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The Golden Compass and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court
Release Date : 2012-03-30
ISBN 10 : 9780812698152
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (698 downloads)

Download The Golden Compass and Philosophy PDF Format Full Free by Richard Greene and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popularity of the His Dark Materials trilogy has generated a major motion picture, a stage play, video games, and a new prequel. The series has also been highly controversial with its use of exciting adventure stories for children to comment on organized religion. These books have piqued the interest of the contributors to this fascinating volume, who use it to probe the philosophical issues that inform them. Could a golden compass, or alethiometer, really work? Can a person's soul or daemon have a mind of its own? What are the ramifications of pursuing the diabolical "intercision" process, or of trying to bring about the death of God, a plot that Lyra and her mysterious Father struggle over? These are some of the questions explored by these essays that try to get to the heart of Lyra's bewildering, inspiring, and multifaceted world.

The Golden Compass and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher :
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : OCLC:1193957009
Pages : pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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At the Sign of the Golden Compass - A Tale of the Printing House of Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, 1576

Author : Eric P. Kelly
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-16
ISBN 10 : 9781473385719
Pages : 204 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (385 downloads)

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The Princess Bride and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court
Release Date : 2015-11-14
ISBN 10 : 9780812699166
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (699 downloads)

Download The Princess Bride and Philosophy PDF Format Full Free by Richard Greene and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Princess Bride is the 1987 satirical adventure movie that had to wait for the Internet and DVDs to become the most quoted of all cult classics. The Princess Bride and Philosophy is for all those who have wondered about the true meaning of “Inconceivable!,” why the name “Roberts” uniquely inspires fear, and whether it’s truly a miracle to restore life to someone who is dead, but not necessarily completely dead. The Princess Bride is filled with people trying to persuade each other of various things, and invites us to examine the best methods of persuasion. It’s filled with promises, some kept and some broken, and cries out for philosophical analysis of what makes a promise and why promises should be kept. It’s filled with beliefs which go beyond the evidence, and philosophy can help us to decide when such beliefs can be justified. It’s filled with political violence, both by and against the recognized government, and therefore raises all the issues of political philosophy. Westley, Buttercup, Prince Humperdinck, Inigo Montoya, the giant Fezzik, and the Sicilian Vizzini keep on re-appearing in these pages, as examples of philosophical ideas. Is it right for Montoya to kill the six-fingered man, even though there is no money in the revenge business? What’s the best way to deceive someone who knows you’re trying to deceive him? Are good manners a kind of moral virtue? Could the actions of the masked man in black truly be inconceivable even though real? What does ethics have to say about Miracle Max’s pricing policy? How many shades of meaning can be conveyed by “As You Wish”?

Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court
Release Date : 2013-10-08
ISBN 10 : 9780812698329
Pages : 242 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (698 downloads)

Download Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy PDF Format Full Free by Richard Greene and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Machiavellian city officials to big-time mobsters, corrupt beat cops, and overzealous G-men, Boardwalk Empire is replete with philosophically compelling characters who find themselves in philosophically interesting situations. This book is directed at thoughtful fans of the show. Here, readers discover parallels between the events in Boardwalk Empire and contemporary political events. Twenty philosophers address issues in political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, feminism, and metaphysics. Is Nucky Thomson a Machiavellian prince or a Nietzschean superman? Is Jimmy's resentment towards Nucky justified, given that Jimmy would never have come into existence had his parents not met? What can be said about the ethics of lying in the seedy world of bootlegging? Agent Van Alden’s unique religious attitudes bring a warped sense of morality to the Boardwalk universe. One chapter brings to light the moral character of Van Alden’s God. Other chapters explores the roles that storytelling, deception, and gender play in the show.

Dexter and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 9780812697179
Pages : 312 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (697 downloads)

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Stephen Colbert and Philosophy

Author : Aaron Allen Schiller
Publisher : Open Court
Release Date : 2009-06-01
ISBN 10 : 9780812696905
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (696 downloads)

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Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 10 : 9780812696837
Pages : 330 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (696 downloads)

Download Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy PDF Format Full Free by Richard Greene and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of philosophical essays about the undead: beings such as vampires and zombies who are physically or mentally dead yet not at rest. Topics addressed include the metaphysics and ethics of undeath"--Provided by publisher.

Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene and K Silem Mohammad
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-08
ISBN 10 : 9781459601079
Pages : 502 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (61 downloads)

Download Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy PDF Format Full Free by Richard Greene and K Silem Mohammad and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't turn around - there's probably one behind you right now. Vampires and zombies are just everywhere. Bram Stoker had no idea what he was starting when he published his vampire novel Dracula in 1897, incidentally digging up and re-animating the word ''undead. Whether it's Twilight, Let the Right One In, True Blood, or the comic book series Thirty Days of Night, vampire stories seem to experience an eternal cycle of death and resurrection, growing more potent, if not more rosy-cheeked, with each successive manifestation. While vampires are suave, sexy, sophisticated, stay up all night, generally have good hair, and often deliver witty one-liners, zombies are just the opposite. Zombies have poor complexions, missing body parts, few social graces, and are conversationally challenged. Yet public fascination with zombies keeps proliferating, along with the popularity of vampires. There are more zombie books, zombie movies, and zombie games than ever before. About the only things vampires and zombies share is that they want to bite us and we are at risk of becoming like them. However, they both confront us with moral and metaphysical issues of life and death. In Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy, an expanded edition of The Undead and Philosophy, twenty-two of our leading thinkers teach us the lessons we can absorb from the various forms of Undeath. ''this is a book worth buying just for the final chapter, which gives us the sensational and hitherto suppressed correspondence of tienne Lavec and Paulie Dori Williams. At long last we have a vital perspective that has been sadly lacking; authentic vampire reactions to the way vampires are depicted in popular culture.

Navigating The Golden Compass

Author : Glenn Yeffeth
Publisher : Benbella Books
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 10 : 9781932100525
Pages : 185 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (1 downloads)

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The World of The Golden Compass

Author : Scott Westerfeld
Publisher : Borders Group Incorporated
Release Date : 2007
ISBN 10 : 0979233127
Pages : 210 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (979 downloads)

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A Golden Compass

Author : Nikki Pattillo
Publisher : Ozark Mountain Publishing
Release Date : 2022-06-03
ISBN 10 :
Pages : 149 pages
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Download A Golden Compass PDF Format Full Free by Nikki Pattillo and published by Ozark Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written to guide and reflect on important spiritual directional points that are contained within our souls. These points are like an inner spiritual compass, a golden compass if you will, that help us along our way or our path in life. Compass points that tell us that no matter what direction we are headed, there is love, hope, and inspiration within our spirits to draw upon and help guide us on our difficult but inspirational paths. You see, each and every person has a precious golden compass that lies within their spirit and within their soul. It is put there by the Angels to help us to remember who we are and why we are here as so many of us have forgotten about our path we have chosen in our lives while still in spirit. There is a poignant and beautiful connection between our spirit and our soul. All our experiences in life can affect both our spirit and, therefore, our soul’s spiritual growth and this is done by the beautiful guidance points that are contained within each and every one of us. While on Earth, we must learn to cope with intolerance, displeasure, and sadness while searching for joy, love, and tolerance. Along the way we must not lose our integrity, sacrifice goodness for survival, or acquire superior or inferior attitudes to those around us. We know that living in an imperfect world will help us to appreciate the true meaning of perfection. By following our beautiful golden compass that has been placed into our souls and spirits, we can navigate our lives with exceptional clarity and infinite wisdom.

Our Mythical Childhood... The Classics and Literature for Children and Young Adults

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Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2016-11-01
ISBN 10 : 9789004335370
Pages : 540 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (335 downloads)

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Philip Pullman

Author : Catherine Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-16
ISBN 10 : 9781137336774
Pages : 200 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (336 downloads)

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Der goldene Kompass

Author :
Publisher :
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : OCLC:837796840
Pages : pages
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His Dark Materials Illuminated

Author : Millicent Lenz
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 10 : 0814332072
Pages : 260 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (814 downloads)

Download His Dark Materials Illuminated PDF Format Full Free by Millicent Lenz and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first critical analysis of Philip Pullman's cross-age fantasy trilogy.

Inoue Enryo

Author : Rainer Schulzer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2019-01-31
ISBN 10 : 9781438471884
Pages : 430 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (471 downloads)

Download Inoue Enryo PDF Format Full Free by Rainer Schulzer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive treatment of Inoue Enryō, a pioneer of modern Buddhism and a key figure in the reception of Western philosophy in East Asia. Rainer Schulzer provides the first comprehensive study, in English, of the modern Japanese philosopher Inoue Enryō (1858–1919). Enryō was a key figure in several important intellectual trends in Meiji Japan, including the establishment of academic philosophy, the public campaign against superstition, the permeation of imperial ideology, and the emergence of modern Japanese Buddhism. As one of the most widely read intellectuals of his time and one of the first Japanese authors ever translated into Chinese, an understanding of Enryō’s work and influence is indispensable for understanding modern East Asian intellectual history. His role in spreading the terminology of modern East Asian humanities reveals how later thinkers such as Nishida Kitarō and Suzuki T. Daisetsu emerged; while his key principles, Love of Truth and Protection of Country, illustrate the tensions inherent in Enryō’s enlightenment views and his dedication to the rise of the Japanese empire. The book also presents a systematic reconstruction of what was the first attempt to give Buddhism a sound philosophical foundation for the modern world. Rainer Schulzer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.