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  • Prophet of Science

    The Vision and Passion of Auguste Comte

    Born during the ferment of the French Revolution, Auguste Comte was one of the foremost thinkers of the nineteenth century, his ideas influencing social reformers, philosophers, politicians and scientists. Advocating for what he called ‘the science of society’, he contended that facts and reason alone should matter in public discourse. But while Comte strove to create social harmony, he suffered ... Leer más

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  • Piano and Song

    Enriched edition. How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances

    In "Piano and Song," Friedrich Wieck offers an insightful exploration of the intimate relationship between piano performance and vocal expression, advocating for a harmonious integration of musical elements. This pedagogical text, reflecting the Romantic era's emphasis on emotive expression, serves as both a practical guide for pianists and a philosophical treatise on the nature of music-making. ... Leer más

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  • Piano and Song

    How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances

    Traducido por Mary Pickering Nichols ...
    In "Piano and Song," Friedrich Wieck masterfully intertwines the intricacies of pianistic technique with the emotive power of song composition. This seminal work offers a profound exploration of the relationship between piano performance and vocal melody, emphasizing the importance of a symbiotic interaction in music-making. Wieck's literary style is both didactic and reflective, enriched by his ... Leer más

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  • Love, Order, and Progress

    The Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Auguste Comte

    Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime. Love, Order, and Progress offers the most comprehensive English-language overview of Auguste Comte's ... Leer más

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  • Auguste Comte: Volume 3

    An Intellectual Biography

    Series series Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography
    This volume continues to explore the life and works of Auguste Comte during his so-called second career. It covers the period from the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon in late 1851 to Comte's death in 1857. During these early years of the Second Empire, Comte became increasingly conservative and anxious to control his disciples. This study offers the first study of the tensions within his movement. ... Leer más

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  • Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs

    "Piano Tuning: A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs" by J. Cree Fischer is an essential guide for anyone interested in learning the art of piano tuning. The book breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand instructions, making it accessible for beginners. Fischer emphasizes the importance of understanding the mechanics of the piano, providing readers with the foundational knowledge ... Leer más

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  • Logic Games by Lewis Carroll

    de Lewis Carroll ...
    This Game requires nine Counters--four of one colour and five of another: say four red and five grey.Besides the nine Counters, it also requires one Player, AT LEAST. I am not aware of any Game that can be played with LESS than this number: while there are several that require MORE: take Cricket, for instance, which requires twenty-two. How much easier it is, when you want to play a Game, to find ... Leer más

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  • What is Literature for?

    Inaugural lecture delivered on Thursday 30 November 2006

    Series series Leçons inaugurales
    Along with the theoretical or traditionally historical question “What is literature?”, the critical and political question “What can literature do?” begs an answer. What value do contemporary society and culture ascribe to literature? What utility? What role? “My confidence in the future of literature”, wrote Italo Calvino, consists in the knowledge that there are things that only literature can ... Leer más

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  • The End of the Soul

    Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France

    On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, both men and women included, joined together to form an unusual group, The Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. The idea was that, after death, they would dissect one another and (hopefully) show a direct relationship between brain shapes and sizes and the character, abilities and intelligence of ... Leer más

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  • The Great Cat Massacre

    And Other Episodes in French Cultural History

    **The landmark history of France and French culture in the eighteenth century, a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.“Robert Darnton has the inquisitiveness of an investigative reporter, the thoroughness of a rigorous scholar, and the sensitivity of a novelist.” —New Republic**When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the ... Leer más

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  • A Wicked Company

    The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment

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    The flourishing of radical philosophy in Baron Thierry Holbach's Paris salon from the 1750s to the 1770s stands as a seminal event in Western history. Holbach's house was an international epicenter of revolutionary ideas and intellectual daring, bringing together such original minds as Denis Diderot, Laurence Sterne, David Hume, Adam Smith, Ferdinando Galiani, Horace Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, ... Leer más

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  • A Poisoned Past

    The Life and Times of Margarida de Portu, a Fourteenth-Century Accused Poisoner

    This is the story of Margarida de Portu, a fourteenth-century French medieval woman accused of poisoning her husband to death. As Bednarski points out, the story is important not so much for what it tells us about Margarida but for how it illuminates a past world. Through the depositions and accusations made in court, the reader learns much about medieval women, female agency, kin networks, ... Leer más

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