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Marcus Joseph Wright memoirs, MSS.1585
No full textAbstract: An incomplete typescript copy (18 pp.) of, "Memoirs of Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, CSA."Scope and Content Note: The collection contains an incomplete typescript copy (18 pp.) of, "Memoirs of Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, CSA," which includes a family genealogy, and accounts of his early life in Tennessee and his career.Biographical/Historical Note: Confederate General and author from Tennessee
Marcus on Belief and Belief in the Impossible
No full textI review but don’t endorse Marcus’ arguments that impossible beliefs are impossible. I defend her claim that belief’s objects are, in some important sense, not the bearers of truth and falsity, discuss her dispositionalism about belief, and argue it’s a good fit with the idea that belief’s objects are Russellian states of affairs.
Reviso, pero no suscribo, los argumentos de Marcus a favor de que las creencias imposibles son imposibles.
Defiendo su tesis de que los objetos de las creencias no son, en algún sentido importante, los soportes
de la verdad y la falsedad; discuto su disposicionalismo acerca de las creencias y argumento que encaja bien
con la idea de que los objetos de las creencias son estados de cosas russellianos
Marcus Aurelius
No full textBy John Sellars Author: SELLARS, John. Reader in Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London Reference: Marcus Aurelius. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020, x + 146 pp., ISBN 9780367146078 In this new study, John Sellars offers a fresh examination of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations as a work of philosophy by placing it against the background of the tradition of Stoic philosophy to which Marcus was committed. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is a perennial bestseller, attracting countless..
1st Board Meeting of Urban League with President Johnson
No full textImage of six men in profile including Stanley Marcus (back right) during the first meeting of the Urban Institute at the White House in Washington, D.C. A note on the verso incorrectly identifies the group as the Urban League, a different organization
Neil Marcus Woodcock
No full textHead shot used in newspaper article on Mr. Neil Marcus Woodcock's death.
Neil Marcus Woodcock (1917-1999) was born in Atkinson, Pender County, NC. He was a 1933 graduate of Atkinson High School, and served in World War II for two and a half years. He worked for the Metropolitan Transport Authority in D.C. for 38 years, and upon retiring, returned to his hometown where he served as County Commissioner from 1989-1992. During part of that time, he as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
Marcus J. Bles Building
No full textThe Bles building was completed in 1972 and is named for one of Georgetown's great benefactors, Marcus J. Bles
Ben Marcus, 19th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textBen Marcus is the author of The Age of Wire and String, published recently by Alfred A. Knopf. His short fiction has appeared in Grand Street, The Iowa Review, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Mississippi Review, The Quarterly, Conjunctions, and Story Quarterly. He was born in Chicago in 1967 and grew up in the Midwest and in Europe, New York and Texas. His undergraduate degree was earned in philosophy at New York University. He received an M.F.A. from Brown University, and has since taught writing in New York, Texas, and Virginia. He is a senior editor of the literary journal Conjunctions, and will present a section of new fiction chosen for the spring issue, Sticks and Stones. Presently he lives in Virginia, where he is an assistant professor at Old Dominion University
Portrait of Marcus Bach
No full textPortrait depicts Marcus Bach, noted author and philosopher and educator of religious studies
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