scholarly journals The Problem of Eternity of the World in the Philosophical-Theological Theory of Grigor Tatevatsi

wisdom ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Seyran ZAKARYAN
Keyword(s):  
Necessary Being ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Providence Of God ◽  
Do So ◽  
Will Of God

The famous Armenian theologian and philosopher Grigor Tatevatsi (1346-1409) in his teaching tries to compare the biblical truth of creation with the philosophical postulate regarding the eternity of the world. Principally, being a creationist thinker, he criticized the theories that made the Materia co-eternal to God, meanwhile, he proposed the following arguments regarding the eternity of the world: a) before the creation the world existed actually by influence in the providence of God as an immaterial paradigm; b) the world is eternal because it is linked to eternity; c) the God is the eternal and always actual being, therefore the world was created eternal and the eternal is the necessary being which never can become none-being; d) the will of God is unchangeable, He cannot make the created world become non-being otherwise His will would change; e) the God does not make the world become non-being not because He is unable to do so but due to the boundless goodness; f. the world is eternal because the four elements and qualities that are the basis of it, are eternal. Therefore, even though the arguments proposed by Tatevatsi are based on and contain typical ideas of Neoplatonism, one has to take into account that he speaks of the eternity of the created world rather than co-existence of world with the God.

scholarly journals Pandangan Al Zamakhshshari Tentang Ayat-Ayat Pluralisme Dalam Tafsir Al-KasshaF

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-60
Author(s):  
Achmad Zainul Arifin ◽  
Wina Valestin Valestin
Keyword(s):  
Good Life ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
God's Will ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
Will Of God

Pluralism is the most beautiful gift and sunnatullah that must be accepted in this life. In reality a country must have diversity in terms of ethnicity, culture, and even religion and Indonesia is a country with the highest application of pluralism in the world. That the country of Indonesia is a country formed from cultural, ethnic and diverse religious diversity not only one culture or one religion. Creating plurality or diversity is one of God's will, so God also creates various kinds of concepts so that plurality itself does not collide with each other even if there is a clash, then it can be resolved properly. Even in the Qur'an the plurality is highly valued, in the Qur'an there are also many verses that explain plurality. Starting from how pluralism is created, then recognizing the existence of something diferent from what is belived to appreciate any differences that exist. In the Qur'an there are guidelines in living a good life therefore Muslims are encouraged to learn and apply what is in it. Especially in understanding differences that in essence is the will of God. One of Al Zamakhsha>ri>'s opinions in his book, Al Kasyaf's interpretation, says that Allah creates a difference in this life so that people can know each other and not get caught up in their own stupidity then compete in terms of goodness.

scholarly journals Przygody demona Asmodeusza i króla Salomona według Talmudu babilońskiego (Gittin 68a–b). Przekład i komentarz z perspektywy projektu Elyonim veTachtonim

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-111
Author(s):  
Wojciech Kosior
Keyword(s):  
Rabbinic Literature ◽  
Jerusalem Temple ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Very High ◽  
Do So

Tractate Gittin 68a–b contains a unique rabbinic story about the adventures of king Solomon and demon Asmodeus. The king wishes to build the Jerusalem temple, but in order to do so he needs the support of the demon. The latter helps the king, but the price Solomon has to pay afterwards turns out to be very high and for the rest of his days the king sleeps surrounded by his armed guard in fear of the return of Asmodeus. Despite the complexity and richness of this tale, it has not yet been translated into Polish. What is more, due to the vividness of its protagonists it can exemplify the nuances of the world of the supernatural entities. The present study has therefore two main purposes: (1) the presentation of the Polish translation of the story of Solomon and Asmodeus present in Gittin 68a–b; and (2) the analysis of the said story using the categories of the Elyonim veTachtonim project, which aims at the creation of a complete database of the supernatural entities in the early rabbinic literature.

Tindal, Matthew (1657–1733)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Loup Seban
Keyword(s):  
Natural Order ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Natural Religion ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Universal Law ◽  
Will Of God

Matthew Tindal was one of the last and most learned exponents of English deism. His most famous work is Christianity as Old as the Creation (1730), a comprehensive apology for natural religion. In it, he argued that God’s law is imprinted on the nature of all things, including the human soul, and is accessible to reason. Revealed religion merely restates this universal law – the will of God – in a different form. Religion enables us to act in accordance with this natural order, and its end is happiness. However, Tindal was scathingly critical of the clergy, and cast doubt on the reliability of the Bible. Although Tindal’s work was severely criticized by William Law, it exerted a considerable influence on the English and Continental Enlightenment.

Organismo e Arte na Filosofia de Nietzsche

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (29) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Clademir Luís Araldi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Will To Power ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Relations Of Power

This article aims at analyzing the relations between art and organism in Nietzsche’s thought, having as its guiding line the attempt to build a new interpretation of the nature, beyond the ancient and modern teleological models. Using Nietzsche’s critique to Kant’s and Espinosas’s models of organism, it is questioned if the creation of artistic matrix expresses the effective relations of power in the world, or if it is a manifestation of the will to power, while being human will for illusion.

The Fluidity of Categories in Hasidism: Averah lishmah in the Teachings of R. Zevi Elimelekh of Dynow

1996 ◽  
pp. 301-320
Author(s):  
Yehoshua Mondshine
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Divine Retribution ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Will Of God

This chapter investigates the concept of ‘sin for the sake of Heaven’ (averah lishmah) in the teachings of R. Zevi Elimelekh of Dynow. In broad terms, there are two types of ‘sin for the sake of Heaven’, one intended for zaddikim only, the other for ordinary people. The first type solves a problem which faces the zaddik: his usual concern is with mitsvot which by their nature draw down the benign forces of heavenly deliverance and grace on the world; but how is he to deal with cases in which it is his duty to bring down divine retribution on the heads of the enemies of Israel? In such cases, he is called upon to commit a sin—albeit for the sake of Heaven—an act which by its nature brings judgements and accusations into being. Although this type of ‘sin for the sake of Heaven’ is more commonly found in his writings, one shall, however, give more attention to the second type. At every moment of the life of the hasid, he deliberates over every action or omission, and the halakhah is powerless to guide him. In addition to all other considerations he must also take account of ‘the Will of God’, a will that is not written in the Torah, since it changes according to time and place and to the spiritual condition of the individual at any particular time.

Among Lovers

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 99-124
Author(s):  
Liesbeth Schoonheim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Person Following ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
Positive Light ◽  
Do So

Both love and politics name relations, according to Arendt, in which a subject is constituted as a unique person. Following up on this suggestion, I explore how love gives rise to a conception of personhood that temporarily suspends the public judgments and social prejudices that reduce the other to their actions or to their social identity. I do so by tracing a similar movement in the various tropes of Arendt’s phenomenology of love: the retreat away from the collective world into the intimacy of love, followed by the necessary return to the world and the end of love. This exploration casts a new—and surprisingly positive—light on some key notions in Arendt’s thought, such as the body, the will, and life. However, Arendt disregards that love, as De Beauvoir argued, requires a constant effort in restraining our tendency to reduce the lover to their social identity.

The Birth of Techno-Logos

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-610
Author(s):  
Natalia Ortiz Maldonado ◽  
Gonzalo S. Aguirre ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Object ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Aesthetic Reading ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

We propose to approach Simondon’s writing as a techno-aesthetic object, as a singular prose of thought. To do so requires assuming Simondon’s technological proposal as the creation of a new mode of knowledge about the technicality of objects, abandoning the idea that the word “technology” can serve to designate a given state of things. This proposal, cultural and educational at the same time, requires a new way of approaching the world, starting with the way we approach reading. The techno-aesthetics of Simondon’s writing also requires a techno-aesthetic reading.

scholarly journals The China-India Challenge: A Comparison Of Causes And Effects Of Global Warming

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty J. Diener ◽  
William P. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
China And India ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
Do So

It is likely that the future environment of our globe depends on the actions taken by China and India as they develop into two of the three largest economies in the world over the next twenty-five years.  The global warming problem alone will be dominated by the total greenhouse gas emissions from these two countries.  This article summarizes the economic growth of these two countries, the resulting increasing environmental problems, the trends and impacts of increased energy consumption, the trends and impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, and the potential for reducing these impacts, should the two countries have the will to do so.

scholarly journals Remedies for Harm Caused by UN Peacekeepers

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Rashkow
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Member States ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Dual Objectives ◽  
Do So

Since the creation of the United Nations, the need for the Organization to enjoy immunity from the juris-diction of Member States has been widely recognized as necessary to achieve its important and far ranging purposes. However, it has also been understood that this immunity was not intended to shield the Organization from responsibility as a “good citizen” on the world stage to respond to justifiable claims against the Organization by third parties resulting from the activities or operations of the Organization. The United Nations has generally achieved these dual objectives, although two recent situations in the peacekeeping context have raised questions about whether it continues to do so, namely the cases involving the Mothers of Srebrenica and the Haiti Cholera victims.

The Creation of Investor–State Arbitration

2020 ◽  
pp. 791-814
Author(s):  
Taylor St. John
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Primary Documents ◽  
National Archives ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Investment Treaties ◽  
Do So

This chapter explores the creation of investor–state arbitration. There is no shortage of antecedents for investor–state arbitration. So why is it perceived as ‘dramatically different’ from what had gone before? In the second half of the twentieth century, consent to investor–state arbitration was provided prospectively (before disputes arose) and pursuant to generalized jurisdiction (for any treaty breach); this is profoundly different from previous practices. Two institutional developments were crucial for creating prospective, generalized consent. First, the ICSID Convention emerged. Second, provisions providing consent to investor–state arbitration were added to investment treaties. The chapter then focuses on these two developments. It reconstructs the choices that officials faced, their constraints, and the reasons why they made the choice for investor–state arbitration against other alternatives. To do so, it uses primary documents from five archives: the American, British, German, and Swiss national archives as well as the World Bank archives.

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