In this highly original account of Bishop George Berkeley's epistemological and metaphysical theories, George S. Pappas seeks to determine precisely what doctrines the philosopher held and what arguments he put forward to support them. Specifically, Pappas overturns accepted opinions about Berkeley's famous attack on the Lockean doctrine of abstract ideas. Berkeley's criticism of these ideas had been thought relevant only to his views on language and to his nominalism; Pappas persuasively argues that Berkeley's ideas about abstraction are crucial to nearly all of the fundamental principles that he defends.Pappas demonstrates how an adequate appreciation of Berkeley's views on abstraction can lead to an improved understanding of his important principle of esse is percipi, and of the arguments Berkeley proposes in support of this principle. Pappas also takes up Berkeley's widely rejected claim to be a philosopher of common sense. He assesses the validity of this self-description and considers why Berkeley might have chosen to align himself with a commonsense position. Pappas shows how three core concepts—abstraction, perception, and common sense—are central to and interdependent in the work of one of the major figures of early modern Western thought.
Millicent Ordway is a small town lady with an active, creative mind. When she isn’t cooking and baking her favourite recipes or going about her household chores, she enjoys reading mystery novels, especially those by Agatha Christie. She even thinks of herself as an amateur sleuth in the style of Miss Marple. When she hears that a man has fallen off a high cliff called the Peak Of Dawn in her village of Percé, her interest is piqued. The death is declared a murder, and her son Geordie is arrested on suspicion since he was present at the scene of the crime. Using all the knowledge she gleaned from the novels, she attempts to solve the mystery. She also has a philosophy. When one has a problem too difficult to solve, do nothing. It’s surprising how often it resolves itself. Will it work this time?
The Literary and Legal Genealogy of Native American Dispossession offers a unique interpretation of how literary and public discourses influenced three U.S. Supreme Court Rulings written by Chief Justice John Marshall with respect to Native Americans. These cases, Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), collectively known as the Marshall Trilogy, have formed the legal basis for the dispossession of indigenous populations throughout the Commonwealth. The Trilogy cases are usually approached as ‘pure’ legal judgments. This book maintains, however, that it was the literary and public discourses from the early sixteenth through to the early nineteenth centuries that established a discursive tradition which, in part, transformed the American Indians from owners to ‘mere occupants’ of their land. Exploring the literary genesis of Marshall’s judgments, George Pappas draws on the work of Michel Foucault, Edward Said and Homi Bhabha, to analyse how these formative U.S. Supreme Court rulings blurred the distinction between literature and law.
For almost fifty years, the Cleveland Indians were a joke. They had won the 1948 World Series with one of the greatest teams of all time, but had not been to the playoffs since 1954 (losing to the New York Giants in the World Series). Even the Major League movies poked fun at their inadequacy. That all changed in the 1990s, when the Indians became one of the most dominant teams of the decade. A Tribe Reborn tells the story of a failing franchise, from “The Mistake by the Lake” to “The Curse of Rocky Colavito,” and how a laughingstock team that was on the verge of relocating changed its ways to become a dominant franchise. With the building of the state-of-the-art Jacobs Field (which the Indians sold out a record 455 consecutive games, from 1995–2001) to changes in how their scouting, front office, and locker room were run, the team that nobody cared about became front-page news across the country. With interviews from Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel, Mike Hargrove, John Hart, and many more, A Tribe Reborn is a fantastic look inside how a losing franchise changed its ways to become a perennial powerhouse. While the Indians of the ’90s never won a World Series (appearing twice in 1995 and 1997), they are still remembered for their hard play, amazing talent, and rabid fan base.
Leslie Carleton, traumatized at reaching the age of thirty, is determined to bring meaning to her life. Any thoughts of marriage and family in her world of fashion are mere fantasies. Bert has suggested they live together. Should one cling to the way one was brought up, or allow the future to take care of itself? Unable to come to any satisfactory decision, getting away from everything and everyone seemed the only way out of a dilemma. Is one’s future a private matter each person must decide for themselves? A lawyer friend highly recommends the Gaspé Peninsula for soul searching. Taking this advice, with the understanding that the destination be kept secret from well-meaning friends and lover, she leaves. That way, no one will be able to influence whatever decision may be arrived at. Can a person successfully run away from a problem? Is it really the coward’s way? Will a foolhardy plan solve a problem or will life step in and make a mockery of the attempt? All journeys are journeys of discovery.
MYMIRACLES, The Seven Spiritual Steps of Success “.....When reading his book “MyMiracles”, your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution” Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio “.......The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one’s inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us.” Risa D’Angeles, MA, Psychology “Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation “MyMiracles is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness.” Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author “... A life changing book. Most highly recommended” Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review “Dr. George Pappas, a wealthy business man has written a book that focuses on life’s bigger questions....” John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and MyMiracles Magazine
A successful entrepreneur and visionary offers God Money to those seeking a new direction, hope, transformation, enlightenment and the quest for wealth consciousness. Dr. Pappas is the author of five previous books, MyMiracles, Be God, Dare to be Power, Love is the Only Pharmacy in Town, Remember Ye Are Gods and Synpan-Inside the Wellness Universe. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on Wellness. He lives in New York City and Athens, Greece with his wife, three sons and six granddaughters.
Every year, Louise Belmont makes a sentimental pilgrimage to the top of Mont Ste-Anne near her small QuÉbec village of PercÉ on the GaspÉ Peninsula. It's a special place. It's where her beloved late husband Luc proposed many years ago. For Louise now though, it's all about her children, their spouses and her visiting six-year-old grandson Michel. She has no thoughts of romance. So when she meets the distinguished but lost tourist Laurence Bradford on the mountain top, she gives him directions, has a friendly visit and thinks little more of it. But, as she starts to be seen around the village with Laurence, tongues start wagging. Then her old school chum and confidant Harry Bernier returns to PercÉ for his retirement. Gradually, Louise starts to consider whether to let a new love into her life and just who that might be.
Move beyond where you are right now to where you want to be-emotionally, financially, creatively-in all aspects of your life. Wouldn’t you like to experience a lasting sense of wholeness and peace that is unshakeable, no matter what may be happening around you? Complete fulfillment is the promise of Remember Ye Are Gods. Within these pages, you’ll learn how to look at and navigate through life in a whole new way. You will understand your purpose and how to receive the abundant gifts waiting for you. By making a critical transformation from a reactive to a spiritual being, you will increase your creative energy, get control of your life, and enjoy new spiritual levels of existence. Remember Ye Are Gods is rooted in the perfect union of the physical and spiritual laws already at work in your life. This is the power of the book Remember Ye Are Gods. It is the path from the momentary pleasure that most of us settle, for the lasting fulfillment that is yours to claim. Your deepest desires are waiting to be realized.
Dare to be POWER, Seven Spiritual Truths of Empowering ..When reading his book Power is the Only Aphrodisiac Town, your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within ones inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us. Risa DAngeles, MA, Psychology Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation Dare To Be Power is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness. Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author Most highly recommended Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review A successful business man, has written a book that focuses on lifes bigger questions. John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and Power Magazine
Dare to be POWER, Seven Spiritual Truths of Empowering " ..When reading his book "Power is the Only Aphrodisiac Town", your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution" Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio " .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one's inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us." Risa D'Angeles, MA, Psychology "Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation "Dare To Be Power is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness." Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author "Most highly recommended" Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review "A successful business man, has written a book that focuses on life's bigger questions ." John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and Power Magazine
MYMIRACLES, The Seven Spiritual Steps of Success " ..When reading his book "MyMiracles", your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution" Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio " .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one's inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us." Risa D'Angeles, MA, Psychology "Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation "MyMiracles is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness." Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author " A life changing book. Most highly recommended" Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review "Dr. George Pappas, a wealthy business man has written a book that focuses on life's bigger questions ." John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and MyMiracles Magazine
Widely used by instructors who emphasize the logical structure of philosophical theories and the dialectical play of argument, this popular work provides clear, reliable, and up-to-date discussions of central philosophical debates. The fourth edition incorporates major revisions--the first since 1982--and features an extensive change in content. Every chapter has been reworked to improve its organization, to make it more accessible and engaging to the student, and to reflect recent discussions.
BE GOD, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Enlightenment ..When reading his book BE GOD, your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within ones inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us. Risa DAngeles, MA, Psychology Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation BE GOD is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness. Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author Most highly recommended Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review A successful businessman has written a book that focuses on lifes bigger questions. John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and God Magazine
..When reading his book "Love is the Only Pharmacy Town", your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution" Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio " .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one's inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us." Risa D'Angeles, MA, Psychology "Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation "Love is the Only Pharmacy in Town is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness." Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author "Most highly recommended" Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review "A successful business man, has written a book that focuses on life's bigger questions ." John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and Love Magazine
The Literary and Legal Genealogy of Native American Dispossession offers a unique interpretation of how literary and public discourses influenced three U.S. Supreme Court Rulings written by Chief Justice John Marshall with respect to Native Americans. These cases," Johnson v. M Intosh "(1823), "Cherokee Nation v. Georgia "(1831) and "Worcester v. Georgia "(1832), collectively known as the Marshall Trilogy, have formed the legal basis for the dispossession of indigenous populations throughout the Commonwealth. The Trilogy cases are usually approached as pure legal judgments. This book maintains, however, that it was the literary and public discourses from the early sixteenth through to the early nineteenth centuries that established a discursive tradition which, in part, transformed the American Indians from owners to mere occupants of their land. Exploring the literary genesis of Marshall s judgments, George Pappas draws on the work of Michel Foucault, Edward Said and Homi Bhabha, to analyze how these formative U.S. Supreme Court rulings blurred the distinction between literature and law.
“.....When reading his book “Love is the Only Pharmacy Town”, your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution” Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio “.......The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one’s inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us.” Risa D’Angeles, MA, Psychology “Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation “Love is the Only Pharmacy in Town is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness.” Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author “Most highly recommended” Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review “A successful business man, has written a book that focuses on life’s bigger questions....” John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and Love Magazine
BE GOD, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Enlightenment " ..When reading his book "BE GOD", your heart will open and expand to a new capacity. It is a must read this time in our evolution" Carolyn Craft, Executive Director Wisdom Radio " .The essence of this book is to be inhaled like a fine bouquet, quietly within one's inner world. Only then will we understand this fine collection of wisdom words. Pappas book renews us." Risa D'Angeles, MA, Psychology "Let us welcome this book by Dr. Pappas as a fine contribution to the spirituality and even perhaps, the religion of the future. Rev. Richard S. Kirby, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director, Stuart Institute for Social Innovation "BE GOD is an accelerated course in shifting consciousness." Carol E. Parrish Ph.D. Spiritual Teacher, Author "Most highly recommended" Sheila Grams, Publisher Leading Edge Review "A successful businessman has written a book that focuses on life's bigger questions . John Delmar, Book Critic The City Review and God Magazine
Have you ever had questions about events in some ones life that affected you and you never ask? As we, Mariette and I were returning home from PA one evening and we had visited Barbara Bunting on the old farm, I ask Sis (that's what we call Mariette) "how did Dad find that farm". This 300 acre farm was in the middle of no where, about halfway between Springboro and Albion in rural PA. Sis, being the oldest of us 5 kids, surly would know about the move but she didn't. Another thing I had questions about was Mother and Dads meeting and their courtship in California where they were married. Again she had no idea. As you know, being young children, you were never interest in stuff like that and later you had your own group of friends and still not interested. Then you meet the love of your life and nothing else was important to you. Then kids, job and married life and time slips by and then you lose one parent and a short time later both are gone. They took all the life experiences and stories with them. I had questions for my Father and Mother that can never be answered by them so I have decided to write this book. Have my children ask me those questions, no. Do they want to sit and listen to me tell them my life's stories, no. Will they have questions when we are gone, most likely!
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