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Charles Péguy fut atteint de la grippe, comme nombre de ses contemporains, lors de la grande épidémie. Il a su tirer de son expérience personnelle trois textes d'une profondeur notable à la fois sur la maladie, mais surtout sur la société et ses réactions. Il y dénonce avec ironie et force l'hystérie collective et la peur qui accompagnent cette épreuve individuelle, offrant ainsi une véritable réflexion sur la condition humaine et sa fragilité. Cette nouvelle édition en grands caractères bénéficie d'une mise en page qui facilite la lecture.Extrait : Immobilisé par une grippe soudaine, je ne pus aller voir d'abord le docteur moraliste révolutionnaire. Aussitôt que ma tête redevint un peu saine, je résolus de compléter le recueil que j'avais commencé de documents et de renseignements sur la préparation du Congrès socialiste national. Mais au moment où j'avais en mains les ciseaux pour découper ces derniers documents et ces derniers renseignements dans la Petite République, le citoyen docteur entra dans la cuisine, où je travaillais l'hiver.- Bonjour, citoyen malade, allez-vous un peu mieux ?- Je vous remercie, docteur : je vais un peu mieux.- J'ai su facilement que vous étiez malade ; le neveu du boulanger l'avait dit au garçon boucher ; celui-ci l'avait redit à la nièce de la marchande de volailles : ainsi vont les nouvelles par ce simple pays.- J'ai eu la grippe. Et je l'ai encore un peu.- Ainsi vous avez justifié par un nouvel exemple ce que vous m'avez dit à la fin de la quinzaine passée, que vous étiez un homme ordinaire : l'homme ordinaire a eu la grippe ces temps derniers.

Nouvelle édition en grands caractères avec une mise en page optimisée afin de faciliter la lecture.La nuit obscure de l'âme, aussi appelée nuit de la foi, est une épreuve spirituelle consistant à ne plus sentir la présence de Dieu dans la vie d'un croyant. Cette expérience est un phénomène traversé parmi les plus grands saints et mystiques chrétiens, plusieurs d'entre eux ayant témoigné avoir ressenti l'absence de Dieu pendant une période plus ou moins longue de leur vie, comme Thérèse de Lisieux et Mère Teresa. Loin d'être négative, cette période de crise, de doutes, d'obscurité spirituelle permet de purger l'âme de ses défauts et de l'enrichir, de la disposer à l'union du Parfait amour avec Dieu. De nombreux chrétiens sont ou seront confrontés au cours de leur existence à cette perte de foi. Ils pourront être tentés alors d'abandonner la vie mystique. Ce magnifique texte de saint Jean de la Croix leur rappelle que le silence de Dieu est le don suprême de Dieu à sa créature. C'est quand l'âme épuisée a cessé d'attendre Dieu, quand le malheur extérieur ou la sécheresse intérieure lui a fait croire que Dieu n'est pas une réalité, si néanmoins elle continue à aimer, si elle a horreur des biens qui prétendent le remplacer, c'est alors que Dieu après quelque temps vient jusqu'à elle, se montre, lui parle, la touche. C'est ce que saint Jean de la Croix appelle la nuit obscure. - Simone Weil (philosophe et mystique chrétienne)

Complete edition (4 parts), fully annotated (>680 footnotes), easy-to-read layout.Mary Anne Atwood was a noted and influential writer on Hermeticism and spiritual Alchemy. A Suggestive Inquiry is considered to be one of three books which started the influence of the spiritual interpretation of alchemy in early modern Europe. This work offers substantial quotes from a wealth of sources (edition fully annotated with >680 footnotes). This book is well worth reading for all those who wish to study the Hermetic Mystery and Alchemy in its entirety. This complete edition contains all the four parts in one book.Part I. An exoteric view of the Progress and Theory of Alchemy.Part II. A more esoteric consideration of the Hermetic Art and its Mysteries.Part III. Concerning The Laws and Vital Conditions of the Hermetic Experiment.Part IV. The Hermetic Practice.

"Perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history" -Steve N. Mason (Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period.)Josephus (CE 37-c. 100) was a priest, a soldier, and a scholar. For centuries, Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book other than the Bible. The Wars of the Jews recounts the Jewish revolt against Roman occupation and provides valuable insight into first century Judaism and the background of Early Christianity.This book is divided into seven books, from the taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Sedition at Cyrene.A very worthwhile read!LARGE PRINT EDITION (easy-to-read layout)BOOK I. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS. FROM THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM BY ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, TO THE DEATH OF HEROD THE GREAT.BOOK II. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF SIXTY-NINE YEARS. FROM THE DEATH OF HEROD TILL VESPASIAN WAS SENT TO SUBDUE THE JEWS BY NERO.BOOK III. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ABOUT ONE YEAR. FROM VESPASIAN'S COMING TO SUBDUE THE JEWS TO THE TAKING OF GAMALA.BOOK IV. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ABOUT ONE YEAR. FROM THE SIEGE OF GAMALA TO THE COMING OF TITUS TO BESIEGE JERUSALEM.BOOK V. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF NEAR SIX MONTHS. FROM THE COMING OF TITUS TO BESIEGE JERUSALEM, TO THE GREAT EXTREMITY TO WHICH THE JEWS WERE REDUCED.BOOK VI. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ABOUT ONE MONTH. FROM THE GREAT EXTREMITY TO WHICH THE JEWS WERE REDUCED TO THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM BY TITUS.BOOK VII. CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF ABOUT THREE YEARS. FROM THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM BY TITUS TO THE SEDITION AT CYRENE.

"The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia."The Gilgamesh Epic recount the exploits and adventures of a favorite hero and become the medium of illustrating aspects of life and the destiny of mankind. This Sumerian poems may be regarded as a confirmation of the statement that there are various traditions of the deluge apart from the Biblical one, which is perhaps legendary like the rest. This text (dating (circa 2100 BC) is often regarded as the first great work of literature.While credit should be given to Dr. Langdon for having made this important tablet accessible, Dr Albert T. Cay has shown that attention be called to his failure to grasp the many important data furnished by the tablet, which escaped him because of his erroneous readings and faulty translations. This new edition contains their complete texts (footnotes and commentaries included): (1) An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic-On the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts by Albert T. Clay and Morris Jastrow Jr. (2) The Epic of Gilgamesh-A Fragment of the Gilgamesh Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform by Stephen Langdon."Now with the tendency to attach to popular tales and nature myths lessons illustrative of current beliefs and aspirations, Gilgamesh's search for renewal of life is viewed as man's longing for eternal life. The sun-god's waning power after midsummer is past suggests man's growing weakness after the meridian of life has been left behind. Winter is death, and man longs to escape it. Gilgamesh's wanderings are used as illustration of this longing, and accordingly the search for life becomes also the quest for immortality. Can the precious boon of eternal life be achieved? Popular fancy created the figure of a favorite of the gods who had escaped a destructive deluge in which all mankind had perished. Gilgamesh hears of this favorite and determines to seek him out and learn from him the secret of eternal life. The deluge story, again a pure nature myth, symbolical of the rainy season which destroys all life in nature, is thus attached to the Epic. Gilgamesh after many adventures finds himself in the presence of the survivor of the Deluge who, although human, enjoys immortal life among the gods. He asks the survivor how he came to escape the common fate of mankind, and in reply Utnapishtim tells the story of the catastrophe that brought about universal destruction. The moral of the tale is obvious. Only those singled out by the special favor of the gods can hope to be removed to the distant "source of the streams" and live forever. The rest of mankind must face death as the end of life."

Then the virus came, and made the world turn different, too.Mary Shelley is best-known as the author of the Gothic novel Frankenstein. The Last Man is an apocalyptic science fiction novel. Lionel Verney is the last man alive on earth after a rapacious plague accompanies sudden, ill-fated climate change and interminable armed conflicts at the end of the 21st century.

Ce monde végétal qui nous paraît si paisible, si résigné, où tout semble acceptation, silence, obéissance, recueillement, est au contraire celui où la révolte contre la destinée est la plus véhémente et la plus obstinée. Loin d'être un traité de botanique, ce magnifique ouvrage est la mise en lumière poétique de son étude des fleurs ô combien si spéciales. L'Intelligence des Fleurs constitue une réelle découverte philosophique du monde floral et plus particulièrement son interaction avec les insectes sociaux pour faire naitre la vie ; ce texte d'une originalité certaine étonne par sa précision scientifique et la justesse de sa documentation. Les observations minutieuses de Maeterlinck nous conduisent ainsi à un véritable chef-d'¿uvre de descriptions et d'interrogations fondamentales où il est autant question de l'observant que de l'observé.En effet, les analogies qu'il nous fait entrevoir entre le règne végétal et celui des hommes, nous rendent humbles et interrogatifs, émus et songeurs. L'évocation des mécanismes intellectuels des fleurs sous sa plume devient à la fois poétique, philosophique et politique. Entre l'émerveillement et la connaissance, Maeterlinck nous invite à préserver les liens qui nous unissent avec la nature. À l'heure actuelle où la catastrophe écologique menace de détruire cette fragile harmonie, ce livre mérite d'être lu.Maurice Maeterlinck a reçu le prix Nobel de Littérature en 1911 "en reconnaissance de ses multiples activités littéraires, et surtout de ses ¿uvres dramatiques, qui se distinguent par une grande richesse d'imagination et par une fantaisie poétique, qui révèle, parfois sous l'apparence d'un conte de fées, une inspiration profonde, tandis que, d'une manière mystérieuse, elles font appel aux propres sentiments des lecteurs et stimulent leur imagination". Nouvelle version totalement illustrée, format en grands caractères pour une meilleure lisibilité et un plaisir de lecture augmenté.

Undoubtedly Norse myths and tales have exercised a deep influence upon our customs, laws and English literature. Jennie Hall's short stories are entertaining and introduce Scandinavian society in the Viking era: mentalities, beliefs (myths, sacrifices, funeral customs), daily life (habitat, food, clothing).The first part entitled In Norway focuses on the figure of King Harald: his childhood, his conquest of all Norway, his marriage to Gyda... The second part West-Over-Seas is dedicated to the navigation and discoveries of the Vikings.

"Aristóteles es el maestro de los que saben." _Dante AlighieriGran polímata (del griego polimathós, "el que sabe muchas cosas"), Aristóteles fue un filósofo clásico griego considerado como uno de los más grandes genios que la humanidad ha visto nacer y cuya obra es el pilar fundamental de toda la cultura occidental y de la filosofía universal. "Todos los hombres tienen naturalmente el deseo de saber. El placer que nos causa las percepciones de nuestros sentidos es una prueba de esta verdad.". Con estas palabras se inicia el libro primero de la Metafísica de Aristóteles. Ese deseo de saber culmina en la adquisición de la sabiduría que consiste, para Aristóteles, en el conocimiento de las causas y los principios del ser. Aristóteles fue un pensador con espíritu empirista, es decir que buscó fundamentar el conocimiento humano en la experiencia. La filosofía de Aristóteles constituye, junto a la de su maestro Platón, el legado más importante del pensamiento de la Grecia antigua.Edición integral, con notas al pie dinámicas (>500), traducido por Patricio de Azcárate Corral (el primer traductor al castellano de las obras de Platón, Aristóteles y Leibniz).

"ISRAEL is the heart of mankind." -YEHUDAH HALEVI.Dr. Joseph H. Hertz held the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom in a period encompassing both world wars and the Shoah (1913-1946). A book of Jewish Thoughts is a selection of Jewish wisdom through the millennia and is immensely popular. The book is filled with Jewish history, poetry, stories and statements. It is a wonderful book of thoughts to ponder and learn from to both Jew and Non-Jew alike.A very worthwhile read!"THIS Book of Jewish Thoughts brings the message of Judaism together with memories of Jewish martyrdom and spiritual achievement throughout the ages. Its first part, 'I am an Hebrew', covers the more important aspects of the life and consciousness of the Jew. The second, 'The People of the Book', deals with Israel's religious contribution to mankind, and touches upon some epochal events in Israel's story. In the third, 'The Testimony of the Nations', will be found some striking tributes to Jews and Judaism from non-Jewish sources. The fourth part, 'The Voice of Prayer', surveys the Sacred Occasions of the Jewish Year, and takes note of their echoes in the Liturgy. The fifth and concluding part, 'The Voice of Wisdom', is, in the main, a collection of the deep sayings of the Jewish sages on the ultimate problems of Life and the Hereafter."

Dr. Théophile Pascal was a member of the Theosophical Society in France. He made friend with Annie Besant (a great British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist and writer). He remained a highly influential figure over Western esotericism.This book contains four chapters :The Soul and the bodies.Reincarnation and the moral law.Reincarnation and science.Reincarnation and the religious and philosophical consensus of the ages.This is a valuable book to anyone interested in Theosophical teachings, like the reincarnations of the Soul."In a book dealing with the resurrection of bodies and the reincarnations of the Soul, a chapter must be devoted to the fundamental elements of the question. We will give the name of Soul to abstract Being, to the Unknown, that unmanifested Principle which cannot be defined, for it is above all definition. It is the Absolute of Western philosophers, the Parabrahm of the Hindus, the Tao of the ancient sages of China, the causeless Cause of all that has been or ever will be manifested in concrete time and space. Some feeble idea of it may perhaps be obtained by comparing it with electricity, which, though the cause of various phenomena: heat, movement, chemical action, light, is not, per se, any one of these phenomena, undergoes no modification from their existence, and survives them when the apparatus through which they manifest disappears. We shall set up no distinction between this Soul, which may be called the universal Soul, and the individual soul, which has often been defined as a ray, a particle of the total Soul, for logically one cannot imply parts to the Absolute; it is illusion, limitation on our part, which shows us souls in the Soul."

"This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself."Thoreau lived in his Walden camp but two years, 1845-1847, and, as his narrative clearly shows, by no means exiled himself from home and companions. His hermitage was within easy walking distance of Concord; and, though his seclusion meant privacy at times, he was by no means debarred from society. The life in the woods was a characteristic expression of his stout independence of condition since the act was in a way unique, it transferred something of its unique property to the book which recorded it, and the book is more closely identified with Thoreau's fame, has done more to give him distinction, than any other of his writings.This story, which is considered one of the greatest works of American literature, is a true ecological pamphlet whose content focuses on a much needed return to nature in every sphere of our life.This edition has a beautiful layout with a font size designed to make it easy to read.