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Philosophers On The Fringe: Albert Schweitzer, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Aldo Leopold, And The Wrongful Polarization Of Environmentalist History 2017, Minnie A.M. Lauzon May 2017

Philosophers On The Fringe: Albert Schweitzer, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Aldo Leopold, And The Wrongful Polarization Of Environmentalist History 2017, Minnie A.M. Lauzon

Master's Theses

This thesis includes three articles (chapters) intending to encourage clarification of an area of environmental history that has not received adequate attention since the publication of Roderick Nash’s Wilderness and the American Mind. Since its publication in 1967, little research has been dedicated to understanding the scholarly or philosophical influence Albert Schweitzer and Liberty Hyde Bailey had on Aldo Leopold. Since my undertaking of this topic, I have established two primary goals. First, I want to provide clarification to environmentalists, academics, and the populace at large that environmentalism does not have to be bound by rules and convention, but can …


Pharaonic Occultism: The Relationship Of Esotericism And Egyptology, 1875–1930, Kevin Todd Mclaren Sep 2016

Pharaonic Occultism: The Relationship Of Esotericism And Egyptology, 1875–1930, Kevin Todd Mclaren

Master's Theses

The purpose of this work is to explore the interactions between occultism and scholarly Egyptology from 1875 to 1930. Within this timeframe, numerous esoteric groups formed that centered their ideologies on conceptions of ancient Egyptian knowledge. In order to legitimize their belief systems based on ancient Egyptian wisdom, esotericists attempted to become authoritative figures on Egypt. This process heavily impacted Western intellectualism not only because occult conceptions of Egypt became increasingly popular, but also because esotericists intruded into academia or attempted to overshadow it. In turn, esotericists and Egyptologists both utilized the influx of new information from Egyptological studies to …


The Origin Of Pragmatism In William James, Charles A. Nash Jan 1947

The Origin Of Pragmatism In William James, Charles A. Nash

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Causality In External Sensation According To Saint Albert The Great, James Vincent Mcglynn Jan 1947

Causality In External Sensation According To Saint Albert The Great, James Vincent Mcglynn

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Whitehead's Concept Of God As Compared With St. Thomas's Concept, Mary Vivia Milnor Jan 1943

Whitehead's Concept Of God As Compared With St. Thomas's Concept, Mary Vivia Milnor

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Human Nature According To Saint Thomas Aquinas, Virginia Moore Jan 1942

Human Nature According To Saint Thomas Aquinas, Virginia Moore

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Place Of The Body In The Life Of The Soul According To Saint Thomas Aquinas, Agnes K.L. Murphy Jan 1942

The Place Of The Body In The Life Of The Soul According To Saint Thomas Aquinas, Agnes K.L. Murphy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Communism Of Plato And Marx, John Henry Reinke Jan 1942

The Communism Of Plato And Marx, John Henry Reinke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Warfare In St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Richard Albert Schuchert Jan 1942

Warfare In St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Richard Albert Schuchert

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Critique Of Lockian Epistemology Viewed In The Light Of The Doctrine Of St. Thomas, John Mullane Jan 1939

A Critique Of Lockian Epistemology Viewed In The Light Of The Doctrine Of St. Thomas, John Mullane

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The One And The Many, W. E. Powers Jan 1937

The One And The Many, W. E. Powers

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Epistemological Doctrines Of Jaime Luciano Balmes As Compared With The Epistemological Doctrines Of St. Thomas Of Aquin, Edward J. Sutfin Jan 1937

The Epistemological Doctrines Of Jaime Luciano Balmes As Compared With The Epistemological Doctrines Of St. Thomas Of Aquin, Edward J. Sutfin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.