Tag: Myth

Free Download Tiberius and His Age: Myth, Sex, Luxury, and Power
by Edward Champlin and Robert Kaster
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0691139245 | 282 Pages | PDF | 3.5 MB

Free Download The Door in the Sky: Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning (Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
English | October 6th, 2020 | ISBN: 0691017476 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 5.55 MB
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was a pioneer in Indian art history and in the cultural confrontation of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians and philosophers, an art historian convinced that the ultimate value of art transcends history, and a social thinker influenced by William Morris, Coomaraswamy was a unique figure whose works provide virtually a complete education in themselves.

Free Download Jack Zipes, Neil Gaiman, "Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins"
English | 2006 | pages: 202 | ISBN: 0415977673, 113885610X | PDF | 2,7 mb
The Mary Poppins that many people know of today-a stern, but sweet, loveable, and reassuring British nanny-is a far cry from the character created by Pamela Lyndon Travers in the 1930’s. Instead, this is the Mary Poppins reinvented by Disney in the eponymous movie. This book sheds light on the original Mary Poppins,

Free Download Lest: Australian War Myths by Mark Dapin
English | July 3rd, 2024 | ISBN: 1761108069 | 304 pages | PDF | 4.37 Mb
From Simpson’s donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn’t happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight.

Free Download Is True Love Just a Myth?: An Exploration of Love in All Its Dimensions by Peter Suenos
English | August 22, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DF34FDNB | 44 pages | EPUB | 1.10 Mb
Love is a word that carries immense weight. It is spoken in hushed whispers and declared boldly in public, written about endlessly in poems, novels, and songs, and dissected in academic papers and philosophical treatises. Yet, for all the words dedicated to love, its true nature remains an enigma, a puzzle that continues to captivate and confound us.

Free Download Is True Love Just a Myth?: An Exploration of Love in All Its Dimensions by Peter Suenos
English | August 22, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DF34FDNB | 44 pages | EPUB | 1.10 Mb
Love is a word that carries immense weight. It is spoken in hushed whispers and declared boldly in public, written about endlessly in poems, novels, and songs, and dissected in academic papers and philosophical treatises. Yet, for all the words dedicated to love, its true nature remains an enigma, a puzzle that continues to captivate and confound us.

Free Download Anthony O’Hear, "The Prism of Truth: Reflections on Myth"
English | ISBN: 1666781010 | 2024 | 152 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
An ultimate God, being transcendent, is beyond description in literal terms; our knowledge of the divine nature must be indirect. A prime means of such an indirect approach to the divine is through the religious mythologies that have captivated humankind throughout recorded time, and even earlier. After considering the limitations of scientific thinking in dealing with questions of ultimate meaning and value, Anthony O’Hear argues that we should be open to taking religious mythologies seriously. We could, and probably should, see each of these mythologies as partial revelations, each capturing some aspect of the divine. They aim at truth, and should be valued as such, for their own particular insights and traditions of practice, but no single myth can capture the whole truth. Each is necessarily filtered through fallible human imagery and thought. So, while respecting and prioritizing our own favored myth, we should also be open to illumination from myths originating in different times and cultures for their own unique vision and approach.

Free Download The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality by Karl Popper, Martyn Swain, Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd
English | April 20, 2021 | ISBN: B092RB9YV2 | 8 hours and 30 minutes | M4B 64 Kbps | 246 Mb
In a career spanning 60 years, Sir Karl Popper has made some of the most important contributions to the 20th century discussion of science and rationality. The Myth of the Framework is a collection of some of Popper’s most important material on this subject.
Sir Karl discusses such issues as the aims of science, the role that it plays in our civilization, the moral responsibility of the scientist, the structure of history and the perennial choice between reason and revolution. In doing so, he attacks intellectual fashions (like positivism) that exaggerate what science and rationality have done, as well as intellectual fashions (like relativism) that denigrate what science and rationality can do. Scientific knowledge, according to Popper, is one of the most rational and creative of human achievements, but it is also inherently fallible and subject to revision.
In place of intellectual fashions, Popper offers his own critical rationalism – a view that he regards both as a theory of knowledge and as an attitude towards human life, human morals and democracy.

Free Download The Myth That Made Us: How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy (and How to Fix It) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0DFQJ5GPP | 2024 | 8 hours and 47 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 246 MB
Author: Jeff Fuhrer
Narrator: Christopher Douyard
The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narratives-of a supposedly post-racist nation, of the self-made man, of the primacy of profit- and shareholder value-maximizing for businesses, and of minimal government interference-have been used to excuse gross inequities and to shape and sustain the US economic system that delivers them. Jeff Fuhrer argues that systemic racism continues to produce vastly disparate outcomes and that our brand of capitalism favors doing little to reduce disparities. Rather than merely laying blame at the feet of both conservatives and liberals for aiding and abetting an unjust system, Fuhrer charts a way forward. He supplements evidence from data with insights from community voices and outlines a system that provides more equal opportunity to accumulate both human and financial capital. His key areas of focus include universal access to high-quality early childhood education; more effective use of our community college system as a pathway to stable employment; restructuring key aspects of the low-wage workplace; providing affordable housing and transit links; supporting people of color by serving as mentors, coaches, and allies; and implementing Baby Bonds and Reparations programs. Fuhrer emphasizes embracing humility, research-based approaches, and community involvement as ways to improve economic opportunity.

Free Download The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6CR99H9 | 2024 | 8 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Kristin Johnson, Maria Claps
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
You have been misled about menopause. This comprehensive guide based on the latest research in aging, women’s health, and HRT dispels decades of misinformation. The Great Menopause Myth is your essential resource for optimized menopause care. More than simply an end to fertility, menopause is a time when a woman’s health can spin out of control. The hormonal shifts of menopause impact everything from body composition and immune system function to increased risk of chronic health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease, and osteoporosis. If you’re lucky enough to even be offered menopause treatment, traditional protocols, based on decades-old shoddy science and erroneous research conclusions, have gotten it wrong. Badly wrong.