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Canary Islands: Beyond the Movies
The diverse landscape of the Canary archipelago has been a favorite destination for the fulfillment of millions of tourists.
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The Sources of Enchiridion Vol. 1, Ranked by Goodreads: Top #30-21
Our Enchiridion – The Handbook series is built around the words of authors and thinkers who helped shape Western culture. Thus we decided to list all thirty sources from Vol. 1 according to their average ratings on Goodreads in order to find out which work is the best among the best!
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11 Quotes from ‘Lives of the Eminent Philosophers’
Diogenes Laërtius’ Lives of the Eminent Philosophers is one of the most comprehensive biographical works on the Greco-Roman thinkers of antiquity. Here are ten of the best quotes found in Lives to make your day more philosophical.
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Chesterton’s Take on Savonarola
One of the most acute commentaries on Savonarola is made by none other than G. K. Chesterton in his book, Twelve Types. Here the English author distinguishes the historical Savonarola from the moral Savonarola, ignoring the former and focusing almost exclusively on the latter.
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Preview: Enchiridion – The Handbook
Meet Biblion’s new, ambitious project of daily motivation and reflection: Enchiridion – The Handbook.
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EDITOR’S PICK: When Is It Right to Die? – Joni Eareckson Tada
Twenty-five years after addressing to the subject for the first time, Joni Eareckson Tada returns to euthanasia as the main focus of this updated edition of When Is It Right to Die?. She felt the need to come back after learning of the tragic case of Nancy Fitzmaurice, a young 12-year old girl from England who, by the court’s order, had her tube feeding taken away. She died fourteen days later… of starvation.
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FICTION: The Open Utopia – Thomas More
Heavily based on Plato’s Republic and the emergent humanist ideals of More’s time, Utopia depicts an idyllic nation and society which all other nations and societies should aspire to imitate, and its content remains the subject of much discussion more than five-hundred years after its publication.
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Martin Luther: A LIBERDADE CRISTÃ
Five hundred years after the beginning of the Protestation Reformation, the words of Martin Luther echo in the theology and the doctrine of numerous denominations.
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