Author: Robert Irwin
Publisher: Dedalus Original Fiction In Paperback
ISBN: 9781912868575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
If a world can be seen in a grain of sand, then surely phobia can be found in a handful of dust, or so contends obsessed British housewife Marcia, as she does endless battle with dandruff, the carapaces of roaches, grease, rust, grit, the whole panoply of household detritus. Terrorized by the imminent arrival of her coffee-morning ladies, she vacuums the carpet, only to be bested by the spirit Mucor, whose Latin name embodies all elements of slime and grime and who tries to entice her into the kingdom of filth over which he rules. To avoid him she enters the dazzling cleanliness of the Pieter de Hooch canvas hanging on her wall, invoking de Hooch and a raft of other geniuses- Darwin, Teilhard de Chardin, Leonardo, Blake, Dostoyevski, even Jesus to assist her. The coffee-morning ladies arrive; she half-listens to their prattle while impatiently waiting for them to leave so she can attack the dishes they have dirtied. Soon her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair with one of the ladies, will come home; how can she defeat Mucor before that moment? The solution is in perfect harmony with this astonishing work of imagination and erudition. Kirkus Reviews
The Limits of Vision
Author: Robert Irwin
Publisher: Dedalus Original Fiction In Paperback
ISBN: 9781912868575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
If a world can be seen in a grain of sand, then surely phobia can be found in a handful of dust, or so contends obsessed British housewife Marcia, as she does endless battle with dandruff, the carapaces of roaches, grease, rust, grit, the whole panoply of household detritus. Terrorized by the imminent arrival of her coffee-morning ladies, she vacuums the carpet, only to be bested by the spirit Mucor, whose Latin name embodies all elements of slime and grime and who tries to entice her into the kingdom of filth over which he rules. To avoid him she enters the dazzling cleanliness of the Pieter de Hooch canvas hanging on her wall, invoking de Hooch and a raft of other geniuses- Darwin, Teilhard de Chardin, Leonardo, Blake, Dostoyevski, even Jesus to assist her. The coffee-morning ladies arrive; she half-listens to their prattle while impatiently waiting for them to leave so she can attack the dishes they have dirtied. Soon her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair with one of the ladies, will come home; how can she defeat Mucor before that moment? The solution is in perfect harmony with this astonishing work of imagination and erudition. Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Dedalus Original Fiction In Paperback
ISBN: 9781912868575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
If a world can be seen in a grain of sand, then surely phobia can be found in a handful of dust, or so contends obsessed British housewife Marcia, as she does endless battle with dandruff, the carapaces of roaches, grease, rust, grit, the whole panoply of household detritus. Terrorized by the imminent arrival of her coffee-morning ladies, she vacuums the carpet, only to be bested by the spirit Mucor, whose Latin name embodies all elements of slime and grime and who tries to entice her into the kingdom of filth over which he rules. To avoid him she enters the dazzling cleanliness of the Pieter de Hooch canvas hanging on her wall, invoking de Hooch and a raft of other geniuses- Darwin, Teilhard de Chardin, Leonardo, Blake, Dostoyevski, even Jesus to assist her. The coffee-morning ladies arrive; she half-listens to their prattle while impatiently waiting for them to leave so she can attack the dishes they have dirtied. Soon her husband, whom she suspects of having an affair with one of the ladies, will come home; how can she defeat Mucor before that moment? The solution is in perfect harmony with this astonishing work of imagination and erudition. Kirkus Reviews
Limits of Love
Author: Gilbert Meilaender
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271038223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Reflecting upon some problems of the moral life, Gilbert Meilaender considers their difficulties within a vision that accentuates not only the limits, but also the promise, of the Christian story. Created by God as finite beings, we make particular attachments. Redeemed by God for a community transcending nature and history, our love always carries us beyond the special bonds of time and place. We live, therefore, with a sense of permanent tension. If this tension heightens our sense of the perplexities of life, it should not free us from the obligation to probe, clarify, and (where we can) resolve some of those difficulties. The author holds that theological ethics must clarify the direction for growth and development within the Christian life. He undertakes such analysis, emphasizing throughout the limits of the human condition, the importance of our nature as embodied persons, and the danger and pretension in some of our attempts to take control of and master human life. This Christian vision is developed in chapters that explore a range of moral problems, such as abortion, artificial reproduction, euthanasia, care for defective infants, provision of artificial nutrition and hydration, and marital and political community. These are throughout, however, theological explorations. Taken together they illumine not only particular problems of the moral life but a vision of life--classically Christian in its conception, humane in its care for particular bonds of attachment, and modest in its recognition of moral limits on our ability to seek the good. Meilaender has developed a broad recognition both among scholars and students of ethics and among interested general readers. He has the capacity to throw fresh angles of vision on complex problems so as to help both the sophisticated and the uninitiated reader to think more penetratingly about moral questions.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271038223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Reflecting upon some problems of the moral life, Gilbert Meilaender considers their difficulties within a vision that accentuates not only the limits, but also the promise, of the Christian story. Created by God as finite beings, we make particular attachments. Redeemed by God for a community transcending nature and history, our love always carries us beyond the special bonds of time and place. We live, therefore, with a sense of permanent tension. If this tension heightens our sense of the perplexities of life, it should not free us from the obligation to probe, clarify, and (where we can) resolve some of those difficulties. The author holds that theological ethics must clarify the direction for growth and development within the Christian life. He undertakes such analysis, emphasizing throughout the limits of the human condition, the importance of our nature as embodied persons, and the danger and pretension in some of our attempts to take control of and master human life. This Christian vision is developed in chapters that explore a range of moral problems, such as abortion, artificial reproduction, euthanasia, care for defective infants, provision of artificial nutrition and hydration, and marital and political community. These are throughout, however, theological explorations. Taken together they illumine not only particular problems of the moral life but a vision of life--classically Christian in its conception, humane in its care for particular bonds of attachment, and modest in its recognition of moral limits on our ability to seek the good. Meilaender has developed a broad recognition both among scholars and students of ethics and among interested general readers. He has the capacity to throw fresh angles of vision on complex problems so as to help both the sophisticated and the uninitiated reader to think more penetratingly about moral questions.
Low Vision
Author: P. L. Looijestijn
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051991444
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A Survey of the Utilization of Rehabilitation Services by the Visually Impaired Elderly Population -- Low Vision Care: Is Ongoing Assessment Really Necessary? -- Are Low Vision Aids still used Six Month safter Prescription? -- Part II -- DOMICILIARY FOLLOW UP IN LOW VISION CARE -- Low Vision Services in the Context of Vision Rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired Children in China -- Residual vision and integration: The implications for India in the management of its blind population -- The Visual Advice Centre Eindhoven, An Experiment in Dutch Low Vision Care -- Meeting the Needs of a Geographically Isolated Paediatric Low Vision Population -- Part III -- The ICIDH as a basis for a uniform language in rehabilitation -- An interdisciplinary model for the rehabilitation of visually impaired and blind people -- Suggestions for the classification of impairments and disabilities of low vision -- VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT for LOW VISION -- The FUNCTIONAL VISION SCORE -- A method to evaluate and rehabilitate the functional vision of visually impaired people -- Quantitative Evaluation of Visual Function -- Functional diagnosis and rehabilitation in proposals for an information support system for the treatment of the visually disabled -- Optometric Involvement in Low Vision Training -- The Importance of Social Work with the Multidisciplinary Assistance of the VAC-E -- The Graduate of Poland's First Program in Vision Rehabilitation - a Follow-Up Survey -- Author Index
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9789051991444
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A Survey of the Utilization of Rehabilitation Services by the Visually Impaired Elderly Population -- Low Vision Care: Is Ongoing Assessment Really Necessary? -- Are Low Vision Aids still used Six Month safter Prescription? -- Part II -- DOMICILIARY FOLLOW UP IN LOW VISION CARE -- Low Vision Services in the Context of Vision Rehabilitation -- Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired Children in China -- Residual vision and integration: The implications for India in the management of its blind population -- The Visual Advice Centre Eindhoven, An Experiment in Dutch Low Vision Care -- Meeting the Needs of a Geographically Isolated Paediatric Low Vision Population -- Part III -- The ICIDH as a basis for a uniform language in rehabilitation -- An interdisciplinary model for the rehabilitation of visually impaired and blind people -- Suggestions for the classification of impairments and disabilities of low vision -- VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT for LOW VISION -- The FUNCTIONAL VISION SCORE -- A method to evaluate and rehabilitate the functional vision of visually impaired people -- Quantitative Evaluation of Visual Function -- Functional diagnosis and rehabilitation in proposals for an information support system for the treatment of the visually disabled -- Optometric Involvement in Low Vision Training -- The Importance of Social Work with the Multidisciplinary Assistance of the VAC-E -- The Graduate of Poland's First Program in Vision Rehabilitation - a Follow-Up Survey -- Author Index
Discovering A Life Without Limits
Author: Kyle Coon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734275032
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
By the age of seven, Kyle Coon had his second eye removed and became totally blind. Discovering a Life Without Limits is the true story of Kyle going from the darkness of blindness to the world's mountain peaks while navigating everyday life. Through the journey, Kyle learns how to trust a world he cannot see and how to conquer the fear of the unknown while asking the reader a simple question: Are you ready to live a Life Without Limits?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734275032
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
By the age of seven, Kyle Coon had his second eye removed and became totally blind. Discovering a Life Without Limits is the true story of Kyle going from the darkness of blindness to the world's mountain peaks while navigating everyday life. Through the journey, Kyle learns how to trust a world he cannot see and how to conquer the fear of the unknown while asking the reader a simple question: Are you ready to live a Life Without Limits?
Erik H. Erikson
Author: Paul Roazen
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780765700940
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Roazen contends that while Erikson has succeeded in revitalizing the Freudian tradition, "we would repay him poorly as a teacher if we allowed him to be loosely understood or inadequately challenged." This examination of Erikson's contributions - among them the concepts of identity and the life cycle and the discipline of psychohistory - revisits Freud in light of Erikson and Erikson in terms of Freud. Dr.
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780765700940
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Roazen contends that while Erikson has succeeded in revitalizing the Freudian tradition, "we would repay him poorly as a teacher if we allowed him to be loosely understood or inadequately challenged." This examination of Erikson's contributions - among them the concepts of identity and the life cycle and the discipline of psychohistory - revisits Freud in light of Erikson and Erikson in terms of Freud. Dr.
Archaeologies of Vision
Author: Gary Shapiro
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226750460
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
While many acknowledge that Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault have redefined our notions of time and history, few recognize the crucial role that 'the infinite relation' between seeing and saying plays in their work. Shapiro reveals the full extent of Nietzsche and Foucault's concern with the visual.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226750460
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
While many acknowledge that Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault have redefined our notions of time and history, few recognize the crucial role that 'the infinite relation' between seeing and saying plays in their work. Shapiro reveals the full extent of Nietzsche and Foucault's concern with the visual.
Vision de Dieu Lecture Course - BOGOVIDENIE
Author: Vladimir Lossky
Publisher: Vladimir Djambov
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Abstract: Vladimir Nikolayevich Lossky is one of those few Orthodox theologians of the 20th century who engaged in dialogue with the Christian West, preserving the integrity of Orthodoxy. This explains the fact that most of the theological works of Vl. Lossky are written in French: this gave him the opportunity to show, addressing directly to Western Christians, that Orthodoxy is not a historical form of Eastern Christianity, but an enduring universal truth - the universal truth. The course of lectures "The Vision of God " , was read at the Sorbonne, in 1945-1946, and is a patristic introduction to " Palamism " , the theologian - Viy Saint Gregory Palamas and other hesychasts. The author traces the history of Eastern Christian theology (directly associated with asceticism ) , starting from the first centuries of Christianity, through the teachings of the Cappadocian Fathers, various ascetic and theological schools of the Syro-Palestinian East and Byzantium, to the one developed in the Areopagitics and developed in the writings of the monk Maximus the Confessor to the theological system adopted and further transformed by the Hesychasts. For pupils and students of theological educational institutions, students and graduate students of theological universities and faculties, for specialists engaged in research in the field of dogmatic theology , patristics, as well as for everyone interested in the doctrine of the Orthodox Church.
Publisher: Vladimir Djambov
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Abstract: Vladimir Nikolayevich Lossky is one of those few Orthodox theologians of the 20th century who engaged in dialogue with the Christian West, preserving the integrity of Orthodoxy. This explains the fact that most of the theological works of Vl. Lossky are written in French: this gave him the opportunity to show, addressing directly to Western Christians, that Orthodoxy is not a historical form of Eastern Christianity, but an enduring universal truth - the universal truth. The course of lectures "The Vision of God " , was read at the Sorbonne, in 1945-1946, and is a patristic introduction to " Palamism " , the theologian - Viy Saint Gregory Palamas and other hesychasts. The author traces the history of Eastern Christian theology (directly associated with asceticism ) , starting from the first centuries of Christianity, through the teachings of the Cappadocian Fathers, various ascetic and theological schools of the Syro-Palestinian East and Byzantium, to the one developed in the Areopagitics and developed in the writings of the monk Maximus the Confessor to the theological system adopted and further transformed by the Hesychasts. For pupils and students of theological educational institutions, students and graduate students of theological universities and faculties, for specialists engaged in research in the field of dogmatic theology , patristics, as well as for everyone interested in the doctrine of the Orthodox Church.
Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology
Author: James Samuelson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Infinite Vision
Author: Pavithra K. Mehta
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1605099791
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Aravind Eye Care System, based in India, is the world's largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the world's most incredible and revolutionary organizations. This is the first book to explore Aravind's history and the distinctive philosophies, practices, and commitments that are the keys to its success.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1605099791
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Aravind Eye Care System, based in India, is the world's largest provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the world's most incredible and revolutionary organizations. This is the first book to explore Aravind's history and the distinctive philosophies, practices, and commitments that are the keys to its success.
The Golden Vision
Author: Ms. Meenal Gupta
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A torchbearer for youth for high-level success.
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
A torchbearer for youth for high-level success.