Serious Minds

Author : Richard McLauchlan
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781787389748

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Serious Minds by Richard McLauchlan Pdf

The Times hailed Richard Burdon Haldane as ‘one of the most powerful … intellects’ British statesmanship had ever seen. His brother John, a great physiologist, invented the first gas masks used in World War One. Their sister Elizabeth was among the first women to become a senior public servant. Their mother Mary, friend and advisor to top politicians and churchmen, nurtured these exceptional minds. Mary’s grandchildren swapped her traditional roots for radical socialism, but continued the brilliant family legacy. Naomi Mitchison was a doyenne of Scottish literature; one Nobel prizewinner called her brother, the geneticist J.B.S. Haldane, ‘the cleverest man I ever knew’. Like the Darwins and Keyneses, this clan of thinkers lived in rapidly changing times, and helped to remake the world around them. Drawing on extensive family interviews and previously unseen private papers, Serious Mindsdetails scandal, tragedy and achievement within a dynasty that shaped modern Britain–from the welfare state, education system and military, to our understanding of energy, the human body, and the origins of life itself.

Author : Ronald Beiner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812295412

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Dangerous Minds by Ronald Beiner Pdf

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and demise of the Soviet Union, prominent Western thinkers began to suggest that liberal democracy had triumphed decisively on the world stage. Having banished fascism in World War II, liberalism had now buried communism, and the result would be an end of major ideological conflicts, as liberal norms and institutions spread to every corner of the globe. With the Brexit vote in Great Britain, the resurgence of right-wing populist parties across the European continent, and the surprising ascent of Donald Trump to the American presidency, such hopes have begun to seem hopelessly naïve. The far right is back, and serious rethinking is in order. In Dangerous Minds, Ronald Beiner traces the deepest philosophical roots of such right-wing ideologues as Richard Spencer, Aleksandr Dugin, and Steve Bannon to the writings of Nietzsche and Heidegger—and specifically to the aspects of their thought that express revulsion for the liberal-democratic view of life. Beiner contends that Nietzsche's hatred and critique of bourgeois, egalitarian societies has engendered new disciples on the populist right who threaten to overturn the modern liberal consensus. Heidegger, no less than Nietzsche, thoroughly rejected the moral and political values that arose during the Enlightenment and came to power in the wake of the French Revolution. Understanding Heideggerian dissatisfaction with modernity, and how it functions as a philosophical magnet for those most profoundly alienated from the reigning liberal-democratic order, Beiner argues, will give us insight into the recent and unexpected return of the far right. Beiner does not deny that Nietzsche and Heidegger are important thinkers; nor does he seek to expel them from the history of philosophy. But he does advocate that we rigorously engage with their influential thought in light of current events—and he suggests that we place their severe critique of modern liberal ideals at the center of this engagement.

Author : Ian Maclaren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UVA:X030809713

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The Mind of the Master by Ian Maclaren Pdf

Author : William Law (Author of A Serious Call.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000608048

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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ... by William Law (Author of A Serious Call.) Pdf

Author : William Law (Author of “A serious call”, etc.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019682374

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A Serious Call to a Devout & Holy Life. Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians. 17th Ed by William Law (Author of “A serious call”, etc.) Pdf

Author : William Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Christian life
ISBN : PRNC:32101066132752

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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law Pdf

Author : William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026505490

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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ... The Sixteenth Edition, Corrected. To which is Added Some Account of the Author, and Three Letters O a Friend, Etc by William LAW (Author of “A Serious Call, ” etc.) Pdf

Author : William Law,John Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1794
Category : Christian life
ISBN : OXFORD:600097033

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An abridgment of Mr. Law's serious call to a holy life by William Law,John Wesley Pdf

Author : William Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590586248

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A serious call to a devout and holy life. with an intr. essay by D. Young by William Law Pdf

Author : Patrick Fairbairn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Bible
ISBN : YALE:39002007481055

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The Revelation of Law in Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn Pdf

Author : William Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590586258

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A serious call to a devout & holy life, abridged by William Law Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Theology
ISBN : OXFORD:555008300

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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Law
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781598569650

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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law Pdf

Originally published in 1728 at the beginning of the Enlightenment when rational criticism of religious belief was at its peak, William Law’s work succeeded in inspiring the most cynical men of the age with its arguments in favor of a spiritual life. Proclaiming that God does not merely forgive our disobedience, but directly calls us to obedience and to a life completely centered in him, Law declares, “If you will here stop and ask yourself why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but because you never thoroughly intended it.” Law’s prose is packed with vivid imagery and illustrative anecdotes that both reveal what it means to lead a Christian life and unmask the perversion of Christian tenets by secular and spiritual establishments. This challenge of conventional piety and emphasis on Christian perfection directly influenced literary critic Samuel Johnson and historian Edward Gibbon, as well as Cardinal John Henry Newman. John Wesley called Law’s work one of three books that accounted for his first “explicit resolve to be all devoted to God.” Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Henry Venn, William Wilberforce, and Thomas Scott each described reading the book as a major turning point in his life. William Law (1686-1761) was educated at Cambridge, took a teaching position there, and was also ordained in the Church of England. He lost his access to university venues and the parish ministry when he was unable to swear allegiance to the Hanoverian dynasty that replaced the Stuarts as the rulers of Great Britain. Although forbidden the use of pulpit and lecture hall, he preached through his books, including Christian Perfection, The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration, Spirit of Prayer, and Spirit of Love.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2650222

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Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art by Anonim Pdf

The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910

Author : Carolyn Evans,Adrienne Stone
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781743821503

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Open Minds by Carolyn Evans,Adrienne Stone Pdf

Recently the alarm has been raised – basic freedoms are under attack in our universities. A generation of ‘snowflake’ students are shutting out ideas that challenge their views. Ideologically motivated academics are promoting propaganda at the expense of rigorous research and balanced teaching. Universities are caving in and denying platforms to ‘problematic’ public speakers. Is this true, or is it panic and exaggeration? Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone deftly investigate the arguments, analysing recent controversies and delving into the history of the university. They consider the academy’s core values and purpose, why it has historically given higher protection to certain freedoms, and how competing legal, ethical and practical claims can restrict free expression. This book asks the necessary questions and responds with thoughtful, reasoned answers. Are universities responsible for helping students to thrive in a free intellectual climate? Are public figures who work outside of academia owed an audience? Does a special duty of care exist for students and faculty targeted by hostile speech? And are high-profile cases diverting attention from more complex, serious threats to freedom in universities – such as those posed by domestic and foreign governments, industry partners and donors?