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The book is comprised of three components. The first component analyses the creative contribution to the theory of imperatives and norms provided by 20th-century Polish researchers. The second component summarizes their reflections and considerations. The third component is an anthology of the classic writings of Polish authors of the time; it constitutes an illustration of the first part and indicates...

Książka Marii Krzysztofa Byrskiego – wybitnego znawcy Indii, byłego ambasadora RP w tym kraju, wieloletniego wykładowcy Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Uniwersytetu im. Jawaharlala Nehru w Delhi – przedstawia tłumaczenie i autorską interpretację wybranych hymnów Rygwedy, najstarszego zabytku hinduizmu. Wskazuje na nieoczywiste zbieżności między myślą hinduistyczną a chrześcijańską i odświeżający potencjał,...

The book contains reflections on the diversified religious experience expressed in the culture and literature of the Slavic region. We can say that Slavic religious experience is “messy”, but maybe it is better to say this is Slavic experience of modernity that is “messy”. Bearing in mind that ‘Slavic experience’ is only a metaphor – a mental shortcut – we should remember that it is torn between the...

This book takes us from the early childhood to the last days of George Lemaîitre, the man behind the theory of the primeval atom, now better known as Big Bang theory. But who was George Lemaître? A clergyman, a genius astronomer, an audacious cosmologist, a computer enthusiast ahead of his time, a professor with his head in the clouds, a bon vivant mathematician and gourmand? Dominique Lambert's book...