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It is remarkably appropriate that this work on aesthetics should have been written by George Santayana, who is probably the most brilliant philosophic writer and the philosopher with the strongest sense of beauty since Plato. It is not a dry metaphysical treatise, as works on aesthetics so often are, but is itself a fascinating document: as much a revelation of the beauty of language as of the concept of beauty.This unabridged reproduction of the 1896 edition of lectures delivered at Harvard College is a study of "why, when, and how beauty appears, what conditions an object must fulfill to be beautiful, what elements of our nature make us sensible of beauty, and what the relation is between the constitution of the object and the excitement of our susceptibility."Santayana first analyzes the nature of beauty, finding it irrational, "pleasure regarded as the quality of a thing." He then proceeds to the materials of beauty, showing what all human functions can contribute: love, social instincts, senses, etc. Beauty of form is then analyzed, and finally the author discusses the expression of beauty. Literature, religion, values, evil, wit, humor, and the possibility of finite perfection are all examined. Presentation throughout the work is concrete and easy to follow, with examples drawn from art, history, anthropology, psychology, and similar areas.

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (pere) completed in 1844. It is one of the authors most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.

THE ART OF WAR (Chinese: ????; pinyin: S?nz? b?ngf?) is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and kindred to the Realpolitik of his time, termed in China as Legalism. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It has been the most famous and influential of Chinas Seven Military Classics, and "for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name." It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.Beyond its military and intelligence applications from earliest days to the present time, THE ART OF WAR has been applied to many fields well outside of the military. Much of the text is about how to fight wars without actually having to do battle: it gives tips on how to outsmart ones opponent so that physical battle is not necessary. As such, it has found application as a training guide for many competitive endeavors that do not involve actual combat. There are business books applying its lessons to office politics and corporate strategy. Many companies make the book required reading for their key executives. The book is also popular among Western business management, who have turned to it for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive business situations. It has also been applied to the field of education. The Art of War has been the subject of law books and legal articles on the trial process, including negotiation tactics and trial strategy.

In this book eight lectures given before the Lowell Institute in Boston during the late autumn of 1914 are combined with material drawn from a course of lectures delivered the previous spring before the Western Colleges with which Harvard University maintains an annual exchangeBeloit, Carleton, Colorado, Grinnell, and Knox. The lecture form has been kept, even at the cost of occasional repetition.The purpose of these lectures is to present within a moderate compass an historical account of the progress of Greek religious thought through something over a thousand years. No attempt has been made to give a general treatment of Greek religion, or to deal with pre-Hellenic origins, with religious antiquities, or with mythology. The discussions are confined rather to the Greeks ideas about the nature of the gods, and to their concepts of the relations between gods and men and of mens obligations toward the divine. The lectures therefore deal with the higher ranges of Greek thought and at times have much to do with philosophy and theology.Yet I have felt free to interpret my subject liberally, and, so far as space allowed, I have touched on whatever seemed to me most significant. Ethics has been included without hesitation, for the Greeks themselves, certainly from the fifth century b.c., regarded morals as closely connected with religion. A treatment of the oriental religions seemed desirable, since the first two centuries and a half of our era cannot be understood if these religions are left out of account. Still more necessary was it to include Christianity. In my handling of this I have discussed the teachings of Jesus and of Paul with comparative fullness, in order to set forth clearly the material which later under the influence of secular thought was transformed into a philosophic system. Origen and Plotinus represent the culmination of Greek religious philosophy.Such a book as this can be nothing more than a sketch; in it the scholar will miss many topics which might well have been included. Of such omissions I am fully conscious; but limitations of subject and of space forced me to select those themes which seemed most significant in the development of the religious ideas of the ancient world.It is not possible for me to acknowledge all my obligations to others. I wish, however, to express here my gratitude to Professor C. P. Parker, who has shared his knowledge of Plato with me; to Professor J. H. Ropes, who has helped me on many points in my last two lectures, where I especially needed an experts aid; and to Professor C. N. Jackson, who has read the entirebook in manuscript and by his learning and judgment has made me his constant debtor. The criticism which these friends have given me has been of the greatest assistance even when I could not accept their views; and none of them is responsible for my statements.

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkeys paw that magically grant wishes, they do what many people would dothey wish for money. But every wish has a consequence, and the White family finds they are completely unprepared for what comes next. The Monkeys Paw is a classic horror tale that gives new meaning to the phrase be careful what you wish for.The Monkeys Paw has become a classic horror story and has been adapted numerous times, including into episodes of such popular television series as The X-Files, The Twilight Zone, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Tales from the Crypt.

Pubblichiamo questa settima edizione, dopo il lusinghiero esito delle altre precedenti, anche con maggior compiacimento perche, oltre ad unopera utile, che crediamo possa svolgere questo libro fra le popolazioni agricole e di regioni alpine, esso serve a far conoscere numerosi tesori ancor Poco sfruttati in Italia nel campo delle piante e delle erbe alpine. Tutti sanno che numerose specie di piante sono adoperate in grandi quantita, sia nellindustria dei liquori o dei profumi, sia per uso medicinale, ma non tutti sanno che lItalia, che pur e ricca di questa meravigliosa flora, dipende ancora dallestero per la maggior parte di questi prodotti.Se noi sapessimo e se volessimo sfruttar queste nostre ricchezze naturali potremmo non solo bastare al consumo interno, ma ancora alimentare il mercato mondiale.Per rimediare a tale stato di cose, che ora si ripete ancora con maggior ampiezza, in Francia e stato iniziato dai pubblici Poteri un vasto movimento di propaganda, organizzato per intensificare la raccolta delle Piante terapeutiche indigene e per raccomandarne specialmente la cultura e divulgarne le virtu."Due o tre Piante bene applicate hanno spesso un effetto piu sicuro e di minor violenza alla natura che una sequela di droghe, le quali fermentano nello stomaco e che un infermo fa maggior fatica a sopportare, della stessa malattia che lo affligge". Ecco quanto scriveva nel 1714 il grande dott. Chomel, medico del Re e decano della Facolta di Medicina di Parigi.Oggidi sono meglio conosciute e piu apprezzate le virtu terapeutiche di uninfinita di piante, lesperienza secolare di insigni medici e botanici ha stabilito precisamente in quali casi si possono impiegare con utili risultati medicamenti a base di erbe terapeutiche.E non solo nella medicina esse occupano un Posto cospicuo, ma in tutta leconomia domestica e nellindustria dei liquori e Profumi.Rivelare Percio al pubblico tutte queste virtu sconosciute che la Natura ha prodigato alla flora nostrana, indicare in quali casi possono essere di utile impiego terapeutico od industriale, ecco il principale intendimento che ha mosso lautore a promuoverne una settima edizione.Confidiamo quindi di avere la simpatia e lincoraggiamento di quanti non disdegnano la pratica esperienza del Passato millenario in queste umili note di divulgazione delle meravigliose ed ignorate virtu della Natura.

Giuseppe Garibaldi (Nizza, 4 luglio 1807 Caprera, 2 giugno 1882) e stato un generale, patriota, condottiero e scrittore italiano.Noto anche con lappellativo di "Eroe dei due mondi" per le sue imprese militari compiute sia in Europa sia in America Meridionale, e la figura piu rilevante del Risorgimento e uno dei personaggi storici italiani piu celebri al mondo.È considerato dalla storiografia e nella cultura popolare del XX secolo da essa influenzata, il principale eroe nazionale italiano. Inizio i suoi spostamenti per il mondo quale ufficiale di navi mercantili e poi quale capitano di lungo corso al comando. La sua impresa militare piu nota fu la spedizione dei Mille, che annesse il Regno delle Due Sicilie al nascente Regno dItalia durante lUnita dItalia.Garibaldi era inoltre massone di 33º grado del Grande Oriente dItalia (ricopri anche brevemente la carica di Gran Maestro) e anticlericale e fu autore di numerosi scritti e pubblicazioni, prevalentemente di memorialistica e politica, ma anche romanzi e poesie.

Give me liberty or give me death!- Patrick Henry.Strategy Six Pack 13 includes Thomas De Quinceys classic study of Romes first leaders, The Caesars, two essays by Elbert Hubbard (on Patrick Henry and Anne Hutchinson), Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete and two American history classics, My Sixty Years on the Plains - Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton and Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell. Strategy Six Pack 13The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey.Patrick Henry by Elbert Hubbard.My Sixty Years on the Plains - Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton.Anne Hutchinson by Elbert Hubbard.Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar by Emily Ruete. Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains, 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell. Image gallery.

Neste quase romance, a autora narra sua história familiar a partir de cartas trocadas entre seus pais durante um longo e obrigatório período de separação. Como os acontecimentos ocorreram nos primeir

It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet".The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendels mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory.The full poem survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex, located in the British Library. It has no title in the original manuscript, but has become known by the name of the storys protagonist. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through Ashburnham House in London that had a collection of medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton.

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldsteins household, where he also wrote the story of his life.

This is a history of the fairy tales and folklore that originated out of Japan dating back millennia. From the intro:Pierre Loti in Madame Chrysantheme, Gilbert and Sullivan in The Mikado, and Sir Edwin Arnold in Seas and Lands, gave us the impression that Japan was a real fairyland in the Far East. We were delighted with the prettiness and quaintness of that country, and still more with the prettiness and quaintness of the Japanese people. We laughed at their topsy-turvy ways, regarded the Japanese woman, in her rich-coloured kimono, as altogether charming and fascinating, and had a vague notion that the principal features of Nippon were the tea-houses, cherry-blossom, and geisha. Twenty years ago we did not take Japan very seriously. We still listen to the melodious music of The Mikado, but now we no longer regard Japan as a sort of glorified willow-pattern plate. The Land of the Rising Sun has become the Land of the Risen Sun, for we have learnt that her quaintness and prettiness, her fairy-like manners and customs, were but the outer signs of a great and progressive nation. To-day we recognise Japan as a power in the East, and her victory over the Russian has made her army and navy famous throughout the world.The Japanese have always been an imitative nation, quick to absorb and utilise the religion, art, and social life of China, and, having set their own national seal upon what they have borrowed from the Celestial Kingdom, to look elsewhere for material that should strengthen and advance their position. This imitative quality is one of Japans most marked characteristics. She has ever been loath to impart information to others, but ready at all times to gain access to any form of knowledge likely to make for her advancement. In the fourteenth century Kenk? wrote in his Tsure-dzure-gusa:[Pg xii] "Nothing opens ones eyes so much as travel, no matter where," and the twentieth-century Japanese has put this excellent advice into practice. He has travelled far and wide, and has made good use of his varied observations. Japans power of imitation amounts to genius. East and West have contributed to her greatness, and it is a matter of surprise to many of us that a country so long isolated and for so many years bound by feudalism should, within a comparatively short space of time, master our Western system of warfare, as well as many of our ethical and social ideas, and become a great world-power. But Japans success has not been due entirely to clever imitation, neither has her place among the foremost nations been accomplished with such meteor-like rapidity as some would have us suppose.

Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Bose), subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft), is a book by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886.It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but approached from a more critical, polemical direction.In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.

Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.While on campaign between 170 and 180, Aurelius wrote his Meditations in Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. The title of this work was added posthumouslyoriginally he titled his work simply: "To Myself". He had a logical mind and his notes were representative of Stoic philosophy and spirituality.Meditations is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty. The book has been a favourite of Frederick the Great, John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, Goethe, Wen Jiabao, and Bill Clinton.

William Blake (28 November 1757 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was a 19th-century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages, and he has been deemed both a major poet and an original thinker.

This revised kindle edition contains additional illustrations of flowers, captioned to include their meaningsA pretty book matching flowers and plants to their meanings. Listed in both in alphabetical order and in reverse order (matching meanings to plants/flowers) the book also contains many charming 19th Century illustrations.A selection of flower-themed poetry is also included at the end of the book, eg. Daffodils (Wordsworth); The Rose (Waller); The Sensitive Plant (Shelley); Adonis Sleeping (Keats); The Daisy (Chaucer).A useful reference book for exploring symbolism in nature.Cowslip = Pensiveness. Winning grace.Geranium, Lemon = Unexpected meeting.Lily, White = Purity. Sweetness.Primrose = Early youth.Snowdrop = Hope.Sweet Pea = Delicate pleasures.

En commençant mes études le premier pas m’a plu si fort,Le simple fait de la conscience, ces formes, la motilité,Le moindre insecte ou animal, les sens, la vue, l’amour,Le premier pas, dis-je, m’a fr

Dallincipit del libro:Quando mi tornano a mente i miei genitori (adesso si stanno accanto nel cimitero del villaggio) e gli anni della mia giovinezza, allora gli occhi si ricolmano di lagrime.Ecco: era lassu! da tutte le strade del piano, anche da lontano, lo si distingueva il palazzo antico e quadrato, su in vetta della collina, con i quattro cipressi alti che dentellavano il cielo e facevano la guardia al portone.

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Colliers, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair

De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words ? u ("not") and ? topos ("place"), with the topographical suffix -? eia, hence ?? outopeia (Latinized as Utopia), no-place land. It also contains a pun, however, because Utopia could also be the Latinization of ?? eutopeia, good-place land, which uses the Greek prefix eu, good, instead of ?. One interpretation holds that this suggests that while Utopia might be some sort of perfected society, it is ultimately unreachable. Despite modern connotations of the word "utopia," it is widely accepted that the society More describes in this work was not actually his own "perfect society." Rather he wished to use the contrast between the imaginary lands unusual political ideas and the chaotic politics of his own day as a platform from which to discuss social issues in Europe.