Metamorphoses
Title | Metamorphoses PDF eBook |
Author | Emanuele Coccia |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2021-06-09 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1509545689 |
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life. Emanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body. By highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.
Mexico
Title | Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business |
ISBN |
This document presents a guide for Canadian exporters to Mexico. Topics covered are: the country; economy and foreign trade; doing business with Mexico; your business visit; federal export assistance; and, useful addresses.
Rajasthan Style
Title | Rajasthan Style PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-11-06 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781614284659 |
"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.
Health and Life Skills for Kindergarten to Grade 9
Title | Health and Life Skills for Kindergarten to Grade 9 PDF eBook |
Author | Alberta. Alberta Learning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Florentine Renaissance Sculpture
Title | Florentine Renaissance Sculpture PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Avery |
Publisher | John Murray Pubs Limited |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780719519321 |
"Some of the greatest names in the history of art are those of Florentine sculptors: Ghiberti, Donatello and Luca della Robbia; Verrocchio and Michelangelo; Cellini and Giovanni Bologna. These were the creators of a school of sculpture that remained supreme for over two centuries."--BOOK COVER.
The Open Work
Title | The Open Work PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Eco |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780674639768 |
This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.
National Core French Study
Title | National Core French Study PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond LeBlanc |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Experiential learning |
ISBN |
The Study examined policies, programs, and activities in Core French; pooled ideas, experience and research on the planning, organization, curriculum development, teaching approaches, teacher education, and professional development; and identified ways and means to substantially strengthen Core French. This document includes a short review of the justification for the syllabuses, and the results obtained by the syllabus task force. It also raises questions relating to integration, evaluation, and professional development.