The Devil Is In The Structure

Author : Barbara Piechocinska
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781387366330

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The Devil is in the Structure by Barbara Piechocinska Pdf

There are underlying structures that quietly tend to control our life. And if we learn to change the structures, we can modify our destiny. By learning to use the perspective of how structure creates fate we can start seeing the invisible strings or tendencies that always draw us and our societies in certain directions. In this book we will look at a variety of examples of structures ranging from biology, psychology, activism, businesses, financial institutions, to socio-economic systems. Instead of acting with force and willpower, we can peacefully re-design the structure and make our desired outcome become a natural consequence. This is key knowledge for anyone designing any type of system, be it a business or a country. It even applies to as diverse issues as child rearing and international strategic planning and diplomacy. Hopefully, by the end of the book the reader will feel equipped to start transforming limiting structures into empowering ones, on anywhere from a personal to global scale.

Author : Ben Jonson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0719030900

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The Devil Is An Ass by Ben Jonson Pdf

This edition contains an introduction which looks at the special place of the play in Jonson's own life, his interest in London, the theatrical setting of the play and its sources and analogues. It also includes critical and explanatory commentaries and a glossarial index.

Author : Vilém Flusser
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781937561420

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The History of the Devil by Vilém Flusser Pdf

In 1939, a young Vilém Flusser faced the Nazi invasion of his hometown of Prague. He escaped with his wife to Brazil, taking with him only two books: a small Jewish prayer book and Goethe’s Faust. Twenty-six years later, in 1965, Flusser would publish The History of the Devil, and it is the essence of those two books that haunts his own. From that time his life as a philosopher was born. While Flusser would later garner attention in Europe and elsewhere as a thinker of media culture, The History of the Devil is considered by many to be his first significant work, containing nascent forms of the main themes that would come to preoccupy him over the following decades. In The History of the Devil, Flusser frames the human situation from a pseudo-religious point of view. The phenomenal world, or “reality” in a general sense, is identified as the “Devil,” and that which transcends phenomena, or the philosophers’ and theologians’ “reality,” is identified as “God.” Referencing Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in its structure, Flusser provocatively leads the reader through an existential exploration of nothingness as the bedrock of reality, where “phenomenon” and “transcendence,” “Devil” and “God” become fused and confused. So radically confused, in fact, that Flusser suggests we abandon the quotation marks from the terms “Devil” and “God.” At this moment of abysmal confusion, we must make the existential decisions that give direction to our lives.

Author : Niall Shanks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198036678

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God, the Devil, and Darwin by Niall Shanks Pdf

In the last fifteen years a controversial new theory of the origins of biological complexity and the nature of the universe has been fomenting bitter debates in education and science policy across North America, Europe, and Australia. Backed by intellectuals at respectable universities, Intelligent Design Theory (ID) proposes an alternative to accepted accounts of evolutionary theory: that life is so complex, and that the universe is so fine-tuned for the appearance of life, that the only plausible explanation is the existence of an intelligent designer. For many ID theorists, the designer is taken to be the god of Christianity. Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of, this controversial new intellectual movement. Shanks locates the growth of ID in the last two decades of the twentieth century in the growing influence of the American religious right. But as he shows, its roots go back beyond Aquinas to Ancient Greece. After looking at the historical roots of ID, Shanks takes a hard look at its intellectual underpinnings, discussing modern understandings of thermodynamics, and how self-organizing processes lead to complex physical, chemical, and biological systems. He considers cosmological arguments for ID rooted in so-called "anthropic coincidences" and also tackles new biochemical arguments for ID based on "irreducible biological complexity." Throughout he shows how arguments for ID lack cohesion, rest on errors and unfounded suppositions, and generally are grossly inferior to evolutionary explanations. While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment.

Author : Harry Eilenstein
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783756801039

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The Biography of the Devil by Harry Eilenstein Pdf

Few religious-mythological figures evoke such fierce emotions as the devil - for this reason alone it is worth taking a closer look at him. He is anything but a uniform figure: he is the god of the wilderness, the archetype of the dead at their re-procreation, the explanation of injustice in a world that a just God is supposed to have created, the prosecutor and executioner at the afterlife court, the god of the heathens, the rebel, the sex demon, the shadow of an entire civilization and even more ... He is the lord of the dead, his hell used to be the burial chamber of the tumuli, the fire of cremation has become the fire of hell and the devil's grandmother used to be the afterlife goddess a long time ago. The devil is what the majority fears - and he is the shadow, the repressed, what is missing - and thus also what is secretly most longed for. In Christianity, the devil is the punished perpetrator in hell and Christ is the redeemed victim in heaven - but who is the one who is whole? Who does not embody the power-molded perpetrator role like the devil, nor the powerlessness-molded victim role like Christ? Who is the one who embodies the independent, sovereign, self-contained and creative power?

Author : George R. Knight
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Mission of the church
ISBN : 0828020124

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If I Were the Devil by George R. Knight Pdf

In some parts of the world it seems the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in danger of settling down into a social club. That is, unless it remembers its mission. With growing secularization, disorientation, and institutionalism, how can the church maintain its identity? How is the church to function considering it was founded on the belief that time is short-yet time keeps going on?Not just for church administrators and academics-this is a call to duty to all church members, a call to become a church alive with passion and purpose. Let these pages reinvigorate you with fresh thoughts about the Adventist mission and how to accomplish it. Because the world doesn't need another social club. It needs to hear God's message.

Author : Jean La Fontaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317035923

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The Devil's Children by Jean La Fontaine Pdf

A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and even death may be blamed on them. The 'cure', nowadays called deliverance rather than exorcism, is to expel the spirits, sometimes by violent means. This book draws together contributions on aspects of possession and witchcraft from leading academics and expert practitioners in the field. It has been put together following conferences held by Inform, a charity that provides accurate information on new religions as a public service. There is no comparable information publicly available; this book is the first of its kind. Eileen Barker, founder of Inform, introduces the subject and Inform's Deputy Director goes on to detail the requests the charity has answered in recent years on the subject of children, possession and witchcraft. This book offers an invaluable resource for readers, whether academic or practitioner - particularly those in the fields of the safeguarding of children, and their education, health and general welfare.

Author : Robert W. Batterman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198033479

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The Devil in the Details by Robert W. Batterman Pdf

Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He maintains that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behavior. With clarity and rigor, he simplifies complex questions about universal behavior, demonstrating a profound understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a valuable new method that is certain to fill explanatory gaps across disciplines.

Author : Sarah Bartels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000348040

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The Devil and the Victorians by Sarah Bartels Pdf

In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre. The Devil and the Victorians will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century English cultural and religious history, as well as the darker side of the supernatural.

Author : István Mészáros
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781583672051

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Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness, Volume 1 by István Mészáros Pdf

This new work (the first in a two-volume series) by the leading Marxian philosopher of our day is a milestone in human self-understanding. It focuses on the location where action emerges from freedom and necessity, thefoundation of all social science. Today, as never before, the investigation of the close relationship between social structure—defined by Marx as "arising from the life-process of definite individuals"—and the various forms of consciousness is particularly important. We can only perceive what is possible by first identifying the historical process that constrains consciousness itself and therefore social action. The relationship between social structure and forms of consciousness discussed in this volume is multifaceted and profoundly dialectical. It requires the presentation of a great wealth of historical material and the assessment of the relevant philosophical literature, from Descartes through Hegel and the Liberal tradition to the present, together with their connections with political economy and political theory. István Mészáros moves beyond both abstract solutions to the surveyed methodological questions and one-sided structuralist evaluation of the important substantive issues, bringing the process of our understanding of social structure and consciousness to a level not previously attained. Above all, in the spirit of the Marxian approach, even the most complicated problems are always analyzed in relation to the major practical concerns of our time. The primary aim of this work is to outline the dialectical intelligibility of historical development toward a viable societal reproductive order. Social Structures and Forms of Consciousness is of the highest importance as both a political and philosophical work, illuminating the place from where we must act, today.

Author : Alistair Barclay,Margaret Gray,George Lambrick
Publisher : Oxford Archaeological Unit
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0947816844

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Excavations at the Devil's Quoits, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, 1972-3 and 1988 by Alistair Barclay,Margaret Gray,George Lambrick Pdf

Report on three seasons of excavation conducted in advance of gravel extraction in 1972, 1973 and 1988 at the Devil's Quoits circle-henge monument near Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. While the stones have gone, evidence has been uncovered for the complete plan. The stratigraphy of the henge ditch (including analysis of sediments and soils) is described. Investigations in the interior uncovered very little pottery but struck flint and animal bone was found. The construction and significance of the monument is discussed. A gazetteer and review of local pre-Iron Age sites places it in its ancient context, while proposals for its preservation and partial reconstruction as a cultural amenity look to its future.

Author : Austin Lineback
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781794759299

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The Devil Deal by Austin Lineback Pdf

Author : Dwight Farnsworth Crowder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Geology
ISBN : ERDC:35925000554250

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Mineral Resources of the Devil Canyon-Bear Canyon Primitive Area, California by Dwight Farnsworth Crowder Pdf

An evaluation of the mineral potential of the area.

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0801494095

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The Devil by Jeffrey Burton Russell Pdf

This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and civilizations.

Author : John Lamphere
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781105766572

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Graft: the devil's diamond by John Lamphere Pdf

The poisoned will and a fog set upon the reaches were a time to war and what may come of the fairer races. Dwarven strongholds and through the southern lands of the pixie where all their magic is set an underground kingdom could this be to a single grain of sand. The great tree will grow again to a time when men were little and far between and the women left to carry the burden of this war. I do not remember when the tree was whole or when it stood so tall but here to see it cleaved at the trunk and its people like the fruit left to rot in the colder sands. I don't remember many things as I used to or the way was the color in that little girl's hair yet there she stood waiting for me to know how this all would play out. My people, this fruit, or anything left for this rotten world is man, the short ones who live in the east and make money on the backs of the proud native. Death has all that is time left to be and this covering is slow to find what we really must become.