![]() ![]() In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. At the beginning of the book (§ 2), Nietzsche attacks the very idea of using strictly opposite terms such as "Good versus Evil". ![]() Īccording to translator Walter Kaufman, the title refers to the need for moral philosophy to go beyond simplistic black and white moralizing, as contained in statements such as "X is good" or "X is evil". ![]() Naumann of Leipzig at the author's own expense and first translated into English by Helen Zimmern, who was two years younger than Nietzsche and knew the author. It was first published in 1886 under the publishing house C. Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunftīeyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future ( German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra but with a more polemical approach. ![]()
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![]() They are thrown into an adventure to rescue their father, while simultaneously trying to save the world from destruction. ![]() The duo unknowingly hosts the Egyptian gods Horus and Isis, while their father is taken as a host by Osiris who is captured by Set. ![]() As a result, they are able to both host gods and wield magic. The book follows the Kane siblings, Carter and Sadie, as they discover they are descended from both the pharaohs and magicians of ancient Egypt. It has been published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and large-print editions, and has been translated into 19 languages from its original English. The novel was first published in the United States on May 4, 2010, by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide. It is the first novel in The Kane Chronicles series. The Red Pyramid is a 2010 fantasy- adventure novel based on Egyptian mythology written by Rick Riordan. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rybczynski has designed and built houses as a registered architect, as well as doing practical experiments in low-cost housing, which took him to Mexico, Nigeria, India, the Philippines, and China. He is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also co-edits the Wharton Real Estate Review. ![]() He studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal, where he also taught for twenty years. (From Witold Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh, of Polish parentage, raised in London, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal, where he also taught for twenty years. Bringing the High Line Back to Earth By Witold Rybczynski Brian Cronin THE second section of the High Line, the park built atop an abandoned elevated rail trestle on the west side. ![]() Witold Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh, of Polish parentage, raised in London, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. ![]() ![]() In analyzing poetry, it is important to take apart the pieces of metaphor and symbolism individually to figure out what they mean and what moods they evoke. Please help analyse this poem and tell me what it’s about. Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart. Shit dropping to your floors is not unlike the starsįalling from the pep rally posters on your walls. You undergo a beautiful catharsis trapped one night While your better selves watch from the bleachers. I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone. I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame. ![]() I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin ![]() ![]() Endless meetings sap the time and energy people could use to get work done. The upshot? Decisions take too long to make. Workers need supervisors, those supervisors need managers, managers require directors, and on it goes. Left unchecked, bureaucracy seems to scale geometrically-the larger the organization, the more overhead bureaucracy requires. People working in virtually every industry I’ve dealt with, in organizations from a few hundred to a hundred thousand, often say the same thing: “We’re too slow.” The fact is that, as you grow-even from a one-person show to a two-person partnership-your decision-making process becomes more complex and you begin to plant the seeds of bureaucracy. To be competitive, the company needed to be as fast as its smallest competitor. Taking his answer further, Cutler said he was concerned that, as the company swelled through both acquisition and organic growth-already to nearly 100,000 employees globally-it would slow down. ![]() “Speed.” This was the unflinching response Sandy Cutler, former Eaton CEO who is now retired, gave at a public meeting in Manhattan roughly ten years when a Wall Street analyst asked what worried him the most. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stephen Florida is also, at its strongest and truest core, an intricate, book-length study of Florida himself-hypnotic, self-aggrandizing, frequently disturbing, sometimes startlingly lucid-and through Florida’s dumbly savvy voice Habash asks bold, difficult questions about the challenges and compromises that complicate true resolve.įlorida’s singular narration is the heart and engine of Habash’s novel, with all the digressive strangeness and boastful grandeur of Captain Ahab shot through with . . . ![]() Stephen Florida, Gabe Habash’s tough, smart debut novel, is an ode to the solitude and rigor of college wrestling, its guts and its glory: mats smelling of disinfectant and jittery vomit in locker room sinks running bleachers and two-a-days and savage rivalries based on arbitrary brackets hand-meat mashed by teeth, singlets twisted and threatening to tear, fingers in eye sockets, knee joints, and assholes heartbreak and loss. ![]() ![]() ![]() What happens when magic fades, like it has in the Ununited Kingdoms? Well, it's a bit If you got a chuckle, read on, if not watch out! There may be a Tralfamosaur nearby Short, the Tralfamosaur is a lot like a Tyrannosaurus rex, but without the A sheep, cow, rubber tire, garden shed,Īntelope, smallish automobile, or human would go down equally well. And when they are hungry - which is much of Relevant to anyone trying to catch one, Tralfamosaurs aren't particularlyįussy about what they eat. The Tralfamosaur is about the size and weight of an elephant, hasĪ brain no bigger than a Ping-Pong ball, and can outrun a human. Like his description of the Tralfamosaur. Why read a book about magical beasts like the Tralfamosaur? Why not? Fforde writesįunny, and the chuckles are worth the read. Reminder of New Reviews & New DIGESTWORLD Issues - CLICK Like Us? Subscribe to Receive a Monthly Email ![]() Published by Hodder & Stoughton/UK in 2011 The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde, - A Novel, Volume 3, Chronicles of Kazam, A Reading for Enjoyment Review by Bobby Matherne Site Map: ![]() ![]() ![]() I wish we could send more than a card but the mailing problem is difficult. 6, 1942, it reads: "Happy Birthday Dearest Sylvie!! I am afraid this will not reach you on December 12th but we will all be thinking of you. The book is accompanied by two amazing letters: the first is a 2-page letter by Tudor to Sylvie Ann, that refers to PUMPKIN MOONSHINE as a gift for her. 1938." In the printed "This Book Belongs To" box on the front pastedown, Sylvie Ann has written her name in childish script. This book was supposed to be your Christmas present for last year, but I couldn't send it 'till now as it had to be printed. On the dedication page the printed text reads: "A wee story for a very sweet wee person." This is continued in Tudor's hand: "called Sylvie Ann, with just no end of love from her Aunt Tasha. First printing of Tudor's first book, inscribed to her niece Sylvie Ann, the model and namesake of Sylvie Ann in the book, and accompanied by two letters describing the gift and receipt of the book by Tudor and Sylvie Ann's mother respectively. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nonsensical ramblings of a man desperate to earn money by taking advantage of gullible punters. Most people, though, see them for what they are. His supporters share them like golden nuggets of knowledge that hold the keys to freeing themselves from ‘the matrix’ of western society. These have covered everything from his own net worth to his views on gender dynamics. Since his rise to prominence, Tate has given viewers a plethora of sound bites covering. However, much of his subject matter is controversial and offensive. ![]() The former kickboxing world champion’s content is widely shared on the internet via YouTube and TikTok and regularly attains millions of views from like-minded people. This list has been compiled for reference purposes only.Īndrew Tate has shot to fame in recent months thanks to his brand of male-targeted ‘self-help’. Downtime Bros and its editors do not endorse, agree with, or support these Andrew Tate quotes or views. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hard to believe that this was written in the same era of Alfred Bester and Philip K. There is a lot of my-dear-fellow-ing the book feels like a 19 th century one, actually. In a dry, eloquent manner Wyndham talks about Mr and Mrs so-and-so having cups of tea and police chief this and teacher that maintaining calm at the local pub. Wyndham sticks with his theme of a small English town by telling a very calm story about middle class citizens dealing with supernatural events. The cuckoo chick then pushes all the other eggs out of the nest like a parasite. Let’s take a look at The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), which has quite an interesting premise, wouldn’t you agree?Ĭuckoo of course refers to the cuckoo bird, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds. John Wyndham was a reasonably successful British science fiction writer in the 50s and has a handful of SF novels on his name that are considered classics and are still in print today: The Day of the Triffids (1951) in which everyone gets blinded and attacked by sunflowers, The Chrysalids (1955) in which mutant children fight for freedom in a post-apocalyptic world, and this one. ![]() ![]() They all give birth to identical boys and girls with blond hair and golden eyes. Until a mysterious silver object falls from the sky, and afterwards, all the women in the town are discovered to be pregnant. In the quiet, unremarkable town of Midwich, all is calm. ![]() |