4418 results for '"Self, Will"'

After a forty-year lull, the study of word-values in groups has sprung back into life with some spectacular new results in finite group theory. These are largely motivated by applications to...

"One of the most interesting gatherings of material that any poet has published within living memory." --The EconomistSimone Weil described “decreation” as “undoing the creature in us” -- an undoing...

This advanced introductory text offers a synoptic view of philosophical inquiry, discussing such topics as consciousness, the self, meaning, free will, the a priori, and knowledge. The emphasis is on...

The Mountain of Names offers a Kaleidoscopic view of the nature of the family throughout history. From primitive societies, where family and kinship define each person's sense of self, through the...

coleridge, winner of the 1989 Whitbread Book of the Year, is a vivid and unforgettable portrait that illuminates the true genius of the author of "Kubla Khan" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"...

Walker Percy's mordantly funny and wholly original contribution to the self-help book craze deals with the Western mind's tendency toward heavy abstraction. This favorite of Percy fans continues to...

From the author of 1984, the classic semi-autobiographical story about the adventures of a penniless British writer in two cities.Down and Out in Paris and London follows the journey of a writer...

Marking the tercentenary of Berkeley's birth, this collection of previously unpublished essays covers such Berkeleian topics as: imagination, experience, and possibility; the argument against...

From the acclaimed poet behind bone, an exploration of how we can meet our truest selves, the ones we've always been meant to becomeYrsa Daley-Ward's words have resonated with hundreds of thousands...

The American Revolution swept away old certainties and forced revolutionaries to consider what it meant to be American. Andrew Trees examines four attempts to answer the question of national identity...

A powerful personal narrative of recovery and an illuminating philosophical exploration of trauma On July 4, 1990, while on a morning walk in southern France, Susan Brison was attacked from behind,...

The internationally bestselling therapy memoir translated by International Booker shortlistee Anton Hur.PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?ME: I don't know, I'm-what's the word-depressed? Do I have...

A cleverly told and beautifully illustrated tale of self-discovery from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni.Matthew the mouse lives in a dreary corner of a dusty attic. But a trip to the...

Wai Chee Dimock approaches Herman Melville not as a timeless genius, but as a historical figure caught in the politics of an imperial nation and an "imperial self." She challenges our customary view...

Grossmann's study does not profess to be a comprehensive treatment of political language during the period of the Peloponnesian War, but it does focus on some of the most important concepts in the...

"[The authors] have selected the best of Lincoln's writings on himself and the tremendous issues of his day. By their skillful editing, letters, speeches, and documents are fused into an intimate...

An engrossing profile of an extraordinary guidance counselor who helps kids get into the right colleges through focusing on self- awareness Gwyeth Smith, known as Smitty, is a nationally renowned...

Achievement behaviour in schools can best be understood in terms of attempts by students to maintain a positive self-image. For many students, trying hard is frightening because a combination of...

Nancy Armstrong and Leonard Tennenhouse challenge traditional accounts of the origins of modern Anglo-American culture by focusing on the emergence of print culture in England and the North American...

If Edgar Allan Poe wrote for children! Fox and Mole find a spooky story spilling into their lives in this autumnal tale for older picture-book readers. Fox and Mole live alone on a headland, in two...