Focusing on the language of the Septuagint, William A. Ross examines its Greek linguistic context rather than comparing it to Hebrew or Aramaic sources. His analysis of the double text of Judges reveals significant insights into the Old Greek translation and its revisions, highlighting deliberate vocabulary choices and textual development. Additionally, Ross addresses the complexities of Septuagint lexicography, providing a roadmap for future research in this field.
Focusing on the preservation of classical literature, this book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series, which revives works that have been largely forgotten for decades. By making these timeless titles available in print, the series aims to safeguard the cultural legacy of literature from around the globe. Readers contribute to the mission of rescuing significant literary works from obscurity, ensuring that these international classics remain accessible to future generations.
We are living under an ever-present threat of nuclear destruction; the revolution against war is the first step toward a new worldview. These selected writings by Robert S. Hartman, and edited by axiologist Clifford G. Hurst, outline cultural, political, and moral discussions on war and peace.
During the final decade or so of his life, Hartman frequently delivered a series of lectures in which he outlined the need for a scientific theory of human values, the theoretical requirements demanded of an effective value theory, and his rationale behind the development of the particular value theory he developed, which he named formal axiology. He named these lectures, collectively, Five Lectures in Formal Axiology. By bringing these lectures together in one volume, we are able to offer to readers the clearest, most cogent, and most concise description of his theory that Hartman ever wrote. If you have ever been put off by the sheer mass and intellectual density of either The Structure of Value or The Knowledge of Good, then you will find these Five Lectures to be a breath of fresh air. Written as they were for oral delivery, they have a cadence and clarity to them that make them a pleasure to read. Hartman concludes these lectures with a description of how his theory might be applied in various real-world situations. Specifically, he discusses how formal axiology can be applied to studies of economics and political economies, including profit sharing; to international affairs, including matters of war and peace; and to personal ethics. To Hartman, nothing less than the survival of human existence depends on this.
In dem von Dr. Ulrich Vogel übersetzten Buch "Freiheit zu leben. Die Robert-Hartman-Story" präsentiert Dr. Robert S. Hartman die von ihm entwickelte Wertetheorie und ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in Grundzügen. Hartman wurde 1910 in Berlin geboren und starb 1973 in Mexiko. Seine Kindheit stand also unter dem Eindruck des Ersten Weltkriegs, seine Jugend und sein frühes Erwachsenenleben waren geprägt vom Nationalsozialismus und dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Was er in diesen Zeiten erlebte, nahm er als Grundstein für seine Forschungsarbeit als Professor der Philosophie. Hartman begründete die formale Axiologie und ist ein bedeutender Vertreter der Wertewissenschaft. Vor allem beschäftigte er sich mit der Frage: "Was ist gut?" Im Buch beschreibt Hartman seine Vision: Er glaubte daran, dass wir Menschen das Gute in uns erkennen, es annehmen und damit unser Leben bereichern können. Und indem wir das schaffen, ist es möglich, unsere Welt zu einem Ort zu machen, der von "Gutheit" und Frieden geprägt ist. In der jede und jeder seinen Platz findet und das tägliche Miteinander im Kleinen wie im Großen geleitet ist von Menschlichkeit, Toleranz und Vernunft. 1973, im Jahr seines Todes, war Robert S. Hartman für den Friedensnobelpreis nominiert.
