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Jerry Thomas grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended college at San Fernando Valley College (now California State University, Northridge), where he earned a master's degree in urban/economic geography. He is a fifth-generation Californian on his mother's side of the family. After a stint in the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America, Jerry and his wife, Jean (who also grew up in LA), wanted to leave smoggy and congested Los Angeles. They moved to the Santa Cruz area in 1970, and became back-to-the-landers on five acres of land in the foothills of Aptos.In this oral history, conducted by Ellen Farmer on March 20 and May 7, 2007, at Thomas Farms, the Thomases describe how what began as a large garden grew into Thomas Farms, now one of the oldest organic farms in California. Jerry was invited to participate in Rodale's organic certification program that pre-dated California Certified Organic Farmers, and was a founding member of California Certified Organic Farmers. He helped draft the first state organic legislation in 1979. Jerry has served as a County Farm Bureau director and as a member of the County Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee, and frequently speaks at the Ecological Farming Association's Eco-Farm conference. He has served on the Monterey Bay Certified Farmers' Market board of directors.Jean helps run Thomas Farms, and also teaches adult education courses in writing, science and math. A watercolor and monoprint artist, Jean serves on the Pajaro Valley Arts Council; in 2007 she curated Market Motion, an art show about the farmers' markets in the Central Coast area.The Thomases have represented the Community Alliance of Family Farmers (CAFF) as members of the Campaign to Save Pajaro Valley Farmlands and Wetlands. They mentor younger organic farmers, and participate in many local farmers' markets, where their booths are distinguished by a dazzling plethora of colorful sunflowers, zinnias, irises, lilies and other cut flowers.

Jerry Thomas grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended college at San Fernando Valley College (now California State University, Northridge), where he earned a master's degree in urban/economic geography. He is a fifth-generation Californian on his mother's side of the family. After a stint in the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America, Jerry and his wife, Jean (who also grew up in LA), wanted to leave smoggy and congested Los Angeles. They moved to the Santa Cruz area in 1970, and became back-to-the-landers on five acres of land in the foothills of Aptos. In this oral history, conducted by Ellen Farmer on March 20 and May 7, 2007, at Thomas Farms, the Thomases describe how what began as a large garden grew into Thomas Farms, now one of the oldest organic farms in California. Jerry was invited to participate in Rodale's organic certification program that pre-dated California Certified Organic Farmers, and was a founding member of California Certified Organic Farmers. He helped draft the first state organic legislation in 1979. Jerry has served as a County Farm Bureau director and as a member of the County Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee, and frequently speaks at the Ecological Farming Association's Eco-Farm conference. He has served on the Monterey Bay Certified Farmers' Market board of directors. Jean helps run Thomas Farms, and also teaches adult education courses in writing, science and math. A watercolor and monoprint artist, Jean serves on the Pajaro Valley Arts Council; in 2007 she curated Market Motion, an art show about the farmers' markets in the Central Coast area. The Thomases have represented the Community Alliance of Family Farmers (CAFF) as members of the Campaign to Save Pajaro Valley Farmlands and Wetlands. They mentor younger organic farmers, and participate in many local farmers' markets, where their booths are distinguished by a dazzling plethora of colorful sunflowers, zinnias, irises, lilies and other cut flowers.

In this essay relating the political philosophies of Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson, the author places his thesis in the post modern era to argue that George Washingtons claim of the indissoluble union between virtue & happiness reflected a commitment to eternal rules of order & right. A brief historical discussion of political evolution contextualizes issues of political community in terms of democracy, social contract & majority rule. The status of the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution are related to recent statements by Judge Scalia, & the democratization of the idea of aristocracy. The classical beginnings of the US as stated in George Washingtons inaugural address are related to Aquinas concept of natural law, and are concluded to surpass historicism, relativism, & nihilism as the true American inheritance. J. Harwell

States as international persons — In general — Continuity of States — Succession of governments — Government of the State taken over by military authorities — Laws promulgated by the military regime — Whether valid and enforceable — The law of Sierra Leone

In the first systematic study of the philosophy of Thomas Nagel, Alan Thomas discusses Nagel's contrast between the ""subjective"" and the ""objective"" points of view throughout the various areas of his wide ranging philosophy. Nagel's original and distinctive contrast between the subjective view and our aspiration to a ""view from nowhere"" within metaphysics structures the chapters of the book. A ""new Humean"" in epistemology, Nagel takes philosophical scepticism to be both irrefutable and yet to indicate a profound truth about our capacity for self-transcendence. The contrast between subj

The thought of Thomas More -- Early life, education, and poetry -- Utopia and common things -- Richard III and the stage play of politics -- The common corps of Christendom -- Influence

Thomas Luckmann ist ein "Klassiker der dritten Generation".Thomas Luckmann gilt als kardinaler Bezugsautor für das Wiedererstarken der verstehenden, interpretativen Soziologie in den letzten Jahrzehnten. Die gemeinsam mit Peter L. Berger verfasste "Gesellschaftliche Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit" rangiert zusammen mit Werken Max Webers und Emile Durkheims unter den zehn bedeutsamsten soziologischen Büchern überhaupt.Luckmanns Werk hat eine Wirkung entfaltet, die jedoch weit über die Soziologie hinausreicht. Es umfasst Beiträge zur Methodologie und Lebensweltanalyse, zu Handeln und Wissen, zu Religion, zu Sprache und Kommunikation, sowie zu Identität und Moral.Der einleitende Band von Bernt Schnettler gibt einen Überblick über das Werk von Thomas Luckmann, das in seinem biografischen und geschichtlichen Kontext dargestellt wird. Hervorgehoben wird die für Luckmann insgesamt prägende, höchst produktive Verknüpfung zentraleuropäischer mit amerikanischen Denktraditionen. Dabei wird deutlich, dass Luckmann nicht nur ein lebendes Beispiel für die Nachkriegsentwicklung der Soziologie insgesamt darstellt, sondern auch für die gelungene Grenzwanderung zwischen unterschiedlichen Kulturräumen und Wissenschaftstraditionen.Weitere Infos zur Reihe: www.uvk.de/kw

Einführung in das Denken und ganz grob in die Eckdaten seines Lebens (auch Thomas tritt als Person - ähnlich den meisten mittelalterlichen Denkern - hinter dem Werk wenig in Erscheinung), deren Schwerpunkt bei der Ethik und Glaubenslehre dieses Hauptvertreters der Hochscholastik liegt. Die schwerer verständliche Erkenntnistheorie und Methaphysik wird relativ gedrängt abgehandelt, sodass sich empfiehlt, vorab den kurzen Abschnitt bei L. De Crescenzo (BA 5/03; lieferbar) und sodann noch die knappe, allgemein verständliche Einführung von A. Kenny (BA 1/00, als Restauflage über Panorama-Verlag noch lieferbar für 2.95 EUR; ISBN 3-9266-4236-X) zu lesen. Für die weitergehende Beschäftigung sei auf Jean-Pierre Torrell (ID 29/95) hingewiesen, der über das bei Forscher bereits verhältnismäßig umfangreiche Literaturverzeichnis hinaus eine ausführliche Bibliografie und einen fast 30-seitigen, annotierten Werkkatalog bietet. - Bereits ab mittleren Beständen sinnvolle Anschaffung, zumal seit längerem keine vergleichbare Literatur zum Thema erschienen ist. (2)