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Respublica noumenon: Kant, Rousseau, and Plato's Republic
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 387-409, September 2025.Abstract This article examines the philosophical sources for Kant's interpretation of Plato's Republic and its impact on his conception of the ideal state. I argue that Kant's knowledge of Plato was not derived from Plato's writings, but from secondary accounts.
Michael Kryluk
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The iconographic transformation of the “tail of the dragon of the eclipse” into the “hunting cheetah” [PDF]
, 2018 Medieval Islamic iconography includes many depictions in which the tail of Sagittarius takes the form of the “dragon of the eclipse”. The current paper examines the gradual transformation of this imagery into that of a quadruped, eventually detached from
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
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Tensions et apories de l’encyclopédisme [PDF]
, 1997 L'idéal encyclopédique, qui est un idéal de totalité, se trouve pris dans quatre contradictions : celle du réel et du symbolique (I 'encyclopédisme voudrait oublier que les mots ne sont pas les choses), celle de l'unité et de la multiplicité (comment ...
Godin, Christian
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Human capital in Europe, 1830s–1930s: A general survey
Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 453-488, April 2025.Abstract Human capital is now widely acknowledged as one of the key determinants of economic growth. Research on how human skills accumulate and evolve through time has grown rapidly in recent years. This paper surveys it with a specific focus on Europe in the period 1830s–1930s. Our contribution is threefold: First, we find that the lack of fine‐grain
Gabriele Cappelli +3 more
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Topological Theory in Bioconstructivism [PDF]
, 2012 In the essay “Landscapes of Change: Boccioni’s Stati d’animo as a General Theory of Models,” in Assemblage 19, 1992, Sanford Kwinter proposed a number of theoretical models which could be applied to computer-generated forms in Bioconstructivism.
Hendrix, John S
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Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 125-148, March 2025.Abstract This article examines the dress of female civic rights activist Théroigne de Méricourt and its political significance in Revolutionary Paris. The first section discusses the symbolism of her iconic scarlet riding habit. The second section explores the role of equestrian fashions in Théroigne's strategy of self‐fashioning as a political actor ...
Valerio Zanetti
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International Journal of Auditing, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 34-52, January 2025.Auditing standards have become a central feature in the world of auditing. One of the primary claims made for International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) is their capacity to reduce the audit expectations gap (AEG), but the gap persists despite the widespread adoption of ISAs.
Imen Jedidi, Chris Humphrey
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 912-931, December 2024.Abstract While journalists performed a long‐rehearsed move to announce the death of Elizabeth II on the BBC, several volunteer editors rushed to break the news in the late queen's Wikipedia article. Aside from updating verb tenses from is to was, such edits entailed a revisionist approach, with Wikipedians seeking to shape how the British royals would ...
Guilherme Fians
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Man and embryo: Historicizing ideas about humanity in the study of reproduction, 18th–19th centuries
Sociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 329-347, September 2024.Abstract This article is concerned with historicizing the idea that all people belong to a single collective of biological human beings. It analyzes implications and changes in the concept of “Man” over the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in the study of reproduction and embryos.
Chiara Lacroix
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Du conte oriental comme encyclopédie narrative
Fééries, 2009 The most intriguing aspect of Gueullette’s art as a storyteller comes from his ability to create a literary machine entirely geared towards the extraction of narrative raw materials from any book in the human Library, especially from those which claim to
Jean-François Perrin
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