JAMES R. MOORE (ed), History, humanity and evolution: essays for John C. Greene, Cambridge University Press, 1989, pp. xii, 429, illus., £35.00, $59.50 (0-521-33511-6). John C. Greene is a grand old man of the history of science. His career crucially interlocks with the subject's fortunes in America since the 1940s, both as a discipline in its own right and as a significant constituent of apres...

the prophet muhammad`s (pbuh) life has always been of great interest especially to the muslim scholars. there have, however, been some discrepancies in their accounts of the prophet`s life depending on these scholars religious orientations, principles, criteria, methodology, styles, motives, and purposes. one of the books in this area is, al sahih men sirat nabavi, the writer, elaborating on th...

: Individuals might reasonably expect the freedom to make their own decisions regarding their health. However, what happens when an individual's wishes conflict with what is in that individual's best interests? How far should an individual's rights be restricted for his or her own benefit? Similarly, what limitations should be placed on an individual's behaviour when that person's wishes go aga...

Spencer Smith In the mid–second century AD a well-educated, Latin-speaking North African named Lucius Apuleius composed an extended prose narrative that explores some of the foundational themes of the western intellectual tradition: the place of the human in the world, the nature of social order, the quest for spiritual identity—the very nature of being itself, as well as of the divine. Much to...

I. Life and works Robert Boyle, natural philosopher, was born in 1627 to Richard Boyle and Katherine Fenton. Despite Robert Boyle's status as youngest son of a large family, his father's wealth, influence, and title (first Earl of Cork) afforded him an income and allowed him to devote himself to intellectual pursuits. The young Boyle's education included Eton and private tutoring (both at home ...

in the timurid period, the emirs were mostly turkish-mongol and the viziers were iranian. the non-distinction between the civil and military affairs and the power and authority of the emirs and the attempts of the iranian bureaucrats in maintaining their own interests, had prepared the ground for the permanent conflict and competition between them. the long vizierate period of khawja qiyāth al-...

" As a writer once put it, we feel more at ease discussing other people's tribalism and not our own. And that is the problem in Kenya today. "-Walter O. Oyugi Acknowledgements I would like to thank my reader and advisor, Professor Haley, for pushing me in my writing these past four years. This thesis would not have been possible without his support to pursue my interests in East Africa. I would...