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The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin ...

The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin ...

Peter Brown

Foreword As Peter Brown notes in the following pages, a sharp distinction between the religious experiences of the elite and the vulgar was a commonplace long before David Hume crystallized it in his Natural History of Religion. Such a ...
John Knox; A Biography

John Knox; A Biography

Peter Hume Brown

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Scotland Before 1700

Scotland Before 1700

Peter Hume Brown

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
George Buchanan - Humanist and Reformer, a Biography

George Buchanan - Humanist and Reformer, a Biography

Peter Hume Brown

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion': A Reader's Guide

Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion': A Reader's Guide

Andrew Pyle

Nelson Pike, 'Hume on Evil', in Stanley Tweyman (ed.), David Hume: Critical Assessments, Vol. V, Religion, London and New York, Routledge, 300–14. Stanley Tweyman, 'Hume's Dialogues on Evil', in Stanley Tweyman (ed.), David Hume: ...
The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.
Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity

Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity

Peter Robert Lamont Brown

Publisher description: Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.
Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity

Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity

Peter Brown

With the blend of art and learning that is the hallmark of his work, Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.
Southend Airport Through Time

Southend Airport Through Time

Peter C. Brown

Peter C. Brown ... 'B' Flight was stationed at Stow Maries and 'C' Flight at Goldhanger. The accommodation on the landing field consisted of wooden hutsandtents. The coordination oftheflights was from their headquartersat ' TheGrange' ...
The Ransom of the Soul

The Ransom of the Soul

Peter Brown

Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to ...
The Ransom of the Soul

The Ransom of the Soul

Peter Brown

Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to ...
The Ransom of the Soul

The Ransom of the Soul

Peter Brown

Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to ...
The Ransom of the Soul

The Ransom of the Soul

Peter Brown

Peter Brown explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul between 250 and 650 CE, showing how personal wealth in the pursuit of redemption led Church doctrine concerning the afterlife to evolve from speculation to ...
David Hume: Critical Assessments

David Hume: Critical Assessments

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These four volumes bring together for the first time some of the most important research on the philosophy of David Hume (1711-1776).
David Hume: The Philosopher as Historian

David Hume: The Philosopher as Historian

Nicholas Phillipson

A giant of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, David Hume was one of the most important philosophers ever to write in English.
A Companion to Hume

A Companion to Hume

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Comprised of specially commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of one of history's most remarkable thinkers.
David Hume: politics, economics, justice and miscellaneous

David Hume: politics, economics, justice and miscellaneous

Stanley Tweyman

These four volumes bring together for the first time some of the most important research on the philosophy of David Hume (1711-1776).
Atomic Radiative Processes

Atomic Radiative Processes

Peter R. Fontana

Peter R. Fontana. 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. 15. ... R. J . Bell, “Introductory Fourier Transform Spectroscopy.” Academic Press, New ... R. Hanbury Brown, R. C. Jennison, and M. K. Das Gupta, Nature (London) 170, 1061 (1952). R. Hanbury Brown and ...
Mr Tiger Goes Wild

Mr Tiger Goes Wild

Peter Brown

Mr Tiger Goes WIld is a beautifully illustrated and brilliantly funny book from Caldecott Honor-winning artist Peter Brown shows that there's a time and place for everything... even going wild.
David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion In Focus

David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion In Focus

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Based on the original handwritten manuscript, this book provides a new, accurate edition of Hume’s important work, faithful to his original text, marginal notes, and changes.
The Anthropology of Infectious Disease: International Health ...

The Anthropology of Infectious Disease: International Health ...

Peter J. Brown

International Health Perspectives Peter J. Brown, Marcia C. Inhorn. Hyg. N. Farooq, Farooq, human coprolites from Lovelock ... M.,Nielsen, J., Samaan, S.A., Mallah, M. B.,and Allam,A.A.1966. The epidemiology of Schistosoma haematobium ...
International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004

International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004

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BROWN, Patricia Ann Fortlni; b. 16 Nov. 1936, Oakland, CA, USA. University Prof ; Art Historian, m. 1st Peter Claus Meyer. May 1957, divorced 1978, two s.; m. 2nd Peter Robert Lamont Brown, Aug. 1980, divorced 1989. Education: AB, 1959 ...
Archiv Für Geschichte Der Philosophie

Archiv Für Geschichte Der Philosophie

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But he does not oppose sound philosophy, and Hume certainly likes him for that. William Lad Sessions has called him a "conversational opportunist"28. This accusation is either unfair or must be made against all theologians. Hume probably ...
Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian ...

Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian ...

Peter Brown

Peter Brown, perhaps the greatest living authority on Mediterranean civilization in late antiquity, traces the growing power of Christian bishops as they wrested influence from philosophers, who had traditionally advised the rulers of ...
Motivation and the Moral Sense in Francis Hutcheson’s ...

Motivation and the Moral Sense in Francis Hutcheson’s ...

Henning Jensen

This is true, for example, of Norman Kemp Smith, whose book entitled The Philosophy of David Hume 1 includes much detailed information concerning Hume's indebtedness to Hutcheson. But others have written about Hutcheson on his own account.
David Hume's Political Economy

David Hume's Political Economy

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2 The Emergence of David Hume as a Political Economist: A Biographical Sketch IanSimpsonRoss There is a word, whichishereinthe mouthofevery body, and which, Ifind,hasalsogotabroad,and is much employed byforeignwriters, inimitationof ...
Hume's Critique of Religion: 'Sick Men's Dreams'

Hume's Critique of Religion: 'Sick Men's Dreams'

Alan Bailey

In this volume, authors Alan Bailey and Dan O’Brien examine the full import of David Hume’s arguments and the context of the society in which his work came to fruition.

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