“james j murphy”

The perceptions and attitudes that exist today between the East and the West had their origins in former times and earlier civilizations but have been exacerbated by modern day acts of aggression and subjugation. This seemingly unending conflict is now wreaking havoc on a good part of the western wo... More

Quintilian's method is based on the interrelationship between speaking, reading, and writing. Murphy lists and defines the main elements that appear in the "Institutio oratorio. "Each of these elements--Precept, Imitation, Composition Exercises, Declamation, and Sequencing--is further subdivided acc... More

This book concerns the dignity and the degradation of labor. Because our work has considerable power either to foster or to undermine our happiness and well-being, the degradation of labor is a profound obstacle to human flourishing. Yet the moral dimension of labor has been neglected in our politic... More