Un-Willing
An Inquiry into the Rise of Will's Power & an Attempt to Undo It
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- Paperback
367 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2014
Summary
Since ancient times, philosophers have written about “the will”. But the will is more than a philosophic and scholarly topic. In our everyday speech, what do we mean when we speak of the “will”? Will-words turn up everywhere in the English language. We make wills. We exert our willpower. We are wilful at times but merely willing at others. Above all, will is there a hundred times a day, when we use the auxiliary verb “will” to express our intentions or expectations for the future, or simply t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781589880962 |
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| ISBN-10: | 158988096X |
| Author: | Eva Brann |
| Publisher: | Paul Dry Books, Inc |
| Imprint: | Paul Dry Books, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 367 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 155mm |
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“Eva Brann has a true aptitude for felicitous expression, and one can feel through her prose the presence of a great and patient teacher.”– Dennis L Sepper, University of Dallas, author of “Understanding Imagination”
About The Author
Eva Brann
Eva Brann is a member of the senior faculty at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has taught for fifty-seven years. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her other books include The Logos of Heraclitus, Feeling Our Feelings, Homage to Americans, Open Secrets / Inward Prospects, The Music of the Republic, and Homeric Moments.
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