Thomas Aquinas - The Angelic Doctor (12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 614 Taught byJeremy Adams This out-of-print course is an introduction to Thomas Aquinas (1225—1274), his life, his work, the system of his thought—generally called Thomism—and some of his distinctive teachings. It deals also with some of the legacy of Thomism, particularly the neo-Thomism of the later nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the post-modern critique of neo-Thomism and Thomas’s original thought.
"Time and Philosophy" presents a detailed survey of continental thought through an historical account of its key texts. The common theme taken up in each text is how philosophical thought should respond to time.
In 1293, Scotland was without a leader to unite her in a struggle to free herself from the claims of her powerful neighbour, England. But in the little village of Glen Cairn, a youth thought night and day of Scotland's lost liberty and vowed to help win it back.
Space, Knowledge and Power Foucault and Geography Edited byThe first to engage Foucault's geographies in detail from a wide range of perspectives, this book is framed around his discussions with the journal Hérodote in the mid 1970s. The contributors (including a number of key figures such as David Harvey, Chris Philo, Sara Mills, Nigel Thrift, John Agnew, Thomas Flynn and Matthew Hannah) discuss just what they find valuable and frustrating about Foucault's geographies. This is a book which will both surprise and challenge.
The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos--devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell.
