From Theory to Practice and All the Way Back. Designing with The Sun

2020 ◽  
pp. 501-511
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Dabija
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
The Way

God, Indian conceptions of

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibajiban Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Ultimate Reality ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Advaita Vedanta ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Summum Bonum ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

In the Ṛg Veda, the oldest text in India, many gods and goddesses are mentioned by name; most of them appear to be deifications of natural powers, such as fire, water, rivers, wind, the sun, dusk and dawn. The Mīmāṃsā school started by Jaimini (c.ad 50) adopts a nominalistic interpretation of the Vedas. There are words like ‘Indra’, ‘Varuṇa’, and so on, which are names of gods, but there is no god over and above the names. God is the sacred word (mantra) which has the potency to produce magical results. The Yoga system of Patañjali (c.ad 300) postulates God as a soul different from individual souls in that God does not have any blemishes and is eternally free. The ultimate aim of life is not to realize God, but to realize the nature of one’s own soul. God-realization may help some individuals to attain self-realization, but it is not compulsory to believe in God to attain the summum bonum of human life. Śaṅkara (c.ad 780), who propounded the Advaita Vedānta school of Indian philosophy, agrees that God-realization is not the ultimate aim of human life. Plurality, and therefore this world, are mere appearances, and God, as the creator of the world, is himself relative to the concept of the world. Rāmānuja (traditionally 1016–1137), the propounder of the Viśiṣṭādvaita school, holds God to be ultimate reality, and God-realization to be the ultimate goal of human life. The way to realize God is through total self-surrender to God. Nyāya theory also postulates one God who is an infinite soul, a Person with omniscience and omnipresence as his attributes. God is the creator of language, the author of the sacred Vedas, and the first teacher of all the arts and crafts.

scholarly journals Observational Needs for Progress in Solar/Stellar Magnetic Activity: Overview

1983 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 499-502
Author(s):  
Robert W. Noyes
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Activity ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Physical Mechanisms ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Major Progress ◽  
Important Progress ◽  
Stellar Magnetic Activity ◽  
The Way

Recent observational and theoretical findings have clarified the physical mechanisms which underlie magnetic activity production in stars, and point the way naturally to a number of new or more crisply defined questions, whose answers can lead to major progress in the near future. Concerning observational programs, a guiding principle has been evident throughout this symposium: We should rely heavily on the Sun for understanding the detailed physics of magnetic activity and its generation, while at the same time we study analogous stellar phenomena for comparison with the Sun, and for new insights and extension to different regions. I list below some broad observational areas in which conditions seem ripe for important progress in understanding solar and stellar magnetic activity, leaving to other summarizers the discussion of particular observational programs.

scholarly journals DINAMIKA PENENTUAN ARAH KIBLAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Putra Jaya
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
Sun Compass ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Temple ◽  
The Way

Abstract: To know the direction of Qiblah is already a lot of tools. Can be through measurements, can also use a prayer rug that has a compass Qiblah direction that is widely used in mosques. However, in order to attain the virtue of charity, it is necessary to make sure that the direction approached in the direction precisely facing the Temple. The way of determining the direction of the Qiblah for mosques has evolved in accordance with the development of knowledge held by Islamic societies, in the early stages using a very simple way, then progressed by using tools to measure it, among them Trigonometry, the shadow of the sun, compass magnet, transparent compass, compass Qibla, protractor, Rubu ‘mujayyab, string or thread, stick istiwa’ and waterpas, lot, elbow.

scholarly journals The Use and Abuse of Standard Stars

1985 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
R. F. Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Type ◽  
Quantitative Measurement ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Spectral Classification ◽  
Powerful System ◽  
The Way

Most systems of classification or quantitative measurement depend on standards. It is of the greatest importance for the user to be aware of the mandate of a particular system. If the mandate is not understood by casual users, a system can be either underutilized or abused.In the particular case of the MK system of spectral classification, types are defined by the standard stars. They can be calibrated, and the calibration may evolve with time, but the types are relatively stable because they are defined by the standards. The autonomy of this powerful system is crucial to its success, but some astronomers do not understand the importance of this distinction. Recent suggestions to change the spectral type of the Sun show an ignorance of the way the system works.Precautions in the use of standard stars and the frequency of their use depend on the particular system and on its mandate.

Poezja Pawła Tyczyny w tłumaczeniu Kazimierza Andrzeja Jaworskiego

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (XXII) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Choma-Suwała
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Way ◽  
Literary Circles

Pavlo Tychyna was one of the Ukrainian poets whose works were very popular among Polish critics and translators during the interwar period. In the 1930s, the value of his poetry was also noticed by the representatives of Lublin’s literary circles, among them – Kazimierz Andrzej Jaworski. In the years 1933–1970, a few of his translations were published in the magazines “Kamena”, “Biuletyn Polsko-Ukraiński” and “Zet”. The poet from Lublin focused his attention on Tychyna’s early poetry from three collections: Сонячні кларнети (Clarinets of the Sun, 1918), Плуг (The Plow, 1920) and Вітер з України (The Wind from Ukraine, 1924). Jaworski’s interest in the works of the Ukrainian poet was influenced by the similarity of the topics and the attitude to writing techniques. In the works of both poets, analogous artistic strategies can be noticed, related e.g. to shaping images with polyphony, personification and symbols. The translator from Lublin paid special attention to rhythm, which was very significant in Tychyna’s poetry. It is visible not only in the way the images are created, but also in the melody of the poems, which performs semantic functions. Both artists are also close in discovering new kinds of expression. In their poems, they present it with images, colours and sounds which introduce rhythmical properties into the works.

Was Galileo Right and the Catholic Church Wrong?

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Steven L. Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Catholic Church

Galileo is an iconic founder of modern science, but his career and his contributions were far more complex than his reputation. He, too, championed a scientific method, but his thinking differed greatly from Bacon’s and Descartes’. Galileo’s method was based on Archimedes’ combination of experiment, mathematics, and deduction. This method allowed Galileo to claim certain knowledge of reality derived from mathematical accounts of natural phenomena. But he also claimed certain knowledge of reality derived directly from observation, as in his assertion that the Earth moved around the sun. While Galileo’s predictions were sometimes correct, he had no criterion for distinguishing between correct and incorrect inferences or for connecting his mathematical deductive reasoning about phenomena to the way they really were.

The Way to Go

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Helmut Satz
Keyword(s):  
Swarm Intelligence ◽  
Waggle Dance ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Symbolic Language ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
Shortest Route ◽  
The One ◽  
Traffic Rules ◽  
The Way

Animals define the shortest route between two points on the ground through swarm intelligence: the most used and/or the one requiring the least time. Ants define traffic rules for most efficient travel. Bees have developed a symbolic language (waggle dance) to communicate orientation relative to the sun and to define the distance to the point of interest.

The Sun and the Good

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
The Sun ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Contemporary Epistemology ◽  
As If ◽  
The Way

Explains and reveals the limitations of the first in the sequence of Plato’s three images of cognition and education: the simile of the sun and the good. Shows how this simile continues Plato’s epistemology of cognitive powers, and also shows how the role of truth in Plato’s epistemology is very different from the way it figures in contemporary epistemology. Introduces Plato’s idea of thinking as a first step in summoning the power of knowledge. Plato has Socrates and Glaucon come to an impasse when Glaucon wishes to hear about what Socrates thinks about what the good is, which they agree should be the highest study of the philosopher-rulers. Socrates balks at this, not wishing to speak of the good as if he knew what it is. But Glaucon presses, insisting that they should at least discuss the good in the ways in which they have already discussed justice and moderation. A middle ground is thus indicated between just comparing opinions on a subject without knowledge, and the sort of knowledge that philosopher-rulers will have, but which Socrates and Glaucon lack. The discussion of the good, then, falls into this middle ground, as do the earlier discussions of justice and moderation.

The magnetic Sun

2008 ◽  
Vol 366 (1871) ◽  
pp. 1735-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Stellar Atmospheres ◽  
Magnetic Star ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Fundamental Nature ◽  
James Clerk Maxwell ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Basic Equations ◽  
The Way

The nature of our star, the Sun, is dominated by its complex and variable magnetic fields. It is the purpose of this paper to review the fundamental nature of our magnetic Sun by outlining the most basic principles behind the way the Sun works and how its fields are generated, and to examine not only the historical observations of our magnetic star, but, in particular, to study the wonderful observations of the Sun being made from space today. However, lying behind all of this are the most basic equations derived by James Clerk Maxwell, describing how the magnetic fields and plasmas of our Sun's atmosphere, and indeed of all stellar atmospheres, work and how they influence the Earth.

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