Tag: Conception

Political Liberty A History of the Conception in the Middle Ages and Modern Times


Free Download A. J. Carlyle, "Political Liberty: A History of the Conception in the Middle Ages and Modern Times"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367179148, 0313214824 | EPUB | pages: 220 | 0.6 mb
Originally published in 1988, this book explores the history of political liberty. There is an opinion that the conception of Political Liberty, however important it may have been in Athens and Republican Rome, disappeared in the period of the Roman Empire and in the Middle Ages, and has only been recovered in the last two centuries. This work is primarily an attempt to set out the continuity of the development of the conception of Political Liberty during the Middle Ages and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries – the development, but even more, the continuity of development, for this has been inadequately appreciated in the past.

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Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History


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English | ISBN: 9004537929 | 2024 | 165 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book argues for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of classical historical materialism to the musicological project. It begins by interrogating the history of encounters between music studies and Marxism before offering a framework for understanding style history in terms of changes in the forces and relations of musical production.

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Yongming Yanshou’s Conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu A Special Transmission Within the Scriptures


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2011 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0199760314 | PDF | 4 MB
Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years. Albert Welter offers new insight into the significance of Yanshou and his major work, the Zongjing lu, by showing their critical role in the contested Buddhist and intellectual territories of the Five Dynasties and early Song dynasty China. Welter gives a comprehensive study of Yanshou’s life, showing how Yanshou’s Buddhist identity has been and continues to be disputed. He also provides an in-depth examination of the Zongjing lu, connecting it to Chan debates ongoing at the time of its writing. This analysis includes a discussion of the seminal meaning of the term zong as the implicit truth of Chan and Buddhist teaching, and a defining notion of Chan identity. Particularly significant is an analysis of the long underappreciated significance of the Chan fragments in the Zongjing lu, which constitute some of the earliest information about the teachings of Chan’s early masters. In light of Yanshou’s advocacy of a morally based Chan Buddhist practice, Welter also challenges the way Buddhism, particularly Chan, has frequently been criticized in Neo-Confucianism as amoral and unprincipled. Yongming Yanshou’s Conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu concludes with an annotated translation of fascicle one of the Zongjing lu, the first translation of the work into a Western language.

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Yongming Yanshou’s Conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu A Special Transmission Within the Scriptures


Free Download Yongming Yanshou’s Conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu: A Special Transmission Within the Scriptures By Albert Welter
2011 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0199760314 | PDF | 4 MB
Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years. Albert Welter offers new insight into the significance of Yanshou and his major work, the Zongjing lu, by showing their critical role in the contested Buddhist and intellectual territories of the Five Dynasties and early Song dynasty China. Welter gives a comprehensive study of Yanshou’s life, showing how Yanshou’s Buddhist identity has been and continues to be disputed. He also provides an in-depth examination of the Zongjing lu, connecting it to Chan debates ongoing at the time of its writing. This analysis includes a discussion of the seminal meaning of the term zong as the implicit truth of Chan and Buddhist teaching, and a defining notion of Chan identity. Particularly significant is an analysis of the long underappreciated significance of the Chan fragments in the Zongjing lu, which constitute some of the earliest information about the teachings of Chan’s early masters. In light of Yanshou’s advocacy of a morally based Chan Buddhist practice, Welter also challenges the way Buddhism, particularly Chan, has frequently been criticized in Neo-Confucianism as amoral and unprincipled. Yongming Yanshou’s Conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu concludes with an annotated translation of fascicle one of the Zongjing lu, the first translation of the work into a Western language.

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Shakespearean maternities crises of conception in early modern England


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2008 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0748624368 | PDF | 48 MB
This study explores maternity in the ‘disciplines’ of early modern England. Placing the reproductive female body centre-stage in Shakespeare’s theatre, Laoutaris ranges beyond the domestic sphere in order to recuperate the wider intellectual, epistemological, and archaeological significance of maternity to the Renaissance imagination. Focusing on ‘anatomy’ in Hamlet, ‘natural history’ in The Tempest, ‘demonology’ in Macbeth, and ‘heraldry’ in Antony and Cleopatra, this book reveals the ways in which the maternal body was figured in, and in turn contributed towards the re-conceptualisation of, bodies of knowledge. Laoutaris argues that Shakespeare resists a monolithic concept of motherhood, presenting instead a range of contested ‘maternities’ which challenge the distinctive ‘ways of knowing’ these early disciplines worked to impose on the order of created nature

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Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, 2nd Edition [Audiobook]


Free Download Zaraq Khan M.B.B.S., Samir Babayev M.D, Chandra C. Shenoy M.D., Leanne Woodward (Narrator), "Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception: Expertise from Leading Fertility Specialists for Maximizing Reproductive Health and Growing Your Family, 2nd Edition"
English | ASIN: B0CPTFN5FH | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~13:06:00 | 360 MB
Deciding to add a baby to your family is full of unknowns. How long will it take to get pregnant? How will age and other factors play into your chances of conceiving? If you need some help, what are your options? Many of these questions have different answers for every person and every pregnancy. With Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, you can take on the adventure of trying for a baby with clear, empathetic guidance. Based on their extensive expertise in helping people build their families, Mayo Clinic physicians break down what contributes to healthy eggs and sperm, steps you can take to get ready for pregnancy, how babies are made, and tips for ovulation tracking, timing sex, and improving your chances.
This comprehensive guide also demystifies miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies, as well as many common fertility problems. In addition, the authors offer the latest on reproductive assistance, third-party reproduction, fertility preservation, and the many options now available to help all families, including LGBTQ, transgender, and single parents-to-be, achieve the dream of having a baby. With sensitivity and an inclusive approach, this user-friendly book provides answers and explanations on nearly every aspect of achieving a successful pregnancy. It’s an essential guide for anyone who wants to have a baby.

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Quantum Mechanics Inception or Conception


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032584300 | 109 Pages | PDF (True) | 3 MB
Embarking on a journey into the realm of quantum mechanics can be a daunting task for anyone. Its puzzling mathematics and bewildering predictions often leave individuals feeling confused and disheartened. But what if there was a different approach – one aimed to cultivate an understanding of quantum mechanics from its very foundations? This is the ambition of this book. Rather than treating quantum mechanics as an inception, the author takes a Socratic perspective, tracing the genesis of its key ideas back to the well-established roots of classical mechanics. The works of Lagrange, Hamilton, and Poisson become guiding lights, illuminating the path towards comprehension. Through a colloquial yet pedagogical narrative, the book delves into the elements of classical mechanics, building a solid framework of familiarity that paves the way for comprehending quantum mechanics.

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