Beginning Of Arrogance

Author : Bryan Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0228868661

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Beginning of Arrogance by Bryan Cole Pdf

Paladins are nothing but trouble. Stories about paladins are everywhere, noble warriors riding magic steeds into battle against terrible foes. Champions of their gods. Heroes to everyone, except those who already have everything. Paladins are notorious for upsetting the balance of power, to the detriment of any who don't worship their deity. So when Krell is called to service by the capricious god of the seas and skies, ReckNor, those with wealth and power can't help but be concerned. ReckNor hasn't called a paladin in years, and his nature is ever-changing and erratic. The fact that Krell is also an uneducated nobody with a stubborn streak as wide as the sea turns their concerns into fear. All of which matters less than the threat clawing its way from the waves, ready to turn the ocean red with spilled blood...

Author : Martin Hengel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592441860

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Judaism and Hellenism by Martin Hengel Pdf

Martin Hengel gathers an encyclopedic amount of material, ancient and modern, to present an exhaustive survey of the early course of Hellenistic civilization as it related to developing Judaism. The result is a highly readable account of a largely unfamiliar world which is indispensable for those interested in Judaism and the birth of Christianity alike. An extensive section of notes and bibliography is included.

Author : Terence Irwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192597816

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Ethics Through History by Terence Irwin Pdf

What is the human good? What are the primary virtues that make a good person? What makes an action right? Must we try to maximize good consequences? How can we know what is right and good? Can morality be rationally justified? In Ethics Through History, Terence Irwin addresses such fundamental questions, making these central debates intelligible to readers without an extensive background in philosophy. He provides a historical and philosophical discussion of major questions and key philosophers in the history of ethics, in the tradition that begins with Socrates onwards. Irwin covers ancient, medieval, and modern moral philosophers whose views have helped to form the agenda for contemporary ethical theory, paying attention to the strengths and weaknesses of their respective positions.

Author : Anthony Summers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101199480

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The Arrogance of Power by Anthony Summers Pdf

The controversial New York Times–bestselling biography of America’s most infamous president written by a master of investigative political reporting. Anthony Summers’s towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal behavior did not begin with Watergate. Drawing on more than a thousand interviews and five years of research, Summers traces Nixon’s entire career, revealing a man driven by addiction to power and intrigue. His subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. Evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol and prescription drugs, was mentally unstable, and was abusive to his wife, Pat. Summers discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon’s role in the plots against Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today. “Summers has done an enormous service. . . . The inescapable conclusion, well body-guarded by meticulous research and footnotes, is that in the Nixon era the United States was in essence a ‘rogue state.’ It had a ruthless, paranoid and unstable leader who did not hesitate to break the laws of his own country.”—Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review “A superbly researched and documented account—the last word on this dark and devious man.”—Paul Theroux

Author : Salman Akhtar,Ann Smolen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429770685

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Arrogance by Salman Akhtar,Ann Smolen Pdf

Arrogance as a specific constellation of affect, fantasy, and behavior has received little attention in psychoanalysis. This is striking in light of the enormous amount of literature accumulated on the related phenomenon of narcissism. Rectifying this omission, the book in your hands addresses arrogance from multiple perspectives. Among the vantage points employed are psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, cross-cultural anthropology, fiction, as well as clinical work with children and adults. The result is a harmonious gestalt of insight that is bound to enhance the clinician's attunement to the covert anguish of those afflicted with arrogance.

Author : Friedrich von Schlegel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Catastrophes (Geology)
ISBN : MSU:31293107305801

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A Course of Lectures on Modern History by Friedrich von Schlegel Pdf

Author : Jacqueline de Romilly
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226143125

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A Short History of Greek Literature by Jacqueline de Romilly Pdf

Offers profiles of ancient Greek writers, including Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch, and traces the development of Greek literature.

Author : Richard Newhauser,Susan Janet Ridyard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781903153413

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Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture by Richard Newhauser,Susan Janet Ridyard Pdf

This volume offers a fresh consideration of role played by the enduring tradition of the seven deadly sins in Western culture, showing its continuing post-mediaeval influence even after the supposed turning-point of the Protestant Reformation. It enhances our understanding of the multiple uses and meanings of the sins tradition.

Author : David Arthur DeSilva
Publisher : Society of Biblical Literature
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018483615

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Despising Shame by David Arthur DeSilva Pdf

Author : Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWB6NE

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Universal History, from the Creation of the World to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee Pdf

Author : Stephen H. Webb
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791405702

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Re-Figuring Theology by Stephen H. Webb Pdf

Here is a rhetorical treatment of Karl Barth's early theology. Although scholars have long noted the rhetorical power of Barth's work, calling it volcanic and explosive, this book uses rhetoric to illuminate the peculiar nature of his prose. It displays a Barth whose prose is radically unstable and inseparable from his theological arguments. The author connects Barth's early theology to the Expressionism of the Weimar Republic. He develops an original theory of figures of speech, relying on the philosophies of Paul Ricoeur and Hayden White, to delve more deeply into the particular configurations of Barth's writings. Nietzsche's hyperbole and Kierkegaard's irony are examined as rhetorical precedents of Barth's style. The closing chapter surveys Barth's later, realistic theology and then suggests ways in which his earlier tropes, especially the figures of excess and self-negation, can serve to enable theology to speak today.

Author : Wendell Stephen Reilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCAL:B4434391

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The Catholic Biblical Quarterly by Wendell Stephen Reilly Pdf

Includes various reports of the Association.

Author : Richard Kirkland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315504315

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Literature and Culture in Northern Ireland Since 1965 by Richard Kirkland Pdf

This study considers writing within the cultural context of Northern Ireland and discusses how writing creates a sense of community, and the different forms this takes when written from loyalist or republican perspectives. The book takes its major theoretical energy from readings of Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony and Walter Benjamin's work on historiography. hese are applied to major writers such as Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin, Paul Muldoon and Edna Longley and to institutions such as the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

Author : Donfried
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004266209

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The Setting of Second Clement in Early Christianity by Donfried Pdf

Preliminary Material /Karl Paul Donfried -- Chapter One: Literary and Historical Problems /Karl Paul Donfried -- Chapter Two: Quotations from Authoritative Sources /Karl Paul Donfried -- Chapter Three: The Intention of Second Clement /Karl Paul Donfried -- Excursus I: The Background of 2 Clem. I:4-8 /Karl Paul Donfried -- Bibliography /Karl Paul Donfried -- I. Textual Indexes /Karl Paul Donfried.

Author : Lamar Waldron
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781619022676

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Watergate: The Hidden History by Lamar Waldron Pdf

While Richard Nixon's culpability for Watergate has long been established—most recently by PBS in 2003—what's truly remarkable that after almost forty years, conventional accounts of the scandal still don't address Nixon's motive. Why was President Nixon willing to risk his reelection with so many repeated burglaries at the Watergate—and other Washington offices—in just a few weeks? What motivated Nixon to jeopardize his presidency by ordering the wide range of criminal operations that resulted in Watergate? What was Nixon so desperate to get at the Watergate, and how does it explain the deeper context surrounding his crimes? For the first time, the groundbreaking investigative research in Watergate: The Hidden History provides documented answers to all of those questions. It adds crucial missing pieces to the Watergate story—information that President Nixon wanted, but couldn't get, and that wasn't available to the Senate Watergate Committee or to Woodward and Bernstein. This new information not only reveals remarkable insights into Nixon's motivation for Watergate, but also answers the two most important remaining questions: What were the Watergate burglars after? And why was Nixon willing to risk his Presidency to get it? Watergate: The Hidden History reexamines the historical record, including new material only available in recent years. This includes thousands of recently declassified CIA and FBI files, newly released Nixon tapes, and exclusive interviews with those involved in the events surrounding Watergate—ranging from former Nixon officials to key aides for John and Robert Kennedy. This book also builds on decades of investigations by noted journalists and historians, as well as long–overlooked investigative articles from publications like Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times.