The semantics of Greek names for plants

1936 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Dawkins
Keyword(s):  
General Point ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Wrong Direction ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

The names given to plants in ancient and modern Greek are not only of interest in themselves but have some bearing upon a general point in the history of the meaning of words. Many of the names of plants in ancient authors can only be interpreted with a certain vagueness: of νάρκισσος we can only say that it is some sort of daffodil; κρίνον is pretty certain to be a lily of some kind; we can hardly go further. In these straits it is natural enough to enquire into the meaning of these words in Modern Greek, and here we certainly find no lack of information, but unless we scrutinise this modern evidence with some care we are apt, I think, to let it lead us too far, or even in some wrong direction. How this modern evidence ought, in my opinion, to be used is the subject of this present paper.

scholarly journals The state of modern Ukrainian Greek Catholicism

2008 ◽  
pp. 259-281
Author(s):  
Olga V. Nedavnya
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Western Ukraine ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Present Life

The phenomenon of modern Greek Catholicism in Ukraine is a prominent phenomenon in the spiritual field of our country. Accordingly, it is the subject of scrutiny by religious scholars. After a considerable amount of research into the history of Ukrainian Greek Catholicism, scholars, especially representatives of Western Ukraine, study the particular manifestations of his present life. There are works that analyze the socially significant work of the UGCC from different angles. However, there is still a lack of comprehensive research, impartially confessional or "post-theistic," among the latter. At the same time, such work is needed now, when the UGCC, as well as other Churches in our country, face new tasks in the new circumstances of social and spiritual life.

scholarly journals História da ciência e ensino: análise do seu uso e incentivo à utilização

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 420-434
Author(s):  
Deividi Marcio Marques ◽  
Gustavo Santana de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Keywords History Of Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Didactic Material

ResumoAnalisando o atual contexto educacional, em que o ensino muitas vezes é questionado, o presente trabalho propõem-se a entender melhor esse contexto e como ocorre a aplicação de conteúdos que abordam assuntos relativos à História da Ciência por professores do ensino médio, além de analisar as fontes que os professores utilizam ao buscar informações sobre o assunto. Para atingir tal objetivo, contou-se com a colaboração de dois professores, que, espontaneamente, por meio de entrevista e observação das suas aulas, forneceram dados para se estimar um panorama sobre a utilização e o conhecimento da HC por parte dos discentes selecionados. Esses dados foram posteriormente analisados e interpretados, sendo completados com a análise e posterior categorização de alguns pontos cruciais do material didático utilizado pelos professores. Como resultado, conseguiu-se diagnosticar uma carência de informações e modelos de como a História da Ciência pode ser aplicada no ensino médio por parte dos nossos professores colaboradores. Palavras-chave: História da Ciência; Ensino de Química, Modelos atômicos. Abstract Analyzing the current educational context, in which teaching is often questioned, the present work proposes to better understand this context and how the application of contents that deal with subjects related to the History of Science by high school teachers occurs, besides analyzing the sources that teachers use when seeking information about the subject. In order to reach this objective, two teachers were collaborated, who spontaneously, through interview and observation of their classes, provided data to estimate a panorama about the use and knowledge of HC by the selected students. These data were later analyzed and interpreted, being complemented with the analysis and later categorization of some crucial points of the didactic material used by the teachers. As a result, we have been able to diagnose a lack of information and models of how the History of Science can be applied in high school by our collaborating teachers. Keywords: History of Science, Chemistry Teaching, Atomic models.

XV. Contributions to the chemical history of Archil and of Litmus

1840 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 273-324 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
General Point ◽  
Organic Substances ◽  
Abstract Theory ◽  
The Arts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chemical History ◽  
The Subject

Among the numerous and complex questions as to the constitution of organic substances, which have latterly attracted the attention of chemists, there is scarcely one possessed of more interest to the manufacturer, as well as to the philosopher, and the elucidation of which might better be expected to lead to improved processes in the arts, or to throw more light on difficult points of abstract theory, than the study of the nature and mode of origin of those remarkable colouring materials which form the basis of the archil and litmus of commerce, and which are obtained from lichens of various genera and species, themselves totally devoid of colour. Although the problem of the origin and nature of these bodies has never been con­templated by chemists in the general point of view, by which alone consequent and satisfactory results could have been arrived at, yet from a very early period in organic chemistry, attention had been directed to isolated portions of it, particularly with regard to litmus, which from its general use as a reagent excited curiosity, and became the subject of frequent, though incomplete examination. Indeed, the nature of litmus appears to have been to many chemists peculiarly obscure, as not withstanding the researches of Fourcroy and Vauquelin, of Tennant, Chevreul, Peretti, Desfosses, and many others, Berzelius declared in the last year that the chemistry of litmus remained yet to be created. Regarding archil, still less knowledge has been obtained. I am not aware of any writer who has occupied himself directly with its examination; and, indeed, it is only incidentally that Heeren mentions, in his admirable memoir of the lichen products, any facts belonging to the substance found in commerce.

scholarly journals El miedo y la religión: algunas reflexiones generales

2018 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Francisco Díez de Velasco
Keyword(s):  
General Point ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

Resumen: Partiendo de un análisis general en la línea de la disciplina Historia de las Religiones, se revisa el binomio miedo y religión tanto en el pasado como en el presente. Se aboga por destacar el interés del tema, pero también por plantear los usos problemáticos que se hacen del miedo para sustentar una estigmatización de ciertos desarrollos religiosos o incluso de las religiones de modo genérico.Abstract: The binomial fear and religion both in past and present is studied in this paper from a general point of analysis in the line of the discipline History of Religions. This paper is committed to highlighting the importance of the subject, but also for raising the problematic uses made of fear to sustain religious stigmatization.Palabras clave: Miedo, religión, estigma, islamofobia, Antisemitismo.Key words: Fear, religion, stigma, islamophobia, Antisemitism.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

Modern Greek V V dvandva compounds: A linguistic innovation in the history of the Indo-European languages

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Ralli
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Compound Formation ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Late Medieval Period ◽  
European Languages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Internal Change ◽  
Contact Situation ◽  
Asian Languages

This paper deals with [V V] dvandva compounds, which are frequently used in East and Southeast Asian languages but also in Greek and its dialects: Greek is in this respect uncommon among Indo-European languages. It examines the appearance of this type of compounding in Greek by tracing its development in the late Medieval period, and detects a high rate of productivity in most Modern Greek dialects. It argues that the emergence of the [V V] dvandva pattern is not due to areal pressure or to a language-contact situation, but it is induced by a language internal change. It associates this change with the rise of productivity of compounding in general, and the expansion of verbal compounds in particular. It also suggests that the change contributes to making the compound-formation patterns of the language more uniform and systematic. Claims and proposals are illustrated with data from Standard Modern Greek and its dialects. It is shown that dialectal evidence is crucial for the study of the rise and productivity of [V V] dvandva compounds, since changes are not usually portrayed in the standard language.

History of the Study of Apocrypha in Early Medieval England

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Brandon W. Hawk
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Early Judaism ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Early English

Literature written in England between about 500 and 1100 CE attests to a wide range of traditions, although it is clear that Christian sources were the most influential. Biblical apocrypha feature prominently across this corpus of literature, as early English authors clearly relied on a range of extra-biblical texts and traditions related to works under the umbrella of what have been called “Old Testament Pseudepigrapha” and “New Testament/Christian Apocrypha." While scholars of pseudepigrapha and apocrypha have long trained their eyes upon literature from the first few centuries of early Judaism and early Christianity, the medieval period has much to offer. This article presents a survey of significant developments and key threads in the history of scholarship on apocrypha in early medieval England. My purpose is not to offer a comprehensive bibliography, but to highlight major studies that have focused on the transmission of specific apocrypha, contributed to knowledge about medieval uses of apocrypha, and shaped the field from the nineteenth century up to the present. Bringing together major publications on the subject presents a striking picture of the state of the field as well as future directions.

From Dust to Life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chambers ◽  
Jacqueline Mitton
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
History Of Astronomy ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Emergence Of Life

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed. Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, the book offers the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. It examines how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. It explores how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular—our Earth—provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life. The book takes readers to the very frontiers of modern research, engaging with the latest controversies and debates. It reveals how ongoing discoveries of far-distant extrasolar planets and planetary systems are transforming our understanding of our own solar system's astonishing history and its possible fate.

LITERARY ROMANTICISM AS A THEORETICAL ISSUE

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Vera V. Serdechnaia ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Theoretical Issue ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Literary Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

The article is devoted to the analysis of the concept of literary romanticism. The research aims at a refinement of the “romanticism” concept in relation to the history of the literary process. The main research methods include conceptual analysis, textual analysis, comparative historical research. The author analyzes the semantic genesis of the term “romanticism”, various interpretations of the concept, compares the definitions of different periods and cultures. The main results of the study are as follows. The history of the term “romanticism” shows a change in a number of definitions for the same concept in relation to the same literary phenomena. By the end of the 20th century, realizing the existence of significant contradictions in the content of the term “romanticism”, researchers often come to abandon it. At the same time, the steady use of the term “romanticism” testifies to the subject-conceptual component that exists in it, which does not lose its relevance, but just needs a theoretical refinement. Conclusion: one have to revise an approach to romanticism as a theoretical concept, based on the change in the concept of an individual in Europe at the end of the 18th century. It is the newly discovered freedom of an individual predetermines the rethinking for the image of the author as a creator and determines the artistic features of literary romanticism.

СОЦИАЛЬНАЯ КОНФЛИКТОЛОГИЯ: ТЕОРЕТИКО-ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
А. Н. Сухов
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Important Task ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Structure Dynamics ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time

This given article reveals the topicality not only of destructive, but also of constructive, as well as hybrid conflicts. Practically it has been done for the first time. It also describes the history of the formation of both foreign and domestic social conflictology. At the same time, the chronology of the development of the latter is restored and presented objectively, in full, taking into account the contribution of those researchers who actually stood at its origins. The article deals with the essence of the socio-psychological approach to understanding conflicts. The subject of social conflictology includes the regularities of their occurrence and manifestation at various levels, spheres and conditions, including normal, complicated and extreme ones. Social conflictology includes the theory and practice of diagnosing, resolving, and resolving social conflicts. It analyzes the difficulties that occur in defining the concept, structure, dynamics, and classification of social conflicts. Therefore, it is no accident that the most important task is to create a full-fledged theory of social conflicts. Without this, it is impossible to talk about effective settlement and resolution of social conflicts. Social conflictology is an integral part of conflictology. There is still a lot of work to be done, both in theory and in application, for its complete design. At present, there is an urgent need to develop conflict-related competence not only of professionals, but also for various groups of the population.

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