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A mission to kill a traitor, becomes a mission to find answers. After more than 30 years of unrelenting service to his nation, Dimitriy, a cold blooded Russian assassin, faces a dilemma. After pulling the trigger for what seemed like the hundredth time, something felt different, it had to. After all, the man he had just killed was the very person he once called ‘Brother.’ While Dimitriy struggles to bury the ghosts of his past, a storm is brewing in Moscow, one that has the potential to tilt the global axis of power in ways unimaginable. Unaware of the secret being kept from him, he must once again, perhaps for the last time, answer the Motherland’s call. The Old Enemies are set to wage war once again. Caught in the crossfire, is Dimitriy. Brotherhood, self, love or nation? He must choose.
Panpsychism has become a highly attractive position in the philosophy of mind. On panpsychism, both the physical and the mental are inseparable and fundamental features of reality. Panentheism has also become immensely popular in the philosophy of religion. Panentheism strives for a higher reconciliation of an atheistic pantheism, on which the universe itself is causa sui, and the ontological dualism of necessarily existing, eternal creator and contingent, finite creation. Historically and systematically, panpsychism and panentheism often went together as essential parts of an all-embracing metaphysical theory of Being. The present collection of essays analyses the relation between panpsychism and panentheism and provides critical reflections on the significance of panpsychistic and panentheistic thinking for recent debates in philosophy and theology.
Perhaps the most lively and exuberant of Kalidasa's extant works, Ritusamharam is a glorious ode to nature's bounty and the enduring emotional response it evokes in mankind as a whole. Recounted as a celebration of the passing seasons, it is a feast for the senses, capturing the myriad facets of love and longing in a kaleidoscope of sumptuous imagery: the mischievous moonlight that, like a pining lover, steals glances at sleeping maidens; the monsoon-bloated rivers that rush to the sea with a lustful urgency; the flame of lovemaking that is kindled anew at the onset of winter; the heady scent of mango blossoms that makes even the most unyielding of hearts quiver. Even animals, big and small, are swept into the playful pattern of the great poet's lyrical homage. A.N.D. Haksar's supple and spirited translation is accompanied by an absorbing introduction and notes that shed further light on this extraordinary work.