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Jimmy Buffett and philosophy the porpoise driven life /

Table of Contents: “…Pratt -- A pirate looks at 400 B.C.E. / Aaron L. Pratt -- Drinking the American dream / Doug Anderson -- Martin Heidegger in Margaritaville / Drew M. …”
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Euhemerism and its uses : the mortal gods /

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Oligarchy by Winters, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Alan), 1960-

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Next Year in Jerusalem : Exile and Return in Jewish History /

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After Confucius : Studies in Early Chinese Philosophy / by Goldin, Paul Rakita, 1972-

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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue / by Brooten, Bernadette J.

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Next Year in Jerusalem : Exile and Return in Jewish History /

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After Confucius : Studies in Early Chinese Philosophy / by Goldin, Paul Rakita, 1972-

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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue / by Brooten, Bernadette J.

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In search of the lost feminine decoding the myths that radically reshaped civilization / by Barnes, Craig S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : rewriting the story of western civilization -- Minoan artifacts challenge the inevitability of patriarchy -- The mystery of Minoan civilization -- An expectation of rebirth or immortality -- Time as a circle rather than a line -- The troubling question of war -- Crete and the issue of female sexuality -- The ecstatic and the divine as inseperable -- Five values dramatically at odds with patriarchy -- The collapse of the Minoan world -- The invasions of 1600 BCE : a war culture emerges -- The Theran explosion : the loss of faith in Mother Earth -- The growth of trade : the diminishment of daughters -- The great civil war over marriage : the end of women-centered culture in the eastern Mediterranean -- A warrior civilization emerges -- Four hundred years of chaos sets the stage -- Values shaped by storytellers -- An exaggerated feminine is made monstrous -- Mother Earth is overthrown -- Jason resists the many shapes of seductive women -- Odysseus rejects Calypso -- Homer poses the choice between love and property -- Clytemnestra is sacrificed on the altar of marriage -- Marriage destroys the mother-daughter bond -- Daughters die for civic good -- A multitude of myths to tame, punish, and disparage women -- Oedipus, the lost son -- A glorious monument enshrining the subordination of women -- Biblical patriarchs match the Greek story -- Objections to the warrior civilization -- Jesus carries forward the Eleusian symbolism of grain and wine -- Jesus takes on the threat of military destruction -- Ancient beliefs spring up among the Celts -- A short-lived Islamic challenge -- The metaphor of the holy grail -- Devil talk and witch burnings -- Closing the book on the patriarchy -- History as a choice of stories -- Women coming home to dignity -- The declining utility of war -- Another story all along.…”
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Cave and worship in Ancient Greece : new approaches to landscape and ritual /

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The origin and goal of history / by Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969

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A Latin Lover in Ancient Rome : Readings in Propertius and his Genre / by Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933-

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A Latin Lover in Ancient Rome : Readings in Propertius and his Genre / by Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933-

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Jews in the Gym : Judaism, Sports, and Athletics -SJC Vol. 23 /

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Jews in the Gym : Judaism, Sports, and Athletics -SJC Vol. 23 /

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Cato the Censor and the Beginnings of Latin Prose : From Poetic Translation to Elite Transcription / by Sciarrino, Enrica, 1968-

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Cato the Censor and the Beginnings of Latin Prose : From Poetic Translation to Elite Transcription / by Sciarrino, Enrica, 1968-

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Spider-man and philosophy the web of inquiry /

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Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History /

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