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"Où est la valeur d’une vie ? Dans le bruit et la fureur ou dans le recueillement du silence ? Dans ses batailles ou ses renoncements ? William, lui, a choisi la solitude et le silence il y a 25 ans en intégrant l’ordre religieux des chartreux. Quand un héritage le contraint à quitter le monastère pour Paris, c’est tout un monde nouveau qu’il doit apprivoiser, des certitudes longuement forgées à interroger et surtout, son ancienne vie, laissée là, qu’il va retrouver.... Sa rencontre avec Méry, jeune femme aux jours comptés du fait d’une maladie incurable mais résolument décidée à profiter du temps qu’il lui reste, le confrontera à de nouvelles questions et compliquera ses choix. En filigrane de ce beau portrait d’homme, Zep interroge nos propres certitudes, avec un talent graphique réaliste qu’on ne se lasse pas de découvrir." [Source : site de l'éditeur]
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Health and nature - these are the topics covered in A.Vogel Gesundheits-Nachrichten, the magazine of the health brand A.Vogel with 25'000 subscribers, which has been published since 1929. The A.Vogel Gesundheits-Nachrichten regularly presents new findings in the field of naturopathy and herbal medicine and reports on everything that makes life naturally healthy: healthy food, gentle therapies, movement, joie de vivre and harmonious coexistence. In a contemporary fashion, this richly illustrated publication sheds light on the work of the natural health pioneer Alfred Vogel (1902-1996) and makes his experiences and advice on the topic comprehensible and interesting (only available in German). The unusually high level of trust that readers have in the magazine of the health specialist A.Vogel is attributable to its capacity to inform, advise, help and provide guidance on self-help.
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Gerade in Formationsphasen neuer wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen und Forschungsgebiete sind die Austauschbeziehungen zwischen dem Schönen und dem Wahren, zwischen der Literatur und der Wissenschaft besonders intensiv. Zum einen spielen literarische und rhetorische Verfahren in der Produktion des einschlägigen Wissens eine konstitutive Rolle. Zum anderen beziehen ästhetische Debatten, poetologische Bestimmungen und einzelne literarische Texte wesentliche Impulse aus den emergierenden Wissenschaften. Der vorliegende Band geht diesen Wechselwirkungen am Beispiel des Wissens vom Leben nach, wie es sich im langen 19. Jahrhundert entwickelt hat. Damals konstituierte sich das Leben allererst als epistemisches Objekt, und es wurde in der Literatur und Ästhetik nicht weniger thematisiert, bearbeitet und reflektiert als in der Wissenschaft, insbesondere in der aufkommenden Biologie. Die hier versammelten Beiträge analysieren jenes weitverzweigte und spannungsvolle Feld des Lebenswissens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Dynamisierungstendenzen, die die moderne Vorstellung dessen, was Leben eigentlich sei, maßgeblich prägen.
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"What are we asking when we ask, "What is the meaning of life?"? Can there be meaning without God? Is a happy life a meaningful life? Can an immoral life be meaningful? Does our suffering have meaning? Does death threaten meaning? What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to philosophical thinking about life's meaning. Goetz and Seachris provide the reader with accessible examples, before looking at the main theoretical approaches to meaning and key philosophers associated with them. Topics covered include: What does the question, "What is the meaning of life?", even mean? Does life have a purpose? What is valuable? Do we matter? Does life (or my life) make any sense? Is there any meaning in suffering? Does death threaten meaning? Would immortality be good or bad news for us? With boxed summaries of key concepts and noteworthy examples, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading included within each chapter, this book is the ideal introduction to life's meaning for philosophy students coming to the subject for the first time"--
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"The writer is impressed with the idea that much more might be properly written concerning the Nature of Life and the duties which must accompany living. He does not expect to add much which is new; but the thoughts here recorded have remained after an extended reading of eminent authors who have written upon like subjects. Moral questions receive special attention, and are discussed from a common-sense point of view; but a striking coincidence is to be noted in the fact that those nations which have done most to enlighten the world through biological, psychological and physiological investigations have been professedly Christian. The sceptical as well as the believing have a right to know from what stand-point the writer urges his views; and both may ask why he speculates concerning matters beyond the comprehension of the human intellect. The belief of an author cannot alter the significance of a single fact, nor can the disbelief of any other man affect the position of actual truth; yet our peculiar views upon moral and religious subjects do color our reasonings, even when dealing with matters not directly moral or religious. Many passages have been wrought into the text which others might have allowed to appear as notes. Certain parts of the work consist of fugitive thoughts written at various times during the past ten years, and in some instances these thoughts are imperfectly interwoven, and there will be found many digressions from the main line of the argument. Certain imperfectly understood teachings of nature have been perverted by a class of eminent men, and some one should restate these teachings from a different point of view. The writer has endeavored not to state as fact what does not rest upon good authority; but in writing what follows he assumes a serious responsibility. In the border lands of theory and speculation the lines of truth are not always clearly defined. To mislead is easy, and to mislead in important lines of thought may do harm; yet men must bear the responsibility of their honest convictions. If the following pages shall incline readers to think and seriously inquire "What is truth?" the chief desire and expectation of the author will be realized"--
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