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All four books were written by accomplished women, a point many editions underline by including biographical sketches and drawings of the authors in scholarly regalia. The "Four Books" of the title alludes to the Four Books of Neo-Confucianism compiled by Zhu Xi. This was a textbook used by those studying for the Imperial Examinations.
The philosophical message of the book fits well with the religious piety of the Middle Ages. Boethius encouraged readers not to pursue worldly goods such as money and power, but to seek internalized virtues. Evil had a purpose, to provide a lesson to help change for good; while suffering from evil was seen as virtuous.
ISBN 978-1-55874-880-4. Living Values Activities for Young Adults by Diane Tillman, 2001. ISBN 1-55874-881-4. Living Values Parent Groups: A Facilitator Guide by Diane Tillman, 2001. ISBN 1-55874-882-2. LVEP Educator Training Guide by Diane Tillman and Pilar Quera Colomina. February 2001. ISBN 1-55874-883-0.
Teachers should model these types of questions through "think-alouds" before, during, and after reading a text. When a student can relate a passage to an experience, another book, or other facts about the world, they are "making a connection". Making connections help students understand the author's purpose and fiction or non-fiction story. [33]
Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.
John Wynne published An Abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning the Human Understanding, with Locke's approval, in 1696. Likewise, Louisa Capper wrote An Abridgment of Locke's Essay concerning the Human Understanding, published in 1811. Some European philosophers saw the book's impact on psychology as comparable to Isaac Newton's impact upon ...
The Kairos Document (KD) is a theological statement issued in 1985 by a group of mainly black South African theologians based predominantly in the townships of Soweto, South Africa.
Lessons for Women (Chinese: 女誡), also translated as Admonitions for Women, Women's Precepts, or Warnings for Women, is a work by the Han dynasty female intellectual Ban Zhao (45/49–117/120 CE). As one of the Four Books for Women , Lessons had wide circulation in the late Ming and Qing dynasties (i.e. 16th–early 20th centuries).