"The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson" by Edward Alexander Moore is a compelling memoir that provides a firsthand account of the Civil War from the perspective of a soldier in the artillery. Moore, who served under the legendary General Stonewall Jackson, shares his experiences on the battlefield, detailing the camaraderie among soldiers and the harsh realities of war. His narrative captures the intensity of combat, the strategic maneuvers of the Confederate army, and the perso...

At the age of eighteen I was a member of the Junior Class at Washington College at Lexington, Virginia, during the session of 1860-61, and with the rest of the students was more interested in the foreshadowings of that ominous period than in the teachings of the professors. Among our number there were a few from the States farther south who seemed to have been born secessionists, while a large majority of the students were decidedly in favor of the Union. Our president, the Rev. Dr. George...

The complex, colorful history of South Carolina's southeastern cornerIn the first volume of The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, three distinguished historians of the Palmetto State recount more than three centuries of Spanish and French exploration, English and Huguenot agriculture, and African slave labor as they trace the history of one of North America's oldest European settlements. From the sixteenth-century forays of the Spaniards to the i...

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams."(I) now present this volume as the only published record of that company, celebrated as it was even in that matchless body of men, the Army of Northern Virginia."This boots-on-the-ground memoir, told by a man who enlisted barely out of child...

Eugen Fink is considered one of the clearest interpreters of phenomenology and was the preferred conversational partner of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Play as Symbol of the World, Fink offers an original phenomenology of play as he attempts to understand the world through the experience of play. He affirms the philosophical significance of play, why it is more than idle amusement, and reflects on the movement from "child's play" to "cosmic play." Well-known for its nontechnical...

In his Critique of Cynical Reason, Peter Sloterdijk pursued an enlightenment of the Enlightenment in both its beginnings and the present. After God is dedicated to the theological enlightenment of theology. It ranges from the period when gods reigned, through the rule of the world-creator god to reveries about the godlike power of artificial intelligence. The path of this self-enlightening theology, which is carried out here by a non-theologian, must begin well before Nietzsche’s ...

The Ontario Municipal Board is an independent provincial planning appeals body that has wielded major influence on Toronto’s urban development. In this book, Aaron A. Moore examines the effect that the OMB has had on the behavior and relationships of Toronto’s main political actors, including city planners, developers, neighbourhood associations, and local politicians.Moore’s findings draw on a quantitative analysis of all OMB decisions and settlements from 2000 through 2006, as we...

A reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.Winner of the 2023 Symposium Book Award presented by Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental PhilosophyIn the early 1950s, German philosopher Martin Heidegger proclaimed the Austrian expressionist Georg Trakl to be the poet of his generation and of the hidden Occi...

In "The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson," Edward Alexander Moore provides a firsthand account of the experiences of a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, particularly focusing on his service in the artillery under the legendary General Stonewall Jackson. Written in a vivid and engaging narrative style, Moore's memoir uniquely combines a detailed depiction of battlefield dynamics with poignant reflections on camaraderie and the harsh realities of war. The text offers a ri...

Heidegger characterizes the history and essence of metaphysics as ontotheological. Ontotheology concentrates on the being of entities and conceives of this being in two interdependent ways. First, as common to all entities, being serves as the ontological ground for their coherence and intelligibility. Second, being is understood theologically, that is, by recourse to a highest entity that both exemplifies what is common to entities and serves as the causal foundation of entities and their...

Provides the first systematic interpretation of Heidegger's relation to Eckhart, centering on the idea that we must release ourselves in order to know the truth.In the late Middle Ages the philosopher and mystic Meister Eckhart preached that to know the truth you must be the truth. But how to be the truth? Eckhart's answer comes in the form of an imperative: release yourself, let be. Only then will you be able to understand that the deepest meaning of being is rele...

40 Civil War Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers is an indispensable anthology chronicling the myriad experiences of Confederate soldiers during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. The collection spans a broad spectrum of literary styles, from detailed personal diaries to reflective memoirs, and captures the essence of the Civil War from a Southern perspective. The anthology's rich tapestry of narratives reveals not only the heroism and hardships faced by these men but also...