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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the final chapters Professor Plantinga applies his logical theories to the elucidation of two problems in the philosophy of religion: the Problem of Evil and the Ontological Arguement. The arguement is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over key problems including the nature of essence, trans-world identity, negative existential propositions, and the existence of unactual objects in other possible worlds. This book, one of the first full-length studies of the modalities to emerge from the debate to which Saul Kripke, David Lewis, Ruth Marcus and others have contributed, is an exploraton and defence of the notion of modality "de re," the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. The arguement is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over key problems including the nature of essence, trans-world identity, negative existential propositions, and the existence of unactual objects in. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() we print their manifesto calling for the formation of the International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art. They now propose a new federation of artists and writers, Left-wing in tendency and free of all organizational dependence. Some time ago they rejected the Third International (the Comintern, 1919-1943), politically as well as culturally. “Andre Breton, a founder and leader of the Surrealist movement, and Diego Rivera, the painter of the Mexican Revolution, are two artists who have long been active on the Left. 1 began with a discussion of a new activist group:the International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Art: here is that paragraph again. ![]() You may remember that the ‘Our Quarter’ editorial for Volume 6, No. ![]() ![]() This is not a competition and there are no prizes. When I picked up their list this year, I thought to myself, “Too bad there isn’t something like this for math books.” (Unsurprisingly, my yearly reading list is always heavy on the math books, and the Popsugar challenge is not.) Then I realized I could make it happen.īelow are 12 prompts to guide your math-related reading in the coming year, along with two or three books you could (but are in no way obligated to) choose for each prompt. For a few years now, I have used the Popsugar Reading Challenge as a way to inspire me to read outside my comfort zone. I try to read books from a wide range of authors, genres, and time periods. ![]() ![]() I was one of those kids who always had a book at the table or on a road trip, and although I’m now too polite to read over dinner with people, I’m still an avid reader. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Seventh Teaching: The Joy of Humble Praise and Service of God.The Sixth Teaching: All Creatures Are Our Brothers and Sisters. ![]()
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When journalist Chani Horowitz nabs an interview with actor Gabe Parker, she doesn’t know it’s going to be her big break. ![]() A journalist and a troubled movie star reconnect after a fateful interview 10 years ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was also, in truth, trying to find a sneaky way to meet the objective standards of a dissertation and still use my voice creatively. To see how different, or not, a woman of the sixteenth century was from a woman of the twenty-first. I wanted to change the story arc of a long-established, inviolate yet violated Shakespearean character. I was interested in breaking the proverbial fourth wall of theater, but on paper. “Essay” comes from the French essayer, “to try.” I find that very moving. She entered, page left, and wouldn’t leave-and I didn’t want her to. ![]() I was staring at my knuckles above the keyboard, thinking how much hands say about a person, who she is and how she’s lived. But when she appeared twenty years later in my American Studies dissertation on in-betweenness and identity, it startled me. Over the next decade she kept cropping up-a Jeopardy clue, a Christopher Street drag show, a Halloween costume. ![]() As a simmering teen wreathed in menthol smoke, cobwebs, and Pink Panther insulation, Lavinia’s plight enraged and validated me. I first read Titus Andronicus as a seventeen-year-old, sneaking pilfered wine and Newports in the crawl space of my parents’ house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Fighting his way to adulthood in the mean-but-magical streets of the city's most blighted neighborhoods, Whandall alone dreams of escaping the god's wrath to find a new and better life. Whandall Placehold has lived with the Burning all his life. ![]() Then the people, possessed by Yagen-Atep, set their own town ablaze in a riotous orgy of destruction that often comes without warning. ![]() In Tep's Town, nothing can burn indoors and no fire can start: by accident - except when the Burning comes upon the city. Here Yagen-Atep, the volatile and voracious god of fire, holds sway, alternately protecting and destroying the city's denizens. Set in the world of Niven's popular The Magic Goes Away, The Burning City transports readers to an enchanted ancient city that often bears a provocative resemblance to our own modem society. Now Niven and Pournelle have combined their award-winning talents and imaginations to produce a masterpiece of epic fantasy that rivals the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings. 1 New York Times bestseller Footfall, as well as Lucifer's Hammer, Inferno, Oath of Fealty, and The Mote in God's Eye. Each an acclaimed author in his own right, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have collaborated on some of the biggest bestsellers in science fiction history, including the No. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The poem ‘Pali Sie!’ was first published as an independent work in 1946, with illustrations by his friend Jan Marcin Szancer later, it was compiled in a book titled Brzechwa dzieciom (Brzechwa for Children), which, although it appeared in 1956, is still being reprinted today. Apart from his poems and short stories aimed at young readers, he also wrote satirical poetry and translated various works by Russian authors. Under his real name he published books on law and used his pen name Brzechwa for his literary creations. For many years he worked in the Polish Society of Authors and Composers, of which he became the director. He studied Law and specialised in intellectual property. Brzechwa’s real name was Jan Wiktor Lesman he was born in 1898 in Zmerynka, in the Podolia region, and died in Warsaw in 1966. It was written by Jan Brzechwa (pronounced ‘bshegfa’), author of a great number of children’s books that have been enjoyed, and still are, by several generations of readers. ‘Pali Sie!’ (Fire!) is a very popular poem in Poland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch. ![]() You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. 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