How To Be Free
Title | How To Be Free PDF eBook |
Author | Epictetus |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2018-10-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0691177716 |
"Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison ... Freedom, for Epictetus, is not a human right or a political prerogative but a psychological and ethical achievement, a gift that we alone can bestow on ourselves ... How to Be Free features splendid new translations and the original Greek on facing pages, a compelling introduction that sets Epictetus in context and describes the importance of Stoic freedom today, and an invaluable glossary of key words and concepts. The result is an unmatched introduction to this powerful method of managing emotions and handling life's situations, from the most ordinary to the most demanding."--Provided by the publisher.
How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free
Title | How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free PDF eBook |
Author | Tina B. Tessina |
Publisher | Career Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781564145499 |
This revised and expanded edition includes instructions on showing couples how to cooperate instead of compromising or competing, thus creating lasting, loving partnerships.
Be A Free Range Human
Title | Be A Free Range Human PDF eBook |
Author | Marianne Cantwell |
Publisher | Kogan Page Publishers |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2019-09-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0749497106 |
DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: NYC Big Book Award 2020 - Career Trapped in a job or business that's "just not you"? Always dreaming of your next vacation or living for the weekend? Marianne Cantwell's straight-talking bestseller will help you break out of that career cage and Be A Free Range Human. It's about much more than just quitting your job and becoming your own boss. It's about life on your terms, working when, where and how you want - so you don't have to fit yourself into someone else's box to make a great income. This second edition won't just inspire you, it will give you unconventional and practical steps to: - Discover what you really want to do with your life (even if no answer has ever fully fit) - Get started in 90 days, with what you have - Create a free range career, tailor-made for you and the life you want (be it travelling the world or hanging out in your favourite café) - Stand out from the crowd and get paid well to be you Be A Free Range Human was one of the first and most popular guides to creating a custom career (without an office or a boss). Updated with new advice on how to make free range work for your personality (you don't need to be a constantly-networking extrovert. have an MBA, or get funding), this smart, energizing guide will help you cut through the noise, see your options in a new way, and get the freedom and fulfilment you crave.
How Physics Makes Us Free
Title | How Physics Makes Us Free PDF eBook |
Author | J. T. Ismael |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2016-02-03 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0190269456 |
In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision. Newton's physics also posed a profound challenge to our self-understanding, however, for the very same laws that keep airplanes in the air and rivers flowing downhill tell us that it is in principle possible to predict what each of us will do every second of our entire lives, given the early conditions of the universe. Can it really be that even while you toss and turn late at night in the throes of an important decision and it seems like the scales of fate hang in the balance, that your decision is a foregone conclusion? Can it really be that everything you have done and everything you ever will do is determined by facts that were in place long before you were born? This problem is one of the staples of philosophical discussion. It is discussed by everyone from freshman in their first philosophy class, to theoretical physicists in bars after conferences. And yet there is no topic that remains more unsettling, and less well understood. If you want to get behind the façade, past the bare statement of determinism, and really try to understand what physics is telling us in its own terms, read this book. The problem of free will raises all kinds of questions. What does it mean to make a decision, and what does it mean to say that our actions are determined? What are laws of nature? What are causes? What sorts of things are we, when viewed through the lenses of physics, and how do we fit into the natural order? Ismael provides a deeply informed account of what physics tells us about ourselves. The result is a vision that is abstract, alien, illuminating, and-Ismael argues-affirmative of most of what we all believe about our own freedom. Written in a jargon-free style, How Physics Makes Us Free provides an accessible and innovative take on a central question of human existence.
How to Be Free
Title | How to Be Free PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Blow |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 2015-01-05 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 9781300343660 |
Self Help.
How Free Is Free?
Title | How Free Is Free? PDF eBook |
Author | Leon F. Litwack |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2009-02-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674031524 |
This title traces continuing racial inequality and the ongoing fight for freedom for African American's in America. It tells how despite two major efforts to reconstruct race relations, injustices remain.
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free
Title | Information Doesn't Want to Be Free PDF eBook |
Author | Cory Doctorow |
Publisher | McSweeney's |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2014-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1940450780 |
“Filled with wisdom and thought experiments and things that will mess with your mind.” — Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American Gods In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today — about how the old models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon replace them. An essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free offers a vivid guide to the ways creativity and the Internet interact today, and to what might be coming next. This book is DRM-free.