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The Hedgehog and the Fox
Культурология

The Hedgehog and the Fox

Язык: английский
Год: 2013
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IT IS WORTH TRYING to understand why this extraordinary essay, first delivered as a lecture in Oxford, then reprinted in an obscure Slavic studies journal in 1951, then re-titled and re-published in 1953, has been enjoying such a robust and enduring...
A Reader on Reading
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A Reader on Reading

Язык: английский
Год: 2010
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THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK, as of almost all my other books, is reading, that most human of creative activities. I believe that we are, at the core, reading animals and that the art of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. We come...
Religion for Atheists
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Religion for Atheists

Язык: английский
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What if religions are neither all true or all nonsense? The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of...
Inventing the Enemy: Essays
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Inventing the Enemy: Essays

Язык: английский
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Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel The Prague Cemetery — every country needs an enemy, and if it...
The News: A User's Manual
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The News: A User's Manual

Язык: английский
Год: 2014
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The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton...