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Ideas in God According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

Sources and Synthesis

By: Vivian Boland

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Ideas in God According to Saint Thomas Aquinas

Sources and Synthesis

By: Vivian Boland

This work examines the role of the doctrine of 'divine ideas' in the theology of Thomas Aquinas, a question which remains controversial. Aquinas received this doctrine in two distinct forms, from Augustine and Dionysius. The historical origins and development of this twofold tradition are traced from Plato and Aristotle, through Hellenistic philosophy, to the patristic and medieval periods. In Aquinas' account of God's knowledge, of the Word of God, of Creation and of Providence the doctrine of divine ideas plays a key role. Various strands of neoplatonist thought are clearly important for him but it is Aristotle who is of greatest significance for Aquinas' sustained and original re-thinking of the doctrine. A study of this question provides a fresh perspective on the nature of Aquinas' unique synthesis.

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BRILL

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900447725X

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9789004477254

Comrades

A Lifetime of Friendships

By: Rosita Boland

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Comrades

A Lifetime of Friendships

By: Rosita Boland

I was fascinated, moved and entertained by every page. This is the kind of book the world needs right now' DONAL RYAN _______________ 'My dictionary's first two definitions of 'comrade' are: A close companion. An intimate associate or friend. The third one is: A fellow soldier. My friends have been all those things to me.' In this stunning essay collection, award-winning journalist Rosita Boland explores the many friendships that have shaped her life. Surprising and beautiful, she writes about the imaginary friends of early childhood, books that have provided companionship and joy, kindred spirits met while travelling, the friend she hoped might become something more, and also the friendships that become lost over time. Life-affirming, affecting and wise, Comrades is a powerful exploration of what it is to live, to connect, and to be human in this world. _______________ 'An absorbing journey along life's tracks and trails.' THE SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND 'A moving, beautiful and deeply felt meditation on friendship, loyalty and connectedness in a disconnected world' HILARY FANNIN

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210

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Random House

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1473585376

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9781473585379

Hippy Days, Arabian Nights

By: Katherine Boland

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Hippy Days, Arabian Nights

By: Katherine Boland

Spanning five decades and as many continents, Hippy Days, Arabian Nights is a funny, moving, and compelling story of a woman whose extraordinary life will never be summarised by the words ‘could have’, ‘might have’, or ‘should have’. Whether it’s following her dreams pursuing what she believes in, or chasing matters of the heart, from the outset Australian artist Katherine Boland has grabbed life by the throat and jumped in feet first. Part One: Hippy Days. One woman’s experience of life in a hippy community that sprang up in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales as part of the counterculture movement––an overlooked and relatively untapped period in Australian modern history. In 1976, Katherine and her boyfriend John, like many idealistic young students of the time, abandon their university studies and leave Melbourne to pursue a sustainable and independent life in the bush. Their earnest quest for a Utopian life in harmony with nature is both hilarious and serious: John finds himself reviving their dying goat with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in the back of a ute while on the way to the vet; and, under the stars, alone in the bush, a pregnant and groaning Katherine goes into labour to the accompaniment of New Year’s Eve fireworks and the sympathetic mooing of a neighbour’s cow. However, as Katherine reveals, even the strongest woman is vulnerable and the noblest of dreams can perish, observing as she does that in many families ‘peace, harmony and mung beans’ can founder on the back of drug addiction with its many consequences including family violence and child neglect. Part Two: Arabian Nights. Prior to the Egyptian revolution in 2010, Katherine receives an invitation from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to participate in an International Artists’ Symposium. And so begins her next fateful and totally unplanned foray into the unknown: falling head over heels in love (or is it lust!) for an Egyptian journalist 27 years her junior – at first sight. Her ideas and preconceptions about Islam and the Middle East are challenged as her relationship evolves and deepens over the next 6 years.

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300

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Wild Dingo Press

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0987381334

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9780987381330

Mind Walker

By: Margaret E. Boland

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Mind Walker

By: Margaret E. Boland

He has watched from the shadows waiting for his time to step into the light. He grew up with the knowledge that he was different, starting from the time he watched as his mother was murdered. Now he is running out of time and the only one he can trust is the last person who would ever help him....... Michelle St. James is working on the case of a life time. It has cost her everything. Her marriage, her sanity, and now she is working against the clock after her star witness dies on the stand. That is until she gets the call that changes everything. Someone has tried to kill her son! With time running out she turns to her ex-husband to aid her in finding their son's would be killer. Will they be able to stop him in time? And at what cost? Mind Walker.......who will be next? With the attempt on his son's life, Jake McCoy teams up with his ex-wife, the woman who still holds his heart. Will he be able to redeem himself and win back her heart before it is to late? As he and Michelle go on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, they soon discover that all is not what it seems, and that it may go back a lot further than either one had ever realized. About the Author: Margaret E. Boland lives in Fort Washington, MD with her husband Matt, and their two children Kyle and Caitlin. This is her first novel.

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AuthorHouse

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1434345327

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9781434345325

St Thomas Aquinas

By: Vivian Boland OP

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St Thomas Aquinas

By: Vivian Boland OP

It may be surprising that the thought of a medieval theologian still informs many areas of intellectual debate, but there continues to be lively interest in the work of Thomas Aquinas. He considers the most radical questions for our thinking about education: what is a human being? what does it mean to learn? what does it mean to teach? what does it mean to know, to understand, and to search for the truth? In this text, Vivian Boland offers a short biography of Aquinas focused on his personal experiences as a student and teacher. The book then provides a critical exposition of the texts in which Aquinas develops his views about education and includes a short account of the reception and influence of his thinking. Finally, it considers in some detail the most significant points of contact between Aquinas's educational thought and current concerns – his conviction about the goodness of the world, his holistic understanding of human experience and his contributions to virtue theory – and highlights the continuing relevance and influence of this work and thinking within educational philosophy today.

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250

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441137386

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9781441137388

Urban Water Demand Management and Planning

By: Duane D. Baumann,John Boland,W. Michael Hanemann

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Urban Water Demand Management and Planning

By: Duane D. Baumann,John Boland,W. Michael Hanemann

Aims to demonstrate why demand-side management is critical to urban water supply planning and to provide methods for incorporation. This book explains how and why urban water demands have changed over time and includes methods for the analysis of urban water demands. It also offers methods for integrating supply side and demand-side planning and management.

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388

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McGraw Hill Professional

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007050301X

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9780070503014

Top 15 Walks in Dublin

By: Gerry Boland

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Top 15 Walks in Dublin

By: Gerry Boland

Dublin is a joy to explore on foot, and there's never a dull moment on any of these 15 tours. Discover the city's charms, both hidden and well known, with walks around the city center, the Georgian city, Victorian Dublin, the medieval core, and Phoenix Park. Enjoy a literary tour, and explore 25 of Dublin's best-known pubs.

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0658000764

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9780658000768

The Spectacle of Critique

From Philosophy to Cacophony

By: Tom Boland

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The Spectacle of Critique

From Philosophy to Cacophony

By: Tom Boland

Far from being the preserve of a few elite thinkers, critique increasingly dominates public life in modernity, leading to a cacophony of accusation and denunciation around all political issues. The technique of unmasking ‘power’ or ‘hegemony’ or ‘ideology’ has now been adopted across the political spectrum, where critical discourses are routinely used to suggest that anything and everything is only a ‘construct’ or even a ‘conspiracy’. This book draws on anthropological theory to provide a different perspective on this phenomenon; critique appears as a liminal predicament combining imitative polemical and schismatic urges with a haunting sense of uncertainty. It thereby addresses a central academic concern, with a special focus on political critique in the public sphere and within social media. Combining historical interrogations of the roots of critique, as well as examining contemporary political discourse in relation to populism, as seen in presidential elections, historical commemorations and welfare reform, The Spectacle of Critique uses anthropology and genealogy to offer a new sociology of critique that problematises critique and diagnoses its crisis, cultivating acritical and imaginative ways of thinking.

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Routledge

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1351347306

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9781351347303

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