Author: Stephen R. L. Clark
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621388557
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
What would a "reappeared" Plotinus answer today if asked how we might build a divinely-ordered city? That is the question at the core of this unique book, and Stephen Clark takes us on a wide-ranging deep dive to uncover possible answers. To do so, he first gives an account of the Plotinian philosophy of mind and metaphysics, showing how Plotinus nicely balances the entanglement of soul-body composites (our immediate identities) with the workings of the World Soul and the eternal soul that animates "from within." Drawing on later Christian and Islamic interpretations of the Neoplatonic tradition, and parallel developments in Hindu thought, he then describes the various social forms that seem to be the inevitable context of our lives here and now. Furthermore, we discover that the form a Plotinian religion adopts depends on taking seriously the thought of reincarnating souls and wandering hermits, but now with the difference in our time that, although some sages may be content to consider themselves simple wanderers in a world without borders or settled communities, some will follow the same path as Buddhists, Epicureans, and Christians: forming communities of friends loyal to their founder and to the fellowship of the Sangha. We learn as well that in due course even those among the hermits who prefer to go, almost literally, "alone to the Alone" will become part of dispersed, unhierarchical communities. Finally, Clark offers cautious thoughts about our likely futures, dependent both on current technological advances and on the realistic suspicion (shared by our predecessors) that catastrophes and wholly unexpected turns are always to be expected.
Cities, and Thrones, and Powers
Author: Stephen R. L. Clark
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621388557
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
What would a "reappeared" Plotinus answer today if asked how we might build a divinely-ordered city? That is the question at the core of this unique book, and Stephen Clark takes us on a wide-ranging deep dive to uncover possible answers. To do so, he first gives an account of the Plotinian philosophy of mind and metaphysics, showing how Plotinus nicely balances the entanglement of soul-body composites (our immediate identities) with the workings of the World Soul and the eternal soul that animates "from within." Drawing on later Christian and Islamic interpretations of the Neoplatonic tradition, and parallel developments in Hindu thought, he then describes the various social forms that seem to be the inevitable context of our lives here and now. Furthermore, we discover that the form a Plotinian religion adopts depends on taking seriously the thought of reincarnating souls and wandering hermits, but now with the difference in our time that, although some sages may be content to consider themselves simple wanderers in a world without borders or settled communities, some will follow the same path as Buddhists, Epicureans, and Christians: forming communities of friends loyal to their founder and to the fellowship of the Sangha. We learn as well that in due course even those among the hermits who prefer to go, almost literally, "alone to the Alone" will become part of dispersed, unhierarchical communities. Finally, Clark offers cautious thoughts about our likely futures, dependent both on current technological advances and on the realistic suspicion (shared by our predecessors) that catastrophes and wholly unexpected turns are always to be expected.
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621388557
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
What would a "reappeared" Plotinus answer today if asked how we might build a divinely-ordered city? That is the question at the core of this unique book, and Stephen Clark takes us on a wide-ranging deep dive to uncover possible answers. To do so, he first gives an account of the Plotinian philosophy of mind and metaphysics, showing how Plotinus nicely balances the entanglement of soul-body composites (our immediate identities) with the workings of the World Soul and the eternal soul that animates "from within." Drawing on later Christian and Islamic interpretations of the Neoplatonic tradition, and parallel developments in Hindu thought, he then describes the various social forms that seem to be the inevitable context of our lives here and now. Furthermore, we discover that the form a Plotinian religion adopts depends on taking seriously the thought of reincarnating souls and wandering hermits, but now with the difference in our time that, although some sages may be content to consider themselves simple wanderers in a world without borders or settled communities, some will follow the same path as Buddhists, Epicureans, and Christians: forming communities of friends loyal to their founder and to the fellowship of the Sangha. We learn as well that in due course even those among the hermits who prefer to go, almost literally, "alone to the Alone" will become part of dispersed, unhierarchical communities. Finally, Clark offers cautious thoughts about our likely futures, dependent both on current technological advances and on the realistic suspicion (shared by our predecessors) that catastrophes and wholly unexpected turns are always to be expected.
Rudyard Kipling
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806944845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-eight notable poems by Rudyard Kipling, with commentary and definitions of unfamiliar words. Includes an introduction about the poet's life and work.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806944845
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-eight notable poems by Rudyard Kipling, with commentary and definitions of unfamiliar words. Includes an introduction about the poet's life and work.
Puck of Pook's Hill
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
While performing a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Una and Dan accidentally summon Puck who enables them to witness tales of English history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
While performing a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Una and Dan accidentally summon Puck who enables them to witness tales of English history.
Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486264714
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Treasury of 44 poems recalls British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If," "The White Man s Burden," many others, reprinted from standard texts. Notes."
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486264714
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Treasury of 44 poems recalls British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If," "The White Man s Burden," many others, reprinted from standard texts. Notes."
Songs from Books
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
"Songs from Books" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of poems from the stories and tales of the great writer. Most of the stories were included in other published works of Kipling. It is a great and captivating read for everyone loving the prose works of Kipling. Now, his fans have an opportunity to learn about him as a poet.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
"Songs from Books" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of poems from the stories and tales of the great writer. Most of the stories were included in other published works of Kipling. It is a great and captivating read for everyone loving the prose works of Kipling. Now, his fans have an opportunity to learn about him as a poet.
A Private Anthology
Author: Naomi Royde-Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Collected English Verse
Author: Margaret Bottrall
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Songs from Books
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Selected Poems
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141922168
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age. Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness of his poetic vision. Ranging from early, exhilarating celebrations of British expansion overseas, including 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din', to the dignified and inspirational 'If -' and the later, deeply moving 'Epitaphs of the War' - inspired by the death of Kipling's only son - it clearly illustrates the scope and originality of his work. It also offers a compelling insight into the Empire both at its peak and during its decline in the early years of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141922168
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age. Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness of his poetic vision. Ranging from early, exhilarating celebrations of British expansion overseas, including 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din', to the dignified and inspirational 'If -' and the later, deeply moving 'Epitaphs of the War' - inspired by the death of Kipling's only son - it clearly illustrates the scope and originality of his work. It also offers a compelling insight into the Empire both at its peak and during its decline in the early years of the twentieth century.
Songs from Books
Author: Редьярд Джозеф Киплинг
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040830386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040830386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description