Plato S Alarm Clock

Author : James M. Russell
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781782439356

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Plato's Alarm Clock by James M. Russell Pdf

We all like to think we are pretty smart. New medical advances seem to come along every day; space travel suddenly doesn't seem so difficult; self-driving cars are no longer a thing of the future . but if we were stranded on a desert island tomorrow, most of us wouldn't know how to catch a fish or start a fire, let alone rebuild all that extraordinary technology we now rely on. The truth is that we're not necessarily more clever than our ancestors, we just have an accumulation of centuries of technological progress on which we can rely. As this book shows, many of the ancients were much more advanced that we realize - indeed there are recent inventions that had actually been discovered centuries earlier and then forgotten. And what about all those modern day devices and machines that rely on ancient inventions such as paper, levers and gears? From brain surgery in the Stone Age to Chinese whisky from the 7th century BC, to Damascus steel - once the hardest metal in the world, which we no longer know how to make - this insightful book collects together the stories of hundreds of ancient devices, inventions and breakthroughs from around the world and across the centuries, giving us a fascinating glimpse into past eras that were far more technologically advanced than we sometimes realize.

Author : Alice Swift Riginos
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Greece
ISBN : 9004045651

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Platonica by Alice Swift Riginos Pdf

Author : Alvin B. Kernan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0300082673

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In Plato's Cave by Alvin B. Kernan Pdf

In this memoir, Alvin Kernan recalls his life as a student, professor, provost and dean during his career in higher education. He recounts experiences at Columbia, Williams, Oxford, Yale and Princeton against a background of what it was like to work and teach in times of turbulent change.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781501772900

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Plato's "Letters" by Plato Pdf

In Plato's "Letters", Ariel Helfer provides to readers, for the first time, a highly literal translation of the Letters, complete with extensive notes on historical context and issues of manuscript transmission. His analysis presents a necessary perspective for readers who wish to study Plato's Letters as a work of Platonic philosophy. Centuries of debate over the provenance and significance of Plato's Letters have led to the common view that the Letters is a motley collection of jewels and scraps from within and without Plato's literary estate. In a series of original essays, Helfer describes how the Letters was written as a single work, composed with a unity of purpose and a coherent teaching, marked throughout by Plato's artfulness and insight and intended to occupy an important place in the Platonic corpus. Viewed in this light, the Letters is like an unusual epistolary novel, a manner of semifictional and semiautobiographical literary-philosophic experiment, in which Plato sought to provide his most demanding readers with guidance in thinking more deeply about the meaning of his own career as a philosopher, writer, and political advisor. Plato's "Letters" not only defends what Helfer calls the "literary unity thesis" by reviewing the scholarly history pertaining to the Platonic letters but also brings out the political philosophic lessons revealed in the Letters. As a result, Plato's "Letters" recovers and rehabilitates what has been until now a minority view concerning the Letters, according to which this misunderstood Platonic text will be of tremendous new importance for the study of Platonic political philosophy.

Author : Janey Levy
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538265574

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The Achievements of Ancient Greece by Janey Levy Pdf

When you think of the achievements and legacy of ancient Greece, you probably think of art, architecture, and democracy. But ancient Greeks left so much more to the world, and some of their inventions will surprise modern readers. The list includes the lighthouse, the alarm clock, the shower, and trial by jury. This fascinating volume will introduce readers to this and more as they explore the myriad accomplishments of ancient Greece. Thoroughly researched content highlights important social studies concepts.

Author : David M. Goodman,Matthew Clemente
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000895247

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The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Technology by David M. Goodman,Matthew Clemente Pdf

The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Technology uniquely provides a comprehensive overview of human subjectivity in the technological age and how psychoanalysis can help us better understand human life. Presented in five parts, David M. Goodman and Matthew Clemente collaborate with an international community of scholars and practitioners to consider how psychoanalytic formulations can be brought to bear on the impact technology has had on the facets of human subjectivity. Chapters examine how technology is reshaping our understanding of what it means to be a human subject, through embodiment, intimacy, porn, political motivation, mortality, communication, interpersonal exchange, thought, attention, responsibility, vulnerability, and more. Filled with thought-provoking and nuanced chapters, the contributors approach technology from a diverse range of entry points but all engage through the lens of psychoanalytic theory, practice, and thought. This book is essential for academics and students of psychoanalysis, philosophy, ethics, media, liberal arts, social work, and bioethics. With the inclusion of timely chapters on the coronavirus pandemic and teletherapy, psychoanalysts in practice and training as well as other mental health practitioners will also find this book an invaluable resource.

Author : Nicholas D. Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415126053

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Plato Critical Assessments by Nicholas D. Smith Pdf

This set selects the best and most influential examples of Platonic scholarship published in English over the last fifty years, and adds translations of outstanding works published in other languages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Time by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sergey Peruanskiy
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527548985

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A Theory of the Origin and Evolution of Man Based on Hegel’s Philosophy by Sergey Peruanskiy Pdf

This volume provides a scientific justification for the optimal formula of social justice through a critical analysis of the basic principles of Marxism. While interest in Marxism is particularly prevalent in China today, the theory developed here concerning the origins and evolution of man will be of interest to everyone, and will help to contextualise questions of social justice within a scientific framework. By providing a new interpretation of Hegelian thought, alongside a synthesis of the thinking of Darwin and Marx, the book details a law of the development of society, using notable events from world history, particularly the collapse of the USSR, to verify it.

Author : A.G. Smith
Publisher : 4117654 Manitoba Ltée (Éditions des Plaines | Vidacom Publications
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22T15:28:00-04:00
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781989282755

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What Time Is It? by A.G. Smith Pdf

Why are there twelve months in a year? Are there diff erent kinds of time? How does a grandfather clock work? What was a “Nuremberg egg”? Filled with exquisite, detailed illustrations of numerous timekeeping devices from every age, What Time Is It? explains how calendars were invented, how people kept track of time before clocks were used, what time is, and more.

Author : Urmila Sharma,S.K. Sharma
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fascism
ISBN : 8171566839

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Western Political Thought by Urmila Sharma,S.K. Sharma Pdf

The Significance Of Political Thought Cannot Be Overemphasized. The Task Of Understanding The Deeper Implications Of The Present Situation And The Future Planning Can Be Assisted By A Careful Study Of Political Thought Of The Ages. The Study Of Political Thought In The Historical Perspective Leads To Mature Thinking And Enables The Political Leaders To Solve Contemporary Problems In A Better Way.The Political Thought Of Modern World Is Based On Western Political Thought. It Is Always Preferred To Begin The Study Of Political Thought With The Western Thinkers, Better Say Greeks, Because Unlike Their Eastern Counterpart, Their Speculations Are Exclusively Contained In Independent Treatises And Do Not Form Part Of Literature Which Was Predominantly Religious And Ethical. Accordingly, The Present Volume Begins With Homer And Includes In Its Study The Prominent Thinkers Of The West Of All Ages Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Burke To Name But A Few.Analytic In Presentation, The Present Book Is Concise And Easily Comprehensible. Since Its Matter Has Been Drawn From Authentic Originals And The Books Of Eminent Western Authors Have Been Referred To, The Book Aptly Caters With The Academic Needs Of Students Of Political Science. It Provides A Bibliography And Also A List Of Questions Set At Various University Examinations, Aiming At Facilitating The Preparation For Examination. While The Teachers Will Find This Book An Ideal Reference Book, The General Readers Will Find It Highly Informative.

Author : Sylvia Berryman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521763769

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The Mechanical Hypothesis in Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy by Sylvia Berryman Pdf

This book argues against the assumption that the ancient Greeks did not take mechanics seriously.

Author : Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0819183563

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Plato for the Modern Age by Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh Pdf

The first one-volume introduction to Plato's biography with a complete account of his works since A.E. Taylor's. It includes a systematic explanation of Plato's theory of forms and concludes with an application of Plato's ideas to the world today. Designed as an introductory text for the beginning student of philosophy or for the general reader. Originally published in 1979 by Greenwood Press.

Author : Eduard Zeller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317830474

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Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy by Eduard Zeller Pdf

First published in 2000. This is Volume X of ten in the International Library of Philosophy in a series on Ancient Philosophy. Written in 1931, this is the thirteenth edition of outlines of the history of Greek philosophy. The author’s aim was to provide students with the contents of the different philosophic systems and the course of their historical development which should contain all essential features, and also to put into their hands the more important literary references and sources.

Author : Lisa Schelbe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780197568712

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Some Type of Way by Lisa Schelbe Pdf

"At age 17, Plato disclosed that he had been certain his whole life that he would die-most likely by being shot on the street like other Black young men he knew-by the age of 18. As his 18th birthday approached, Plato planned to spend his birthday alone, reflecting on the reality that he might have a future. As he approached adulthood and the transition out of foster care, the many possibilities seemed miraculous to him"--