Sentences with phrase «book leviathan»

Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) was an English philosopher and the author of the book Leviathan.

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Schmitz then identifies the moray as the Leviathan from the book of Job.

We are perhaps not as awed as the first audience of the Book of Job might have been by God's invocation of Leviathan and Behemoth — we can see such creatures in the zoo — but this picture of God as the agent of pure destruction, as the divine arsonist, is surely unsettling.

The author of the Book of Revelations sees the Roman Empire as Babylon and as Leviathan.

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously argued in his 1651 book, Leviathan, that such acts of violence would be commonplace without a strong state to enforce the rule of law.

Lee is currently writing a book that expands upon these theories tentatively titled «Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State.»

These monsters, like God's mighty Leviathan in the biblical book of Job, thrill, horrify, and humble us.

But there is strong competition from Leviathan, a Russian epic inspired by the Book of Job and full of barbed digs at the Moscow administration, and from Mike Leigh's artist biopic Mr Turner, starring Timothy Spall.

«The online leviathan Amazon says it is attempting to «lower ebook prices»; publishing conglomerate Hachette argues that it is seeking «terms that value appropriately for the years ahead the author's unique role in creating books, and the publisher's role in editing, marketing, and distributing them.»

Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker (Tachyon) Ice by Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster) Ash by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company) Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends) Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Tor) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books) The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Simon)

For example Penguin Books started a Book Country imprint which has been criticized as a vanity press that preys on authors who want to be «affiliated» with the publishing leviathan.

Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series is a favorite among steampunk fans so it's no surprise that the finale book would set new levels of awesome.

Why did I read this book: Because I LOVED books 1 (Leviathan) and 2 (Behemoth) and had been dying for the conclusion.

LEVIATHAN or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil - commonly referred to as Leviathan - is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin editiLEVIATHAN or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil - commonly referred to as Leviathan - is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin editiLeviathan - is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668).

In anticipation of Scott Westerfeld's alternate history novel Leviathan, Simon & Schuster has made his book Uglies available for free download.

Burnett was a Marshall Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he completed a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science, and he is the author of four books, including Descartes and the Hyperbolic Quest (2005) and Trying Leviathan (2007), which won the New York City Book Award.

Alongside views of Gallagher's artworks and portraits of the artist working in her studio, texts are included by Adrienne Edwards, curator at Performa and the Walker Art Center, and Philip Hoare, a writer whose books include Leviathan or, The Whale and The Sea Inside.

Leviathan is titled after the Thomas Hobbes book; Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, which engages theories surrounding the origins of societal structures and their authority over the nature of man.

This is a book about about mad man vs a giant Leviathan.

If I had to place it somewhere in the pantheon of speakers, the Tap comes in well above both the Beats Pill and Bose SoundLink Mini, but doesn't quite rank quite as high in my book as Creative's Sound Blaster Roar 2 or the Razer Leviathan Mini.