Lloyd S. Wagner Libros

Penetrating cross-cultural analysis of alternative models of human reasoning. Uses examples from ancient Greek and Chinese thought and recent ethnography.

The narrative centers on the legendary creature known as El Chupacabras, described as a fearsome beast with fangs, large red eyes, and thin, clawed arms. Its intriguing name stirs curiosity and sparks the imagination, suggesting a blend of folklore and mystery surrounding its existence. The book delves into the myths and tales that have emerged about this enigmatic figure, exploring the cultural impact and fascination it holds in popular imagination.

Although there is no exact equivalent to our term science in Greek, Western science may still be said to have originated with the Greeks, for they were the first to attempt to explain natural phenomena consistently in naturalistic terms, and they initiated the practices of rational criticism of scientific theories.

We tend to assume that our map of the intellectual disciplines is valid cross- culturally. G. E. R. Lloyd challenges this in relation to eight main areas of human endeavour, namely philosophy, mathematics, history, medicine, art, law, religion, and science, by examining how the disciplines were conceived and developed in different times and places.

G. E. R. Lloyd explores the amazing diversity of views that humans have held on being, humanity, and understanding. In a cross-cultural study that ranges from ancient to modern times, he asks how far we are bound by the conceptual systems to which we belong, and explores topics such as ontology, morality, philosophy of language, and communication.

Avery Lee is tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! All Averywants is her own room to be alone and make art. She hatchesa plan to finally get her own room, while navigating changes in herfriendships, and working on an art entry for the fair. But herfamily might move across the country and things get even more complicated.

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

"Famosa, escrita en un desafío por el famoso amigo del autor, el poeta Lord Byron, esta novela de terror gótica es una de las historias más inquietantes de todos los tiempos. Recuenta los trágicos eventos en la vida del joven doctor Frankenstein y las terribles consecuencias de su intento de crear vida artificial. Más de 100 años después de su publicación, sigue siendo una brillante y esencial reflexión sobre la ética cientí́fica, así como una obra maestra literaria." --

Don Quijote de la Mancha es la obra cumbre de Miguel de Cervantes y uma de las Más influyentes de la literatura universal. Es la Historia de um Hidalgo que tras ler muchos libros de caballerías inicia uma serie de aventuras com su fiel escudeiro, Sancho Panza, y su viejo caballo Rocinante. Siquiendo la tradición de los libros de caballerias, se encomenda a su dama, Dulciena, una figura imaginada. Durante sus aventuras, caballero y escudeiro se cruzan com otros personajes que cuentan sus historias. Al final, don Quijote vencido por el desengano recupera la cordura, pero perde la vida.