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El debate entre los antiguos y los modernos. A propósito de las interpretaciones del escepticismo de Michael de Montaigne [PDF]
, 2011 now, there is a debate about the “nature” of the Renaissance French writer Michel de Montaigne’s skepticism that could be similar, in some way, to the Quarrel between the Ancient and the Modern.
Raga Roasaleny, Vicente
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Disciplining the “Queen of the World”? Responsible Innovation as a Way of Life
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reflection on the concept of responsible innovation as defined during the last decades. We argue that the emphasis on innovation as a process risks neglecting the very goals of innovation, namely societal desirability and acceptability. Thus, we suggest reconsidering the role of imagination, the “Queen of the world”
Xavier Pavie +2 more
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Early Pyrrhonism as a Sect of Buddhism? A Case Study in the Methodology of Comparative Philosophy [PDF]
, 2018 We offer a sceptical examination of a thesis recently advanced in a monograph published by Princeton University Press, entitled Greek Buddha: Pyrrho’s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia. In this dense and probing work, Christopher I. Beckwith,
JOHNSON, Monte Ransome, SHULTS, Brett
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Heroic-idyllic philosophizing : Nietzsche and the Epicurean tradition [PDF]
, 2014 This essay looks at Nietzsche in relation to the Epicurean tradition. It focuses on his middle period writings of 1878–82 – texts such as Human, all too Human, Dawn, and The Gay Science – and seeks to show that an ethos of Epicurean enlightenment ...
Ansell-Pearson, Keith
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Leveraging an Unhappiness Lens for Smarter Policies
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traditional policy research has largely focused on enhancing happiness or well‐being, privileging positive outcomes as the primary metric of success. We argue that a systematic focus on the drivers of unhappiness—rather than solely on happiness—offers a complementary analytical framework that can uncover hidden societal deficits and broaden ...
Marine Coupaud +2 more
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Squaring the Epicurean Circle: Friendship and Happiness in the Garden [PDF]
, 2017 Epicurean ethics has been subject to withering ancient and contemporary criticism for the supposed irreconcilability of Epicurus’s emphatic endorsement of friendship and his equally clear and striking ethical egoism.
Rossi, Benjamin
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The Self‐as‐Philosopher: A Schema‐Informed Reading of Philosophy as a Way of Life
Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 174-188, April 2026.Abstract This article offers an original reading of the process and outcomes of training in philosophy as a way of life. By drawing on research and theory from the fields of cognitive psychology and adult learning, it argues that the transformative effects frequently ascribed to the practice of philosophy as a way of life can helpfully be ...
Joel Owen
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COMMUNICATIVE AND VALUABLE ADVICE IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS OF EPICURUS
Освітній дискурсUrgency of the research. During the war, the understanding of happiness changed, and the value of life also gave a new form of explanation, so the topic has become even more relevant today.
Olga Rak
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Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge
Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 18, Issue 1, Page 92-110, January 2026.Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
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Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 7, Page 3464-3474, July 2018., 2018 Abstract Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and may play an important role in the pathogenesis of disease. It has been shown that amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) and amyloid precursor protein (APP) interact with mitochondria contributing to the mitochondrial dysfunction in AD. Prevention of abnormal protein targeting to
Pavel F. Pavlov +4 more
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