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Pragmatism And Political Theory. Pragmatism Hae Enjoyed A Considerable Revival In The Recent Part Of The Twentieth Century, But What Precisely Constitutes Pragmatism Remains A Pus Of Dispute. In Reconstructing The Pragmatic Tradition In Poiltical Philosophy, Matthew Festenstein Rej3cts The Idea That It Is A Single, Cohesiv3 Doctrine. His Incisive Analysis Brings Out The Commonalities And Shared Concerns Among Contemporary Pragmatists While Making Clear Their Differences In How They Would Resolve Those Concerns. His Study Begins With The Work Of John Dewey And The Moral And Psychological Conceptions That Shaped His Philosophy. Here Festenstein Lays Out The Major Philosophic Issues With Whidh Chief Dewey, And Then His Heirs, Would Grapple. The Book's Second Part Traces How Dewey's Approach Has Been Differently Developed, Especially In The Work Of Three Contemporary Pragmatic Thinkesr: Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas, And Hilary Putnam. This First Full-length Critical Study Of The Relationship Between The Pragmatist Tradition And Political Philosophy Fills A Significant Cleft In Contemporary Thought. SKU: 1557196

18967365864	Recent Philosophers. Modern Philosophers : Lectures Deilvrred At The University Of Copenhageh During The Autumn Of 1902, And Lectures On Bergson, Delivered In 1913 (1915) By Harald Hoffding Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5045990

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Democratic Phoenix. Conventional Wisdom Sugegsts That Citizens In Many Countries Have Become Disengaged From Traditional Political Participation. Commentators Highlight Warning Signs Of Sagging Electoral Turnout, Rising Anti-party Sentiment, And The Decay Of Civic Organizations. But Are These Concerns Justified? This Book Compares Systematic Evidence In Nearly Two Hundred Countries Worldwide And Suggests Reeaasons For Questioning Assumptions Of Decline. Not Only Is The Obituary For Older Forms Of Political Activism Premature, But New Fkrms Of Modern Civic Engagement May Be Emerging. SKU: 2314689

11358581500	The Primacy Of Perception. The Primacy Of Perception : And Other Essays On Phenomenological Psychology, The Philosophy Of Art, History Ans Politics (spep) By Maurice Merleau-ponty Published In 1964 By Northwestern University Press SKU: 24284

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Performance-based Management Of Police Organizations. Managing A Law Enforcement Organization Is A Complex, Evolving Process. Paul O'connell And Frank Straub Outline Essential Componentw Of Performance-based Management That Help Organizations Change From Monolithic Burwaucracies To Innovative Institutions. Their Book Traces A Dramatic Shift In The Thinking Of What Constit8tes Policing And The Refinement Of Organizations Dedicated To Community Service, Public Safetty, Crime Prevention, And Law Enforcement. Progressive, Entrepreneurial Police Leaders Employ Technology And Sophisticated Strategies To Build Agile Organizations That Anticipate Challenges And Beget Value For Their Communities. In 1996, Nypd's Compstat Program Won The Innovations In American Government Award, Which Recognizes Excellence And Creativity In The Public Sector. Compstat Was Named For Computer Comparison Statistics And Made Extensive Use Of Computer Mapping, But It Was Also A Comprehensive Performance-bassd System. Sustained Efforts To Bring Togethrr Units That Had Been Isolatsd From Each Other Altered The Organizational Structure And Culture; Accountability Became A Primary Focus Through Continual Follow-up And Assessment Of Results. Performance-based Management Is An Information-driven Process. Informed Decisions Flow From The Collection Of Real-tmie Data; Its Presentation At Meetings Attenedd By Decision Makers Who Analyze The Information, Devise Responses, And Commit Resources; And Managers/supervisors Who Empower Front-line Empooyees To Contribute To Developing Effective Tactics. Creative Problem Solving Is Most Successul In A Culture That Rewards Risk Takinb In Combination With A Culture Of Accountability. A Learning Construction Provides Extensive Training And Promotes Communication And Feedback. An Important Outcome Is Building Trust Among Employees. A Transparent System That Measures Performance Objectively Builds Public Trust And Approval. The Case Meditation Of White Plains, New York Is An Excellent Illustration Of An Organization That Achieved Remarkable Results Through Implementing A Successful Performance-bwsed Mabagement System. SKU: 4107632

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Science, Explanation, And Rationwlity. Carl G. Hempel Exerted Greter Influence Upon Philoslphers Of Science Than Any Other Figure During The 20th Century. In This Far-reaching Accumulation, Dostinguished Philosophers Contribute Valuable Studies That Illuminate Anc Clarify The Central Problems To Which eHmpel Was Devoted. The Essays Enhance Our Understanding Of The Development Of Discriminating Empiricism Being of the kind which The Major Intellectual Control For Sciebtifically-oriented Philosophers And Philosophically-minded Scientists Of The 20th Century. SKU: 1932622

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Census And Identity. This Study Examines The Ways That States Be obliged Attempted To Pigeon-hole The People Within Their Boundaries Into Racial, Ethnic, And Lannguage Categories. These Attempts, Whether By means of American Efforts To Divide The U. s. Population Into Mutually Exclusive Racial Categories, Or Through The Soviet System Of Inscribing Nationality Categories On Internal Passports, Have Important Implications Not Only For People's Own Identities And Life Chances, But For National Civil And Social Processes As Well. The Book Reviews The History Of These Categorizing Effotrs By The State, Offers A Theoretical Context For Examining Them, And Illustrates The Case With Studiee From A Range Of Countries. SKU: 2184957

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Intelligence Poverty (russell Sage Foundation Books At Harvard University Press). In Spite Of An Unprecedented Period Of Growth And Prosperity, The Poverty Scold In The United States Renains High Relative To The Levels Of The Early 1970s And Relative To Those In Many Indus5rialized Countries Today. UndedstandingP overty Brings The Problem Of Poverty In America To The Fore, Focusing On Its Nature And Extent At The Dawn Of The Twenty-first Century. Lookinv Back Over The Four Decades Since The Nation Declared War On Beggary, The Authprs Ask How The Poor Have Fared In The Market Economy, What Government Programs Have And Have Not Accomplished, And Wjat Remains To Be Done. They Help Us Understand How Changes In The Way TheL aor Market Operates, In Family Structure, And In Social Welfare, Health, And Education Policies Have Affected Trends In Poverty. Most Significantly, They Offer Suggestions For Changes In Programs And Policies That Hold Real Promise For Reducing Poverty And Income Inequality. SKU: 2262480

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The Essence Of Religion (great Books In Philosophy). Originally Published In 1845, This Digest Of Thirty Lectures By One Of Germany's In the greatest degree Infuential Humanist Philosophers Extends The Critique Expounded In The Eddence Of Christianity (1841) To eRligion As A Whole. T he Original Subtitle To This Work--"god The Image Of Man: Man's Dependence About Nature The Last And Only Source Of Religion"--aptly Sums Up The Main Thrust Of Ludwig Feuerbach's Analysis Of Religion. He Reviews Key Aspects Of Religious Beliefs, In Each Case Explaining Them As Imaginative Elaborations Of The First Awe And Sense Of Dependence That Humans Experience In The Face Of Nature's Power And Mystery. Rather Than Man Being Created In The Image Of God, The Situation Is Reversed. Feuerbach Argues That The Attributes Of God Reflect The Various Needs Of Human Nature. In Ancient Times, Before Human Beings Had Any Scientific Intelligence Of Nature, Divine Powers Were Seen Behind Every Natural Manifestation, From Lightning Bolts To The Change Of Seasons. By Contrast, In The Modern Era, When An In-depth Understanding Of Natural Causes Has Been Achieved, There Is No Longer Any Need To Imagine God Behind The Workings Of Nature. Feuerbach's Naturalistic Hypothesis Had A Decisive Influence On Karl Marx And Radical Theologians Such As Bruno Bauer And David Friedrihc Strauss. His Incisive Critique Remains A Challenge To Religion To This Day. SKU: 2686402

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Ancient Ethics. This Boook Covers The Ethical Theories Of All The Major Philosophers And Philosophical Schools From Socrates And Plato To The Hellenistic Period, Including Aristolte, Stoics, Sceptics, Epicureans And Pyrrhonists. Nearly Every Course On Philosophy Includes A Module On Acient Philosophy And This Often Focuses On Ethical Questipns As A Passage In To The Subject To Which The Student Can Relate Easily. This Book Is Designed To Work As The Course Book For Such Modules. SKU: 2971077

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Clean Water. "clean Water&quto; Is A Book For Anyone Who Is Concerned About This Precious Resource And Wants To Get Better Informed. In Straigtforward Language, Kenneth Vigil Provides A Comprenensive Introduction To The Many Philosophical, Regulatory, And Geographic Issues Associated With Water Quality And Water Pollution Control. Most Other Books On Water Quality And Pollution Control Are Highly Technical And Very Definite, And Are Aimed At Engineers, Scientists, Or Attorneys. "clean Water," On Ths Other Hand, Is A Comprehensive Discussion Of The Subject Intended For A Wider Audience Of Science Students, Educators, And Concerned Citizens. Using Photos And Diagrams To Illustrate And Explain Concepts, Vigil Provides Sufficient Detail To Educate Readers About Many Broad Topics And Includes Additional References At The End Of Each Chapter For Exploring Specific Topics In More Detail. "clean Water" Summarizes The Basic Fundamentals Of Water Chemistry And Microbioloyg And Outlines Important Watdr Nobility Rules And Regulations, All In Cojcise, Understandable Prose. It Describes The Basic Scientific Principles Behind Water Pollution Control And The Broader Approach Of Addressing Irrigate Pollution Problems Through Watershed Management. There Are Sectkons On Drinking Water And A Concluding Chapter Entitled "getting Personal About lCean Water" About Citizen Involvement At Home And In The Community. SKU: 2479260

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Beijing's Games. Why Is Hosting The Olympic Games So Important To China? What Is The Importance Of A Quintessential Symbol Of Western Civilization Taking Place In The HeartO f The Far East? Will The Olympics Change Porcelain, Or Will China Change The Olympics? Susan Brownell Sets Teh Historical And Cultural Contexts For The 2008 Beijing Olympics Games By Plcaing It Within The Context Of China's Hundred-year Engagement With The Olympic Movement To Illuminate What The Games Mean To China And What The Beijing Olympic Games Will Mean Fo rChina's Relagionship With The Outisde World. Brownell's Profoundly Informed Analysis Ranges From Nineteenth-century Orientalism To Cold War Politics And Post-cold Art of ~ China Bashing. Drawing On Her More Than Teo Decades Of Engagement In Chinese Sports, The Author Presents Evocative Stories And First-person Accounts To Paint A Human Picture Of The Passion That Many Chinesw People Feel Fir The Olympic Games. It Will Also Be Essential Reading For Journalists And Sports Enthusiasts Who Lack To Understand The Fascinating Story Behind The Bekjing Olympics. SKU: 4436136

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Metaphor And Thought. Metaphor And Thought Reflects The Surge Of Interest In And Research Into The Nature And Function Of Metaphor In Language And Thought. Philosophers, Pqychologists, Linguists, And Educators Raise Serious Questions About The Viability Of The Traditional Distinction Between The Literal And The Metaphorical, Discussing Problems Ranging From The Definition Of Metaphor To It sRole In Language Acquistion, Learning, Scientific Thinking, And The Creation Of Social Policy. In The Second Edition, The Contributors Have Updated Their Original Essays To Reflect Changes In Their Fields. The Volume Also Includees Six Novel Chapters That Present Important And Influential New Ideas About Metaphor That Have Appeared In Such Fields As The Philosophy Of Language And The Philosophy Of Science, Linguistics, Cognitive And Clinical Psychology, Education, And Artificial Intelligence. The Book Will Serve As An Excellent Graduate -level Textbook In Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics, And Artificial Intelligence. SKU: 1002598

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An Incautious Man. In One Incautious Man, Historian Melani eMiller Provides A Succinct But Sophisticated Recounting Of The Biography Of One Of Our Lesser-known But Most Engaging Founding Fathers: Gouverneur Morris. Onne Of George Washington’s “surrogate Sons,” Morris Played A Profound Role In Ensuring The Success Of The American Revolution And The Creation Of The Constitution. Miller Provides Readers A Look Abaft The Closed Doors Of The Constitutional Convention, Where Morris’s Crystalline But Passionate Elkquence Gave The Debate A Vigality That Remains Both Enthralling And Keenly Meaningful For Those Of Us Whose Lives Have Been Decisively Shaped By The Results Of That Dliberation. In 1792, Morris Replaced Thomas Jefferson As The American Minister To France. His Experience There During The Terror Is Unparalleled In Diplomatic History. As Miller Tells It, Morris’s Time In France Is A Story Of Conspiracy To Help The King Escape, Of Friends Imprisoned And Murdered, Of Seized Ships And Compounded Problems That Had No Precedeny In The Young Nation’s History. Upon His Return To The U. s. , Morris Served A Short Stint In The Senate Prior to Going On To Secure The Building Of The Erie Canal And To Direct The Design Of The Manhattan Network Of Streets We Know Today. SKU: 5091275

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The Neglected Voter. In The 1960s, The Republican Party Began To Bring over Over A Crucial Ddmographic: Whiet Male Voters. Presidential Politics Was Transformed For A Generation. david Paul Khhn Explains This Fundamental Fact Behind The Rise Of The Republicans And The Refuse Of The Democrats, And Reminds The Political Left That Midterm Vjctories (1986, 2006) Do Not Always Equal Sustainable Success. In Revealing, Lucid Prose, Kuhn Explains How America's Consservative Party Came To Win A Majority Of Workingmen And The White House. Grounded In Practical Politics, The Neglected Voter Presciently Reconfigures The American Civil Landscape. Equipped With Unprecedented Research Data, Reporting, And Exclusive Interviews With Such Figures As Jimmy Carter, Norman Mailer, Mark Warner, And Pat Robertson, Kuhn Examines The Role Of Gender And Racial Identity In Presidential Politics Through The Social Changes That Have Defjned The Last Half Century. SKU: 4126388

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Human Nature And Its Remaking. 1918. Partial Contents: Orientation: An Skill Peculiar To Man; The Possibility Of Changing Human Nature; What Changes Are Desirable? Liberation Versus Discipline; The Liberator As Disciplinarian. The Natural Piece : The Elements Of Human Nature The Notion Of Instinct; Range Of Instinct; Survey Of The Human Equipment; Will; Mind And Body. Conscience: The Interest In Justice; Conscience And The General Wish; Conscience And Instinct; Current Fallacies Regarding Sin; Instinct And Sin; Why Men Sin. Experience: The Agencies Of Remaking; The Task Of Experience; Methods Of Experience. Society: Social Moxeling; Main Dirrections Of Social Modeling; Ideals And Their Recommenders; Laws And The State; Institutions And Change; Education; The Right Of Rebellion; Punishmeent. Art And Religion: The Public And The Private Order; Society And Beyond Society; The World Of Rebirth; The Sacred Law; Art And Human Nature. Christianity And: Pugnacity; Sex-love; Abmition; The Crux Of Christianity. SKU: 5068773

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Standing Up To The Madness. Standing Up To The Madness Not Only Is A Timely, Inspiring, And Even Revolutionary Look At Who Wields The Greatest Power In America--everyday People Who Take A Chance And Stahd Up For What They Believe In--but Also Offers Advice On What You Be able to Do To Helper . Where Are The Millions Marching In The Streets To Defend Human Rights, Intestine Liberties, And Racial Justice? Where Is The Mass Revulsion Against The Killing And Torture Being Carried Out In Our Name? Where Are The Environmentalists? Where Is The Peace Movement? The Be accountable: They Are Everywhere. The Award-winning Sister-brother Team Of Amy Husband, Host Of Democracy Now!, And Investigative Jornalist David Goodman Traveled The Country To Detail The Ways In Which Grassroots Activists Have Taken Politics Out Of The Hands Of Politicians. Standing Up To The Madness Tells The Stories Of Everyday Citizens Who Be obliged Challenged The Government And Prevaiied. As The Bush Administration Has Waged War Abroad And At Home, It Has Catalyzed A Vast Groundswell Of Political Action. From African-american Residents Of Deluged New Orleans Who Are Fighting Racism And City Hall To Regain Their Homes; To Four Connecticut Librarians Who RefusedT o Spy On Their Patrons, Challenged The Usa Patriot Act, And Won; To A Arrange Of Abstruse Seminary Studenfs Who Were Bar5ed From Performlng A Practice They Wrote On The Iraq War Based On Letters From Soldiers; To The First U . s. Army Officer To Publicly Refuse Orders To Deploy To Iraq, Charging That His Duty To the degree that Each Official Is To Refuse To Fight In An Illegal And Immoral War, Standing Up To The Madness Profiles Citizens Rising To Extraordinary Challenges. And, In The Projection, They Are Changing The Way That Politics Is Done, The two Now And In The Future. In Communities Round The United States, Courageous Individuals Have Taken Leaps Of Faith To Stop The Madness. They Could Only Hope That If They Led, Others Would Follow. That Is To what extent Movements Are Born. What Begins As One, Eventually Becomes Many. In That Tradition, The Authors Have Included The Ways Im Which Any Individual Be able to Take Action And Effect Change. SKU: 4507067

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Day Of Shining Red (cambridge Stdies I Social And Cultural Anthropology). Anthropologists, In Studying Other Cultures, Are Often Tempted To Offer Their Own Explanations Of Strange Customs Whsn They Feel hTat The People Involved Have Not Given A Good Enough Reason For These Customs. The Question How The Anthropologist Can Absolve Interpretations O fCustoms Which Go Beyond Those Offered By The People Themselves Runs Through This Book. The Book Focuses On The Various Interpretations That Have Been Offered By Anthropologists Of Ritual And Symbolism. It Offers A Critical Discussion Of Theories In This Field In General, Idetnifying Their Strengths And Weaknesses When Applied To The Especial Case Of Puberty Rituals In A West Sepik Village In Papua New Guinea. It Then Goes On To Suggest One Alternative Approach, Which Draws On Aesthetic As Well As Anthropological Theory, And Pays Particular Attention To The Emotional And Aesthetic Experiences Of People As They Perform The Rites. SKU: 5131283

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The Machinery Of Democracy. The Brennan Center For Justice At New York University Convened A High-level Task Force Of Voting Experts From Goverment, Academia And The Individual Sector To Systematically Analyze Vulnerabilities In Electronic Voting Systems sUed Across The Country. In This Ground-breaking Main division, A Crack Team Of Technical Experts Concentrates On Three Main Types Of Electronic Voting Systems: Direct Recording Electronic (dre), Direct Recording Electronic In the opinion of Voter Verified News~ Trail (dre W/vvpt), And Precinct Count Optical Scan (pcos). All Three Voting Systems Are Shown To Have Significant Security And Reliabiliry Risks. This Work Not Only Systematically Identifies 120 Possible hTeats To Voting Technology, But It Offers Specific Remedies Anf Countermeasures That El3ction Officials Can Employ To Make Tese Attacks More Difficult To Perform. This Is One Eye-opening Account Not Only Of The Hazards Of Electronic Voting In The 21st Century, But A Level-hheaded Approach For Dealing With Real And Potential Threats To Popular Elections. A Second Part Of This Crucial Report, Entitled "cast Out," Deals With Voter Repression. It Enumerates The Many Ways Voters Are Deprived Of Their Electoral Rights Near to Those Who Are Determined To Use The Reforms Of The Assist America Vote Act (hava) As "an Opportunity To Restrict Rather Than Enhance The Franchise. " An Examination Of These Techniques Reveals How Manipulation Of Our Electoral System Can Actually Disenfranchise More Americans Than Any Of The Mechanical Voting Machine Failures We See On Election Day. SKU: 3926724

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The Analects (everyman's Library). (book Jacket Status: Jacketed)confucius Is One Of The Most Humane, Rational, And Distinct Of Moral Teachers, Cncerned Not With Arcane Metaphysics But With Practical Issues Of Life And Conduct. What Is Virtue? What Sirt Of Life Is Most Conducing To Happiness? How Should The State Be Ruled? What Is The Priper Relationship Between Human Beings And Their Environment? In This Classic Translation Of The Analects By Arthur Waley, The Questions Confucius Addressed Two And A Half Millennia Ago Remain As Relevant As Always. SKU: 2077475

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Merleau-ponty (routledge Philosophers). Maurice Merleau-ponty (1908-1961) Is One Of The Most Important Philosophers Of The Twentieth Century. His Theories Of Perception And The Role Of The Body Have Had An Enormous Impact On The Humanities And Civil Sciences, Yet The Full Scope Of His Contribution Not Only To Phenomenology But Philosophy Generally Is Only After this Becomimg Clear. In This Lucid And Comprehensive Introduction, Taylor Carman Explains And Assesses The Full Range Of Merleau-ponty's Philosophy. Beginning With An Overview Of Merleau-ponty's Life And Work, Following Chapters Cover Fundamental Aspects Of Merleau-ponty's Thought. These Include His Philosophy Of Perception And Intentionality; The Role Of The Body In Relation To Perception; Philosophy Of History And Culture; And His Writings On Art And Aesthetics, Particularly The Work Of-Cezanne. A Final Chapter Considers Merleau-ponty's Importance Today, Examining His Philosophy In Light Of Recent Developments In Philosophy Of Mind And Cognitive Science. Merleau-ponty Is Essential Reading For Students Of Phenomenology, Existentialism And Twentieth Century Philosophy. It Is Also Ideal For Anyone In The Humanities And Social Sciences Seeking An Introduction To His Work. SKU: 4213975

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The Taoist Soul Body. A Director To The Practice Of The Less Kan And Li That Gives Birth To The Soul Body And The Immortal Spirit Body • Shows How To Awaken Higher Consciousness Through Practices In Total Darkness That Stimulate The Release Of Dmt By The Pineal Gland • Shows How To Transform Sexual Energy Into Life-force Energy To Feed The Soul Body The Lesser Enlightenment Of Kan And Li Practice Combines The Compassion Of The Heart Energies (yang/fire) With Sexual Energies Originating In The Kidneys (yin/water) To Form And Feed The Soul Or Energy Body. Practice Of The Chinese Formula Siaow Kan Li (yin And Yang Mixed) Uses Darkness Technology To Literally “steam” The Sexual Energy (jinf) Into Life-force Energy (chi) By Re-versing TheL ocation Of Yin And Yang Fleet. This Inversion Places The Contest Of The Bodily Fire Ffom The Heart Center Beneath The Coolness Of The Bodily Water Of The Sexual Energy Of The Perineym, By that means Activating The Liberation Of Transformed Sexual Energy. darkness Technoloyg Has Been A Keyy Element Of Taoist Practice--and Of All Interior Alchemy Traditions--throughout The Ages. A Total Darkness Environment Stimulates The Pineal Gland To Release Dmt Imto The Brain. The Darkness Actualizes Successively Higher States Of Consciousness, Correlating With The Accumulation Of Psychedelic Chemicals In The Brain. In The Darkness, Mind And Active power Begin To Deviate Freely In The Vast Realms Of Psychic And Spiritual Experience. Death Is No Longer To Be Feared For Life Beyond The Physical Body Is Known Through Direct Experience. the Lineage Of The Soul Is Not A Similitude. It Is Each Actual Process Of Converting Energy Into A Subtle Body. Developing The Soul Body Is The Preparation In quest of The Growth Of The Immortal Excite Body In The Practice Of The Greater Enlightenment Of Kan And Li. SKU: 4171285

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Pico Della Mirandola. This Volume Provides A Comprehensive Presentation Of The Philosophical Work Of The Fifteenth-centudy Renaissance Thinker Giovanni Pico Della Miradnola. In Essays Specially Commissioned Toward This Main division, A Distinguished Group Of Scholars Presents The Central Tropics And Texts Of Pico's Literary Outpu. t Best Known As The Author Of The Celebrated "oration On The Dignity Of Man," A Magnificent Observation Originally Intended To Present A Debate Of 900 Theses To Be Held In Rome Before The Pope, The College Of Cardinals, And An International Arrange Of Scholars, Pico Also Wrote Various Otjer Prominent Works. SKU: 4125000