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Infinity, Faith, and Time

Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature

By: John Spencer Hill

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Infinity, Faith, and Time

Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature

By: John Spencer Hill

In Part 1 Hill examines the effect of the idea of spatial infinity on seventeenth-century literature, arguing that the metaphysical cosmology of Nicholas of Cusa provided Renaissance writers, such as Pascal, Traherne, and Milton, with a way to construe the vastness of space as the symbol of human spiritual potential. Focusing on time in Part 2, Hill reveals that, faced with the inexorability of time, Christian humanists turned to St Augustine to develop a philosophy that interpreted temporal passage as the necessary condition of experience without making it the essence or ultimate measure of human purpose. Hill's analysis centres on Shakespeare, whose experiments with the shapes of time comprise a gallery of heuristic time-centred fictions that attempt to explain the consequences of human existence in time. Infinity, Faith, and Time reveals that the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a period during which individuals were able, with more success than in later times, to make room for new ideas without rejecting old beliefs.

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0773566813

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9780773566811

Take a Walk

in Northern Territory’s National Parks

By: John Daly,Lyn Daly

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Take a Walk

in Northern Territory’s National Parks

By: John Daly,Lyn Daly

A trip into Australia’s heart and the Top End is an adventure dream for most Australians! Burnt-orange landscapes; stark-white ghost gums; iconic rock domes; glowing-red sunsets; night diamonds in unpolluted skies; plummeting waterfalls; rain-drenched wetlands; emerald-green monsoon forests; and the world’s oldest art galleries, attract thousands of visitors to this timeless land. Walk with us through 38 parks and reserves along a thousand kilometres of tracks and trails and discover the hidden beauty of these unique areas. Choose your own adventure from 63 easy, 39 moderate, 17 hard, and nine overnight walks. Whether you throw on a backpack, sleep in a tent or prefer a campervan, caravan or motorhome, you’ll find somewhere to rest your head in the access and information sections. Active travellers and keen bushwalkers will find their own special place in this seventh book of the Take A Walk series. It will remain a great memento of your trip into some of Australia’s most untouched areas. National parks provide a great escape where we can appreciate and learn from our natural landscapes.

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Boolarong Press

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1922643432

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Life as it Is, Or, Matters and Things in General

Containing Amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee

By: John Will M. Breazeale

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Life as it Is, Or, Matters and Things in General

Containing Amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee

By: John Will M. Breazeale

Originally published in 1842, John Will M. Breazeale's Life as It Is is an insightful--and at times chilling--collection of essays on a variety of subjects relating to life in early East Tennessee. Though little is known about the author, a frontier lawyer and editor of the Tennessee Journal from 1837 to 1838, scholars of the nineteenth-century South, Tennessee historians, and even true crime buffs will find his observations of considerable interest. The first chapters present a history of Tennessee from its first European exploration through the state's admission to the Union. Later chapters highlight the state's unique geographic features, followed by a gruesome account of the murderous rampage of Micajah and Wiley Harp, who terrorized settlers along the line separating eastern Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the nineteenth century. Breazeale next offers his thoughts on the practice of political "electioneering," recounting a fictional canvass in a typical congressional district. Life as It Is concludes with several chapters noting various features of Breazeale's Tennessee, including Native American "antiquities," the founding of the state government, and an early religious revival. Breazeale's account both complements and corrects Judge John Haywood's better-known Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, revealing the richly varied attitudes of early Tennessee pioneers toward their history, society, politics, and natural environments. J. W. M. Breazeale was a lawyer and editor of the Tennessee Journal from 1837 to 1838. Jonathan M. Atkins, professor of history at Berry College in Mt. Berry, Georgia, is the author of numerous articles and the book Parties, Politics, and the Sectional Conflict in Tennessee, 1832-1861.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572334770

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9781572334779

The Last Castrato

By: John Spencer Hill

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The Last Castrato

By: John Spencer Hill

The corpse hung from the cross above the altar, its head slumped forward, its arms hooked crudely over the crosspiece like a pinioned fowl. The body was that of a man in his early fifties, slight and balding, with haughty chiselled features: a grotesque icon, a parody of sanctity. In place of thorns he wore the silk skullcap of a cardinal in the Roman Church, twisted askew as if he had dressed hastily, and the scarlet cassock of his office fell in folds to the polished toes of a pair of hand-tooled shoes". Cordelia Sinclair, a thirty-five-year-old American, who has arrived in Florence to write a thesis on the origins of Italian opera, knows nothing of this extraordinary event, nor does she have any inkling of the central role she is supposed to play in the series of bizarre murders that are rocking the ancient city. Robbery? A Mafia hit? An act of murderous revenge? To Detective Carlo Arbati, a published poet, the fact of the cardinal's severed vocal cords means he must confront the horrific rituals of a secret group of idealists who had tried, years earlier, to revive the glories of the Renaissance opera, where castrati had sung the soprano parts.

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Worldwide Library

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0373262299

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Infinity, Faith, and Time

Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature

By: John Spencer Hill

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Infinity, Faith, and Time

Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature

By: John Spencer Hill

Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition had

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0773516611

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9780773516618

The Compass

By: Tammy Kling,John Spencer Ellis

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The Compass

By: Tammy Kling,John Spencer Ellis

A enthralling novel about the journey of life.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007343353

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9780007343355

Castrato

Kriminalroman

By: John Spencer Hill

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Castrato

Kriminalroman

By: John Spencer Hill

In Florenz verbreitet ein unbekannter Serienmörder Angst und Schrecken. Commissario Arbati schreibt Gedichte und sinnt über die Synthese von Männlichem und Weiblichem in Botticellis Gemälde ›Venus und Mars‹ nach. Und die Amerikanerin Cordelia Sinclair kommt in die Stadt am Arno, um hier ihre Doktorarbeit über die Ursprünge der italienischen Oper zu schreiben. Sie ahnt nicht, daß ihr bei der Aufklärung der grausigen Morde eine Schlüsselrolle zufallen wird ... (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)

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S. Fischer Verlag

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3105620346

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These Are Your Endorphins Speaking

Cycling and Camping in Italy Or Who Needs Drugs When You Have a Bicycle

By: John Spencer

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These Are Your Endorphins Speaking

Cycling and Camping in Italy Or Who Needs Drugs When You Have a Bicycle

By: John Spencer

Australians are great travellers, possibly because most Australians are immigrants or the sons and daughters of immigrants. I'm sure there has been a gene selected for the Australian population simply because we're all immigrants. I chose to travel by bicycle around Italy, not because I am particularly green, although knowing that the only greenhouse gases I generated were those that I transpired was seductive, but because it was obviously a very efficient way of moving through a landscape that is essentially a vast, open air museum. This is not the story of just where I went and who I met, but also what I saw and, most importantly, what I thought and felt. The tour yielded a return far in excess of the calorific effort that went into it. I was a 61-year-old man at the time, living with prostate cancer, in need of a travel experience that would teach me something about the meaning of life. This account captures something of the excitement and wonder of exploring, by bike, what is undoubtedly one of the great civilizations. About the Author: John Spencer grew up in Broken Hill, a mining town in Western NSW, Australia, and currently lives in Condobolin in Central Western NSW, Australia. John is married with two children; he is retired and often takes on project work that interests him. These Are Your Endorphins Speaking is his first book. Publisher's Web site: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheseAreYourEndorphinsSpeaking.html

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Infinity, Faith, and Time

Infinity, Faith, and Time

Take a Walk

Take a Walk

Life as it Is, Or, Matters and Things in General

Life as it Is, Or, Matters and Things in General

The Last Castrato

The Last Castrato

Infinity, Faith, and Time

Infinity, Faith, and Time

The Compass

The Compass

Castrato

Castrato

These Are Your Endorphins Speaking

These Are Your Endorphins Speaking

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