This book IS the work of St. Thomas Aquinas.The book teaches the wisdom on prayer and contemplative life in the form of question-answer organized into the subjects of the virtue of religion, devotion, prayer, the prayers of the saints who are in heaven, contemplative life, active life, comparison between active life and contemplative life, and religious state.

This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nation...

The world was stunned when little-known Karol Wojtyła became the first non-Italian pope for 450 years. As Pope John Paul II, he continued to surprise, directly confronting Communist regimes, flying hundreds of thousands of miles to meet the faithful, and building bridges with other faiths. John Paul II became a bête noire in the eyes of liberals for his staunch refusal to accept contraception or the ordination of women. But for others he was a Churchillian figure who took ...

The longevity of Greek ideas, images, and systems of thought bears witness to the incomparable originality of ancient Greek scientific and artistic achievements and the genius of Hellenist society. It is on the foundation of Hellenist achievements that many of our modern advancements have developed. Greek culture also significantly impacted the development of literature and education, beginning with the Romans and expanding to Europe and the West.The best-known literary masterpiece ...

Philosophical-Occult periodical. This issue has been inspired by the life and works of the psychoanalyst/Marxist: Wilhelm Reich.Essays FeaturedThe Orgone Accretion. (Graham Freestone)Making Bion Packs. (Elytron Frass)The Sexual Revolution Will be Subtle. (Pope Joan)#Cloudbusting. (Sabeen Chaudhury)Oranur or Reich's Folly. (German Sierra)The King of Cyan. (Seranoga)Lincoln's Orgone Accumulator: The Question Concerning Life and ...

The earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, dating back to the early Archaic period, are the two epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. These two epics, along with the Homeric Hymns and the two poems of Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, comprised the major foundations of the Greek literary tradition that would continue into the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods.This carefully selected collection contains:The OdysseyThe Works and DaysTheog...