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Religious Call in Eastern Orthodox Spirituality: A Theo-Phenomenological Approach

open access: yesReligions, 2020
Drawing a clear line between phenomenology and theology remains a challenging endeavor. This article has two parts: The first one argues that, from a methodological point of view, there is a need for a theo-phenomenology, a phenomenology which ...
Nicolae Turcan
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Foucault’s Empire of the Free

open access: yesFoucault Studies, 2017
This essay argues that the engagement with Greece and Rome after The Will to Knowledge allowed Foucault to bring clarity to his conception of limited freedom in complex societies.
Richard Alston
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The Pain of Philosophy: A Cynic Objection to Plato

open access: yesPeitho
According to the apophthegm reported by Plutarch and Stobaeus (SSR V B 61), Diogenes the Cynic accused Plato of ‘causing pain to no one’ during his long philosophical career. This article considers whether this critique of Plato is accurate by examining
Masaki Nagao
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Cuatro elementos que implican transformación filosófica desde la perspectiva del oikos-nomos

open access: yesPerseitas, 2017
Durante la antigüedad, el papel del matrimonio representó un elemento clave para el análisis de las prácticas del cuidado de sí y de una transformación filosófica en términos socráticos debido a la templanza, dureza, prudencia, y en general al dominio de
Edward Andrés Tamayo Duque
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Stoicism and Nursing Care in Perinatal Grief: An Integrative Literature Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To show the Stoic contributions to professional performance during perinatal grief. Design An integrative literature review. Method This integrative literature review covers the period from 1993 to 2026. Electronic searches were conducted in the PubMed and Web of Science databases, as well as the Virtual Health Library (VHL) portal, using ...
Juliana Sampaio dos Santos   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
wiley   +1 more source

Asketiske praksisser i Koranen: Vigilien som case

open access: yesReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2016
In this article, I propose that Peter Sloterdijk’s etymological definition of áskesis as an ‘exercise’ is useful when approaching the Qur’ānic attitude(s) to ascetic practices, including in particular the text’s references to vigils. From a close reading
Johanne Louise Christiansen
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Signature of Attention: Historical Ambiguities and Elisions in Contemporary Psychological Framings of Attending

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 5, Page 936-961, October 2025.
Abstract In contemporary contexts of digitalization, proliferating media, and generative AI, various “life hacks” are regularly recommended to disconnect and resist distraction, ranging from meditation to getting back to nature to unplugging. This paper traces contemporary concerns over “the attention crisis” into a longer signature — the frequently ...
Antti Saari, Bernadette M. Baker
wiley   +1 more source

A Good Person for a Crisis? On the Wisdom of the Stoic Sage (in Himself & for Us)

open access: yesEidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2021
Is the Stoic sage a possible or desirable ideal for contemporary men and women, as we enter into difficult times? Is he, as Seneca presents him, the very best person for a crisis?
Matthew Sharpe
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Reading the Creed in the Light of Pentecost: An Eastern European Pneumatic Reflection

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 507-524, October 2025.
Abstract Reading the Creed through pneumatic lenses is essential for understanding both humanity's eschatological destiny in the likeness of the Trinity and the consistently triune economy of salvation. In light of this assertion, the essay highlights aspects of the Creed's explicit and implicit pneumatology, offering a reflection from an Eastern ...
Daniela C. Augustine
wiley   +1 more source

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