"My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine". – Nietzsche`s Letter to Carl Fuchs (14 December 1887).Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history.Nietzsche's writing spans philosophical ...

Friedrich Schiller's "The History of the Thirty Years' War" is a masterful narrative that captures the tumultuous period of the early 17th century in Europe. Written with a blend of historical precision and lyrical prose, this book examines the socio-political tensions, devastating battles, and the intricate human experiences that characterized this protracted conflict. Schiller's literary style merges a dramatic flair with philosophical insights, reflecting the influence of the Sturm und ...

In The History of the Thirty Years' War, Friedrich Schiller offers a sweeping account of Europe's most convulsive confessional conflict. Beginning with the Bohemian revolt and tracing the entangled ambitions of emperors, electors, and foreign crowns, he profiles Gustavus Adolphus, Wallenstein, and Richelieu with a dramatist's eye for motive and consequence. Schiller interweaves campaign narrative with analysis of imperial constitutional law, fiscal-military transformation, and the diplomat...

In "The Philosophy of Life, and Philosophy of Language, in a Course of Lectures," Friedrich von Schlegel presents a profound exploration of the intersecting realms of existential thought and linguistic theory. Grounded in the Romantic tradition, Schlegel employs a distinctive literary style characterized by intellectual rigor and introspective depth. His lectures engage with the philosophical inquiries of life, articulating how language shapes human experience and consciousness. The text w...

The successful launch of the German standard work on cement by Prof. Locher in 2000 is now being followed by the publication of the widely requested English language version "Cement" which takes special country-specific features and standards into account. The book is aimed at chemists, physicists, engineers and technologists in the cement industry, in machine construction, the construction industry, materials testing and environmental protection. This clear and practical book will provide...

In this book, Friedrich Espeter shows you how to proceed successful the implementation of ERP systems. You will learn how a method-based agile approach helps to meet time, budget and quality targets and specially to find the right balance between changes in the software and in the business processes. It places particular emphasis on the practical aspects of the agile approach, e.g. in the form of workshops and best practices

This capacious course of lectures binds a philosophy of life to a philosophy of language, claiming that vitality is the formative principle of nature, history, and art, and that speech is life's luminescent organ. Ranging from myth to etymology and comparative grammar, Schlegel traces how languages grow, differentiate, and embody national spirit while mediating thought. The lectures move with Romantic breadth—at once aphoristic and systematic—synthesizing philology and cultural history. Se...

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The early nineteenth century philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is an important figure of German idealism, who achieved wide recognition within the continental tradition of philosophy. He has since become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition and his canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognised. Hegel’s principal achievement was his development of a distinctive articulation of idealism, in which the dualisms of mind and nature and subjec...

The biennial symposium 'Radiology Today' continues its original mission to bring together European and American radiologists to discuss advances in the field. This volume presents material by well-known experts in cardiovascular and skeletal radiology. Its aim is to provide an overview of each major topic, trends in clinical development, and current interests in research. The future holds much promise for cardiovascular and skeletal radiology, primarily because of new techniques and proced...

This book reflects the views of an international faculty and provides an authoritative appraisal of modern radiology. It represents the sec ond volume in a planned series of competent overviews, and is mod eled on the successful first volume, Radiology Today, which was enthu siastically received by an international readership. We were encour aged by the comments we received to continue blending the latest ad vances in radiology with comprehensive teaching material concerning modern radiolo...

The works of German thinker Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel represent the apex of German classical philosophy. It was Hegel who pounded out the dialectical methodology that shaped the doctrine of idealism into a fully formed and deeply thought-out philosophical system. For many philosophical contemporaries, the name Hegel is synonymous with the word philosopher. Friedrich Nietzsche once boldly stated that "Hegel is taste," and, speaking of Hegel, the thinker Vladimir Solovyov remarked: "of a...