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Aristotle & Dante 2 Aristotle and Dante 2 Blackwell philosophy and popculture series Great courses (DVD) Great ideas of philosophy Great ideas of philosophy II Great Philosophers Modern philosophy (Princeton, N.J.) The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series The perennial philosophy seriesAristotle
Summary: Contains two works by ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, including "Poetics," a critique of the literature of his time with reference to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; and "Rhetoric," a discussion of the role of language in achieving precision and clarity of thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Library 1981
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 808.5 ARIAristotle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1954
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Summary: Traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1972
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this program, the far-reaching philosophical ideas of Plato's star pupil are examined by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and noted Brown University professor Martha Nussbaum. Aristotle overcomes Plato's dualism of the intelligible and sensible worlds with his principle of the inseparable nature of eternal matter and form. The principles of potentiality and actuality are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What do modern art, a symphony, and a documentary film have in common? They all require aesthetic considerations. This program presents the ideas of key figures in the shaping and understanding of aesthetics-from Plato, Francis Hutcheson, and Kant to Leon Battista Alberti, Stendhal, and Tolstoy-and addresses pivotal writings, including Aristotle's Poetics and Morris Weitz's "The Role of Theory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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ARISTOTLE
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1947
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil AristotleSummary: Bryan Magee-world-renowned author and professor-and Sir Isaiah Berlin, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and biographer of Karl Marx, answer fundamental questions such as "What is philosophy?" "Why does it matter?" and "Why should anybody be interested in it today?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Hilary Putnam of Harvard examine current philosophical thought that dismisses the primacy and infallibility of mathematical logic and the scientific method. Modern thinkers, such as Einstein, are credited with introducing interpretive logic into their scientific theories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What is "the good," and why is it that one can never step into the same river twice? This program featuring Princeton University's Alexander Nehamas and Richard Sorabji, honorary fellow at Wolfson College, the University of Oxford, addresses core topics in ancient philosophy such as freedom and fate, permanence and change, happiness, the nature of the cosmos, and the immortality of the soul....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Summary: "Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must learn what it means to stay in love-and to build their relationship in a world that doesn't seem to want them to exist. In their senior year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2021
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAESummary: Who should lead the world's only superpower? When is it acceptable to topple another country's leader? Are personal freedom and national security mutually incompatible? The answers to urgent political questions such as these are informed by 23 centuries of discourse that started with The Republic. This program focuses successively on the pivotal ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Herman, Arthur
Summary: A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Randome House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 HERKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 KLEContents: Humanity is overrated : House on life -- Selfish, base animals crawling across the earth : House and the meaning of life / Henry Jacoby -- House and Sartre : hell is other people? / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Is there a superman in the House? : a Nietzschean point of view / David Goldblatt -- House and moral luck / Jane Dryden -- Welcome to the end of the thought process : House's logic and method...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HOUSamuelson, Scott
Contents: Portrait of you as Odysseus -- Portrait of philosophy as Socrates -- The exquisite materialism of Epicurus -- The mysterious freedom of the Stoic -- The ecstasy without a name -- In nightmares begins rationality -- The terrifying distance of the stars --The moral worth of a teardrop -- The beast that is and is not.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Univ of Chicago Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 SAMSummary: "An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it George R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it, have earned critical acclaim and inspired fanatic devotion. This book delves into the many philosophical questions that arise in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil JacobySummary: Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique explores a wide range of philosophical questions surrounding the most popular female superhero of all time, from her creation as feminist propaganda during World War II up to the first female lead in the blockbuster DC movie-franchise. -The first book dedicated to the philosophical questions raised by the complex and enduringly iconic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil HeldSummary: The areas in which philosophy and literature overlap are examined in this program by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Style and structure in philosophical writing are compared and contrasted with those in literature. The narrative abilities of Plato, Schopenhauer, and Kant are examined. Philosophy's predilection for accepting only literature that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Ernesto "Che" Guevara was both a romantic and a rebel, honored by many for his commitment to liberation yet vilified by others as a rogue. This compelling program traces the life of a man whose idealism and determination gripped the imagination of an era. Interviews with family members, partisans, enemies, and others-including the photographer who immortalized him-share their recollections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Schaya, Leo
Contents: Some universal aspects of Judaism -- The meaning of the Temple -- The mission of Elias -- The Sinaitic theophany according to the Jewish tradition -- Torah and Kabbalah -- Creation, the image of God -- The great name of God -- The worldview of the Kabbalah -- Contemplation and action in Judaism and Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Natl Book Network 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 296.16 SCHFisher, Steven
Summary: The Startup Equation leads you step by step through the decisions and data to find your perfect startup model. You'll learn how to identify your “entrepreneurial type” and follow the book’s visual roadmap to building your own successful business plan for your unique dream. The book provides the blueprint for not only understanding the startup economy, but the challenges and opportunities for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill Education 2016
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Summary: Uses jokes, cartoons, and philosophy to expose what politicians really mean, analyzing quotations from everyone from Condoleezza Rice to Al Sharpton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401.41 CATSummary: The "Long Debate" on the nature of truth, the scale of real values, the life one should aspire to live, the character of justice, the sources of law, and the terms of civic and political life is encompassed by the name philosophy. Three persistent themes--understood as problems--are knowledge, conduct, and governance, on which there is a storehouse of insights, some so utterly persuasive as to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREBlack, Yuwanda
Summary: "A step-by-step guide to becoming successful as a freelancer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2016