Author: Francesco Montarese File Type: pdf This book discusses Lucretius refutation of Heraclitus, Empedocles, Anaxagoras and other, unnamed thinkers in De Rerum Natura 1, 635-920. Chapter 1 argues that in DRN I 635-920 Lucretius was following an Epicurean source, which in turn depended on Theophrastean doxography. Chapter 2 shows that books 14 and 15 of Epicurus On Nature were not Lucretius source-text. Chapter 3 discusses how lines 635-920 fit in the structure of book 1 and whether Lucretius source is more likely to have been Epicurus himself or a neo-Epicurean. Chapter 4 focuses on Lucretius own additions to the material he derived from his sources and on his poetical and rhetorical contributions, which were extensive. Lucretius shows an understanding of philosophical points by adapting his poetical devices to the philosophical arguments. Chapter 4 also argues that Lucretius anticipates philosophical points in what have often been regarded as the purple passages of his poem - e.g. the invocation of Venus in the proem, and the description of Sicily and Aetna - so that he could take them up later on in his narrative and provide an adequate explanation of reality.**
Author: François Laruelle
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Francois Laruelles lifelong project of nonphilosophy, or nonstandard philosophy, thinks past the theoretical limits of Western philosophy to realize new relations among religion, science, politics, and art. In Christo-Fiction, Laruelle targets the rigid, self-sustaining arguments of metaphysics, rooted in Judaic and Greek thought, and the radical potential of Christ, whose crossing disrupts their circular discourse. Laruelles Christ is not the authoritative figure conjured by academic theology, the Apostles, or the Catholic Church. He is the embodiment of generic man, founder of a science of humans, and the herald of a gnostic messianism that calls forth an immanent faith. Explicitly inserting quantum science into religion, Laruelle recasts the temporality of the cross, the entombment, and the resurrection, arguing that it is God who is sacrificed on the cross so that equals in faith may be born. Positioning itself against orthodox religion and naive atheism alike, Christo-Fiction is a daring, heretical experiment that ties religion tightly to the human experience and the lived world.**
Author: Déirdre Dwyer
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Justice systems increasingly rely on expert evidence. We are therefore obliged to justify the courts ability to assess this evidence, especially when the courts must resolve disagreements between experts or address possible bias. By reintegrating contemporary evidence theory with applied philosophy, Deirdre Dwyer analyses the epistemological basis for the judicial assessment of expert evidence. Reintegrating evidence with procedure, she also examines how we might arrange our legal processes in order to support our epistemological and non-epistemological expectations. Including analysis of the judicial assessment of expert evidence in civil litigation (comparing practice in England and Wales with that in the United States, France, Germany and Italy), the book also provides the first detailed account of the historical development of English civil expert evidence and the first analysis of the use of party experts, single joint experts and assessors under the Civil Procedure Rules.ReviewA work in legal epistemology that focuses on civil litigation in England and Wales, with comparative discussion of France... --Chronicle of Higher EducationBook DescriptionHow can a court decide when to accept an experts opinion? Looking particularly at civil litigation in England and Wales, where the use of expert evidence was significantly changed by the Civil Procedure Rules (1998), Deirdre Dwyer assesses recent developments in applied philosophy and theories of evidence and procedure.
Author: William Telford
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The overall aim of this investigation of Mark 11.12-14, 20ff. is to ascertain the attitude to the Temple taken by the author of the earliest Gospel and his community. More specifically, it is a meticulous study of the most curious of all the Synoptic miracle-stories, in which the place of the story within the Markan redaction and subsequently in the Synoptic Gospels is explored. The study also entails a detailed exploration of the storys origin, background and Sitz in Leben prior to Mark, involving thorough consideration of the Old Testament and Jewish background of its motifs. **
Author: Lynne Spellman
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Unbolting the Dark, A Memoir traces the authors psychological and spiritual journey at midlife to understand the profound impact of her mothers death. This inward search becomes an actual journey that includes nine months in England at the University of Cambridge, six months at a monastery in Switzerland, and a year and a half in seminary in New York City as she prepares for ordination as an Episcopal priest. This reflective and inspiring book draws on the authors extensive knowledge of philosophy in classical and late antiquity to explore the pagan and Christian Platonist tradition of turning inward as a way of knowing God. As Spellman uncovers what she did not previously know about herself, she also discovers the presence of a goodness and love that transcends us all.About the AuthorLynne Spellman is a professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1999. She is the author of Substance and Separation in Aristotle.
Author: Paul Murdin
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An engaging exploration with renowned astronomer Paul Murdin of how life emerged on Earthand the possibilities that it exists elsewhereThere is no more fascinating question than whether or not we are alone in a vast universe. Here, Paul Murdin applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories to inquire whether life exists on other planets and, if so, what forms it might take. Could there be somewhere life as advanced as here on Earth, or are we more likely to find primitive life-forms? Or are we the sole living organisms in a desolate and boundless cosmos?Professor Murdin invites us to join him in exploring an extraordinary array of evidence to determine if there is life elsewhere in the cosmos. He examines the case for life on Mars and Europa and asks whether on Enceladus or Titan we might find the warm little pond that Darwin speculated was where life began here on Earth. Describing the cosmic habitats that produce the alien worlds of our solar system and others, he examines the chances of finding life and the prospects for successful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence.**ReviewMurdins enthusiasm is palpable throughout, and he manages to inform without boring knowledgeable readers or dumbing it down for lay folk. (Publishers Weekly) A good summary of this intriguing topic. . . . Recommended. (Choice) About the Author In 1971 Paul Murdin discovered the first black hole. He has been President of the European Astronomical Society, Director of the British National Space Centre, and Treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has published some 150 scientific papers, edited the multivolume Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and is the author of Secrets of the Universe.
Author: Helmut Koester
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In this magisterial volume, which is destined to become the standard test for studying the tradition and history of the early Christian Gospel literature, the author treats more than a dozen Gospel writings from the first two centuries. These Gospels include more than the standard canonical Gospels, covering also such writings as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocryphon of James, and the Gospel of Mary and others.The book is divided into six major sections. The first examines the origins and meanings of the term Gospel. Then follows a section on early collections of saying including, of course, a study of Q. A third section traces the movement from the dialogue Gospels through narratives about Jesus to the Gospel of John. Mark, Matthew and Like receive thorough consideration in the fourth section, followed by an exploration of the early extant harmonizations of the canonical Gospels (Justin martyr, Tatian, Epistula Apostolorum, etc.) The concluding section deals with various Gospel fragments known from papyri and from casual mentions in the church fathers.Throughout Ancient Christian Gospels, the author provides all technical information (attestation, manuscripts, etc.) needed by the scholar, but also translations of all data, general introductions and explanations in an effort to make the book accessible and useful for the general reader.Helmut Koester is John H. Morison Professor of New Testament and Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History of Harvard University and author of the widely used two-volume Introduction to the New Testament. **
Author: Ben Witherington III
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Reading the Book of Isaiah in its original context is the crucial prerequisite for reading its citation and use in later interpretation, including the New Testament writings, argues Ben Witherington III. Here he offers pastors, teachers, and students an accessible commentary to Isaiah, as well as a reasoned consideration of how Isaiah was heard and read in early Christianity. By reading forward and backward Witherington advances the scholarly discussion of intertextuality and opens a new avenue for biblical theology. **About the Author Ben Witherington III is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and is on the doctoral faculty at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He has also taught at Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His numerous books include, from Fortress Press, Jesus the Seer (2014) and Jesus the Sage (2000).
Author: Christopher Hamlin
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ReviewLively and readable.Hamlins book does an excellent job of treating a complex subject with scientific rigor while also being completely accessible to a lay audience. Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the origins and history of a disease about which the more we know the less certain we become.--Emerging Infectious DiseasesHamlins Cholera deftly demonstrates that peoples response to cholera transformed notions of class and race, the role of governments, and the course of modern biomedicine, especially with the advent of cheap pharmaceuticals to which all people and all nations could have access regardless of economic and political troubles. [Cholera] contributes to our understanding of the ways in which disease and its treatment are linked fundamentally to social and scientific history, and the ways in which biographies can shed new light on some very old diseases. --Listed in Science Book NewsThis is dark stuff, but fascinating stuff. These four biographies of diseases go far beyond questions of biology or medical practice they talk politics, sex and class, faith, how to plan a healthy world and how to be a proper woman or a proper man. Strangest and most fascinating of all is the way you keep glimpsing whole societies reflected in the surgery, from the drinking water to the high philosophy.--Scotsman.comAbout the AuthorChris Hamlin is at the University of Notre Dame and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.