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w h at i s Biblion Flash? •
Flash is Biblion’s new venture that allows you to know beforehand which books will be covered in the next magazine issue.
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Every month in which our quarterly magazine is not released, a brand new issue of the Flash booklet is there to keep you up to speed, with exclusive previews of content destined to be present in the magazine’s upcoming issue.
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Q u o Va d i s Henryk Sienkiewicz Many people have heard of the iconic motion picture Quo Vadis, but few are acquainted with the book behind the film, a stunning historical novel from a Nobel Prize laureate and one of Poland's most revered authors, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Boasting of a convoluted plot with both fictional and non-fictional characters, Quo Vadis depicts the love story of Vinicius, a Roman tribune, and Lygia, a Christian hostage, in the time of Nero – a time of madness and revelry, in an empire led by a deluded and hedonist man. Sienkiewicz's attention to detail and enrapturing plot make this novel one of the finest works in Polish literature, deserving of a thorough review on Biblion's tenth issue.
T h e G r a n d I n q u i s i to r F yo do r Do s to e v s k y One of the most shocking chapters in the history of fiction literature will be duly present in Biblion's tenth edition. From legendary novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky's book The Brothers Karamazov, “The Grand Inquisitor” is an incredibly poignant tale where Jesus Christ comes face-to-face with the Spanish Inquisition and, more specifically, the Grand Inquisitor. In this uncanny encounter, the old inquisitor has the Messiah arrested and thrown in a dungeon, where he then confronts Jesus for refusing to cooperate with the Devil in the wilderness and for placing too much faith in human nature. The inquisitor's caustic accusations conclude that the Church's clergy has undone Christ's mistakes – even if at the cost of their own salvation – and that He has no right to interfere with the Church's work after all this time. Written as part of a conversation between two of the main characters, “The Grand Inquisitor” is a remarkable exercise on human nature and free will, as well as an incisive analysis of the problem of evil from an atheistic perspective. The chapter's relevance has become so paramount it prompted the production of standalone copies; it will now have its very own Biblion review as well, available October 1st. www.biblion.pt
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In The Year of our lord S i n c la i r B . F e r g u s o n Starting out with the original writings and manuscripts corresponding to each timespan, the Scottish professor and theologian Sinclair Ferguson describes with remarkable biblical support the developments, facts and figures that throughout the last twenty centuries have become outstanding references of the Church's history. A noteworthy historical perspective to be reviewed in our tenth issue.
fear and trembling S ø r e n K i e r k e g aa r d Few parts of the Bible have been captured so faithfully in philosophical works as Abraham's journey to sacrifice his son Isaac, the subject of Søren Kierkegaard's masterpiece, Fear and Trembling. The Father of Existentialism depicts Abraham's ordeal and its implications with excruciating detail in this great work, attempting to understand this incredible figure he deemed worthy of admiration. Kierkegaard himself admits it would impossible for him to fully comprehend Abraham – a man who loved his son and knew of the promises in store for him, yet was ready to fulfill God's duty and kill him – let alone attempt to imitate the patriarch, but the Danish philosopher looked up to him nonetheless, extolling his faith and perseverance under the implacable anguish imposed by such a devastating trial. Kierkegaard elevates Abraham above such characters as Faust, Agamemnon and Achilles, recognizing the patriarch as a true “knight of faith.” Don't miss the full review in Biblion's tenth issue, coming out October 1st and commemorating many other celebrated works! 4
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A nswers : 1 - Cynicism; 2 - Eleatic; 3 - Peripatetic; 4 - Pluralism; 5 - Stoicism; 6 - Epicureanism; 7 - Atomism; 8 - Milesian; 9 - Pythagoreanism; 10 - Sophism; 11 - Pyrrhonism;
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1 - School of thought dedicated to frugality and abnegation. In modern days it refers to a lack of belief in the goodness of humankind.
4 - School of Anaxagoras and Empedocles that drew on Parmenidean concepts to form its own cosmological views.
2 - School founded by Parmenides, rejected empirical evidence in favor of sole reasoning to ascertain truth.
6 - School of thought that prized pleasure (i.e. the absence of pain and anxiety) as life's highest goal.
3 - Athenian school founded by Aristotle, dedicated to maintain his precepts and the Lyceum.
9 - School known for its emphasis on mathematics and its application on several natural concepts.
5 - Athenian school emphasizing virtue and self-control above emotional attachment.
11 - Skeptical movement based on Pyrrho's views and endorsed by Sextus Empiricus.
7 - School asserting that matter is composed of indivisible parts (atomon). 8 - Pre-socratic school of Thales and Anaximander, focused on asserting the causal forces of the natural world. 10 - Pre-socratic school that raised awareness to more practical aspects of philosophy, such as morals and law. Heavily criticized by Plato in his series of dialogues.
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