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Stephen Harriman Long

    D. Stephen Long si addentra nella teologia e nell'etica, esplorando le intricate connessioni tra fede, società ed economia. Il suo lavoro indaga le profondità della teologia morale, cercando di comprendere la natura della bontà di Dio e le sue implicazioni per l'ordine sociale. Long affronta questioni impegnative su come la teologia e l'etica plasmano e vengono plasmate dai sistemi di mercato ed economici. La sua scrittura offre una prospettiva profonda su come vivere un'esistenza più significativa ed etica all'interno delle complessità del mondo moderno.

    On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics
    Description Of Colonel S. H. Long's Bridges
    Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky Mountains: Performed In The Years 1819 And 1820
    Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., &c. : Performed in the Year 1823, by
    Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., Performed in the Year 1823, ... Under the Comma
    Voyage in a Six-Oared Skiff to the Falls of Saint Anthony in 1817.
    • The book offers a detailed account of a journey to the Falls of Saint Anthony in 1817, reflecting the era's exploration and discovery. It is part of a larger collection, Sabin Americana, which chronicles over 400 years of life in the Americas, from European arrival to the early 20th century. This collection includes diverse documents such as political tracts, sermons, and maps, providing insights into society, politics, and culture of the time. High-quality digital scans make these historical works accessible for research and education.

      Voyage in a Six-Oared Skiff to the Falls of Saint Anthony in 1817.
    • Description Of Colonel S. H. Long's Bridges

      Together With A Series Of Directions To Bridge Builders (1841)

      • 80pagine
      • 3 ore di lettura

      The book is a facsimile reprint of an original antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. This edition aims to protect and promote cultural literature by providing an accessible, high-quality reproduction that remains faithful to the original text.

      Description Of Colonel S. H. Long's Bridges
    • "This book addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics. While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized. The approach of the work is historical, philosophical, and theological. It begins with the historical transformation in the mid nineteenth century by Henry Sidgwick, who rejected establishing ethics on theology or metaphysics. G. E. Moore, John Rawls, Thomas Hurka, Bart Schultz, and Peter Singer later explicitly developed ethics indebted to Sidgwick. However, G. E. M. Anscombe and Philippa Foot's important interventions in modern moral philosophy opened new possibilities for teaching and learning ethics that bear strong resemblances to pre-Sidgwick moral philosophy. The common thread between them is Thomas Aquinas, who had a different understanding of human action than Sidgwick. For Aquinas, Foot, and Anscombe, ethics does not concern a procedure to guide action to what is right or what ought to be, but exists within a metaphysical and theological realm in which the good is more basic than the right. The good is attractive so desire for it is an essential element of the moral life"--

      On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics
    • Thirty-Eight

      • 272pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      A groundbreaking account of the cataclysmic hurricane of 1938 and its devastating impact on New England's inland forests

      Thirty-Eight
    • Stephen Harriman Long war Offizier, Ingenieur und Entdecker. Als Major der U. S. Army meldete er 1826 ein Patent für eine Dampflokomotive an und baute schließlich Brücken und Eisenbahnstrecken. Vorher erkundete er das noch unerforschte Terrain des Mittleren Westens. Nicht zuletzt durch seine Reisen (zeitweise mit einem frühen Dampfboot) erwiesen sich Mississippi und Missouri als das längste schiffbare Flusssystem Nordamerikas – ein natürlicher Kanal, der den damaligen Süden Kanadas mit dem Golf von Mexiko verbindet. Ein gigantischer Handelsweg wurde sichtbar. Auf seiner ersten Expedition 1817 erkundet er den Oberlauf des Mississippi bis zu den Wasserfällen von St. Anthony (heute Minneapolis), von den Dakota-Indianern Minirara (“gekräuseltes Wasser“) genannt. Eine zweite Expedition führte ihn 1819 auf dem Missouri River bis zum Yellowstone, erwies sich letztlich jedoch als kostspieliger Fehlschlag. 1820 erkundete er die Territorien des Lousiana Purchase, die Rocky Mountains sowie die von ihm als unbesiedelbar befundene „Great Desert“. 1823 kehrte er zum Mississippi zurück und drang bis zur Grenze Kanadas vor. Seine Reisetagebücher sind eine anschauliche Beschreibung von Landschaft und Eingeborenen des Mittleren Westens.

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