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A Journey to Point Omega Autobiography from 1964


Free Download Josef Pieper, "A Journey to Point Omega: Autobiography from 1964"
English | ISBN: 1587314045 | 2020 | 208 pages | EPUB | 406 KB
This volume, the original version of which was published in 1988, brings to a close the autobiographical writings of a modern Christian philosopher who lived through the two World Wars and the ecclesiastical upheaval in the Catholic Church in the context of the Second Vatican Council. What stamps this philosopher throughout the course of his life – with all its social and political uncertainties – is his constant dedication to truth and his manifest unswerving integrity.

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From a Scientific Point of View


Free Download Mario Bunge, "From a Scientific Point of View"
English | ISBN: 1527508641 | 2018 | 165 pages | PDF | 22 MB
This book deals with the scientific viewpoint, which is illustrated here through a number of topical cases in modern science, from gravitational waves to mental disorders to social policies. The scientific perspective involves rationality, realism, and reismthe thesis that the universe is composed of concrete things like atoms, force fields, people, and social organizations. The book shows that the scientific worldview underlies all current scientific and technological research projects. It also claims that any subject involving knowledge can be approached scientifically, and contends that the scientific viewpoint can trump both dogma and improvisationthe standbys of amateurs and demagogues.

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North Point North New and Selected Poems


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English | 2008 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 0060935278, 006620982X | EPUB | 0,5 mb
North Point North: New and Selected Poems showcases the work of an important contemporary American poet, winner of the prestigious Kingsley-Tufts Award for Poetry.

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