrated historical novels of ancient Greece, The Last of the Wine follows Alexias and Lysis into adulthood, when Athens is defeated by Sparta, the Thirty Tyrants take hold of the city, and the lives of both men are changed forever. They attend the Olympics, partake in symposia, fight on the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War, and fall in love. Together, the young men come of age in an Athens on the verge of great upheaval. Prized for his beauty and athletic prowess, Alexias studies under Sokrates with his closest friend, Lysis. She shows us their strangeness discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us.?Hilary Mantel Alexias is a young aristocrat living during the end of Athens's Golden Age. ![]() She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. Summary: ?Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her first novel was The Viper of Milan (1906), after which she produced a steady stream of writings until the day of her death on 23rd December 1952. She was married twice: first, from 1912-16, to a Sicilian named Zefferino Emilio Constanza, who died of tuberculosis, and then to one Arthur L. ![]() After this, Bowen's prolific writings were the chief financial support for her family. Her books are much sought after by aficionados of gothic horror and received praise from critics.īowen's alcoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. Several of her books were adapted as films. Many of these stories were published as Berkley Medallion Books. As Joseph Shearing, she wrote several sinister gothic romances full of terror and mystery. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye, and Margaret Campbell. She also wrote under the names Joseph Shearing, George R. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk of her work under the 'Bowen' pseudonym. ![]() Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V Long née Campbell), was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. ![]() |