ARISTOTLE Aristotle was Plato’s greatest student. One of his big contributions to philosophy was the theory of the four kinds of causes. Aristotle’s ideal state would be ruled by the virtuous citizens. Aristotle thinks that a state is an association for allowing each citizen to live well. What was Aristotle’s notion of friendship? It was broader than our modern notion of friendship. It was closer to the idea of people helping each other be virtuous. Aristotle thought the state had a duty to morally
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SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908-1986) THE SECOND SEX (Le Deuxieme Sexe) First published in 1949 English translation in 1953 by H.M. Parshley (New York: Knopf) Vintage Books paperback edition 1989 Introduction and Conclusion C.S. 204 AMERICAN UNIERSITY OF BEIRUT 1 THE SECOND SEX (Introduction and Conclusion) INTRODUCTION BOOK ONE: Part I Part II Part III FACTS AND MYTHS DESTINY HISTORY MYTHS BOOK TWO: Part IV Part V Part VI Part VI WOMAN’S LIFE TODAY THE
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Think A compelling introduction to philosophy by Simon Blackburn eVersion 3.0 / Notes at EOF Back Cover: "Blackburn has produced the one book every smart person should read to understand‚ and even enjoy‚ the key questions of philosophy‚ ranging from those about free will and morality to what we can really know about the world around us." -- Walter Isaacson‚ Time Magazine "This is a wonderfully stimulating‚ incisive and -- the word is not too strong -- thrilling introduction to the
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I Introduction: pluralism and the Greeks 1. PLURALISM IN HISTORY To chart the course of pluralism is not a straightforward task. Isaiah Berlin devoted much of his career as a historian of ideas to chronicling and combating the hegemony in Western theory of pluralism’s great rival‚ monism. But what we know about the development of pluralism itself—that is to say‚ which thinkers and which ages can safely or firmly be placed in the pluralist ‘camp’—lacks a comparable certainty. In this way‚ Berlin
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. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory Fifth edition RAMAN SELDEN PETER WIDDOWSON PETER BROOKER . A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory . . A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory FIFTH EDITION Raman Selden Peter Widdowson Peter Brooker . PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED Edinburgh Gate Harlow CM20 2JE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1279 623623 Fax: +44 (0)1279 431059 Website: www.pearsoned.co.uk Fifth edition published in Great Britain in
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Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold Part 1 out of 4 • FullBooks.com homepage • Index of Culture and Anarchy • Next part (2) This etext was produced by Alfred J. Drake‚ Ph.D. CULTURE AND ANARCHY: AN ESSAY IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRITICISM 1869‚ FIRST EDITION MATTHEW ARNOLD Chapter Notes: I have indicated the author’s notes with a superscript asterisk *‚ my own substantive notes with a superscript + sign‚ and my nonsubstantive notes with a superscript ± symbol
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Called “The Black Pope” by many of his followers‚ Anton LaVey began the road to High Priesthood of the Church of Satan when he was only 16 years old and an organ player in a carnival: “On Saturday night I would see men lusting after half-naked girls dancing at the carnival‚ and on Sunday morning when I was playing the organ for tent-show evangelists at the other end of the carnival lot‚ I would see these same men sitting in the pews with their wives and children‚ asking God to forgive them and purge
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VERSO london II New York First published by Verso 2012 © Slavoj Zizek All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted 13579108642 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street‚ London W1F OEG US: 20 Jay Street‚ Suite 1010‚ Brooklyn‚ NY 11201 www.versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-897-6 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
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