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Paul Griffiths

    24. November 1947

    Paul Griffiths ist ein renommierter britischer Musikkritiker und Romanautor, der für seine aufschlussreichen Schriften über moderne klassische Musik bekannt ist. Neben seiner kritischen Arbeit verfasst er auch Prosa und Opernlibretti, was ein tiefes Verständnis für musikalische Strukturen und deren emotionale Wirkung zeigt. Seine literarischen Beiträge erforschen die vielschichtige Beziehung zwischen Klang, Sprache und menschlicher Erfahrung und bieten den Lesern eine einzigartige Perspektive.

    The Substance of Things Heard
    Genetics and Philosophy
    My Favourite Yorkshire Bench
    Why Read Pascal?
    The Tomb Guardians
    Ich und Marco Polo
    • The Tomb Guardians

      • 121 Seiten
      • 5 Lesestunden

      The Tomb Guardians awake to find the tomb empty and one of their number missing. Their conversation overlaps with another - an anguished lecturer and friend exploring the Renaissance Master portraits they occupy. One looks back at the dawn of the Reformation, the other thrashes out an excuse."--Back cover

      The Tomb Guardians
      4,4
    • Why Read Pascal?

      • 264 Seiten
      • 10 Lesestunden

      The book offers a concise yet thorough introduction to Blaise Pascal, highlighting his life, literary contributions, and the central themes present in his works. It serves as an insightful resource for understanding Pascal's influence and the significance of his ideas.

      Why Read Pascal?
      4,6
    • Genetics and Philosophy

      • 270 Seiten
      • 10 Lesestunden

      This book integrates the work of philosophers of science seeking to make sense of genetics with an accessible introduction to the science.

      Genetics and Philosophy
      4,0
    • The Substance of Things Heard

      Writings about Music

      • 395 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      This collection features a curated array of essays, reviews, and interviews that delve into musical performance and composition from the late 20th century to the early 21st century. It offers valuable insights into the evolving nature of opera, exploring both the artistic and cultural dimensions of this genre. The work serves as a reflective commentary on contemporary music, highlighting significant trends and figures in the field.

      The Substance of Things Heard
      4,0
    • "To various degrees, all human beings experience regret. In this concise theological grammar, Paul J. Griffiths analyzes this attitude toward the past and distinguishes its various kinds. He examines attitudes encapsulated in the phrase, "I would it were otherwise," including regret, contrition, remorse, compunction, lament, and repentance. By using literature (especially poetry) and Christian theology, Griffiths shows both what is good about regret and what can be destructive about it. Griffiths argues that on the one hand regret can take the form of remorse-an agony produced by obsessive and ceaseless examination of the errors, sins, and omissions of the past. This kind of regret accomplishes nothing and produces only pain. On the other hand, when regret is coupled with contrition and genuine sorrow for past errors, it has the capacity both to transfigure the past-which is never merely past-and to open the future. Moreover, in thinking about the phenomenon of regret in the context of Christian theology, Griffiths focuses especially on the notion of the LORD's regret. Is it even reasonable to claim that the LORD regrets? Griffiths shows not only that it is but also that the LORD's regret should structure how we regret as human beings." --Book cover

      Regret
      4,2
    • Israel

      • 255 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      Israel: A Christian Grammar proposes and defends the theses that the church and the synagogue together constitute Israel; that each is irrevocably promised intimacy with the same God; and that the synagogue should be understood by the church to be more intimate with that God than she is herself.

      Israel
      4,0
    • Eye-opening essays by Buddhist, Hindus, Jews, Muslims provide insights to how Christianity is viewed in their communities--and why.

      Christianity Through Non-Christian Eyes
      4,1
    • let me go on

      • 175 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      A sequel to the seminal 2008 novel 'let me tell you', in which Ophelia tells her story using only the small vocabulary allotted to her by Shakespeare in the play Hamlet.

      let me go on
      3,7