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Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal correspondence--this volume traces the development of his thinking on such fundamental issues as republicanism, constitutionalism, slavery, and the separation of religion from politics. Footnotes identify Jefferson's correspondents and provide useful context.

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This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from contemporary thinkers that apply virtue theories to the resolution of practical moral problems. Jennifer Welchman's Introduction discusses the history of virtue theory. A short introduction to each reading highlights the distinctive aspects of the view expressed.

The Essential Analects offers a representative selection from Edward Slingerland's acclaimed translation of the full work, including passages covering all major themes. An appendix of selected traditional commentaries keyed to each passage provides access to the text and to its reception and interpretation. Also included are a glossary of terms and short biographies of the disciples of Confucius and the traditional commentators cited.

This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories of mind." Takes an integrated approach to the development of children's social understanding Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding of language, social skills, morality and emotions. Sets research within a historical and theoretical context Co...

Through a variety of primary sources--including speeches, poems, magazine articles, and book excerpts--this collection illustrates the origins, ambitions, and political legacy of the American Progressivism movement (1886â1924). A general introduction offers a history of the movement and a brief discussion of recent historiographical debates, headnotes introduce each selection and provide historical and political context.

Twenty discourses from the Pali Canon--including those most essential to the study and teaching of early Buddhism--are provided in fresh translations, accompanied by introductions that highlight the main themes and set the ideas presented in the context of wider philosophical and religious issues. Taken together, these fascinating works give an account of Buddhist teachings directly from the earliest primary sources. In his General Introductio...

This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from contemporary thinkers that apply virtue theories to the resolution of practical moral problems. Jennifer Welchman's Introduction discusses the history of virtue theory. A short introduction to each reading highlights the distinctive aspects of the view expressed.

Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal correspondence--this volume traces the development of his thinking on such fundamental issues as republicanism, constitutionalism, slavery, and the separation of religion from politics. Footnotes identify Jefferson's correspondents and provide useful context.

This book explores Arab responses to Western culture and values as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It provides welcome new insights into the perennial East-West debate, and is particularly relevant to the current discussion on Islam and the West. "Arab Representations of the Occident "might be seen as the reverse study of Edward Said's famous "Orientalism." If Ori...

This User's Guide describes the nature of thyroid disorders, natural thyroid-replacement hormones, and the important role of supplemental vitamins and minerals for thyroid function.

In this primer, the authors introduce readers to the top ten natural therapies so they can determine which therapy is best for them.

The debate over the use of Embryonic stem cells and the questionable effectiveness of adult stem cells have led many scientists and clinicians to concentrate their energies on umbilical-cord-derived stem cells from healthy newborn babies. Amassing a very respectable track record in terms of safety and clinical utility, cord-blood stem cells can treat many diseases such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, diabetes, hea...

This book the conflicting issues in EU-Russian relations and presents an innovative theory for the understanding of their emergence. Drawing on up-to-date research data, the author argues that conflicts in EU-Russian relations are generated by the clash of principles of state sovereignty and international integration.

Five hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This wide-ranging collection, with an introduction by historian Alison Brown, includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral ministry, prophecy, politics, and moral reform, as well as the correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola's silencing and excommunication. Also included...

Analysis of the close relationship between religion and secular learning in the works of one of the central figures of the early German Enlightenment, the jurist and philosopher Christian Thomasius (1655-1728).

Continuous System Simulation describes systematically and methodically how mathematical models of dynamic systems, usually described by sets of either ordinary or partial differential equations possibly coupled with algebraic equations, can be simulated on a digital computer. Modern modeling and simulation environments relieve the occasional user from having to understand how simulation really works. Once a mathematical model of a process has...

Für Unternehmenskommunikation und insbesondere für Geschäftsberichte geben Unternehmen jährlich Millionen Euro aus. Doch viele Berichte sind nicht optimal auf die Adressaten ausgerichtet. Dieses Buch vermittelt das Handwerk erfolgreicher Unternehmenskommunikation am Beispiel des Geschäftsberichts. Der fundierte Ratgeber ist allgemeinverständlich geschrieben und basiert auf reicher Erfahrung, was das Verfassen, Bewerten und Optimieren von Gesch...

Der Gottschald ist ein Standardwerk der wissenschaftlichen Namenkunde. In ihm werden alle deutschen Nachnamen und ihre Bestandteile erklärt und durch ein differenziertes Verweissystem in Beziehung zueinander gesetzt. Besonders wertvoll ist im Gottschald die umfassende Einführung in die Familiennamenkunde von Rudolf Schützeichel sowie die umfangreiche Bibliographie im Anhang. Für die Neuauflage wurden die Familiennamenkunde und die Bibliograph...

Das Buch ist der Wiederentdeckung des Erhabenen- der neben dem Schönen wichtigsten ästhetischen Kategorie des 18. Jahrhunderts- in zeitgenössischer Literatur gewidmet. Aufgezeigt wird, inwiefern bei Handke, Ransmayr, Strauß und Schrott von einer Poetik des Erhabenen gesprochen werden kann und wie sich diese zu den Theorien von Kant, Schiller, Jean-François Lyotard, Martin Seel u.a. positioniert.