Prologue On what shall be said in this Essay The Medici were an illustrious family that rose to fame and fortune during the Renaissance. Starting as humble merchants‚ the family grew in fame and prosperity until the name was known throughout all of Europe. Every aspect of the Renaissance was influenced by them. They influenced society as a whole‚ and their ways of relating to the different aspects of life set up standards that were followed‚ copied or completely avoided by their peers
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Introduction: Japan and History The impact Japan has had on the modern world is enormous. It occupies less than one three hundredth of the planet’s land area‚ yet wields one sixth of the planet’s economic might. There would be few homes and offices that do not rely on at least some Japanese technology. Japanese cars rule the roads. Despite recent problems with so called ‘Japanese style management’‚ many western and Asian managers still try to do things ‘the Japanese way’. Japanese foreign aid
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H EALTH C ARE E THICS H EALTH C ARE E THICS A C ATHOLIC T HEOLOGICAL A NALYSIS F IFTH E DITION Benedict M. Ashley‚ O.P. Jean K. deBlois‚ C.S.J. Kevin D. O’Rourke‚ O.P. Georgetown University Press Washington‚ D.C. As of January 1‚ 2007‚ 13-digit ISBN numbers will replace the current 10-digit system. Paperback: 978-1-58901-116-8 Georgetown University Press‚ Washington‚ D.C. © 2006 by Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized
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t of e ofj "cc L AW‚ LEGISLATION AND LIBERTY This is Hayek’s major statement of political philosophy. Rejecting Marx‚ Freud‚ logical positivism and political egalitarianism‚ Hayek shows that the naive application of scientific methods to culture and education has been harmful and misleading‚ creating superstition and error rather than an age of reason and culture. Law‚ Legislation and Liberty combines all three volumes of Hayek’s comprehensive study on the basic principles of the political
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE chosen by the author from those in his possession (par. 616). Several of the illustrations f or "Concerning Mandala Symbolism‚" a lso‚ a re now given in colour. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Mrs. Aniela Jaffe and t o M rs. M argaret S chevill-Link f or t heir kind assistance i n connection w ith t he pi ctures. T he frontispiece w as publ ished i n t he Swiss m agazine Du (April 1955) ‚ w ith t he br ief a rticle by P rofessor Jung on m andalas which is given in the appendix
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This page intentionally left blank SHAKESPEARE AND TOLERANCE Shakespeare’s remarkable ability to detect and express important new currents and moods in his culture often led him to dramatise human interactions in terms of the presence or absence of tolerance. Differences of religion‚ gender‚ nationality‚ and what is now called ‘race’ are important in most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ and varied ways of bridging these differences by means of sympathy and understanding are often depicted. The full
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Book I : General Norms 1. Book I : General Norms 1. Title I: Eccesiastical Laws 2. Title II: Custom 3. Title III: General Decrees and Inst 4. Title IV: Singular Administrative Acts 1. Ch. I : Common Norms 2. Ch. II : Sing Decrees and Prescripts 3. Ch. III: Rescripts 4. Ch. IV: Privileges 5. Ch. V: Dispensations 5. Title V: Statutes and Ordinances 6. Title VI: Physical and Juridic Persons 6. Ch. I: Physical Persons
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SONNET ‘A very useful book indeed‚ and one which will add to the scope of current debates about the sonnet.’ John Drakakis‚ University of Stirling In this indispensable introductory study of the Renaissance sonnet‚ Michael R.G.Spiller takes the reader on an illuminating guided tour. He begins with the invention of the sonnet in thirteenth-century Italy and traces its progress through to the time of Milton‚ showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express
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A History of Thermodynamics Ingo Müller A History of Thermodynamics The Doctrine of Energy and Entropy ABC Professor Dr. Dr.h.c. Ingo Müller Thermodynamik Technische Universität Berlin 10623 Berlin Germany E-mail: ingo.mueller@alumni.tu-berlin.de Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933419 ISBN-10 3-540-46226-0 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-46226-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved‚ whether the whole or
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Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiah OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Thinking It Through Thinking It Through AN I NTRODUCTION TO CONTE M PO RARY PH I LOSOPHY Kwame Anthony Appiah Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University
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