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Free Download The Cambridge Companion to Plutarch (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Frances B. Titchener, Alexei V. Zadorojnyi
English | July 13th, 2023 | ISBN: 0521176565, 0521766222 | 522 pages | True EPUB | 11.62 MB
Plutarch is one of the most prolific and important writers from antiquity. His Parallel Lives continue to be an invaluable historical source, and the numerous essays in his Moralia, covering everything from marriage to the Delphic Oracle, are crucial evidence for ancient philosophy and cultural history.

Free Download The Naturalist’s Companion: A Field Guide to Observing and Understanding Wildlife by Dave Hall
English | August 17, 2022 | ISBN: 1680515764 | 208 pages | PDF | 16 Mb
Practical guidance on how to achieve a deeper level of nature observationFrom the co-founder of Primitive Pursuits, renowned nature awareness programProvides concrete tools for improving the depth and quality of outdoor experiences

Free Download Gerald A. Press, "The Bloomsbury Companion to Plato "
English | ISBN: 1474250912 | 2015 | 384 pages | EPUB | 712 KB
Plato, mathematician, philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, is, together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, universally considered to have laid the foundations of Western philosophy. The Bloomsbury Companion to Plato provides a comprehensive and accessible study guide to Plato’s thought.

Free Download Sami Pihlström, "The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism "
English | ISBN: 1474235735 | 2015 | 360 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today.

Free Download Anna Christina Ribeiro, "The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics "
English | ISBN: 1474236375 | 2015 | 368 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The Bloomsbury Companion to Aesthetics presents a practical study guide to emerging topics and art forms in aesthetics and the philosophy of art.

Free Download Adrian Curtin, "The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre Ed 208"
English | ISBN: 1474495044 | 2023 | 488 pages | PDF | 20 MB
Instead of treating modernism principally as a thing of the past, this volume highlights modernism as an impulse that can be carried forward to the present, re-embodied and re-encountered in theatrical performance. It demonstrates how modernist impulses spark contemporary theatre in electric and dynamic ways, continuing the modernist imperative to ‘make it new’ and to engage meaningfully with the complicated situation of living in the contemporary world. Through a diverse set of contributions from scholars and theatre practitioners, this book examines the legacy of modernism on the world stage in acts of remembrance, restaging, transmission and slippage. It investigates both well-known and less familiar aspects of modernist theatre history, engaging topics such as the revival of the first Black American musical, feminist and disability-led reinterpretations of canonical modernist plays, the use of modernist-inspired performance practice in contemporary university arts education and the continually contested meaning and importance of the avant-garde.

Free Download Sandy Shaw, "The Life Extension Companion"
English | 1984 | ISBN: 044651277X, 0446382302 | PDF | pages: 452 | 20.5 mb
Filled with charts, diagrams, and cartoons, this guide details numerous specific, scientifically validated techniques for improving the quality of life, with information on topics including healthy hair and skin, phobias, cancer, and pollution

Free Download Joshua R. Farris, Charles Taliaferro, "The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 113805156X, 1472410939 | PDF | pages: 405 | 3.6 mb
In recent scholarship there is an emerging interest in the integration of philosophy and theology. Philosophers and theologians address the relationship between body and soul and its implications for theological anthropology. In so doing, philosopher-theologians interact with cognitive science, biological evolution, psychology, and sociology. Reflecting these exciting new developments, The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is a resource for philosophers and theologians, students and scholars, interested in the constructive, critical exploration of a theology of human persons. Throughout this collection of newly authored contributions, key themes are addressed: human agency and grace, the soul, sin and salvation, Christology, glory, feminism, the theology of human nature, and other major themes in theological anthropology in historic as well as contemporary contexts.

Free Download David Elstein, "Dao Companion to Contemporary Confucian Philosophy"
English | 2020 | pages: 644 | ISBN: 3030564738 | PDF | 14,2 mb
This edited volume presents a comprehensive examination of contemporary Confucian philosophy from its roots in the late 19th century to the present day. It provides a thorough introduction to the major philosophers and topics in contemporary Confucian philosophy. The individual chapters study the central figures in 20th century Confucian philosophy in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, as well as the important influences on recent Confucian philosophy. In addition, topical chapters focus on contemporary Confucian theory of knowledge, ethics, politics, aesthetics, and views of human nature. The volume brings together scholars from around the world to provide a sound overview of the philosophy of the period and illustrate the important current debates. Confucian philosophy has been undergoing a revival in China for more than three decades, and this book presents the most significant work of the past century and more. By giving a detailed account of the philosophical positions involved, explaining the terminology of contemporary Confucian philosophy, and situating the views in their historical context, this volume enables the reader to understand what is at stake and evaluate the arguments.

Free Download Ato Quayson, "The Cambridge Companion to the City in World Literature "
English | ISBN: 1316517888 | 2023 | 300 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book forges new ground in the relationship between cities and World Literature. Through a series of essays spanning a variety of metropolises, it shows how cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic conceptualizations, global imaginaries, and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to understanding World Literature and its debates. Alongside an introduction and three theoretical chapters, each chapter focuses on a particular city in the Global North or Global South, and brings World Literary debates―on translation, literary networks, imperial and migrant imaginaries, centers and peripheries―into conversation with the urban literary histories of Beijing, Bombay/Mumbai, Dublin, Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Lagos, London, Mexico City, Moscow and St Petersburg, New York, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney.