Max Weber's celebrated thesis, which explores the relationship between Protestant work ethic and the emergence of capitalist enterprise, is presented here inclusive of his lengthy notes.
In coining the phrase 'Protestant work ethic', Weber demonstrates a series of parallels between certain Protestant denominations and the modern business. The veneration of hard work, discipline, and carefulness with money birthed a culture that led over genera...
The Duties of the Heart is a classic of Jewish scholarship. It discusses how a person should express devotion to God, and how the divinity bestows the finest virtues to humankind.
The author endeavors to define the God-given qualities of man, these, used correctly, represent a fulfillment of duty to the divine. Principally he identifies the intellect as a means of honoring the heavens, intelligent thought directed to useful, fulfilling and vir...
The folklore of the Delaware Indians is fascinating for its imagery and affinity with the natural world - this illustrated book contains several of the finest legends and folk stories.
Richard Calmit Adams mixes in stories of heroic prowess and bravery against the day-to-day life of the Delawares. The introductory verse features an elderly Native American man sharing some of the stories of his tribe with children, as well as talking about trad...
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford." -Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume II (1791) stands as one of the greatest biographies published, documenting the life of arguably the most influential writer of the 18th century. Johnson was a poet, essayist, and biographer, but most notably, the writer of the first dictionary in the English la...
When a man writes from his own mind, he writes very rapidly. The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book." -Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume I (1791) stands as one of the greatest biographies published, documenting the life of arguably the most influential writer of the 18th century. Johnson was a poet, essay...
George Matheson, a Scottish minister who spent decades in God's service, discusses how Jesus set an example for all Christians, and what living a good, virtuous and spiritually sound life means.A provocative and resounding declaration of faith, Leaves for Quiet Hours begins with the author's promise: to marry the insight of the thinker with the fervor of the worshipper. In so doing, George Matheson offers the reader a series of deeply thoughtf...
Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- 1. Abschnitt: Bibliographien -- 2. Abschnitt: Calderons Werke -- 1. Handschriften -- 2. Ausgaben -- 3. Abschnitt: Übersetzungen, Bearbeitungen und Nachahmungen -- I. Baskisch -- II. Böhmisch -- III. Dänisch -- IV. Deutsch -- V. Englisch -- VI. Französisch -- VII. Holländisch -- VIII. Italienisch -- IX. Lateinisch -- X. Polnisch -- XI. Portugiesisch -- XII. Russisch -- XIII. Schwedisch -- XIV. Spanisch -- XV....
Frontmatter -- Vorwort / Luckenbach, H. -- Inhalt -- A. Die Burg bis zu den Perserkriegen -- B. Die Zeit nach den Perserkriegen -- C. Die Zeit des Verfalls -- Backmatter
Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhalts-Verzeichnis -- I. Die allgemeinen Theorien über dir Ursachen der Rezeption des Römischen Rechts in Deutschland. -- II. Die Nachrichten der Landtagsakten von Jülich- Berg über die Ursachen der Rezeption -- III. Prüfung einiger verbreiteter Anschauungen über die Ursachen der Rezeption -- IV. Die nachweisbaren Ursachen der Rezeption des Römischen Rechts in Deutschland -- Schlußbetrachtung -- Backmatter
Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Versuche über indirekte Beleuchtung von Schul- und Zeichensälen mit Gas- und elektrischem Bogenlicht -- Zusammenfassung der Versuchsergebnisse
Frontmatter -- Vorwort -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Bedeutung, Zweck und Aufgabe der Kartenzeichnung -- I. Teil. Die Karten-Projektionen -- Kapitel 1. Die Grundlagen der Landesvermessung -- Kapitel 2. Kartenentwurf (Projektion) -- Kapitel 3. Die Bonnesche Projektion -- Kapitel 4. Der bayerische topographische Atlas und die Karte von Südwestdeutschlaud -- Kapitel 5. Der Eintrag der Dreieckspunkte in die Kartenblätter -- Kapitel 6. Die topographisch...