scholarly journals Plato on Divinization and the Divinity of the Rational Part of the Soul

Plato Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
Justin Keena
Keyword(s):  
Rational Part ◽  
Synoptic View

Three distinct reasons that Plato calls the rational part of the soul “divine” are analyzed: (1) its metaphysical kinship with the Forms, (2) its epistemological ability to know the Forms, and (3) its ethical capacity to live by them. Supposing these three divine aspects of the rational part are unified in the life of each person, they naturally suggest a process of divinization or “becoming like god” according to which a person (specifically, a philosopher), by (3) living more virtuously, which requires (2) increasingly better knowledge of the Forms, gradually (1) becomes united with them. This process of divinization is in fact found throughout the middle and late dialogues, including the Phaedo, Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus, Timaeus, and the Laws. This synoptic view of the Platonic idea(l) of divinization provides a standard according to which misplaced emphasis, flaws, and tension created by other interpretations are criticized and corrected.

A Synoptic View of Music Sales Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Oana-Mihaela Bălan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sales Management ◽  
Synoptic View

Self-Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agent ◽  
Ancient Philosophy ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Synoptic View

In a tradition inspired by the Delphic injunction to ‘know thyself’, ancient philosophical works contain a variety of treatments of self-knowledge—of knowing the content of certain kinds of one’s own thought, or knowing one’s own status as a knower or moral agent. This book draws together contributions from an international collection of scholars working in ancient philosophy, and explores self-knowledge in ancient thought in Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic thinkers, and Plotinus, noting continuities and discontinuities with its contemporary counterpart. The nature and structure of ancient self-knowledge is investigated in different thinkers—whether it is higher-order or a kind of self-presence, consists in a synoptic view or is diachronic, is arrived at directly via self-perception or some other kind of grasp, or mediated by dialogue or friendship with others. So too the book enquires into the relation of self-knowledge to virtue or tranquillity, either as a condition on attaining that state, or a result of the agent’s development, resulting from a process of effortful reflection.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION Of SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION USING VNREDSAT – 1A MULTISPECTRAL DATA, A CASE STUDY IN RED RIVER, HANOI, VIETNAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Hung Trinh ◽  
V. R. Zablotskii ◽  
Thi Giang Le ◽  
Thi Thu Hien Dinh ◽  
Thi Trinh Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Suspended Sediment ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentration ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Sediment Concentration ◽  
Red River ◽  
Multispectral Data ◽  
Synoptic View

The traditional methods for measuring water quality variables are timeconsuming and do not give a synoptic view of a water body or, more significantly, a synoptic view of different water bodies across the landscape. However, remote sensing technology with advantages such as wide area coverage and short revisit interval have been effectively used for environmental pollution applications, such as for monitoring water quality parameters. Many studies around the world show that optical satellite imagery can be used effectively in evaluating suspended sediment concentration. This article presents results of monitoring suspended sediment concentration in Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam through ground truth measurements and VNREDSat-1A multispectral data. The results obtained in the study can be used to serve the management, monitoring and evaluation of surface water quality.

scholarly journals Universal geometric coefficients for the four-punctured sphere (Extended Abstract)

2015 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings, 27th... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Barnard ◽  
Emily Meehan ◽  
Shira Polster ◽  
Nathan Reading
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Algebra ◽  
Short List ◽  
Nous Permet ◽  
Rational Part ◽  
International Audience

International audience We construct universal geometric coefficients for the cluster algebra associated to the four-punctured sphere and obtain, as a by-product, the $g$ -vectors of cluster variables. We also construct the rational part of the mutation fan. These constructions rely on a classification of the allowable curves (the curves which can appear in quasi-laminations). The classification allows us to prove the Null Tangle Property for the four-punctured sphere, thus adding this surface to a short list of surfaces for which this property is known. The Null Tangle Property then implies that the shear coordinates of allowable curves are the universal coefficients. We compute these shear coordinates to obtain universal geometric coefficients. Nous construisons des coefficients géométriques universels pour l’algèbre amassée associée à la sphère privée de 4 points, et obtenons ce faisant les $g$-vecteurs des variables d’amas. Nous construisons aussi la partie rationnelle de l’éventail de mutation. Ces constructions reposent sur la classification des courbes admissibles (les courbes qui peuvent apparaître dans les quasi-laminations). Cette classification nous permet de prouver la “Null Tangle Property” pour la sphère privée de 4 points, ajoutant ainsi cette surface à la courte liste de surfaces pour lesquelles cette propriété est connue. La “Null Tangle Property” implique alors que les coordonnées de décalage des courbes admissibles sont les coefficients universels. Nous calculons ces coordonnées de décalage pour obtenir les coefficients géométriques universels.

Congenital Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Clinics, Vol. 2, No. 1), by Daniel F. Downing, M.D., Guest Editor. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1970, 330 pp., $10.00

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-688
Author(s):  
Welton M. Gersony
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Pediatric Cardiology ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
Synoptic View

This is a multiauthored, mini-textbook presentation of various aspects of congenital heart disease with much of the text written in outline form; this would be of interest to the pediatrician seeking a synoptic view of the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease. The text contains information which is often more up-to-date than that found in most pediatric cardiology texts; in fact, many of the references are as recent as 1969, 1 year prior to publication.

The Changing American West

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Simon
Keyword(s):  
American West ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
The West ◽  
Fire Activity ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Activity Trends ◽  
Synoptic View

This chapter establishes a conceptual justification for the implementation of an affluence-vulnerability interface analytic approach to manage current and prospective suburban landscapes—indeed a major characteristic of the West is the immense amount of land currently still eligible for suburban and exurban conversion. Along with this important land characteristic, it provides a synoptic view of the rapidly transforming West more generally through a discussion of recent suburbanization, climatic, and fire activity trends. Most importantly “the Incendiary” is introduced as a metaphor for treating the suburban West like a troubled patient (an arsonist) with deeply held and engrained behaviors and characteristics. The chapter suggests that engaging the West as merely a flammable landscape is to confront symptoms of the Incendiary, while confronting the Incendiary itself is to treat the essential character and core mechanisms driving growth and social-environmental changes in high fire risk landscapes at the urban fringe.

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