“…The contributors and editors of this volume examine various facets and means of action used by the "U.S. machinery of persuasion" with the aim of disseminating the virtues of its socioeconomic and political model, including both public and private efforts, and the significance of nonstate actors. …”

“…Brooks concentrates on a period in which the court's importance in projecting the symbolic centrality of monarchy was growing rapidly and considers the role of the air in defining patronage hierarchies at court and in enhancing courtly visions of masculine and feminine virtue. Her study illuminates the court's relationship to the world beyond its own confines, represented first by Italy, then by the countryside. …”
Sumario

“…Konzilien, von Nikaia bis zum Vatikanum II, sind kollegial organisierte Legislativorgane der Kirche und zugleich als Treffpunkte geistlicher und weltlicher Eliten historische Schlüsselmomente und totale Phänomene. …”
Sumario

“…Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. …”

“…Sroufe and Marie Fechik-Kirk, Duquesne University…”

“…Explaining Why Things Look the Way They Do, Kirk Ludwig 3. A Feed forward Network for Fast Stereo Vision, Paul M. …”

“…In appendice, il commento a due testi diversissimi ma illuminanti: uno di Tommaso d’Aquino («La religione è una virtù teologale?», dalla Summa theologiae, IIa-IIae, qq. 81-100) e uno di Georg Simmel («La religione», dai Saggi di sociologia della religione)…”

“…Die allmähliche Einordnung der christlichen Kirche in Staat und Gesellschaft der griechisch-römischen Welt und ihrer Nachbargebiete war der bedeutsamste Vorgang in der Spätantike und legte das Fundament der mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Kultur. …”

“…Information Age militaries searching for a way to deal with the complexities, uncertainties, and risks associated with the 21st century security environment are discovering the virtues of agility, not only as a core competency in operations, but as a value metric for policy and investment decisions. …”

“…Against the vices that can infuse people, Gerard Zerbolt places the virtues as counter forces. His writings contain all the elements to help us as people of our time to achieve a new image of humanity and a new vision of society…”

“…Das Ringen der Gegenpäpste vervielfältigte von der Spitze aus die Strukturen der mittelalterlichen Kirche. Der Band rückt diese zeitweilige Uneindeutigkeit der päpstlichen Hierarchie in den Mittelpunkt und betrachtet die Mechanismen der Verdopplung, der Autoritätsbehauptung und Autoritätszuweisung in historischer, kirchenrechtlicher, ekklesiologischer, zeremonieller und historiografischer Perspektive. …”

“…Kirja käsittelee kasvatuksen disiplinaarisia kiistoja kolmesta näkökulmasta. …”

“…Leo, Howard B. Norland, Kirill Ospovat, James A. Parente, Jr., Freya Sierhuis, Nienke Tjoelker and Emily Vasiliauskas…”

“…"Accountability is the bedrock upon which all lasting success is built. It is the necessary virtue for both individuals, and organizations, to realize their full potential. …”

“…As public intellectuals, Capitein, Belley, and Marrant developed a cosmopolitan vision of the world anchored in the republican ideals of civic virtue and communal life, and so helped radicalize the calls for freedom that were emerging from the Enlightenment. …”

“…Süring versammelt in den Ereignis-Chronologien eine überwältigende Auskunft über Personen und Begebenheiten, Institutionen von Stadt und Kirche, Strukturen und Hierarchien, Krankheiten und Epidemien, Todesfälle und -ursachen, Morde und Kriminalität, Hinrichtungen und Hexenprozesse, Unfälle und Katastrophen, Kämpfe zwischen weltlicher Obrigkeit und Geistlichkeit, Kriege und ihre Folgen. …”

“…"In recent years many management gurus have been speaking glibly of the virtues of failure. Silicon Valley has adopted mantras such as Fail better," "fail fast" and other variations.This book suggests that good leaders must go deeper. …”

“…One of the disciplinary areas in which this development has occurred, among others, is certainly that of computational social science, by virtue of the developing field of online social networks and the leading role of information technologies in the production of scientific knowledge. …”

“…For ancient Greek philosophy, arete (traditionally translated as "virtue") was the essential object of human admiration and striving, and even the key to happiness. …”

“…Jefferson believed that freedom should be married to local civic virtue with governmental responsibilities placed primarily at the local level. …”