Bessarion on Economics and Geopolitics

This paper deals with those aspects of Byzantine intellectual heritage, which belong to the Bessarion’s thought and writing. Bessarion, Cardinal of the Roman-Catholic Church, proposed specific, systematic and analytical measures for a re-organization and recovery of the Despotate of Mistra, while, as it is known, he lived there from the end of 1431 until the end of 1436. Then Вessarion, in his capacity as cardinal, showed his continual and undiminished interest to the advancement of Greek nation, as proven by three famous memoranda of scholar. These are appeals to Constantine Palaiologos, Despot of Mistra, as well as to the doge of Venice. Dated July 13, 1453 the letter to the doge informed him on the Fall of Constantinople and the sufferings of Greek nation! Especially noteworthy is the third (and only surviving) letter of Вessarion, addressed to his friend, Despot Constantine Palaiologos in the spring of 1444. Here Вessarion proposes a specific, specialized program for the economic restructure, social reorganization and military strengthening of the Despotate. The intellectual associates education with economy. Sharing the economic philosophy of ancient Greeks on self-sufficiency and utilization of local means, Вessarion became a forerunner of mercantilism, while also acknowledging the productive contribution of education. The proposal of Вessarion for the transfer of the Despotate’s capital closer to the Isthmus was of great geopolitical importance since, when the guarding of the Hexamilion Wall would be reconstructed and constant and properly updated. These proposals, having been so important for the evolution of Byzantine economic thought, took an appropriate place in its development.

Intellectual Heritage of Sharifjon Maxdum Sadri Ziyo

Muhammad Sharifjon Mahdum Sadri Ziyo ibn Abdushukur ibn Abdurasul (1865-1932) played an important role in the socio-political life, scientific and cultural environment of the Bukhara Emirate in the late XIX - early XX centuries. Sharifjon Makhdum Sadri Ziyo, a statesman (Qazikalon in 1917), an enlightened scholar, writer, skilled calligrapher, artisan, book lover, and owner of a library rich in rare and valuable manuscripts, left a rich scientific and literary legacy. This article analyzes his works in the field of history, literature, geography, botany and calligraphy. It was noted that the scientific heritage of Sadri Ziyo is preserved in the funds of the Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhon Beruni of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

Classical philosophy in Novosibirsk Scientific Center. The pages of history

Novosibirsk school of Classics is the most eastern Russian center for the study of the intellectual heritage of the Ancient civilization. At the same time, classical scholars of the Novosibirsk scientific center is well known beyond its borders. The interest of Novosibirsk philosophers covers many areas of classical problems, mainly focusing on their philosophical aspects as well as on ancient history, culture, and science. Among the topics and directions of research are ancient mythopoetic tradition, sophistic movement, Socrates, Plato and the Academy, Platonism in general, Aristotle and the Peripatetic tradition, Hellenistic philosophy, and Late Antiquity. Among the interests characteristic of the Novosibirsk community of classical scholars is the analytical approach to the study of Antiquity, as well as the exceptional attention to such rare for the Russian science topics as ancient music, navigation, and medicine

‘Modernism’ and the Ethiopian Orthodox Sunday School Movement: Indigenous Movements and their International Connections

This article traces the history of twentieth-century Ethiopian Orthodox student movements formed in response to modernity, especially the influential Maḫbärä Qəddusan, ‘Association of Saints’, established in 1991 when Ethiopia's Communist regime fell. It explores parallels in Egyptian and Indian miaphysite Churches; balances the prevailing narrative of explosive Pentecostal growth which has obscured the influence of such movements; provides insight into networks that have stimulated renewal and responses to contemporary challenges through strong engagement with traditional literary and intellectual heritage; and explores training and publications promoting contemporary reflection on this heritage, the revival of important religious practices and the targeting of influential ecclesiastical and public positions.

ظاہریہ کےاستنباطی اصولوں کاتجزیاتی مطالعہ

Out of the non-existent jurisprudential approach, Zāhiriya has an important place due to its intellectual heritage. Particularly, Ibn-e-Ḥazm’s book Al’Muḥallā and Al-Iḥkām have the special weightage in this regard. This article is basically an analytical study of the basic principles of Zāhiri jurisprudence like Qurān, Sunnah and Ijmā’ with some sub-sources like Dalīl and Istiṣḥābul Ḥāl, which have been presented in the context of these books. In this study, an attempt has been made to find an answer to the question, what role can the inferential principles of non-existent jurisprudential religions, like Zāhiriya, play in modern times, and to what extent can they be helpful in the formation of jurisprudence? The analytical style adopted in this article. The method of extraction of rulings has been clarified after the statement of fact and importance. The purpose of this study is to clarify their usefulness and applicability in postmodern times. This research concludes that Ibn-e-Ḥazm has a prominent role in jurisprudence and its principles which needs to be openly acknowledged. These principles are not only important in the formation of jurisprudential equivalents, but they can also play a role in some modern issues as the comprehensive solution to the problem of public welfare can be seen in his books.

Methodology for representing the intellectual heritage of geobotanists at Kazan University

The article presents a methodological development for increasing the perception of information about theintellectual heritage of outstanding scientists, culture and society on the example of a thematic collection of open access onthe Internet, which is formed in the link “leading expert-library staff ” on the example of Kazan University. The author actsas a leading expert. The volume of the collection is limited to 11 persons in the range of IXХ–XXI centuries. Among thepersons are the founders of the geobotanical tradition in Russia: P. N. Krylov, S. I. Korzhinsky, A. Ya. Gordyagin, V. I. Baranov, M. V. Markov, E. L. Lyubarsky. The collection is designed for a significant number of electronic exhibits (text, photos, scans, video, audio). The electronic archive is being formed. The structure of the site-guide to the collection is presented. Examples of generalization of the intellectual heritage of a person are given on the example of Professor E. L. Lyubarsky(tabular forms: “Periods of professional activity”, “Analysis of scientific and practical activities”, “Methodological developments”). The algorithm-guide to the collection is based on a scientific research on the topic: “Evgeny Leonidovich Lyubarsky, Honored Professor of Kazan University from the galaxy of founders of the Kazan botanical tradition: history, biography, contribution to science.” The collection format is designed to: 1) increase the reliability of information on the Internet; 2) the rehabilitation of the names of prominent Russian botanists in the international names of plants; 3) propagandaof methodological developments of botanists of Kazan University; 4) raising the cultural level of readers on a global scale.

Das Bild eines „europäischen Goethe“ in Nietzsches Götzen-Dämmerung. Einige Bemerkungen

This article analyses the origin of TI 49-51 on the basis of several posthumous fragments from the autumn of 1887, which had been reworked in 1888. This analysis highlights significant connections that got lost along the way to the final version of these aphorisms, such as Nietzsche’s comparison between Goethe and Spinoza which, in 1887, was the beginning of his updated reflections on Goethe. The origin and context of these aphorisms allow for a better understanding of the long-established image of Goethe expressed in the aphorisms of Twilight of the Idols and their close connection to the new reflections on Goethe as they had already come to the fore in Human, All Too Human when Nietzsche distanced himself from Wagner’s ideas. This also presents the opportunity for a more careful consideration of Nietzsche’s conception of European culture and its intellectual heritage and his relation to Napoleon as well as his characterization of the eighteenth-century and the need for self-overcoming during the nineteenth-century. Nietzsche considered this self-overcoming to be an important aspect of his thinking, and Goethe was an important precursor for Nietzsche’s conception of self-overcoming.

Qualified reader or interpreter: on the attitude of the researcher towards the sources of cognition of legal and political doctrines

This article determines and analyzes certain characteristics of modern approaches towards the problem of attitudes to the sources of study on the history of political and legal thought. The attempts to speculate on hermeneutic practices as the constitutive method in analyzing the political and legal views of the philosophers of the past and modernity are subject to critical evaluation; and, on the other hand, the importance of qualified interpretation and analysis of the classical legal heritage is emphasized. It is demonstrated how conventional, shallow, or ideologized attitude towards the sources of study on the history and political thought creates fallacious and often just quasi-religious patterns of interpretation of the fundamental ideas and concepts, content of the discussed topics and problems, and social-practical orientation of their views. The scientific novelty lies primarily in determination and clarification of certain crucial aspects of modern methodology of the history of political and legal doctrines that are meaningful for the philosophy of law and legal theory overall. This pertains to the improvement of cognitive techniques and practices of the political and legal ideas of the past and modernity,  namely through minimization or elimination of such approaches towards their cognition that speculate on anti-historical attitudes; constitute interpretation as the key semantic unit in assessing the legal views of various philosophers; neglect the principles of objectivity and integrity in reconstructing the intellectual heritage; tendentiously articulate the accents of artistic, rather than documentary reconstruction of legal and political representations.