Esfuerzo

This collection of four titles approaches the four essential ethical topics of the virtues of listening, prudence, patience, and effort. Each of these virtues is highlighted through illustrated mini stories so children can understand the importance of nurturing and strengthening them in themselves and in others.

Partiendo de la idea de que la representación es un concepto central en la filosofía, Danto explora en esta obra la tradicional cuestión filosófica de cómo, siendo criaturas con cerebros y cuerpos, representamos - y mal representamos - mundos actuales y posibles. Ilustra su análisis con múltiples alusiones a cuadros, fotografías y otras obras artísticas, además de incorporar referencias a la ciencia, la filosofía de la historia, el psicoanálisis y la teoría de la acción, con el fin de examinar cómo vive el ser humano en la historia y cómo representa el futuro mediante su...

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

This book is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. It teaches forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems.