Consolations

Author : David Whyte
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786897640

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In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for meaning. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Withdrawal', each piece in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.

Author : David Whyte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : English language
ISBN : 1786897636

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David Whyte explores the underlying meaning of 52 ordinary words, with an introduction by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and author of Figuring

Author : David Whyte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 1932887342

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With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with Alone and closing with Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness the appropriate confusion and helplessness that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.

Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307833501

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The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton Pdf

From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems. Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing his work into six sections -- each highlighting a different psychic ailment and the appropriate philosopher -- de Botton offers consolation for unpopularity from Socrates, for not having enough money from Epicurus, for frustration from Seneca, for inadequacy from Montaigne, and for a broken heart from Schopenhauer (the darkest of thinkers and yet, paradoxically, the most cheering). Consolation for envy -- and, of course, the final word on consolation -- comes from Nietzsche: "Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us." This wonderfully engaging book will, however, make us feel better in a good way, with equal measures of wit and wisdom.

Author : Andrew Stark
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300224702

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The Consolations of Mortality by Andrew Stark Pdf

For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality; that true immortality would be awful; and that we experience the kinds of losses in life that we will eventually face in death. Can any of these consolations honestly reconcile us to our inevitable demise? In this timely book, Andrew Stark tests the psychological truth of these consolations and searches our collective literary, philosophical, and cultural traditions for answers to the question of how we, in the twenty-first century, might accept our mortal condition. Ranging from Epicurus and Heidegger to bucket lists, the flaming out of rock stars, and the retiring of sports jerseys, Stark’s poignant and learned exploration shows how these consolations, taken together, reveal death as a blessing no matter how much we may love life.

Author : Peter Damian Akpunonu
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0820467782

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The Overture of the Book of Consolations by Peter Damian Akpunonu Pdf

An inspiration to writers, musicians, and mystics, The Overture of the Book of Consolations summarizes and highlights all the major themes of Deutero-Isaiah. Its predominant theme is consolation - consolation of Israel after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and the depopulation of the kingdom of Judah. The Overture assures Judah that the past is forgiven and Yahweh is ushering in a New Creation, a future more glorious than the Exodus, the march through the desert, where Israel will once again be wedded to her husband: Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.

Author : Charles Drelincourt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Death
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJN4Z

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The Christian's Consolations Against the Fears of Death by Charles Drelincourt Pdf

Author : Dubiell De Zarraga Lago
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780557256587

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Ten Consolations by Dubiell De Zarraga Lago Pdf

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Author : Andrew Preston Peabody
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Consolation
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4UW4

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Christian Consolations by Andrew Preston Peabody Pdf

Author : Andrew Preston Peabody
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385421295

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Christian Consolations. Sermons Designed to Furnish Comfort and Strength to the Afflicted by Andrew Preston Peabody Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : Andrew Stark
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780300219258

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The Consolations of Mortality by Andrew Stark Pdf

Interlude: Mortality versus Immortality: Why Not the Right to Choose? -- PART 4 LIFE INTIMATES DEATH -- thirteen: The Big Sleep -- fourteen: Stardust and Moonshine -- fifteen: Every Time I Say Goodbye, I Die a Little -- Conclusion: My Last Espresso -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

Author : Seneca
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624663703

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Seneca: Selected Dialogues and Consolations by Seneca Pdf

Seneca's dialogues--as his epistolary essays have traditionally been known--offer an ideal path into the philosophical thought of first-century Rome's most famous Stoic, whose compelled suicide in 65 CE (by order of his former pupil Emperor Nero) drew comparisons to the death of Socrates. Notable for, among other things, their portrait of a providential universe and defense of the life of virtue, the nine dialogues included in this volume illustrate the deeply intertwined cosmological and moral arguments of ancient Rome’s chief philosophical alternative to Epicureanism and Academic Skepticism. Peter J. Anderson's new translation conveys the distinctive character of Seneca's style, while striving for accuracy and consistency in its renderings of key terms. His Introduction discusses the dialogues as works of art and situates them in the context of ancient Stoic philosophy as well as the wider philosophical scene. Notes and a glossary are also included.

Author : Rivkah Zim
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691176130

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The Consolations of Writing by Rivkah Zim Pdf

Why writing in captivity is a vitally important form of literary resistance Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances that are reflected in the themes and concerns of its evocative poetry and dialogue between the prisoner and his mentor, Lady Philosophy. This classic philosophical statement of late antiquity has had an enduring influence on Western thought. It is also the earliest example of what Rivkah Zim identifies as a distinctive and vitally important medium of literary resistance: writing in captivity by prisoners of conscience and persecuted minorities. The Consolations of Writing reveals why the great contributors to this tradition of prison writing are among the most crucial figures in Western literature. Zim pairs writers from different periods and cultural settings, carefully examining the rhetorical strategies they used in captivity, often under the threat of death. She looks at Boethius and Dietrich Bonhoeffer as philosophers and theologians writing in defense of their ideas, and Thomas More and Antonio Gramsci as politicians in dialogue with established concepts of church and state. Different ideas of grace and disgrace occupied John Bunyan and Oscar Wilde in prison; Madame Roland and Anne Frank wrote themselves into history in various forms of memoir; and Jean Cassou and Irina Ratushinskaya voiced their resistance to totalitarianism through lyric poetry that saved their lives and inspired others. Finally, Primo Levi's writing after his release from Auschwitz recalls and decodes the obscenity of systematic genocide and its aftermath. A moving and powerful testament, The Consolations of Writing speaks to some of the most profound questions about life, enriching our understanding of what it is to be human.

Author : Seneca
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781329864764

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Consolations from a Stoic by Seneca Pdf

Seneca composed the Consolations while in exile on Corsica during 40-44 AD and used each opportunity to show off in writing his trendy Stoic ideas about life and the universe. His three letters of condolences De Consolatione ad Marciam, De Consolatione ad Polybium and De Consolatione ad Helviam caused a sensation in Rome when they were circulated and before long the disgraced aristocrat was recalled from banishment and given the plum appointment of tutor to the young future emperor Nero. In each work Seneca employs many of the rhetorical devices common to the consolatio tradition while incorporating his unique philosophy. His seemingly positive outlook on his own exile follows the Stoic principle that one should not be upset by uncontrollable events.

Author : Phillips Brooks
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802813534

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The Consolations of God by Phillips Brooks Pdf

Compelling sermons by one of the nineteenth century's finest preachers Best known today as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem, " Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) has been called the greatest American preacher of the nineteenth century. Yet his magnificent sermons, which brought standing-room-only crowds to Trinity Church in Boston, have long been out of print and hard to find. But, thanks to Ellen Wilbur, the illuminating messages delivered by Brooks are once again available in this collection of twelve of his best sermons, allowing modern readers to be touched by the man whom Wilbur describes as "a poet of a speaker, " Upon first immersing herself in his long lost sermons, she felt deeply that his "loftiness of mind and heart shone through his words in such a way that made it easy to imagine rooms of hushed, uplifted people pinned on him, as much astonished by the man as by his teachings." The Consolations of God will appeal to a wide range of readers wanting to deepen their spiritual lives.