scholarly journals Les orateurs de «La Pléiade» à l'Académie du Palais (1576): étude d'un album manuscrit ayant appartenu à Marguerite de Valois

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-42
Author(s):  
François Rouget
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Women Poets ◽  
Intellectual Curiosity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Philosophical Debates

According to contemporary observers, in the years from 1576 to 1579 Henry III brought together groups of orators-men and women, poets and courtiers-to discuss questions of moral philosophy. This happened both in Paris, and in provincial towns such as Blois and Ollainville. Several of the speeches given by these diverse orators remain extant. Among the spectators was Marguerite de Valois, who ordered the transcription of thirteen speeches that were pronounced during the January-February period of 1576. This album, preserved in a beautifully-bound manuscript, provides an interesting testimony to the intellectual curiosity of Marguerite and to the abiding interest of the king and his court in the domain of eloquence. The present article describes the context in which Marguerite de Valois participated in the first sessions of the Palace Academy, and presents the manuscript volume containing several, palpable traces of her reading of the texts. It also evaluates the contribution of some poets from Marguerite's entourage, such as Ronsard, Desportes, Baïf and Jamyn, and examines aspects of their philosophical debates as well as their oratorical skills.

scholarly journals Introduction: The agents, acts and attitudes of supererogation

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cowley
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Technical Term ◽  
Philosophical Discussion ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Philosophical Debates ◽  
Technical Terms

I confess to finding the term ‘supererogation’ ugly and unpronounceable. I am also generally suspicious of technical terms in moral philosophy, since they are vulnerable to self-serving definition and counter-definition, to the point of obscuring whether there is a single phenomenon about which to disagree. It was surely not accidental that J.O. Urmson, in his classic 1958 article that launched the contemporary Anglophone debate, eschewed the technical term in favour of the more familiar concepts of saints and heroes. Since then, however, the term Supererogation has bedded down to encompass a number of more or less clear-cut philosophical debates, one of which concerns precisely the extent to which saintliness and heroism exhaust the supererogatory. And it has to be admitted that the word ‘saint’ has certain theological connotations that might be misleading in a secular philosophical discussion (in this volume, only Wynn and Drummond-Young invoke theological ideas), while the word ‘hero’ has potentially limiting associations with knights and soldiers and other forms of testosterone-driven accomplishment.

scholarly journals Carnap’s Structuralist Thesis

2020 ◽  
pp. 383-420
Author(s):  
Georg Schiemer
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Philosophy Of Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Mathematical Structuralism ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Philosophical Debates ◽  
Implicit Definitions

This chapter investigates Carnap’s structuralism in his philosophy of mathematics of the 1920s and early 1930s. His approach to mathematics is based on a genuinely structuralist thesis, namely that axiomatic theories describe abstract structures or the structural properties of their objects. The aim in the present article is twofold: first, to show that Carnap, in his contributions to mathematics from the time, proposed three different (but interrelated) ways to characterize the notion of mathematical structure, namely in terms of (i) implicit definitions, (ii) logical constructions, and (iii) definitions by abstraction. The second aim is to re-evaluate Carnap’s early contributions to the philosophy of mathematics in light of contemporary mathematical structuralism. Specifically, the chapter discusses two connections between his structuralist thesis and current philosophical debates on structural abstraction and the on the definition of structural properties.

scholarly journals Transições eclesiológicas e reformas Eclesiais. “Vai, Francisco, reconstrói a minha Igreja!”

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (292) ◽  
pp. 865-885
Author(s):  
Antonio José de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church

O artigo tem como ponto de partida a questão da mudança de época em que a Igreja é chamada a realizar, hoje, sua vida e missão; aponta as dificuldades teológicas e canônicas geradas pela eclesiologia “inacabada” do Vaticano II; e, finalmente, sugere reformas que, coerentes com os horizontes eclesiológicos abertos pelo Concílio e com as interpelações que vêm dos “sinais dos tempos”, certamente ajudariam a Igreja, no século XXI, a ganhar credibilidade no testemunho de Cristo e de seu Reino, a serviço da vida e da esperança dos homens e das mulheres de todos os povos e culturas, sobretudo dos pobres e esquecidos. Escrito no final do ano de 2012, após o Congresso de São Leopoldo, passou por algumas atualizações, à altura da revisão final, em setembro de 2013, dado o novo contexto criado pelo pontificado do Papa Francisco. Abstract: The present article has as a starting point the fact that the Church is now asked to carry out its life and mission in a different era; it points to the theological and canonical difficulties generated by the “unfinished” ecclesiology of the Vatican II; and finally, it suggests some reforms that - consistent with the ecclesiological horizons opened by the Council and with the challenges that come from “the signs of the times” - would certainly help the Church in this 21st century to gain credibility in the testimony of Christ and of His Kingdom, at the service of the life and hope of the men and women from all peoples and cultures and in particular of those who are poor and forgotten. Written in the last months of 2012, after the Congress in São Leopoldo, Brazil, it went through some updating at the time of the final revision in September 2013, given the new context created by Pope Francis’ pontificate.Keywords: Catholic Church. Ecclesiology. Signs of the Times. Reform.

scholarly journals Czym jest filozofia moralna?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-126
Author(s):  
Anna Malitowska
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Ethical Reflection ◽  
Philosophical Thinking ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Descriptive Ethics ◽  
The Relationship

The first part of the present article is an introduction to ethics as a branch of philosophy, as moral philosophy, or philosophical thinking about morality. In the second part of the article the author deals with the relationship between three kinds of thinking that relate to morality: descriptive empirical inquiry (descriptive ethics), normative thinking, and meta-ethical reflection.

scholarly journals Transfer Principles, Klein’s Erlangen Program, and Methodological Structuralism

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-141
Author(s):  
Georg Schiemer
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Transformation Groups ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Structural Identity ◽  
Erlangen Program ◽  
Structural Equivalence ◽  
Mathematical Structuralism ◽  
Principle Of Duality ◽  
Philosophical Debates ◽  
Transfer Principles

The present article investigates Felix Klein’s mathematical structuralism underlying his Erlangen program. The aim here is twofold. The first aim is to survey the geometrical background of his 1872 article, in particular, work on the principle of duality and so-called transfer principles in projective geometry. The second aim is more philosophical in character and concerns Klein’s structuralist account of geometrical knowledge. The chapter will argue that his group-theoretic approach is best characterized as a kind of “methodological structuralism” regarding geometry. Moreover, one can identify at least two aspects of the Erlangen program that connect his approach with present philosophical debates, namely (i) the idea to specify structural properties and structural identity conditions in terms of transformation groups and (ii) an account of the structural equivalence of geometries in terms of transfer principles.

scholarly journals Lessons from Childhood: Some Aspects of the Early Life of Unusual Men and Women

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 801-801
Author(s):  
THOMAS E. CONE
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Intellectual Curiosity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Heinrich Himmler ◽  
Type Of School ◽  
Formative Years

A question often asked is, "What factors in the child's formative years are most important in helping him to grow into an effective adult?" We wonder about the importance of such things as his home, his parents, his health, the type of school he attends, and his intellectual curiosity as either a help or a hindrance to his development. Seeking those factors whose presence or absence in the child's early years may lead to fame or to infamy, the Illingworths have read biographies of and autobiographies about 450 men and women described in their book, whose lives spanned the centuries from Socrates to Heinrich Himmler.

The Sāda in History: A critical essay on Ḥaḍramī historiography

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Knysh
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Political History ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Critical Essay ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Accounts

In attempting to write a religious and political history of Ḥaḍramawt in the Middle Ages one inevitably encounters a number of methodological and historiographical problems some of which will be addressed in the present article. The first arises from the overall scarcity of historical documentation on the period in question. More importantly, the sources that are available are riddled with underlying agendas and biases, which often hinge on considerations of genealogy and clannish honour. These genealogical or clannish agendas and biases are evident in the sources dealing with practically every aspect of Ḥaḍrami history. However, they are especially conspicuous in the historical texts which describe the spread of the Shāfi'ī school of law in Ḥaḍramawt, the cult of local saints and the origins of local religious and educational institutions. In my recent study of Ḥaḍramī shrines and seasonal pilgrimages, I have brought out the genealogical underpinnings of the theological polemic around the cult of local holy men and women - a polemic that grew especially intense in the first decades of our century and flared up with a vengeance during the recent civil war between the Northern and Southern parts of unified Yemen. In this paper I will demonstrate how these hidden agendas have manifested themselves in the historical accounts of Ḥaḍramī Islam with special reference to the rise of the Shāfi'ī madhhab and the dissemination of Ṣūfism.

scholarly journals The Ideological Foundations of Taiwanese Modernity: Mou Zongsan’s New Moral Philosophy

Asian Studies ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Rošker
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Political Context ◽  
2Nd Generation ◽  
Mou Zongsan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Chinese Modernization

In order to understand the social, political and intellectual process of Chinese modernization, it is necessary to evaluate their ideological foundations and to thus become able to place it in the suitable political context. Chinese philosophy of the first half of the 20th century was still determined by the conditions of the decline of the pre-modern era. The present article aims to explore and to introduce the rise and growth of Modern Confucianism, as well as some crucial philosophical elaborations in the field of the new moral philosophy, developed by the most well-known exponent of its so-called 2nd generation, Mou Zongsan.

The Significance of Glossolalia in the Apostolic Faith Mission, Zimbabwe

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Machingura
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Speaking In Tongues ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Prosperity Theology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Apostolic Faith Mission ◽  
Philosophical Debates

This study seeks to look at the meaning and significance of Glossolalia 1 in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe. 2 This paper has also been influenced by debates surrounding speaking in tongues in most of the Pentecostal churches in general and the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe in particular. It was the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) that brought Pentecostalism to Zimbabwe. 3 The paper situates the phenomenon of glossolalia in the Zimbabwean socio-economic, spiritual, and cultural understanding. The Pentecostal teachings on the meaning and significance of speaking in tongues have caused a stir in psychological, linguistics, sociological, anthropological, ethnographical, philological, cultural, and philosophical debates. Yet those in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe argue that their concept of glossolalia is biblically rooted. Surprisingly non-glossolalist Christians also use the Bible to dismiss the pneumatic claims by Pentecostals. The emphasis on speaking in tongues in the AFM has rendered Zimbabwean ‘mainline’ churches like Anglicans, Catholics and Methodists as meaningless. This is the same with African Indigenous Churches which have also been painted with ‘fault-lines’, giving an upper hand to AFM in adding up to its ballooning number of followers. This is as a result of their restorationist perspective influenced by the history of the Pentecostal Churches that views all non-Pentecostal churches as having fallen from God's intentions through compromise and sin. The AFM just like other Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe exhibit an aggressive assault and intolerance toward certain aspects of the African culture, which they label as tradition, 4 for example, traditional customs, like paying homage to ancestral spirits (Kurova Guva or bringing back the spirit of the dead ceremony), and marriage customs (polygamy, kusungira or sanctification of the first born ritual). The movement has managed to rid itself of the dominance of the male adults and the floodgates were opened to young men and women, who are the victims of traditional patriarchy. Besides glossolalia being one of the pillars of AFM doctrines, the following also bear some importance: personal testimonies, tithing, church weddings, signs/miracles, evangelism and prosperity theology.

A Propos de l'Économie Kantienne

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerôme Ballet ◽  
Patrick Jolivet
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Critical Overview

Kantian moral philosophy has become a reference sometimes invoked in economics as an example of a solution to the problem of co-ordinating agents. The present article provides a critical overview of the literature. Kantian economics refers to a set of principles that are more or less related to Kant's moral philosophy. The first in the set is the principle of generalization. It is the foundation of an ordinary Kantism. The distinction between the principle of generalization and the principle of reciprocity underscores the importance of the principle of unconditionality. Finally, the notion of commitment is closer to this philosophy, but used in a broader sense. It can give rise to different interpretations.

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