10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYHISTORIC»
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The Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner
A la recherche du temps perdu, Ulysses, Der Zauberberg and Doktor Fau- stus,
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Broch's "polyhistoric" novels, and Gadda's Quer
pasticciaccio brutto de via Mer- ulana (That Awful Mess on Via Merulana) are all
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Philip M. Weinstein, 1995
Even his religious works reflect the polyhistoric tendency to compare phenomena
with a view toward underlying causes. The collection of Himmel-Schliissel begins
with a long poem on the "Wunder-Geburt unsers Erlosers" whose real purpose ...
Gerald Ernest Paul Gillespie, 1971
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Early Child Development in the French Tradition: ...
... he certainly has the reputation of a polyhistoric psychologist, who passionately
visits allied disciplines of psychology, lifts curtains among disciplines and
cultures, and may lead the reader to unexpected areas of arts, engineering,
biology, ...
Andre Vyt, Henriette Bloch, Marc H. Bornstein, 2013
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
adj. polyhistoric (-stawr'rik) n. polyhistorian (-tawr'ri-ǝn). n. polyhistory (-his'-). syn.
polymath, q.v. See role. polylogy (pō-lil'lə-jee) n. wordiness. [poly-, pref., more
than one or normal < G polus much + -logy, suff., speech, expression; science, ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
Yet even while he rejected the Hebraeocentric studies of his polyhistoric teachers
— as well as their preferred form of publication, the historical treatise, following
the debacle of the Phalaris Dissertation— Bentley's social and professional lives
...
Kristine Louise Haugen, 2011
The Age of the Sophists shows astonishing parallels to our "modernity" in the
nature of its problems,but the sophist himself still exhibits the traits of a
polyhistoric "medicine man" who gives public performances of his wondrous
skills for a fee.
Eric Voegelin, Dante L. Germino, 2000
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Encyclopaedia of Latin American Literature
An openstructured, polyhistoric, or multi-perspective narrative, Persona non grata
is replete with testimonial formats: chronicles, anecdotes, diary excerpts, self-
reflections, rhetorical questions, personification, demythification, critical ...
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Models of the History of Philosophy: Volume II: From ...
... “errors” are therefore fully coherent with his view of a histoire de l'esprit humain
, which – and this is the most interesting aspect – does not seem to turn into a
histoire des sciences et des arts built on the disciplines of the polyhistoric
tradition.
Giovanni Santinello, Gregorio Piaia, 2010
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Economics and Diversity
... that the former is more cautious in generalizing, and feels a much stronger
need to shift from the polyhistoric collection of data to the specific investigation of
single epochs, single populations, single economic conditions. (Schmoller, 1900,
p.
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goethe and the twentieth century
culture was only a development, on more humane lines, of the intellectual
aspirations of the " Poly- histor " of an earlier generation. And just as there was a
very obvious dark side to the polyhistoric ideals, so this later phase of
universalism was ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYHISTORIC»
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Aaron is the self-proclaimed “polyhistoric man of the web.” He currently is employed by the Conde Nast Platform Team as a technical architect ... «Technical.ly Philly, May 15»
'All Men Are Liars,' by Alberto Manguel
For over 30 years, the Argentine expatriate Alberto Manguel has championed the cause of literature and reading in his polyhistoric anthologies ... «New York Times, Dec 12»
