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Aspects of Wagner
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 116

Aspects of Wagner

Many music lovers find Wagner's operas inexpressibly beautiful and richly satisfying, while others find them revolting, dangerous, self-indulgent, and immoral. The man who W.H. Auden once called "perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived" has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any other composer. Bryan Magee presents a penetrating analysis of Wagner's work, concentrating on how his sensational and deeply erotic music uniquely expresses the repressed and highly charged contents of the psyche. He examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, as well as shedding new light on his anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes. Outlining the astonishing range and depth of Wagner's influence on our culture, Magee reveals how profoundly he continues to shock and inspire musicians, poets, novelists, painters, philosophers, and politicians today.

The Great Philosophers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 354

The Great Philosophers

The author interviews modern philosophers and writers such as Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer on the major figures in the history of Western philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to Russell and Wittgenstein.

The Impulse to Philosophise
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 250

The Impulse to Philosophise

What impulses lead us to ask philosophical questions and pursue philosophical enquiry? In a series of stimulating essays fourteen distinguished thinkers examine philosophy and their own engagement with it. Titles such as "How philosophers (who lose their faith) redefine their subject," "Philosophical plumbing," "Putting into order what we already know" and "Is philosophy a 'theory of everything'?" indicate the range of topics and the lively and provocative ways in which they are tackled.

Encounter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 426

Encounter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1986
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Encounter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 430

Encounter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1986
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Dictionary of International Biography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1004

Dictionary of International Biography

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A biographical record of contemporary achievement together with a key to the location of the original biographical notes.

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer By Bryan Magee

On Blindness
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 192
Edmund Campion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 300

Edmund Campion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The death of Edmund Campion in 1581 marked a disjunction between the world of printed untruth and private, handwritten, truth in Elizabethan England. Gerard Kilroy here uncovers a fascinating network of scribal communities where Campion manuscripts circulated among a group of families dominated by Sir John Harington and Sir Thomas Tresham. His work provides startling new views about Campion's literary, historical and cultural impact in early modern England. The book lays the foundations of the first full literary assessment of Campion the scholar, the impact he had on the literature of early modern England, and the long legacy in manuscript writing.

Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology E-Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1573

Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology E-Book

Written and edited by world leaders in nephrology, Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology, 6th Edition, by Drs. John Feehally, Jurgen Floege, Richard J. Johnson, and Marcello Tonelli, provides current information on clinical procedures and conditions as well as the scientific facts and pathophysiology that are foundational to nephrology practice. Ideal for practicing nephrologists, fellows, residents, and internists, it thoroughly covers fluids and electrolytes, hypertension, diabetes, dialysis, and transplantation, and more – all in a single convenient volume. - A "just right" amount of basic science and practical clinical guidance helps you make efficient and informed decisions. - More than 1...