Professor Manlio Simonetti, as one of a great theologian in our age, tries to distinguish, first of all, some problematic terminologies(e.g. allegoria & allegorein, typology, tropology & Allegoria, etc.) which have caused so many theological problems and prejudices to theologians, especially, to Protestant world.
And explains us the specific usages of exegetical methods by the Patristic exegesis on the Holy Bible under prism of the historical experience of the Church.
Though isn't complete research for the exegetic, readers can feel the profound theologic and academic penetration of the author.

this guy gets it... John hughs was perhaps the smartest irish-american ever.

his love of 2 countries is un presidented

This is one of the finest, most visually stunning books I've ever seen. It is "seven meditations on the events surrounding Jesus' birth" and it tells the story exquisitely. A fine read for Christians (including Catholics) and non-Christians alike. The illustrations are powerful and multidimensional -- especially the one introducing "The Visitation." I give this book to every newborn in my family and friends' families. It is not a children's book, but a wonderful treasure. It is, in itself, quite a "gift." (The previous reviews on this page don't seem to be about this particular book).

Coming out of RazorBlade Press, Hideous Progeny is one monstrously beautiful anthology that explores the world as it would have been if Dr. Victor Frankenstein's gruesome experiments had not gone awry. Writers such as Tim Lebbon, Peter Crowther, Steven Volk, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Rhys Hughes (to name just a few) each donate a small literary organ to the mix, and everything is skilfully stitched together into a marvellous book by first-time editor Brian Willis.

Cosmetically, the book is a two-face: while cover design by Chris Nurse is nothing short of outstanding, the internal layout is not without blemish. For example, outside margins are too wide, story titles are not always at the same height in the page, and the author's name is italicised in some but not all of the instances. Another gripe I have is that page numbers on the right-hand pages are left-aligned; plus, headers have no indication about the stories presented below them: these will give you a bad time if you want to riffle through the book to look up a specific something. There are a few extra typesetting warts and moles as well, as I noticed some characters showing up in a different size than the rest of the text, uneven spacing between words, typos derived from bad OCR, and so on. I sincerely encourage RazorBlade Press to pay more attention to internal design in the future, and run a few spell checks as well. Still, don't let appearances fool you, because the writing on these pages is top-notch.

In the whole, I was not in the least disappointed by Hideous Progeny while expecting quality work. Many short stories surprised me by their original angles, and all are very well written. The subjects are quite varied too, although some do overlap a little - it seems inevitable given the limitations inherent to their collective premise. I have my favourites, of course: Peter Crowther's piece is shocking yet touching at the same time, and the idea behind "Mad Jack" is a simple but nevertheless brilliant one. "The Banker of Ingolstadt" is perhaps the funniest in the book, and I found Steven Volk's "Blitzenstein" to rank among the best.

Whatever shortcomings the book has, they're quickly overwhelmed by the superb fiction it it, not to mention a downright gorgeous cover. For £6.99, it's well worth getting Hideous Progeny: not only will you be adding a fine specimen of a book to your library, you'll also be helping small press business to thrive. Because I want to see more from RazorBlade Press. Oh yeah.

Alex is home when he has the chicken pox.Four bad look for a chip worth10,000 dollars!Alex sets traps to defend him self!

Excelent pictures and easy reading text! Information is great for a first time reader of John Deere "Poppers." I have read and looked at this book over and over, and shared it with others. Buy it, you'll love it.

Your editorial description is wrong and not
related to this book

I know I wrote the book !

This book is a textbook, but also aimed at the
general scientific reader, and describes the physics
that underpins environmental processes. these incluce
global warming, ozone depletion, energy use and
prospects for cleaner energy, weather (including
cloud physics) and climate and the physics of soils.

Buridan was a 14th century French scientist and philosopher, whose idea of "impetus" anticipated Galileo's theory of inertia. George Hughes was a philosophy professor (the highest academic rank in British Commonwealth countries) at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) and a world-class logician. He translated Buridan's Latin and provided a clear commentary.

In this work, Buridan attempts to solve a number of semantic paradoxes, e.g. a one-person liar "What I am saying is false"; a two-person liar where Socrates says "What Plato is saying is true" and Plato says "What Socrates is saying is false"; and other even more elaborate ones. All these have in common is a proposition referring to itself, or a set of propositions where there is some circle of internal reference, hence the title.

Before Buridan attempts to solve the paradoxes, he discusses propositions that can not be true if they exist, but can the state of affairs described is logically possible. Such propositions he describes as "not possibly true" as opposed to "logically impossible" such as "This circle is square". Buridan gave the example of a not possibly true proposition "No proposition is negative". While the facts can be as the statement asserts, if the statement exists it cannot be true because it is a negative proposition itself.

Then Buridan discusses the validity of the inferences: "All propositions are affirmative, therefore no proposition is negative" and "No proposition is negative, therefore some proposition is negative".

The point is, the usual definition of validity is "it's impossible for the premise(s) to be true and the conclusion false". Thus the first would be invalid (because the conclusion is false when it exists even though it seems to follow from the premise) and the second valid (if the premise exists it is a negative proposition, so the conclusion is true). But with such self-referential statements, this definition of validity is inadequate, because in both those cases the they are contrary to other arguments with these forms (All As are B therefore no A is non-B, No Xs are Y therefore some X is Y).

Buridan defined a valid argument as "it's impossible for the fact to be as the premise says and not as the conclusion says".

This becomes important when he presents his ingenious solution to the paradoxes.

This is not of mere academic interest. A Wellington logician, Ross Powell, studied Buridan's solutions for his Master's thesis under Prof. Hughes. Since Mr Powell also has a degree in physics, he has subsequently applied Buridan's logic to solve vexing paradoxes in quantum mechanics, e.g. the measurement problem. His articles are available on the Internet.

This book contrary to the note attached to the title notation that it is "womens" diarys and letters. It deals with one indiviual Andrew Sheffield daughter of (yes daughter) James L Sheffield Confererate Colonel,Senator and politican from Marshall County Alabama. Andrew was committed to Bryce Hospital the State Asylum at Tuscaloosa by her father and stepbrother who was the probate judge in Marshall Co at the time. It is doubtful that she was insane, however she had disgraced the family by having an affair and committing an attemped act of arson at the request of her lover Dr William May. James Sheffield shot Dr May for dishonoring his family, he was arrested but no billed. When it became apparent that Andrew was to be tried for attemped arson. She was commited to Bryce. This book is almost entirely composed of letters written by Andrew from the time of her commitment until her death in 1920. She wrote to her father and brother as long as her father lived begging to be released and allowed to stand trial for her "criminal act". She over the years wrote long intelligent and lucid letters to all the Govenors who served during her confinment. Several considered releasing her,however her family was well connected enough to keep her there. It is very painful and depressing reading these letters, however it very clearly reflects the total lack of control women had over their lives in this period. It is interesting to note that her father this pillar of the community had a second family only a few miles away by his long time mistress. A very interesting example of the double standards of the period.