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Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

By: Paul Richard Blum

The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth claims which were equal in strength and different in contents. Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature, contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus, Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, Suárez, and Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.

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1317081137

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Oracles of the Cosmos

Between Pantheism and Secularism

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Oracles of the Cosmos

Between Pantheism and Secularism

By: Paul Richard Blum

The divide between science and religion has its roots in the early modern period. In the first part, the popular talk of oracles of reason is traced back to the ancient oracles published in the 15th century, and it is shown how this led to the emergence of a "natural" theology that does without revelation, so that eventually reference to a divine creator seems superfluous. In the second part, using the concept of the cosmos, it is shown that mathematics, especially geometry, has been part of the theological interpretation of Creation since the Middle Ages. From this developed the concept of transcendence as rooted in human thought. Therefore, cosmos, creation, and humanity, which are mutually exclusive, form a unity of complementary elements.

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3796545475

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Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

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In Studies in Early Modern Aristotelianism Paul Richard Blum shows the Aristotelian profile of modern philosophy. Philosophy, sciences mathematics, metaphysics and theology under Jesuit leadership mark the difference of subject-centered modernity from ‘teachable’ school philosophy.

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Oracles of the Cosmos

Between Pantheism and Secularism

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Between Pantheism and Secularism

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Giordano Bruno

An Introduction

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Giordano Bruno

An Introduction

By: Paul Richard Blum

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was a philosopher in his own right. However, he was famous through the centuries due to his execution as a heretic. His pronouncements against teachings of the Catholic Church, his defence of the cosmology of Nicholas Copernicus, and his provocative personality, all this made him a paradigmatic figure of modernity. Bruno’s way of philosophizing is not looking for outright solutions but rather for the depth of the problems; he knows his predecessors and their strategies as well as their weaknesses, which he exposes satirically. This introduction helps to identify the original thought of Bruno who proudly said about himself: “Philosophy is my profession!” His major achievements concern the creativity of the human mind studied through the theory of memory, the infinity of the world, and the discovery of atomism for modernity. He never held a permanent office within or without the academic world. Therefore, the way of thinking of this “Knight Errant of Philosophy” will be presented along the stations of his journey through Western Europe.

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9401208298

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Humanism, Universities, and Jesuit Education in Late Renaissance Italy

By: Paul F. Grendler

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Humanism, Universities, and Jesuit Education in Late Renaissance Italy

By: Paul F. Grendler

An authoritative account of the intellectual and educational history of the late Italian Renaissance. Twenty essays on major themes, institutions, and persons of the Italian Renaissance by one of its most distinguished living historians.

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9004510281

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Mastering Linux

By: Paul S. Wang

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Mastering Linux

By: Paul S. Wang

Encouraging hands-on practice, Mastering Linux provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to Linux concepts, usage, and programming. Through a set of carefully selected topics and practical examples, the book imparts a sound understanding of operating system concepts and shows how to use Linux effectively. Ready-to-Use Examples Offer Immediate Access to Practical Applications After a primer on the fundamentals, the text covers user interfaces, commands and filters, Bash Shell scripting, the file system, networking and Internet use, and kernel system calls. It presents many examples and complete programs ready to run on your Linux system. Each chapter includes a summary and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty. Web Resource The companion website at http://ml.sofpower.com/ offers a host of ancillary materials. Along with links to numerous resources, it includes appendices on SSH and SFTP, VIM, text editing with Vi, and the emacs editor. The site also provides a complete example code package for download. Master the Linux Operating System Toolbox This book enables you to leverage the capabilities and power of the Linux system more effectively. Going beyond this, it can help you write programs at the shell and C levels—encouraging you to build new custom tools for applications and R&D.

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CRC Press

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143980687X

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Mastering Modern Linux

By: Paul S. Wang

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Mastering Modern Linux

By: Paul S. Wang

Praise for the First Edition: "This outstanding book ... gives the reader robust concepts and implementable knowledge of this environment. Graphical user interface (GUI)-based users and developers do not get short shrift, despite the command-line interface’s (CLI) full-power treatment. ... Every programmer should read the introduction’s Unix/Linux philosophy section. ... This authoritative and exceptionally well-constructed book has my highest recommendation. It will repay careful and recursive study." --Computing Reviews, August 2011 Mastering Modern Linux, Second Edition retains much of the good material from the previous edition, with extensive updates and new topics added. The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Linux concepts, usage, and programming. The text helps the reader master Linux with a well-selected set of topics, and encourages hands-on practice. The first part of the textbook covers interactive use of Linux via the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the Command-Line Interface (CLI), including comprehensive treatment of the Gnome desktop and the Bash Shell. Using different apps, commands and filters, building pipelines, and matching patterns with regular expressions are major focuses. Next comes Bash scripting, file system structure, organization, and usage. The following chapters present networking, the Internet and the Web, data encryption, basic system admin, as well as Web hosting. The Linux Apache MySQL/MariaDB PHP (LAMP) Web hosting combination is also presented in depth. In the last part of the book, attention is turned to C-level programming. Topics covered include the C compiler, preprocessor, debugger, I/O, file manipulation, process control, inter-process communication, and networking. The book includes many examples and complete programs ready to download and run. A summary and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty can be found at the end of each chapter. A companion website (http://mml.sofpower.com) provides appendices, information updates, an example code package, and other resources for instructors, as well as students.

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1351211293

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Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

By: Paul Richard Blum

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Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

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Prescription for Profit

How Doctors Defraud Medicaid

By: Paul Jesilow,Henry N. Pontell,Gilbert Geis

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Prescription for Profit

How Doctors Defraud Medicaid

By: Paul Jesilow,Henry N. Pontell,Gilbert Geis

In this explosive exposé of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who profit from abortions on women who aren't pregnant, of needless surgery, overcharging for services, and excessive testing. How can doctors, recipients of a sacred trust and sworn to the Hippocratic Oath, violate Medicaid so egregiously? The authors trace patterns of abuse to the program's inauguration in the mid 1960s, when government authorities, not individual patients, were entrusted with responsibility for payments. Determining fees and regulating treatment also became the job of government agencies, thus limiting the doctors' traditional role. Physicians continue to disagree with Medicare and Medicaid policies that infringe on their autonomy and judgment. The medical profession has not accepted the gravity or extent of some members' illegal behavior, and individual doctors continue to blame violations on subordinates and patients. In the meantime, program guidelines have grown more confusing, hamstringing efforts to detect, apprehend, and prosecute Medicaid defrauders. Failure to institute a coherent policy for fraud control in the medical benefit program has allowed self-serving and greedy practitioners to violate the law with impunity. Prescription for Profit is a shocking revelation of abuse within a once-hallowed profession. It is a book that every doctor, and every patient, needs to read this year.

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0520911830

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Invoking the Beyond:

The Kantian Rift, Mythologized Menaces, and the Quest for the New Man

By: Paul D. Collins,Phillip D. Collins

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Invoking the Beyond:

The Kantian Rift, Mythologized Menaces, and the Quest for the New Man

By: Paul D. Collins,Phillip D. Collins

The Gnostic revival of the Enlightenment witnessed the erection of what could be called the “Kantian Rift,” an epistemological barrier between external reality and the mind of the percipient. Arbitrarily proclaimed by German philosopher Immanuel Kant, this barrier rendered the world as a terra incognita. Suddenly, the world “out there” was deemed imperceptible and unknowable. In addition to the outer world, the cherished metaphysical certainties of antiquity—the soul, a transcendent order, and God—swiftly evaporated. The way was paved for a new set of modern mythmakers who would populate the world “out there” with their own surrogates for the Divine. Collectively, these surrogates could be referred to as the Beyond because they epistemologically and ontologically overwhelm humanity. In recent years, the Beyond has been invoked by theoreticians, literary figures, intelligence circles, and deep state operatives who share some variant of a technocratic vision for the world. In turn, these mythmakers have either directly or indirectly served elitist interests that have been working toward the establishment of a global government and the creation of a New Man. Their hegemony has been legitimized through the invocation of a wrathful earth goddess, a technological Singularity, a superweapon, and extraterrestrial “gods.” All of these are merely masks for the same counterfeit divinity... the Beyond.

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1663213542

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We Don't Agree , But... . How to Live in an Age of Terrorism

By: Paul Siegel

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We Don't Agree , But... . How to Live in an Age of Terrorism

By: Paul Siegel

How you, as an individual, can deter terrorism and at the same time nourish a loving family, build a strong career, and live a happy and purposeful life.

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1591135044

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Ubuntu Unleashed

By: Matthew Helmke,Andrew Hudson,Paul Hudson

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Ubuntu Unleashed

By: Matthew Helmke,Andrew Hudson,Paul Hudson

DVD includes the full Ubuntu 13.10 distribution for Intel x86 computers as well as the complete LibreOffice office suite and hundreds of additional programs and utilities"--Page 4 of cover.

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Pearson Education

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0672336936

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9780672336935

Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition

Covering 14. 10 And 15. 04

By: Matthew Helmke,Andrew Hudson,Paul Hudson

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Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition

Covering 14. 10 And 15. 04

By: Matthew Helmke,Andrew Hudson,Paul Hudson

Annotation Incorporating an advanced approach to presenting information about Ubuntu, this title aims to provide information that intermediate to advanced Linux users need to know about installation, configuration, system administration, server operations, and secruity.

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Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

Oracles of the Cosmos

Oracles of the Cosmos

Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

Oracles of the Cosmos

Oracles of the Cosmos

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

Humanism, Universities, and Jesuit Education in Late Renaissance Italy

Humanism, Universities, and Jesuit Education in Late Renaissance Italy

Mastering Linux

Mastering Linux

Mastering Modern Linux

Mastering Modern Linux

Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

Studies on Early Modern Aristotelianism

Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance

Prescription for Profit

Prescription for Profit

Invoking the Beyond:

Invoking the Beyond:

We Don't Agree , But... . How to Live in an Age of Terrorism

We Don't Agree , But... . How to Live in an Age of Terrorism

Ubuntu Unleashed

Ubuntu Unleashed

Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition

Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition

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