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Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BCE) was the founder of the philosophical system to which he gave his name: Epicureanism. It is a label that is often misused and misunderstood today, with ‘a life of pleasure’ as the key aim misinterpreted as a life of indulgence. In fact, the philosophy of Epicurus demonstrated also by his life, was anything but! He established a school in Athens called The Garden, underpinned by his system of ethics. 

Unlock the Secrets of the First Heliocentric Thinker. What would it take to turn the universe inside out? Aristarchus of Samos dared to reimagine the cosmos long before Galileo peered through his telescope or Copernicus sketched his orbits. Aristarchus of Samos for Beginners: A Journey Through the Mind of an Ancient Astronomer brings his groundbreaking ideas to light, uncovering the forgotten genius who first put the Sun at the center of everything. Discover the Mind that Defied Centuries of Belief. In an era when the Earth was believed to sit motionless at the universe's core, Aristarchus ...

A dragon graveyard buried deep underground. A secret heart that binds friend and foe. And a hidden chamber guards them both. Niloo had been raised amongst the scattered farms of her beloved Samos, and brought up to respect the land and all the inhabitants in it. It wasn’t until she was snatched away by her dragon Lapis, that she realized the world was never going to be the same. Ancestral secrets run deep through the land of her beloved Samos, hiding ancient truths carefully guarded for generations. Not only were some of Niloo’s family, the first to fall to Madrid’s deceptions, but ...

Esta edición revisada y ampliada recopila las enseñanzas esenciales de Epicuro de Samos (341–270 a.C.), fundador del epicureísmo y uno de los filósofos más influyentes de la Antigüedad. Epicuro nos invita a buscar la verdadera felicidad no en la acumulación de bienes ni en placeres desmedidos, sino en la ausencia de dolor (aponía) y turbación del alma (ataraxia), lograda mediante placeres racionales, moderación, autosuficiencia, amistad sincera y la eliminación de miedos irracionales: a los dioses, a la muerte y al destino. Con frases célebres seleccionadas y organizadas ...

Do you want to learn about Pythagoras but don’t have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this short and concise book “Pythagoras of Samos: A Short Introduction to His Life and Teachings” is for you!! Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, have been credited with many great accomplishments, including the following: Pythagoras’ most famous achievement, the Pythagorean Theorem, which states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. As a ...

Mike and his best friends, Triton and Brazon, had been plotting pranks at Zeek's expense for years. At first the stunts were run-of-the-mill: jerking his chair away when he sat, dunking his head as he drank from the fountain, or hiding his clothes after gym class. But the game became more devious and dangerous. The night they dared Zeek to scale a corn bin, forcing him avoid a barrage of BB's from their guns, Mike decided he was fed up with the pranks. However, his evening became even more troubling when he was drawn to Zeek's home to silently witness a disturbing scene of abuse. Was God at...

Alisia is normal, as far as humans go. She’s a young historian recovering from heartbreak, intent only on settling down and living peacefully. But the gods have different intentions. Alisia and her sister wake up on an alien ship. The merciless Admiral Brutus of the Vudar empire has mistaken the pair for members of the rival Sem’Pari race and plans on using them as spies, controlling them with neural implants. However, Alisia quickly realizes Brutus’s team unknowingly implanted the wrong AI chip in her head.

This audiobook is for any woman who wants to perfect her femininity in every area of her life: mental, spiritual, and physical. This book brings the science of the feminine arts to you in the form of natural and accessible action. No fluff, no fillers, and no fakery. After five weeks of continued practice of these elements, femininity should innately blossom from your core.

The crew of spaceship NT4 simply needs one small pocket of the galaxy to recover. But their ship is on the fritz…and they’re being hunted. Alisia Randolf never wanted to be a queen. She wanted to live a normal life as a historian, to fall in love and maybe have a family of her own. On Earth. Instead, she was captured by interstellar slave traders, freed herself with the help of her AI symbiont, became the leader of the ship, and made her fair share of enemies—enemies intent on annihilating her and her subjects once and for all.

Tucked away between the pages of Nehemiah and Job is the intriguing story of Esther, a young orphan girl who suddenly finds herself in a beauty contest to become the next queen of Persia. It has all of the ingredients of a delightful fairy tale, yet reveals important truths from God's Word. What would the story of Esther look like today? What relevant issues would Esther face in today's culture? How would God use her for a time such as this? Meet Estella, a modern-day Esther. Orphaned at a young age, she is taken in by a devoted uncle who raises her to love and trust the Lord. Her faith is ...

Just four sentences, no more. Yet this obscure New Testament character is unforgettable. Her claims are unbelievable, her reaction is laughable, but her tenacity is praiseworthy. Without nobility or notability, she is named personally and eternally in God's Word. Rhoda. What would this servant girl's life look like today? What relevance would her story have in today's culture? Meet Reah, a modern-day Rhoda. Trapped in a dead-end life, she makes a desperate plan to change her circumstances. As events unfold, she sees that God had much more planned than she could imagine. She unwittingly ...

Maral's story is a breathtaking adventure of survival as she travels with a refugee group by foot, climbing grueling mountains for hours without sleep and hanging onto dear life in a rubber raft in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Her story will inspire you and amaze you and leave you speechless! Maral's story puts a "face" on the dangerous life of an Iranian refugee!

Q: Can a cartoon cat save the world? A: It can—if the cat is one of the most downloaded apps of all time, made by a tiny company that grew into a unicorn—by founders that wanted to protect Earth before it’s too late.

Samoa is a group of about 20 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, totaling slightly over 1,100 square miles, about a fifth the size of Hawai’i. The ancestors of the Samoans arrived there many centuries ago. Archaeological artifacts suggest Polynesians arrived perhaps three thousand years before the present, or perhaps even earlier.

Okret badawczy "Odyseja" powrócil z dziewiczej podrózy. Powrócil, wiozac zle nowiny oraz ambasadorów - przedstawicieli innej, chodz ludzkiej, cywilizacji kosmicznej, uwiklanej w krwawa wojne z okrutnymi obcymi. Ziemianie musza podjac decyzje, czy angazowac sie w walke, podejmowac ryzyko, czy tez schowac glowe w piasek i udawac, ze odlegly konflikt nie dotyczy Ukladu Slonecznego.

Königin Alisia muss alte Schulden begleichen und noch immer verfolgen sie ihre mächtigen Feinde. Als der Sieg gerade zum Greifen nahe scheint, kommt der Absturz. Ist so die Welt der Götter? Liebes Tagebuch,„Sie sind jetzt sehr reich“, sagte der Beamte zu mir, der mir meine ehrlich verdiente Prämie auszahlte. Es stimmte: Wir, zwei ehemalige Sklavinnen, waren plötzlich sagenhaft reich. Doch die Mächtigen der Galaxie gönnten uns den Erfolg nicht.

Ein verhängnisvoller Irrtum. Ein teuflischer Plan. Und eine junge Frau mitten drin gefangen und gezwungen zu einem unerbittlichen Überlebenskampf. Willkommen in der Welt der Götter! Mein Leben ist ganz normal. Zwei Wochen vor der Hochzeit erwischte ich meinen Zukünftigen mit einer Freundin im Bett – soll vorkommen. Einige Monate danach werde ich von Aliens entführt – mit so etwas muss man täglich rechnen, oder?

Starship Sakira ist der erste Band der amerikanischen Bestseller-SciFi-Abenteuerserie Delphi in Space. „Once I started this I couldn’t put it down. So many adventures and … « Kimberly Johnson, Buchrezensent. Marc McCormacks, ein begnadeter Wissenschaftler, stolpert während eines Experiments über ein außerirdisches Raumschiff. Begleiten Sie Marc und seine Freunde, wie sie die Erde von einer rückständigen Welt am Rande der Milchstraßengalaxie an die Spitze der interstellaren Zivilisationen bringen.

They don't alter the past. They don't spy on the future. Yet, even very cautious time-travel research leaves plenty of room to get into trouble. Time, Limited is a foremost authority on space and time research. Wary of the time travel-related doomsday scenarios described by science fiction writers, the employees of the company take every precaution imaginable and move forward carefully as slowly. But when a critical experiment is threatened by a natural disaster, even the best-laid precautions go tumbling down, and the nerds have to think on their feet to protect the research and ensure the company's recovery.

Delphi City ist der zweite Band der in den US-Bestseller in der Kategorie SciFi-Abenteuerserien Delphi in Space. Die Serie folgt den McCormacks und ihren Freunden, wie sie die Erde von einer rückständigen Welt in der Galaxie an die Spitze der interstellaren Zivilisationen bringen. Sie nutzen die Technologie des Raumschiffs Sakira, um MacKenzie Discoveries zu einem weltweit führenden Technologieunternehmen und schließlich zu einem interstellaren Moloch auszubauen.