John L Bowman: 11 books
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
This is a book about the nature of law and its proposition is law should embody justice-but it does not. It does not because there exists a jurisprudential tug of war today between natural and normative law based on morality and non-natural and descriptive law that claims law is simply a social fact....
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2002
Selected Topics in Philosophy is an eclectic mix of various topics in philosophy including the nature of language, epistemology, ethics, the nature of religion and literature, metaphysics, existentialism and transcendentalism.
Some particularly interesting issues discussed in the book include...
A Reference Guide to Stoicism
A Compilation of the Principle Stoic Writings on Various Topics
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your...
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a " species of oppression [with] which democratic nations are menaced unlike anything which ever before existed in the world " It was a despotism that " would be more extensive and would degrade men without tormenting them." It would be...
Stoicism, Enkrasia and Happiness
How Stoic Philosophy Can Bring Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
This book is about the philosophy of Stoicism and how it can help people achieve greater personal happiness. There are many ways of living and thinking that lead to unhappiness. These ways are paradigms for unhappiness that can cause people to pursue false gods. Some struggle trying to make reality...
Provocative and Contemplative Quotations
With Author Comments and Observations
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Emerson wrote that thinking is hard to do, which is why so few do it. Socrates asserted the unexamined life is not worth living, Franklin pondered prudentiality, Sartre examined the existentialist void, Bothius described the wheel of fortune, Cicero mused on old age, Shakespeare dramatized revenge,...
God's Lecture
On the Way Things Are and How Man Screwed It Up
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2005
God is pissed. In the beginning, God created heaven, earth, and all the animals. They were part of a grand and perfect design. It worked well, and God was pleased. Then one of the animals, man, started altering the design, irritating God.
God gave man, unlike the other animals, a little cleverness,...
A Reader's Companion Ii
3,500 Words and Phrases Avid Readers Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
A Readers Companion II offers a look at 3,500 uncommon words for avid readers. The Readers Companion series contains thousands of words and their definitions, helping to expand vocabulary, improve comprehension and increase reading speed. This is the second book in the series, and it includes literary,...
Nobody's Perfect
Reflections of a Man Who Is Not Perfect
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2004
Apparently many people find me amusing It is not my intention to be amusing but in dealing with the opposite sex dignity pride boredom and humility I have found that I am not perfect This book includes short vignettes that others might identify with and thus help them look at their life
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Bluegrass Renaissance
The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts, architecture,...