“…En última instancia, Ngugi wa Thiong'o -escritor, pensador, humanista y exiliado- concibe este libro como una declaración de intenciones: en la medida en que la lengua materna es un aspecto crucial de la propia identidad, cree necesario despedirse del inglés y utilizar el kikuyu como su principal lengua de creación literaria. …”

“…Examining letters, diaries and other records left by Grand Tourists, tutors and their families, this book demonstrates how the Tour was used to educate elite young men in a wide variety of skills, virtues and masculine behaviours that extended well beyond polite society. …”

“…Lars Geschwind is Associate Professor in Engineering Education Policy and Management at the Department of Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Kirsi Pulkkinen is a researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland, and Advisor of co-creation at the Research Services of University of Helsinki, Finland…”

“…Far from promoting any kind of sexual fulfilment or social responsibility, writers prefer to free their character from “truly feminine” virtues. Some of them even detect in women dispositions for tyranny which they compare to the famous "feminine cunning" and they add to it a mysterious tendency to harm. …”

“…Ever since the advent of sockets and other virtu- circuit abstractions, researchers have been looking for ways to incorporate high- value concepts into distributed systems platforms. …”

“…So waren etwa bei den christlichen Feierlichkeiten in der Grabeskirche zu Jerusalem auch zahlreiche Muslime anwesend, war die Mutter des Kalifen selbst eine Christin und wurde die Kirche nach ihrer Zerstörung von der fatimidischen Regentin Sitt al-Mulk wieder aufgebaut. …”

“…Mithilfe historischer Dokumente und ihrer Interpretation wollte Augustinus beweisen, dass die Donatisten zu Unrecht behaupteten, die reine, von "Traditoren" freie Kirche zu repräsentieren. Ausgehend von den antidonatistischen Schriften und Briefen zeigt Arne Hogrefe, wie Augustinus die Geschichte des Schismas rekonstruiert und darstellt. …”

“…The authors of the remaining 14 contributions are doctors and supervisors belonging to the National Doctoral Program in Romance Languages (FoRom). By virtue of its wide scope and the high quality of its contributions, this volume is of interest for, and will find a natural audience among, researchers of all Romance Languages departments and divisions in Scandinavia, Europe and worldwide.Festival Romanisticais the first volume in Stockholm Studies in Romance Languages, which is a peer-reviewed series of monographs and edited volumes.Editors:Gunnel Engwall is Professor of Romance Languages, especially French, at Stockholm University. …”

“…The investigated archaeological sites range from Crete in the south to the Peloponnese with the palaces of Pylos, Ayios Vasileios, Mycenae and Tiryns and further north to central Greece with the palace of Thebes, while contemporary sites on Cyprus and in Syria are taken into consideration as well. …”

“…ciš cieszš się języki programowania pozwalajšce na pisanie kodu łatwego do przenoszenia między platformami, ponieważ nikt nie ma czasu na pisanie kilku wersji jednej aplikacji. C# to uniwersalny język, który bez trudu spełnia ten wymóg. …”

“…Monitieteisen otteen ansiosta kirja on monipuolinen kooste tilintarkastuksesta, valvonnasta ja arvioinnista. …”

“…The mainstream research subjects of the Laboratory mainly include: research and development of experimental platforms and measurement techniques at high temperatures and high pressures; high-pressure material synthesis and hot-pressed sintering techniques; physical and chemical characterizations (e.g. electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, ultrasonic wave velocity, etc.) of minerals and rocks at conditions of high pressure and different oxygen fugacities by virtue of representative high-pressure apparatus, including autoclaves, piston cylinders, multi-anvil presses, diamond anvil cells and shock waves; high-pressure physiochemical behavior and storage states in the geological fluid and melt of deep Earth interior; high-pressure theoretical calculations; and high-pressure applications in the service of national economical and societal development…”

“…Amongst these themes are: conscience, virtue, natural law, authority, ecumenism, the human person and the theology of theological ethics. …”

“…This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius' writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. …”

“…Sosa es considerado el verdadero iniciador de la nueva “epistemología de la virtud” (virtue epistemology). Se trata de una concepción que ha logrado concitar el interés de un modo amplio y, por así decir, transversal. …”

“…Second, autonomy must be treated as a composite concept and hence not capturable in simple definitions such as acting on one's higher order desires or on principles one endorses. One of the virtues of the composite picture is that it shows autonomy lying at the intersection of concerns with morality, practical rationality, and freedom. …”
Sumario

“…Should we think of commonsense realism as a view held by some philosophers, or is there a sense in which we are pre-theoretically committed to commonsense realism in virtue of the experience we enjoy or the concepts we use or the explanations we give? …”

“…Pangle argues that the Founders had a dramatically new vision of civic virtue, religious faith, and intellectual life, rooted in an unprecedented commitment to private and economic liberties. …”

“…Washington and Hamilton chronicles the unlikely collaboration between these two conflicting characters at the heart of our national narrative: Washington, the indispensable general devoted to classical virtues, and Hamilton, an ambitious officer and lawyer eager for fame of the noblest kind. …”

“…Roth explores these arguments (and more), considers the state of higher education today, and concludes with a stirring plea for the kind of education that has, since the founding of the nation, cultivated individual freedom, promulgated civic virtue, and instilled hope for the future"…”