scholarly journals Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Bibliographical Review. Part 4: 1999-2007

2021 ◽  
pp. 221-240
Author(s):  
Илья Сергеевич Вевюрко
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Ivory Tower ◽  
Pure Material ◽  
General Plan ◽  
Theological Institutions ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Insight Into

На рубеже веков, как кажется, в изучении Септуагинты происходит «собирание крох». Успехи в источниковедении, грамматике, лексикографии, лексикологии, текстологии, применении новых теорий перевода - парадоксальным образом привели не к выходу на широкие темы, ради которых когда-то в теологических институциях предпринимались шаги в сторону углублённого изучения всех этих дисциплин, но к концентрации на мельчайших вопросах, даже вполне убедительное разрешение которых в отношении к проблемам более общего плана (хотя тоже самим по себе частным), как правило, имеет лишь гипотетическое значение. Такая ситуация позволяет отчасти описать науку о Септуагинте в её зрелой стадии как «башню из слоновой кости», хотя, разумеется, она продолжала готовить специалистов высокого класса и увеличивать знание не только количественно, но и качественно. Можно сказать, что наука вступила в фазу старости и свойственного ей разочарования в постановке романтических целей, вообще в целесообразности как таковой, когда движение жизни хотя и продолжается, но только по инерции. Для богословски заинтересованного ума такая наука представляет собой материал в чистом виде и едва ли готова выступить в качестве собеседника. At the turn of the century the Septuagint research seems to be turned to picking up the crumbs. The progress in source studies, grammatics, lexicography and lexicology, textology, application of new translation theories, paradoxically didn’t lead to the expansion of the formulation of research tasks, although this expansion was meant by theological institutions that once took steps to deepen the study in these fields. Instead, there has been prevailed a meticulous insight into the details, that, even being soluted completely convincing, in relation to the problems of a more general plan (although also in themselves particular), as a rule, has but a hypothetical significance. Such a situation allows us to characterize the Septuagint studies in this period, at least in the main part, as an «ivory tower», despite the continued training of high-class specialists and the increase in knowledge not only quantitative, but also qualitative. It can be said that science has entered a phase of old age with its typical disappointment in romantical goals and in the teleology as such, when the movement of life continues only by virtue of momentum. For the mind interested in theology, a science of this kind, prominent as it is, can only be a pure material and hardly ready to act as an interlocutor.

For Mortal Souls: Philosophy and Therapeia in Nietzsche's Dawn

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 137-163
Author(s):  
Keith Ansell Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
General Point ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Romantic Music ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter seeks to make a contribution to the growing interest in Nietzsche's relation to traditions of therapy in philosophy that has emerged in recent years. It is in the texts of his middle period (1878–82) that Nietzsche's writing comes closest to being an exercise in philosophical therapeutics, and in this chapter I focus on Dawn from 1881 as a way of exploring this. Dawn is a text that has been admired in recent years for its ethical naturalism and for its anticipation of phenomenology. My interest in the text in this chapter is in the way it revitalises for a modern age ancient philosophical concerns, notably a teaching for mortal souls who wish to be liberated from the fear and anguish of existence, as well as from God, the ‘metaphysical need’, and romantic music, and are able to affirm their mortal conditions of existence. As a general point of inspiration I have adopted Pierre Hadot's insight into the therapeutic ambitions of ancient philosophy which was, he claims, ‘intended to cure mankind's anguish’ (for example, anguish over our mortality). This is evident in the teaching of Epicurus which sought to demonstrate the mortality of the soul and whose aim was, ‘to free humans from “the fears of the mind”.’ Similarly, Nietzsche's teaching in Dawn is for mortal souls. In the face of the loss of the dream of the soul's immortality, philosophy for Nietzsche, I shall show, has new consolations to offer in the form of new sublimities. Indeed, for Nietzsche it is by reflecting, with the aid of psychological observation, on what is ‘human, all too human’, that ‘we can lighten the burden of life’ (HH 35). Nietzsche's thinking in Dawn contains a number of proposals and recommendations of tremendous value to philosophical therapeia, including (a) a call for a new honesty about the human ego and human relations, including relations of self and other and love, so as to free us from certain delusions; (b) the search for an authentic mode of existence which appreciates the value of solitude and independence; (c) the importance of having a rich and mature taste in order to eschew the fanatical. After an introduction to Nietzsche's text the chapter is divided into two main parts. In the first main part I explore various aspects of his conception of philosophical therapy, including purification of the higher feelings and liberation from the destructive effects of ‘morality’ and Christianity. In the second main part I explore his conception of ‘the passion of knowledge’, which is the passion that guides modern free spirits as they seek to overcome the need of religion and constraints of ‘morality’, and to access the new sublimities of philosophy.

scholarly journals Designing for international law: The architecture of international organizations 1922–1952

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Miriam Bak McKenna
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Organization ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical Manifestation ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Do So

Abstract Situating itself in current debates over the international legal archive, this article delves into the material and conceptual implications of architecture for international law. To do so I trace the architectural developments of international law’s organizational and administrative spaces during the early to mid twentieth century. These architectural endeavours unfolded in three main stages: the years 1922–1926, during which the International Labour Organization (ILO) building, the first building exclusively designed for an international organization was constructed; the years 1927–1937 which saw the great polemic between modernist and classical architects over the building of the Palace of Nations; and the years 1947–1952, with the triumph of modernism, represented by the UN Headquarters in New York. These events provide an illuminating allegorical insight into the physical manifestation, modes of self-expression, and transformation of international law during this era, particularly the relationship between international law and the function and role of international organizations.

Edwards and Hutcheson

1951 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Owen Aldridge
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Moral Sense ◽  
Jonathan Edwards ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Francis Hutcheson ◽  
General Plan ◽  
Early Eighteenth Century ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Divine Beauty

Although traditionally regarded as an austere clergyman, rigidly circumscribed by narrow doctrinalism, Jonathan Edwards has the distinction of being America's pioneer esthetician. In a Dissertation concerning the Nature of True Virtue he brings together nearly all the theories prevalent in the early eighteenth century concerning the relation of beauty to virtue, and discusses the moral aspects of human passions and conduct. Francis Hutcheson is the philosopher whose influence is most pronounced. In the Dissertation he is mentioned by name three times; the general plan of his theory of moral sense is constantly suggested for comparison, contrast or illustration; fundamental doctrines and corollary principles from his system are specifically stated and attacked; and others of his notions are cited in support of Edwards' own views. It has long been known that Edwards read Hutcheson's work, but the close parallels in his own treatise, making it literally a commentary on Hutcheson, have not been generally recognized. Evidence of the extent of Hutcheson's influence may be found by comparing Edwards' dissertation with his earlier work on The Mind, a discussion of the essence of beauty or harmony in the realms of spirit and of sense. Written while its author was engaged in studying Locke, the discussion contains nearly all of Edwards' original ideas on natural and divine beauty. In the expanded and polished treatise some of the original ideas are modified as a direct result of Hutcheson's concepts, and a complete ethical and aesthetic system is developed to supplant the systems of Hutcheson and other moralists popular at the time.

scholarly journals Catching the wandering mind: Meditation as a window into spontaneous thought

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Hasenkamp
Keyword(s):  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
Great Utility ◽  
Spontaneous Thought ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Subjective Reports ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Research Recommendations

This chapter considers a form of attention-based meditation as a novel means to gain insight into the mechanisms and phenomenology of spontaneous thought. Focused attention (FA) meditation involves keeping one’s attention on a chosen object, and repeatedly catching the mind when it strays from the object into spontaneous thought. This practice can thus be viewed as a kind of self-caught mind wandering paradigm, which suggests it may have great utility for research on spontaneous thought. Current findings about the effects of meditation on mind wandering and meta-awareness are reviewed, and implications for new research paradigms that leverage first-person reporting during FA meditation are discussed. Specifically, research recommendations are made that may enable customized analysis of individual episodes of mind wandering and their neural correlates. It is hoped that by combining detailed subjective reports from experienced meditators with rigorous objective physiological measures, we can advance our understanding of human consciousness.

scholarly journals Common Assessment Framework – Improving Organizational Performance of Municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Daut Bajramovic ◽  
Manfred Gram
Keyword(s):  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Insight Into

Common Assessment Framework (CAF), a European Total Quality Management (TQM) methodology, has been applied by municipalities across Bosnia and Herzegovina for a number of years. Municipalities have used CAF as a self-assessment tool to identify and meet their own development needs and improve organizational performance. Along with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Business Friendly Certificate (BFC) standards, CAF has been promoted by domestic non-governmental and international organizations as a TQM tool for public sector. This article provides an insight into experience of municipalities in BiH with implementation of CAF by focusing on their thematic priorities, organizational efficiency, output, outcome and citizens’ satisfaction.

Healing the ‘split’: trauma as a dynamic in psychosis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Franco ◽  
Lindsey Nicholls
Keyword(s):  
Paranoid Schizophrenia ◽  
Process Thought ◽  
False Self ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
As If

In this article, the first author uses an autobiographical account of a trauma she experienced and shows how, in her understanding, this led to her developing what was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. The trauma forced her to accept a distortion of her understanding of reality, which, she explains, caused a split in her ego between the inner truth of the event and the imposed distortion. She considers Freud’s theory of how trauma develops and looks at how it applies to her case. Using Winnicott’s theory of there being a ‘false self’ in psychosis, she shows how a false self was formed out of the distortion. Bion’s understanding of the development of thought applied to trauma is used to give insight into how the mind finds it difficult to process thought when a trauma occurs and, using Brown’s understanding, she indicates how this is similar to what happens in psychosis. She utilizes Winnicott’s explanation of there being a trauma not lived through, as if not experienced, being present in psychosis and how the need to experience, ‘remember’, this trauma is for healing to take place. In conclusion, she argues how the reaching and establishing of the inner truth is what is needed for recovery to happen and for the split in the ego to heal.

Consumer Buying Behavior of Budding Musicians Between 15 and 25 Purchasing Guitars in Pune

2019 ◽  
pp. 200-216
Author(s):  
Suddhaloke Roy Choudhury ◽  
Kaushal B. K.
Keyword(s):  
Primary Objective ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Rock And Roll ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
Potential Consumer ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Consumer Buying Behavior

The earth-shattering effect of Rock and Roll on popular music put guitars on the map. Buying behavior of a guitar (instrument) is relatively a nascent topic in academic literature, although listening to and playing music itself has been an important part of human culture for centuries. Thus, the primary objective of this study is to investigate consumer buying behavior of budding musicians between the ages of 15 and 25, purchasing guitars in the city of Pune. The study ended up providing a significant insight into the mind of a budding musician while purchasing a guitar. All of this has helped shape the buying behavior of a potential consumer. Surprisingly, family influence has been low for most people since they have been quite sure while making a purchase.

Seneca on Comets and Ancient Cometary Theory in Natural Questions 7

Ramus ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Williams
Keyword(s):  
The Right ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Mind's Eye ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Insight Into

Seneca's focus on comets inNatural Questions7 concentrates our attention on a phenomenon that is in a sense familiar but so distant, known but so unknown; they are obscurities that ‘both fill and escape our eyes’ (7.30.4), and which challenge us to project the mind's eye beyond the limits of our ordinary vision as we seek insight into nature's mysteries. The broad aim of this paper is to argue that Seneca's treatment of comets shapes, and actively applies in inventive ways within the text, a mindset that moves restlessly from narrow, more ‘terrestrial’ ways of reflecting upon the universe towards an unfettered mode of investigation that looks daringly beyond the limits of the visible and known to speculate on what lies beyond. This mindset proceeds by conjecture and ‘neither with any assurance of finding [the truth] nor without hope’ (7.29.3), but it nevertheless follows the ‘right’ (Senecan) path even in possible error: it reaches dynamically beyond conventional confines—in this case, the zodiac—to engage with the universal immensity in ways that aspire to that main Senecan goal in theNatural Questionsas whole, ‘to see the all with the mind’ (cf.animo omne uidisse, 3 pref. 10).

Moral Theory Based on the ‘Heart’ versus the ‘Mind’: Schopenhauer's and Durkheim's Critiques of Kantian Ethics

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stjepan G. Mestrovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Kantian Ethics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Moral Facts

Schopenhauer criticized Kant's moral theory on the grounds that it was non-empirical and inadequate, because it attempted to establish morality on the basis of reason and duty. Contrary to Kant, Schopenhauer argued that genuine morality is irrational, based on compassion, and a human product, hence that it could be studied empirically. Schopenhauer established the ‘science of morality’ which occupied the attention of a host of turn of the century precursors of the social sciences, especially Durkheim. Durkheim's version of the science of moral facts is compared and contrasted with Schopenhauer's critique of Kant, and it is demonstrated that Durkheim tends (o follow Schopenhauer's lead. Problems with Durkheim's and Schopenhauer's critiques of Kantian ethics are also discussed.

Thought Experiments

Philosophy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Robert Brown ◽  
Michael T. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Widespread Agreement ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Insight Into

Thought experiments are performed in the imagination. We set up some situation, we observe what happens, then we try to draw appropriate conclusions. In this way, thought experiments resemble real experiments, except that they are experiments in the mind. The terms “thought experiment,” “imaginary experiment,” and “Gedankenexperiment” are used interchangeably. There is no consensus on a definition, but there is widespread agreement on which are standard examples. It is also widely agreed that they play a central role in a number of fields, especially physics and philosophy. There are several important questions about thought experiments that naturally arise, including what kinds of thought experiments there are, what roles they play, and how, if at all, they work. This last question has been the focus of much of the literature: How can we learn something new about the world just by thinking? Answers range from “We don’t really learn anything new” to “We have some sort of a priori insight into how nature works.” In between there are a great variety of rival alternative accounts. There is still no consensus; debate is wide open on almost every question pertaining to thought experiments.

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