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Michiel Meeusen Plutarch's science of natural problems
a study with commentary on quaestiones naturales
The role of natural science in the Roman Imperial Era. In his Quaestiones naturales, Plutarch unmistakably demonstrates a huge interest in the world of natural phenomena. The work of this famous intellectual and philosopher from Chaeronea consists of forty-one natural problems that address a wide variety of questions, sometimes rather peculiar ones, pertaining to ancient Greek physics, including problems related to the fields of zoology, botany, meteorology and their respective subdisciplines. By...
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Engels | 556 pagina's (PDF, 2,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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A versatile gentleman
consistency in Plutarch's writing; studies offered to Luc van der Stockt on the occasion of his retirement
Essays on erudite versatility in Plutarch's works. Plutarch was a brilliant Platonist, an erudite historian, a gifted author of highly polished literary dialogues, a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and a devoted politician in his hometown Chaeronea. He felt confident in the most technical and specialized discussions, yet was not afraid of rhetorical generalizations. In his voluminous oeuvre, he appears as a sharp polemicist and a loving father, an ardent pupil but also a kind, inspiring teacher, a sober...
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Engels | 310 pagina's (PDF, 1,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Greg Houwer Into the white
Kafka and his metamorphoses
Into the White lays bare a hidden overall logic in Kafka's work. Instead of restoring an initial but perturbed balance - the standard pattern for a piece of fiction -, Kafka's characters always do the opposite: they do everything they can to maintain the imbalance. The book shows how this should be linked to Kafka's own attitude as a writer. Writing, for Kafka, always gave birth to promises that could not be kept. It opens up gates that the writer is not allowed to enter. In the stories that deal...
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Engels | ePub, 0,3 MB | Acco, Leuven | 2011
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Jaap de Jong Spreken als Max Havelaar
hoe houd je een vlammende toespraak?
Praktische handleiding voor het houden van een toespraak.
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Nederlands | 144 pagina's (ePub, 0,7 MB) | Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam | 2013
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Alberto Manguel De bibliotheek bij nacht
de liefde voor boeken en de kunst van het verzamelen
Causerie over publieke en persoonlijke bibliotheken.
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Nederlands | 336 pagina's (ePub2, 6,4 MB) | Ambo, Amsterdam | 2011
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Ton Hoenselaars Shakespeare forever!
leven en mythe, werk en erfenis
Uitgebreide eigentijdse studie over leven, werk en invloed van de beroemde Engelse toneelschrijver William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
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Nederlands | 423 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam | 2017
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Justus Lipsius Monita et exempla politica
In 17th-century intellectual life, the ideas of the Renaissance humanist Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) were omnipresent. The publication of his Politica in 1589 had made Lipsius' name as an original and controversial political thinker. The sequel, the Monita et exempla politica (Political admonitions and examples), published in 1605, was meant as an illustration of Lipsius political thought as expounded in the Politica. Its aim was to offer concrete models of behavior for rulers against the background...
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Engels | Latijn | PDF, 11 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022
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Geert Roskam Plutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum
an interpretation with commentary
The question of the political relevance of philosophy, and of the role which the philosopher should play in the government of his state, was often discussed in Antiquity. Plato's ideal of the philosopher-king is well-known, but was precisely his failure to realise his political ideal in Syracuse not the best argument against the philosopher's political engagement? Nevertheless, Plato's ideal remained attractive for later Greek thinkers. This is illustrated, for instance, by one of Plutarch's short...
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Engels | 252 pagina's (PDF, 3,9 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Carla Muijsert-van Blitterswijk Nieuwetijdskinderen
het intuïtieve kind in gezin, onderwijs en hulpverlening
Aanwijzingen voor ouders en opvoeders hoe om te gaan met hypergevoelige en paranormaal begaafde kinderen.
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Nederlands | 156 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | AnkhHermes, Utrecht | 2013
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Joey Brown Schrijven naar bewustzijn
ontdek je ware verhaal
Wie ben je écht? Waarom ben je hier? Welke taak heb je in dit leven? Wat in jou wil gehoord worden? Schrijven kan je helpen om antwoorden te vinden. Schrijven naar bewustzijn neemt je mee op een schrijfreis naar je oorsprong, je ware zelf, je intuïtie, je inspiratie en je levensmissie. Dit boek is bedoeld voor iedereen met een verlangen naar méér: naar verdieping en naar verbinding. Of je nu pas begint met schrijven of al langer schrijft, met dit boek ontdek je al schrijvend je ware verhaal....
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Nederlands | 256 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Altamira, Haarlem | 2019
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Miranda Green De Keltische mythen
goden en legenden van het oude Ierland en Wales
Wetenschappelijk verantwoorde gids van de Keltische mythologie.
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Nederlands | 155 pagina's (ePub2, 3,8 MB) | Atheneaeum - Polak & van Gennep, Amsterdam | 2016
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Explosieve debatten
kritische tradities in Nederlandse en Engelse tijdschriften 1750-1940
Bijdragen over enkele literaire critici in Nederland en Engeland.
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Nederlands | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 2,8 MB) | Walburg Pers, Zutphen | 2016
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Virtues for the people
aspects of Plutarchan ethics
Plutarch of Chaeronea, Platonist, polymath, and prolific writer, was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical...
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niet gecodeerde talen | 320 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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