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Doute et prudence dans la première Méditation de Descartes

Lexicon Philosophicum
At the very beginning of the first Meditation, Descartes states: "I have sometimes felt that these senses were deceitful, and it is prudence never to trust entirely those who have once deceived us".
Alberto Frigo
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Necessity and Chance in Marx's Doctoral Thesis [PDF]

حکمت و فلسفه
According to Marx's interpretation, in the Democritean system, atoms move in a vacuum according to a blind necessity. Applying the word "accidental" to the Democritus system does not imply the unpredictable or causeless movement of atoms; rather, it ...
Ali Karbasizadeh Esfahani, Milad Omrani
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Minor epic: Notes toward a different “Anthropoetry”

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Anthropologists have often turned to poetry as a means of accessing emotional registers of which conventional academic prose is unable to avail. In doing so, they have tacitly conflated poetry with lyric poetry, today probably the most widely practiced poetic genre, associated in particular with the expression of inner feelings and subjectival
Stuart McLean
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VERČIANT EPIKŪRĄ IR BENTHAMĄ

Problemos, 2013
Translating Epicurus and Bentham Kęstas Kirtiklis, Vilius Dranseika, Viktoras ...
Kęstas Kirtiklis, Vilius Dranseika, Viktoras Bachmetjevas   +2 more
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Lucretius' arguments on the swerve and free-action [PDF]

, 2019
In his version of atomism, Lucretius made explicit reference to the concept of an intrinsic declination of the atom, the atomic swerve (clinamen in Latin), stressing that the time and space of the infinitesimal atomic vibration is uncertain. The topic of
Evangelidis, Basil
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Why Death Is Most in One's Self‐Interest, and Necessarily So

Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 499-504, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Most of us think that death is usually not in the self‐interest of the one who dies. Let us momentarily put this belief aside and examine death in a new light. This paper presents a two‐step argument to show why death is most in one's self‐interest, necessarily.
Victor Kriska
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«I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat»: come comunicare quattro rischi in una sola frase

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Starting from ancient texts including examples of risk communication, this paper analyzes the famous speech (13 may, 1940) in which Prime Minister Winston Churchill promised to the United Kingdom «blood, toil, tears and sweat».
Luigi Spina
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RINKTINIAI FRAGMENTAI IŠ EPIKŪRO „SVARBIAUSIŲ MINČIŲ“ IR GNOMOLOGIUM VATICANUM

Problemos, 2013
Epicurus’ Principal Doctrines and Vatican Sayings: Selections Paulius Garbačiauskas  >
Paulius Garbačiauskas
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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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The End of Epicurean Infinity: Critical Reflections on the Epicurean Infinite Universe [PDF]

, 2018
In contrast to other ancient philosophers, Epicurus and his followers famously maintained the infinity of matter, and consequently of worlds. This was inferred from the infinity of space, because they believed that a limited amount of matter would ...
Bakker, Frederik
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