A Fragment Of Life

Author : Arthur Machen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547321088

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A Fragment of Life by Arthur Machen Pdf

A Fragment of Life is a fantasy novella by Arthur Machen. Machen was an author and mystic known for his prominent paranormal, fantasy, and horror fiction. Excerpt: "So, day after day, he lived in the grey phantasmal world, akin to death, that has, somehow, with most of us, made good its claim to be called life. To Darnell the true life would have seemed madness, and when, now and again, the shadows and vague images reflected from its splendour fell across his path, he was afraid, and took refuge in what he would have called the sane 'reality' of common and usual incidents and interests. His absurdity was, perhaps, the more evident, inasmuch as 'reality' for him was a matter of kitchen ranges, of saving a few shillings; but in truth the folly would have been greater if it had been concerned with racing stables, steam yachts, and the spending of many thousand pounds."

Author : Soren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Penguin Classic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1101488077

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Either/Or by Soren Kierkegaard Pdf

The first major work by the precursor of existentialism examines the philosophical choice between aesthetic and romantic life versus ethical and domestic life, and offers profound observations on the meaning of choice itself. Sheltering behind the persona of a fictitious editor, Kierkegaard brings together a diverse range of material, including reflections on Mozart and the famous “Seducer’s Diary.”

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004552829

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Either/or by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

Author : Clare Carlisle
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780241283592

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Philosopher of the Heart by Clare Carlisle Pdf

Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement 'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' Observer Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart. Over about a decade in the 1840s and 1850s, writings poured from his pen analysing love and suffering, courage and anxiety, religious longing and defiance, and forging a new philosophical style rooted in the inward drama of being human. As Christianity seemed to sleepwalk through a changing world, Kierkegaard dazzlingly revealed its spiritual power while exposing the poverty of official religion. His restless creativity was spurred on by his own failures: his relationship with the young woman whom he promised to marry, then left to devote himself to writing, haunted him throughout his life. Though tormented by the pressures of celebrity, he deliberately lived amidst the crowds in Copenhagen, known by everyone but, he felt, understood by no one. When he collapsed exhausted at the age of 42, he was still pursuing the question of existence: how to be a human being in this world? Clare Carlisle's innovative and moving biography writes Kierkegaard's remarkable life as far as possible from his own perspective, conveying what it was like to be this Socrates of Christendom - as he put it, living life forwards yet only understanding it backwards.

Author : Warren Fahy
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440338574

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Fragment by Warren Fahy Pdf

Aboard a long-range research vessel, in the vast reaches of the South Pacific, the cast and crew of the reality show Sealife believe they have found a ratings bonanza. For a director dying for drama, a distress call from Henders Island—a mere blip on any radar—might be just the ticket. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders—and the ultimate test of survival begins. For when they reach the island’s shores, the scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find—creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time; this is Earth as it might have looked after evolving on a separate path for half a billion years—a fragment of a lost continent, with an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400846962

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Kierkegaard's Writings, VII, Volume 7 by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

This volume contains a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, of two works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus. Through Climacus, Kierkegaard contrasts the paradoxes of Christianity with Greek and modern philosophical thinking. In Philosophical Fragments he begins with Greek Platonic philosophy, exploring the implications of venturing beyond the Socratic understanding of truth acquired through recollection to the Christian experience of acquiring truth through grace. Published in 1844 and not originally planned to appear under the pseudonym Climacus, the book varies in tone and substance from the other works so attributed, but it is dialectically related to them, as well as to the other pseudonymous writings. The central issue of Johannes Climacus is doubt. Probably written between November 1842 and April 1843 but unfinished and published only posthumously, this book was described by Kierkegaard as an attack on modern speculative philosophy by "means of the melancholy irony, which did not consist in any single utterance on the part of Johannes Climacus but in his whole life. . . . Johannes does what we are told to do--he actually doubts everything--he suffers through all the pain of doing that, becomes cunning, almost acquires a bad conscience. When he has gone as far in that direction as he can go and wants to come back, he cannot do so. . . . Now he despairs, his life is wasted, his youth is spent in these deliberations. Life does not acquire any meaning for him, and all this is the fault of philosophy." A note by Kierkegaard suggests how he might have finished the work: "Doubt is conquered not by the system but by faith, just as it is faith that has brought doubt into the world!."

Author : Rowan McCandless
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459747630

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Persephone's Children by Rowan McCandless Pdf

Finalist for 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction • Co-Winner of 2022 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book After years of secrecy and silence, Rowan McCandless leaves an abusive relationship and rediscovers her voice and identity through writing. She was never to lie to him. She was never to leave him; and she was never supposed to tell. Persephone’s Children chronicles Rowan McCandless’s odyssey as a Black, biracial woman escaping the stranglehold of a long-term abusive relationship. Through a series of thematically linked and structurally inventive essays, McCandless explores the fraught and fragmented relationship between memory and trauma. Multiple mythologies emerge to bind legacy and loss, motherhood and daughterhood, racism and intergenerational trauma, mental illness and resiliency. It is only in the aftermath that she can begin to see the patterns in her history, hear the echoes of oppression passed down from unknown, unnamed ancestors, and discover her worth and right to exist in the world. A RARE MACHINES BOOK

Author : Megan Miranda
Publisher : Crown Books For Young Readers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780399556722

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Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda Pdf

Even though she thinks Caleb's mom blames her for his accidental death two months ago, Jessa agrees to pack up her ex-boyfriend's bedroom, but every item she touches makes Jessa question what she knows about his death, his family, and their year-long relationship.

Author : Fernando Pessoa
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811226943

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The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa Pdf

For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.

Author : Mohamed Ali
Publisher : Manohar Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8173042861

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My Life, a Fragment by Mohamed Ali Pdf

This Important Text Authored By Mohamed Ali Illumines How Influential Public Figures Like Him Reflected On The Changes Ushered In By The Colonial Government And Their Impact On His Community And The Nation. It Is Also A Document Of Deep Religious Feeling Which Illuminates Mohamed Ali`S Inner Self Awareness Of Islam. His Insights Enable Us To Understand How A Specifically Muslim Identity Was Being Constructed In Early Twentieth Century North India. Essential Reading For Thepolitical, Social And Cultural History Of North India.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780691020419

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Kierkegaard's Writing, III, Part I by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

Søren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature. He regarded Either/Or as the beginning of his authorship, although he had published two earlier works on Hans Christian Andersen and irony. The pseudonymous volumes of Either/Or are the writings of a young man (I) and of Judge William (II). The ironical young man's papers include a collection of sardonic aphorisms; essays on Mozart, modern drama, and boredom; and "The Seducer's Diary." The seeming miscellany is a reflective presentation of aspects of the "either," the esthetic view of life. Part II is an older friend's "or," the ethical life of integrated, authentic personhood, elaborated in discussions of personal becoming and of marriage. The resolution of the "either/or" is left to the reader, for there is no Part III until the appearance of Stages on Life's Way. The poetic-reflective creations of a master stylist and imaginative impersonator, the two men write in distinctive ways appropriate to their respective positions.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691254067

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The Essential Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf

A comprehensive anthology of Kierkegaard’s writings that offers an unmatched introduction to one of the most original and influential modern philosophers This is the most comprehensive anthology of Søren Kierkegaard’s works ever published in English. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton’s authoritative Kierkegaard’s Writings series by editors Howard and Edna Hong, these carefully chosen selections represent every major aspect of Kierkegaard’s extraordinary output, which changed the course of modern intellectual history with its mix of philosophy, psychology, theology, and literary criticism. The anthology reveals the most important themes of his work, especially what it means to exist and to be human, and captures the unique character of his writings, with their shifting pseudonyms, complex dialogues, and powerful combination of irony, satire, sermon, polemic, humor, and fiction. A superb introduction and guide to the Danish philosopher, The Essential Kierkegaard vividly demonstrates why his work continues to speak so directly to so many readers. Traces the full span of Kierkegaard’s writings, from his early journals to his final work Features generous selections from all of Kierkegaard’s most important works, including Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, Works of Love, and The Sickness unto Death Presents selections from lesser-known writings, including Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions and The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air Includes an introduction to Kierkegaard’s writings and explanatory notes for each selection

Author : Clare Carlisle
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 082648610X

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Kierkegaard: A Guide for the Perplexed by Clare Carlisle Pdf

Kierkegaard is an important literary and religious figure, as well a major philosopher whom students may have a difficult time comprehending- this guide provides a clear and concise understanding of his work

Author : Melissa Moore,Michele Matrisciani
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781623367459

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WHOLE by Melissa Moore,Michele Matrisciani Pdf

A five-point plan to usher you through heartache and toward a stronger, healthier place. “I know how to kill someone and get away with it.” The words spoken by her father when Melissa was a teen haunt her to this day. Two years later, after confessing that he was the serial killer nationally known as the Happy Face Killer, Keith Jesperson was arrested for the murder of eight women. The pain, guilt, and shame that followed her father’s conviction stigmatized Melissa for years until she figured out a way to use her emotions as fuel to free herself from self-imposed limits and set out on a journey to rebuild her fragmented life. Through her work as an Emmy-nominated investigative journalist, television host, educator, and advocate, Melissa created WHOLE, a five-step program to better develop her own approach to healing: Watch the Storm, Heal Your Heart, Open Your Mind, Leverage Your Power, and Elevate Your Spirit. Among other things, she found that the commitment to your core values makes all the difference in getting unstuck; that forgiveness gives the greatest chance of making a future not defined by the past; that there is great value in vulnerability; that creativity is essential to living a full life; and that hope is the basis for everything we feel, believe, and do. In each phase of the program, Melissa inspires you to embrace your past to find wholeness within the parts of your life that you believe to be “broken.” If you are stuck in the rut of a painful experience—whether depression, trauma, pain, fear, addiction, or guilt—you will find comfort in this book’s advice, self-evaluation, and action plans. WHOLE is a powerful journey of recovery and awakening that reframes the pain experience so it can be used as a way to invite understanding, growth, and transformation into your life.

Author : Søren Kierkegaard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106010523915

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Kierkegaard's Writings by Søren Kierkegaard Pdf