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Satoshi Kikuchi From Eckhart to Ruusbroec
a critical inheritance of mystical themes in the fourteenth century
In this thorough textual, historical, and doctrinal study the author seeks to clarify the relationship between two prominent mystics of the fourteenth century: Meister Eckhart, the German Dominican, and Jan van Ruusbroec, the Brabantine Augustinian. Special attention is paid to Ruusbroec's criticism of mystical tenets circulating in Brabant at that time which were both textually and doctrinally related to Eckhart's condemned propositions in the papal bull In agro dominico. This fact implies that...
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Engels | PDF | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2014
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Katrien Schaubroeck The normativity of what we care about
a love-based theory of practical reasons
A love-based reason theory as a new perspective in the debate on practical reasons. Reasons and obligations pervade our lives. The alarm clock gives us a reason to get up in the morning, the expectations of colleagues or clients give us a reason to do our jobs well, the misery in developing countries gives us a reason to donate money to Oxfam, a headache gives us a reason to take an aspirin. Looking for unity in variety, philosophers wonder why a consideration counts as a reason to do something....
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Engels | 207 pagina's (PDF) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013
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Matthew G. Stanard The leopard, the lion, and the cock
colonial memories and monuments in Belgium
The degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonisation. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes in the country's colonial past. This volume examines the long-term effects and legacies of the colonial era on Belgium after 1960, the year the Congo gained its independence, and calls into question memories...
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Engels | PDF, 6 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019
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Andy Dennis | Anna Simon Ebola behind the mask
October 2014 and a devastating epidemic of the viral disease Ebola is raging in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The non-governmental aid organisation Doctors without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the major actors in the fight against the disease. MSF needs more and more nurses and doctors to work in their expanding Ebola Management Centres. The authors responded to MSF's call for volunteers, and left behind their regular jobs for two months to work in an Ebola Management...
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Engels | 260 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2018
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Herman H. van Doorn Langs de Vecht
van Utrecht naar Muiden
Fotoboek met begeleidende teksten.
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Engels | Nederlands | 143 pagina's | Scriptum, Schiedam | 1999
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Rik Marselis | Ewald Roodenrijs The PointZERO vision
stop wasting time and money
"Stop wasting time and money PointZERO® is a vision aimed at increasing business success by parallel and step-by-step improvement across the application lifecycle, to shorten time to market, avoid and reduce cost, eliminate risk, and reach fit for purpose quality."
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Engels | 151 pagina's (ePub2, 5,4 MB) | Sogetibooks, Vianen UT | 2012
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David Mangene How to not kill yourself
10 tips for troubled times
Men don’t have mental health problems. Well maybe they do, but they struggle to talk about them and to ask for help. David Mangene wants to help this situation by removing the taboo, and encouraging men especially to talk about mental health issues. David has struggled his entire adult life with depression, mania, and suicidal thoughts. In this book he uses humor as a vehicle to write candidly, and quite bluntly at times, about his own life and the reasons to carry on living. “And one last thing:...
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Engels | 144 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Lev., Amsterdam | 2020
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Els van Steijn The fountain, find your place
control your life through insight into your family system
Do you encounter the same problems in your daily life, time and time again? Do you want to shake off a feeling that you just can't put your finger on? Do you often feel guilty or are you a people pleaser? Are you stuck in an unhealthy relationship or is contact with your parents difficult? How can you learn to deal with this, so you can experience more calmness in your life? Stubborn patterns in your life can often be traced back to your family system, the inseverable connection you have with your...
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Engels | ePub2, 1,4 MB | Het Noorderlicht, Avenhorn | 2020
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Marlous de Haan How (not) to video call
75 essential rules of etiquette for successful virtual meetings
How (not) to Video Call, 75 essential rules of etiquette for successful virtual meetings. How do you make video calling more fun and professional for you and for others? The 75 essential rules of etiquette in this book will ensure you have successful virtual meetings. Video calling - certainly because of the coronavirus pandemic - has become an indispensable part of all our lives. "Hello? Can you all hear me?"; "I hear you, but I can't see you"; "The report frWOOF WOOF WOOFhere"; "I-i HEAR-hear AN-an...
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Engels | 160 pagina's (ePub2, 8,4 MB) | Magic at Work, Doetinchem | 2021
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Lepanto and beyond
images of religious alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
The Battle of Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottoman enemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign. The varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed to shape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe are the focus of this book. In broader terms, Lepanto and Beyond also sheds light on the construction of religious alterity in the early modern Mediterranean. It presents cross-disciplinary case...
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Engels | PDF, 56 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
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Vice city virtue
moral issues in digital game play
"In recent years, digital games have evolved into an entertainment form that is extensively debated and investigated. Particularly the moral issues surrounding this new medium are marked with high priority on the agenda of academic and political institutions. To date, morality in digital games is being studied in several disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, psychology, moral philosophy and human-computer studies. Findings remain fragmented and are hardly shared on an interdisciplinary...
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Engels | 386 pagina's (ePub2, 1,4 MB) | Acco, Leuven | 2011
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Jan Geurtz Quit smoking in one day
"Quit Smoking In One Day" is one of the most successful books written on ending cigarette addiction. Originally published in Holland and translated into many other languages it is now available in English for the first time. Countless people have quit smoking after reading this book. If you want to quit smoking then this book will help you succeed without withdrawal symptoms, no noticeable weight gain and without using force or self discipline. A proven method used successfully for more than 15 years....
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Engels | ePub2, 1 MB | Ambo, Amsterdam | 2014
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Hans van der Cammen | Len de Klerk | Gerhard Dekker | Peter Paul Witsen The selfmade land
culture and evolution of urban and regional planning in the Netherlands
Nederland is één van de meest dichtbevolkte landen ter wereld. Dan moet je verstandig omgaan met de beschikbare ruimte. Waar gaan we werken, waar wonen en waar vakantie houden? Wat bebouwen en wat blijft ongerept? Nergens ter wereld wordt daar zo grondig over nagedacht als in Nederland. Internationaal geldt Nederland als gidsland op het gebied van de ruimtelijke ordening. Vanwege deze positie, en om aan de vraag vanuit het Engelstalige onderwijs te voorzien, verschijnt nu deze geheel herziene,...
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Engels | 366 pagina's (ePub2, 11 MB) | Spectrum, Houten | 2012
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Ben Tiggelaar Dream, dare, do
managing the most difficult person on earth: yourself
Everybody has dreams related to work, relationships, health, personal development But what is needed to change the phase of dreaming, into daring and finally into doing? What is the secret of real, permanent change? -Why do we find it so hard to change? -What determines 95% of your behavior (without you noticing it)? -How do you develop new, effective habits successfully? Ben Tiggelaar gives clear answers. Based on current psychological insights, practical experience and personal stories of people...
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Engels | 113 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Tyler Roland Press, Soest | 2012
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Jos Timmer | Wim de Beer | Anna Lambert Restaurant De Kas Amsterdam
plant to plate
In the centre of Amsterdam lies a unique oasis: Restaurant De Kas. The most famous vegetable restaurant in The Netherlands is one of the world’s first farm-to-table restaurants and welcomes guests from all over the world. Since 2017 chefs Jos Timmer and Wim de Beer have been serving beautiful produce grown in their Amsterdam greenhouse and their gardens in De Beemster. Take a look behind the scenes of Restaurant De Kas and get inspired by over 80 recipes putting vegetables in the spotlight. 'Fresh,...
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Engels | ePub3 | Kosmos Uitgevers, Utrecht | 2020
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Gerard D.C. Kuiken The original Gita
comments and word-for-word Sanskrit translations
The original gita Comments and Word-for-Word Sanskrit Translations Available in English for the first time, The Original Gita focuses on the basic philosophical and practical essentials of life and living. The questions:What is thought? What is space-time? What is life-death? are examined to give a foundation for the understanding of the Gita. The author comments on the 209 verses of The Original Gita, and a Sanskrit-to-English word-for-word translation is given of the 319 verses in the classic Bhagavad...
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Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | SU De Ronde Tafel, 's-Gravenhage | 2010
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Jan Schouten | Joke Lingsma Personal effectiveness
how to speak up, open up end stand firm
Finding the right way to stand up for yourself without needlessly offending other people. That is what is at the heart of assertive behaviour. Being able to express your wishes and opinions, not allowing other people to walk all over you, being more confident in relationships with people you know and people that you are less familiar with and above all being aware of those situations where it is important to behave assertively. You can achieve that with this book. The practical exercises show you...
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Engels | 166 pagina's (ePub2, 1,8 MB) | Thema, Zaltbommel | 2010
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Marieta Koopmans Personal leadership
Professional leadership starts with personal leadership. What is your vision of leadership? Which values do you find important? What do you believe about yourself? How do you think companies should be managed? All these questions relate to personal leadership. This book will help you to discover and give shape to your own management style. Using the Quinn model you will be able to look into which management role is appropriate for you. With the Ofman core qualities model you will be able to discover...
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Engels | ePub2, 1,9 MB | Thema, Zaltbommel | 2010
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Henrico de Gandavo Syncategoremata
Henrico de Gandavo adscripta
The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. The highly interesting text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution...
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Engels | Latijn | 160 pagina's (PDF, 2,7 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2011
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Ellen Van Praet The dual voice of power
an ethnographic perspective on meetings
"The Dual Voice of Power discloses the duality of the discourse around meetings, with a proclaimed ideology of shared power, shared knowledge and equal opportunities masking and covering up an authority-based system promoting status differences and inequality. Relying on participant observation, audio recordings and interviews the book uncovers the subtle political and ideological processes that underlie the event of a weekly gathering of Heads of Section at an embassy. The book juxtaposes participants...
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Engels | ePub2, 1 MB | Acco, Leuven | 2011
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