The author explores the recovery of Socratic philosophy in the political thought of G.W.F. Hegel, Soren Kierkegaard, John Stuart Mill, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Ward identifies the cause of the renewed interest in Socrates in Hegel’s call for the absorption of the individual within the modern, liberal state and the concomitant claim that Socratic skepticism should cease because history has reached its end and perfection. Recoiling from Hegel’s attempt to chain the individual within the “cav...

Examines how Aristotle posits political philosophy and the experience of friendship as a means to bind strictly intellectural virtue with morality.In this book, Ann Ward explores Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, focusing on the progressive structure of the argument. Aristotle begins by giving an account of moral virtue from the perspective of the moral agent, only to find that the account itself highlights fundamental tensions within the virtues that push t...

No nightmares about my dad’s car crashing or my sister’s tiny face vanishing in a window of red. No, not anymore. Now when I sleep I fall into an expanse of frozen wilderness, the other life I’ve lived…The one I’ve lived with him.Anna experiences vivid dreams from a past-life she lived in the 1800s with her husband Robert and their children in the wilderness of the Michigan Territory. Much like her own mother grieving the man and child she lost, Anna can’t simply let go of ...

The Mysteries of Udolpho was published in four volumes on 8 May 1794 by G. G. and J. Robinson of London. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho follows the fortunes of Emily St. Aubert, who suffers, among other misadventures, the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle and the machinations of an Italian brigand. Often cited as the archetypal Gothic novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, along with Radcliffe's novel The Romance of the Forest, plays a prom...

L'ebook contiene:I misteri del castello d'Udolfo, vol. 1I misteri del castello d'Udolfo, vol. 2I misteri del castello d'Udolfo, vol. 3I misteri del castello d'Udolfo, vol. 4"I misteri del castello di Udolpho" contiene tutti gli elementi del romanzo gotico: situazioni di terrore fisico e psicologico, eventi apparentemente soprannaturali, castelli remoti e in rovina, la presenza di un nemico e di un'eroina perseguitata.Ambientato nel 1584 nel sud d...

«Une fois que l’intérêt sordide s’empare d’une âme, il y glace toutes les sources des sentimens honnêtes et tendres. Non moins ennemi du goût que de la vertu, il pervertit l’un et anéantit l’autre. Mon ami, un jour viendra, peut-être, où l’avarice, disparaissant de la terre, laissera l’humanité reprendre ses premiers droits.» Ainsi parlait l’avocat Nemours à Pierre de La Motte en l’accompagnant, sur le minuit, à la voiture qui allait l’éloigner de Paris, et des poursuites de ses créanciers...

It was in the church of San Lorenzo at Naples, in the year 1758, that Vincentio di Vivaldi first saw Ellena Rosalba. The sweetness and fine expression of her voice attracted his attention to her figure, which had a distinguished air of delicacy and grace; but her face was concealed in her veil. So much indeed was he fascinated by the voice, that a most painful curiosity was excited as to her countenance, which he fancied must express all the sensibility of character that the modulation of ...

Sixteen-year-old Julia Reynolds struggles with her parents' gypsy lifestyle and the urgent need to find out what happened to her missing cousin, Aubree. Soon Julia stumbles upon the mystery surrounding the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, its banned third floor, and the blessed nails that seal its windows shut.Solving the mystery of the Ursuline and blogging the story to the entire free world could gain more interest in the disappearance of Aubree. But there's just one catch: the o...

Unlocking Legacy; Taking You God-Given Territory Through Prayer combines human initiative with God's directive! Prayer weaves divinely inspired utterances with Heaven's authority, empowering the natural with the imprint of supernatural grace and love.Every pray shifts something-something changes.Unlocking Legacy offers powerful, personal testimonies from dozens of ordinary people who demonstrate various aspects of praying with authority to possess what God...

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Dans "Les Mystères d'Udolphe", Ann Ward Radcliffe déploie un récit gothique riche en atmosphères inquiétantes et en paysages mystérieux. L'histoire suit la jeune Émilie St. Aubert, qui traverse une série d'épreuves dans le cadre d'un château romantique et menaçant, symbolisant la lutte entre la raison et les passions. Le style de Radcliffe, caractérisé par une prose lyrique et des descriptions minutieuses, crée une tension palpable, tout en intégrant des thèmes de la nature sublime et de l...

On the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the château of Monsieur St. Aubert. From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony stretching along the river, gay with luxuriant woods and vine, and plantations of olives. To the south, the view was bounded by the majestic Pyrenees, whose summits, veiled in clouds, or exhibiting awful forms, seen, and lost again, as the partial vapours rolled along, were sometimes barren, ...