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Curtains

Curtains

John Anderson

Covenant Books
2022
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The year is 2020, and chaos has engulfed the world. A virus of plagical proportions ravages the planet, as tensions run high for the United States elections. The civil rights movement for the war on race comes to a boiling point, while hatred rears its head on all sides of the country, as it continues to divide the political parties on one another.Talks of war, natural disaster, and famine all begin to circulate in a world that has been shut down, slowing to an ominous halt, leaving nothing but silence to fall in a darkening and Godless nation.Yet nonetheless, God still shines through.Witness a book of poetry penned from the perspective of John Anderson, constantly directing to the cross as he marches on through the spiritual battlefield in a profound, real, and personal way that most would find too terrifying to share.Venture through the incredibly dark, faithful, and unwavering heart of a man in a constant war of wits, will, and survival as he pens his final moments in an end-time world, dealing with the many subjects of faith, love, and evil.Be taken through a chronological listing of personal deviances, addressing the many giants of past and present that have long reigned in the land of Anderson. Witness the progress of new strength, power, and birth being given from heavenly places, all while tackling the greatest issues facing America's present, past, and future.If anything can be taken away from this book of poetry, it can best be summarized by John himself: This book was initially given to me as an inspiration for survival. It was a way that I could commune with God as we journeyed through the darkest and starkest sections of my mind, dealing with the good and the bad. It was, and still is, our fellowship together. God saved me, as He always does, but this time He used poetry. I believe we're releasing it now, so that God can have the same effect on all of you, finding you in the midst of the silence.
Art and Reality

Art and Reality

John Anderson

Sydney University Press
2017
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Art and Reality is a collection of general theoretical reflections and particular critical studies, in which John Anderson asserts the essential role of art and aesthetics in intellectual life. Rejecting the notion that artistic appreciation is simply a matter of spontaneous response or ‘personal taste’, Anderson argues that genuine criticism requires the application of general aesthetic principles and an awareness of the relationship between art and nature. In exploring how beauty is experienced and defined, he considers a wide range of authors, from Homer to Joyce, Melville to Dostoevsky, Shakespeare to Shaw. He outlines his underlying theory of aesthetics and offers commentary on some key controversies of his day, including psychoanalytic criticism, the Ern Malley hoax, and the censorship of Ulysses in Australia.With characteristic rigor and originality, Anderson proposes a philosophical way of approaching works of art, one which can lead us to a more meaningful and thoughtful engagement with literature.
Thunderbolt to War

Thunderbolt to War

John Anderson

Fonthill Media
2015
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Thunderbolt to War gives a remarkable insight into the structure and operations of a leading USAAF Fighter Squadron in England during the Second World War, together with personal thoughts and feelings of skilled fighter pilot, Clint Sperry. The 353rd Fighter Group was a rarely celebrated 'workhorse' of Eighth Fighter Command, but names of some of its charismatic leaders still resonate today. The 18-victory ace Walter Beckham and aggressive Glenn E. Duncan were among those who led Clint to war. He and his colleagues faced many frustrating and perilous experiences; encountering enemy fighters and flak and also treacherous weather and mechanical problems in the bloody battles over Europe. To survive was a lottery, but those with previous flying hours before entering service had the advantage of experience. Clint's successes and traumas are highlighted to give a true picture of a fighter pilot's war. He flew 106 missions in the P47 Thunderbolt, was awarded 3 DFCs, and credited with destroying or probably destroying five enemy aircraft as well as many targets on the ground by strafing and bombing.
Lectures on Modern Philosophy 1932-35

Lectures on Modern Philosophy 1932-35

John Anderson

Sydney University Press
2008
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These lectures from the 1930s on David Hume, Thomas Reid and William James trace the development of John Anderson's empirical realism, helping to distinguish his position from "English" empiricism, Scottish commonsense and direct realism, radical empiricism and pragmatism. They also demonstrate Anderson's approach to the study of the history of philosophy. The lectures on David Hume place Anderson in direct opposition to his teacher and colleague at Edinburgh, Norman Kemp Smith, who heavily influenced the direction of Hume studies in the twentieth century. The lectures on Thomas Reid are unique in Anderson's works in addressing this seminal figure in the Scottish philosophical tradition, providing background reflections upon his own theory of mind as feeling, and arguing for the critical importance of Freud for contemporary philosophical realists. The lectures on William James offer a final accounting with this major American influence on Anderson's early philosophical development. For Anderson there can be no reconciliation between rationalism and empiricism. The view of the development modern philosophy as an emerging synthesis of these competing epistemological positions must be rejected. Rationalism is a persistent source of philosophical error and the philosophies of the so-called "empiricists" are fundamentally weakened by their rationalist assumptions. The very idea of providing a foundation for knowledge in notions of self-certainty represents an inherently rationalist project and must be rejected by any truly empiricist philosophy.
Lectures on Greek Philosophy 1928

Lectures on Greek Philosophy 1928

John Anderson

Sydney University Press
2008
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The Lectures on Greek Philosophy of 1928 are among the earliest lectures we have of John Anderson's, delivered in the year following his arrival in Sydney in 1927. In these teachings he closely and critically followed John Burnet's classic work Early Greek Philosophy. Anderson's complete course covered the pre-Socratics extensively before progressing to the Socratic Dialogues and Aristotle. The study of Greek Philosophy for Anderson provided an important corrective to the attitudes and forms of inquiry dominating modern philosophy. The study of Greek philosophy was essential to Anderson because the Greeks 'are far clearer on many questions than modern philosophers...they avoid many modern errors, and especially... they are not, like the moderns, obsessed with "the problem of knowledge"... they do not set out to discover (that is to say, to know!) how, or how much, we can know, before they are prepared to know anything.' Modern philosophers need to return to 'the Greek consideration of things,' to finally abandon epistemology as 'an intrusion of mind into logic and of a false logic into psychology' and accept the direct common sense realism of the Greek philosophers.
Opening the Vermillion Spirit

Opening the Vermillion Spirit

John Anderson

Revelore Press
2021
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Opening the Vermillion Spirit, the sequel and companion to Way of the Living Ghost, moves from the nigredo, the dark waters of shadow work, to focus on the human. What makes us human, humane? In a dialogue between "Baby's Breath" and "Brittle Bones," Anderson unpacks a new meditation on the Daoist approach to humanity.
I Was Ten Years Old When I Went for a Walk

I Was Ten Years Old When I Went for a Walk

John Anderson

Words Matter Publishing
2023
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Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, John Anderson shares his uplifting story of God's guidance and how He can change our everyday lives. His presence and love are with us especially during times of trial. John faces his diagnosis with his loving family and God's presence with him each day.
The Church of England and Military Intervention, from Suez to Ukraine

The Church of England and Military Intervention, from Suez to Ukraine

John Anderson

Springer International Publishing AG
2025
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The central questions shaping this book revolve around how the Church of England’s engagement in the public sphere has changed over time, and how Anglicans more broadly have participated in public debates over military intervention. The established church has sometimes been said to have ‘voice, access and influence’, though the extent of this has clearly reduced over time according to some commentators, and it's impact has been particularly limited when it comes to international affairs. Nonetheless, establishment does still bring certain advantages, and one of the questions we explore will be how that has changed over time, and whether the reduced social status of and support for traditional institutionalised religion has reduced the Church of England’s ability to contribute to debate and policy.
The fifty-seventh Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers
The fifty-seventh Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers - In the War of the Rebellion is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Mandalay to Momien

Mandalay to Momien

John Anderson

Hansebooks
2017
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Mandalay to Momien - A Narrative of the Two Expeditions to Western China of 1808 and 1875 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Zoology of Egypt

Zoology of Egypt

John Anderson

Hansebooks
2019
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Zoology of Egypt - Volume 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.