Much as Karl Marx drew radical implications from the ideas of the conservative Hegel, Nearing took the economic logic of his department head, Simon Patten, and made radical inferences about wealth and the distribution of income that his mentor had himself hesitated to draw.

Although a proponent of the economic interpretation of history, commonly associated with Marxism, Seligman was an opponent of socialism and appeared in public debates opposing prominent radical figures during the early 1920s, including such figures as Scott Nearing and Harry Waton.

Nearing bankruptcy, the company only survived through a massive bailout by his Toronto based brothers.

Nearing Grace is a 2005 film directed by Rick Rosenthal, based on the novel by Scott Sommer.

The following winter, with their passports issued in 1956 nearing expiration, Scott and Helen Nearing embarked upon a trip through the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

In his memoirs written late in his life, Scott Nearing would recall his grandfather as one of the four most influential figures in his life.

Nearing listed his four most influential teachers as Leo Tolstoy, Simon Nelson Patten, his grandfather and mother.

Nearing's father was a small businessman and stockbroker, his mother a vigorous, energetic, and idealistic woman who Nearing later credited for providing an appreciation of the higher things in life — nature, books, and the arts.

" This indictment came down in April 1918, but it was not until February 1919 — that is, several months after the war in Europe had actually ended — that the trial against Nearing and the Rand School actually commenced.

It spent its effort making Nearing admit that he had written and spoken against militarism and the war in Europe — which he was quite willing to do.

His long, difficult journey from an orthodox reformer of the ruling class from within to a complete secessionist from capitalist cultural hegemony led him by 1932 to choose homesteading — an experiment Nearing called ' living the good life.

" In that spirit, Nearing moved through a series of secessions — from Christianity, from politics, and finally from American society itself.

This view, that Nearing chose to " drop out " of politics and society itself and live life as a rugged agrarian individualist at one with nature, is a common interpretation — and certainly one with some merit.

* Before the Court: Nearing — Debs: 1.

* Nearing Grace ( 2005 ) — Blair Nearing

Cope recalls the event, " Nearing kickoff, the Steelers gathered in their tunnel for introductions, whereupon the crowd exploded — and suddenly, by my estimation, 30, 000 Terrible Towels twirled from the fists of fans around the stadium!

The article also belied many impressions the film gave of Van Doren: it portrayed him as a bachelor when he was actually engaged ; it suggested he had a fascination with the burgeoning, popular television quiz shows when in fact he did not even own a television set ; that the only reason he became even mildly acquainted with Twenty-One was because co-producer Al Freedman shared a mutual acquaintance with one of Van Doren's friends ; and, that he had been offered his job with The Today Show promptly after losing to Vivien Nearing when, in fact, NBC was not sure at first what to do with him, until he did work for Dave Garroway's Sunday afternoon cultural show, Wide Wide World, which then led to the invitation to join Today.

The prosecution attempted to show that Nearing, by writing against militarism, had illegally interfered with the ability of the United States government to recruit and conscript troops for its military activities in Europe.

" Nearing was particularly shocked by the nuclear bombing of Japan, writing to President Harry S. Truman on August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, that " your government is no longer mine.

Nearing ’ s chosen lifestyle of " Tolstoian ," ascetic, rural self-sufficiency may be reasonably interpreted as the attempt of a self-aware dissident individual to avoid inevitably negative participation in the internal life of the group ( be it government or political party ), while retaining a keen and almost obsessive interest in the dynamics of society and the world as a whole.

Nearing the end of his career, Flower achieved international recognition ( along with team mate Henry Olonga ) in 2003 by wearing a black armband in a Cricket World Cup match to protest against the policies of Zimbabwe's government, led by Robert Mugabe.

Nearing Bridgwater on the M5 motorway it is possible to see the Willow Man sculpture, a striding human figure constructed from willow, sometimes called the Angel of the South ( see also Angel of the North ).

" Retrospectively called by one historian " the most famous breach of academic freedom " of the era, the University of Pennsylvania's action had the effect of making Scott Nearing into a public figure and fueled a long-running discussion about the proper role and rights of the teacher.

Nearing home, he jerked to attention at the distant crack of a gun.

* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )

Studies by Pruski and Nearing indicated that, other factors such as land use not considered, we can expect approximately a 1. 7 % change in soil erosion for each 1 % change in total precipitation under climate change.

Nearing and Elizabeth A. Phelps the amygdala were affected both when subjects observed someone else being submitted to an aversive event, knowing that the same treatment awaited themselves, and when subjects were subsequently placed in a fear-provoking situation.

Nearing the end of her career, which ranged from Noël Coward comedies to Shakespearean tragedies, she observed, " It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.

The film also features, as " witnesses ," interviews with the 98-year old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing ( 1883 – 1983 ), author Dorothy Frooks ( 1896 – 1997 ), reporter and author George Seldes ( 1890 – 1995 ), civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin ( 1884 – 1981 ), and the American writer Henry Miller ( 1891 – 1980 ), among others.

Nearing death from advanced age, a desperate Scytale trades his precious cell samples for permission to grow his own ghola ; Duncan and the Bene Gesserit group subsequently grow gholas of Paul, Chani, Jessica, and others.

Nearing completion of her degree in French, Davis realized her major interest was in philosophy.

Nearing the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast boasted a population of 145, 593 Armenians ( 76. 4 %), 42, 871 Azerbaijanis ( 22. 4 %), and several thousand Kurds, Russians, Greeks, and Assyrians.

Nearing the end of Cassandra's song, Frankie Sharp and Benjamin enter the basement.

Nearing his destination in the Carpathian mountains, Hutter stops at an inn for dinner.

The local business Cochecton Mills, owned by the Nearing family, gave the group, called the " Cochecton Preservation Society ", one year to dismantle the ancient building and get it off their property, so that business could continue.

Helen Nearing, who had known Krishnamurti in the 1920s, stated, in Loving and Leaving the Good Life, that Krishnamurti's attitudes were conditioned by privilege.

Nearing the age of sixty, Jordaens ' paintings became more the work of his assistants following the direction of Jordaens, and the production of his work began to decline.

From the 1920s, a number of modern authors articulated both the theory and practice of living simply, among them Gandhian Richard Gregg, economists Ralph Borsodi and Scott Nearing, anthropologist-poet Gary Snyder, and utopian fiction writer Ernest Callenbach.

Others, like Scott Nearing, are skeptical about how humanity will use new technology, citing destructive inventions such as nuclear weapons.

Scott Nearing ( August 6, 1883 – August 24, 1983 ) was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and advocate of simple living.

Nearing was born in Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the heart of the state's coal country.

Nearing's grandfather, Winfield Scott Nearing, had arrived in Tioga County with his family in 1864, at the age of 35, when he accepted a job as a civil and mining engineer.