Humans, having mastered fire, which allowed them to survive the extreme ice ages, have emerged in the current interglacial as major civilizations coupled with major bloodsheds, called “war”, engulfing multitudes of innocent yet betrayed humans.
As Felltham himself observed of 'Unacquaintance' in aphorism 5, 'Familiaritie takes away feare. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named Th. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself at once both shadowed and luminous Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire. These include likely nuclear wars triggered by arsenals many thousands of missiles strong, posing an equal threat to human existence and that of many other species. Although it is not a book of 'warlike discipline,' this book may have been of some use for a 'paper captain' and his soldiers, particularly those mustered in the country who, like Shakespeares Shallow and Feeble, lacked experience and direction. 3.61 Rating details 41,939 ratings 5,213 reviews. As amplifying feedbacks to global warming-including fires, methane release, ice melt, and warming oceans-are intensifying, at a pace exceeding any recorded in the geological past, societies are pouring their remaining resources into wars.
Grounded in conservative evangelical theology, this book argues the historic church position that it is inadmissible for Christians to use violence or take part in war. Despite of this knowledge, Homo “sapiens” is proceeding to transfer every accessible molecule of carbon from the Earth crust to the atmosphere and hydrosphere, an auto-da-fe ensues of the terrestrial biosphere. How should Christians respond to war This age-old question has become more pressing given Western governments recent overseas military interventions and the rise of extremist Islamist jihadism. This book examines critic Irving Babbitts (1865-1933) unique contribution to understanding the quality of foreign policy leadership in a democracy. This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime.