The Philosopher's Pupil
Title | The Philosopher's Pupil PDF eBook |
Author | Iris Murdoch |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 501 |
Release | 2010-07-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1453200878 |
A New York TimesNotable Book: An “ingeniously plotted” tale of tragedy, comedy, and small-town gossip (The New York Times Book Review). The quiet English town of Ennistone is known for its peaceful, relaxing spa—a haven of restoration, rejuvenation, and calm. Until the night George McCaffrey’s car plunges into the cold waters of the canal, carrying with it his wife, Stella. And until the village’s most celebrated son, famed philosopher John Robert Rozanov, returns home, upending the lives of everyone with whom he comes in contact. Stirred up by talk of murder and morality, obsession and lust, religion and righteousness, the residents of Ennistone begin to spiral out of control, searching for answers and redemption for the sins of their peers—and discovering more about themselves than they ever wanted to know. With breakneck plotting and intricately flawed characters, The Philosopher’s Pupil is a darkly humorous novel from the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea, The Sea, masterfully exploring the human condition and the inherent blend of comedy and tragedy therein.
The Philosopher's Pupil
Title | The Philosopher's Pupil PDF eBook |
Author | Iris Murdoch |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 2008-12-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1407019104 |
In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
The Philosopher's Pupil
Title | The Philosopher's Pupil PDF eBook |
Author | Iris Murdoch |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 009928359X |
In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
The Philosopher's Pupil
Title | The Philosopher's Pupil PDF eBook |
Author | Iris Murdoch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 576 |
Release | 2009-12-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781407019123 |
A Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England
Title | A Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Hobbes |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1997-05 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780226345413 |
This little-known late writing of Hobbes reveals an unexplored dimension of his famous doctrine of sovereignty. The essay was first published posthumously in 1681, and from 1840 to 1971 only a generally unreliable edition has been in print. This edition provides the first dependable and easily accessible text of Hobbes's Dialogue. In the Dialogue, Hobbes sets forth his mature reflections of the relation between reason and law, reflections more "liberal" than those found in Leviathan and his other well-known writings. Hobbes proposes a separation of the functions of government in the interest of common sense and humaneness without visibly violating his dictum that the sharing or division of sovereignty is an absurdity. This new edition of the Dialogue is a significant contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century political philosophy. "Hobbes students are indebted to Professor Cropsey for this scholarly and accessible edition of Dialogue."—J. Roland Pennock, American Political Science Review "An invaluable aid to the study of Hobbes."—Review of Metaphysics
From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction
Title | From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Dooley |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781570034992 |
Dooley provides background information for each of the interviews, along with a thorough index.
Sophie's World
Title | Sophie's World PDF eBook |
Author | Jostein Gaarder |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Pages | 735 |
Release | 2007-03-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466804270 |
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.