1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155522103321

Autore

Collier Carol <1943->

Titolo

Recovering the body : a philosophical story / / Carol Collier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-7766-2080-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

128/.6

Soggetti

Human body (Philosophy) - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I : The Road to Mechanism: Ancient Greece to the  Scientific Revolution; 1 -  Body and Soul at War: Plato; 2 - Body and Nature: Aristotle and the Stoics; 3 - The Resurrection of the Body: Christianity; 4 - From Astrology to the Cult of Dissection: The Renaissance; 5 - The Body-Machine: Descartes; 6 - The Road Not Followed: Spinoza; Part II : The Limits of Mechanism: Contemporary Problems  and Solutions; 7 - The Legacy of Mechanism: The Fragmenting and  Disappearing Body

8 - Recovering the Body: Yoga9 - Recovering the Body: Alternative Medicine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A philosophical history of the body and a work of recovery, bringing to light many aspects of this history that have been lost or forgotten in the West after the Scientific Revolution.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465167803321

Autore

Thoreau Henry David <1817-1862.>

Titolo

Cape Cod [[electronic resource] /] / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer with an introduction by Robert Pinsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-691-00076-X

1-4008-3412-0

1-282-63936-6

9786612639364

Edizione

[1st Princeton classic ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Writings of Henry D. Thoreau

Classificazione

74.25

Altri autori (Persone)

MoldenhauerJoseph J. <1934->

Disciplina

917.44/92

Soggetti

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

Electronic books.

Cape Cod (Mass.) Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Pinsky, Robert -- I. The Shipwreck -- II. Stage-Coach Views -- III. The Plains of Nauset -- IV. The Beach -- V. The Wellfleet Oysterman -- VI. The Beach Again -- VII. Across the Cape -- VIII. The Highland Light -- IX. The Sea and the Desert -- X. Provincetown -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau's compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet and literary critic Robert Pinsky--himself a resident of Cape Cod--this volume contains some of Thoreau's most beautiful writings. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, and people of Cape Cod, Thoreau finds "another world" Encounters with the ocean dominate this book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening chapter to his later reflections on the Pilgrims' landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship captains, as well as his own intense confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins. Chronicles of exploration, settlement, and survival on the Cape lead Thoreau to



reconceive the history of New England--and to recognize the parochialism of history itself.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715804703321

Titolo

Admission of candidates to the Naval Academy. Letter from Captain Andrew A. Harwood, in relation to the admission of pupils at the Naval Academy. April 3, 1862. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1862

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (6 pages)

Collana

Mis. doc. / 37th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 64

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 1141]

Altri autori (Persone)

HarwoodA. A <1802-1884.> (Andrew Allen)

Soggetti

Military cadets

Navies - Officers

School enrollment

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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