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The Philosophical and Historical Atecedentsof Ancient Greek Skepticism
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2008 The founder of ancient sceptical trend is considered greek philosopher Pyrrho from Elith (about III c. B.C.), but sceptical elements had also circulation in Greek philosophy before Pyrrho. These elements are analysed by the author of the article.
D A Gusev
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Investigating the distinction between Greek and Islamic ontologies; In the philosophical context of Aristotle and Ibn Sina [PDF]
حکمت اسرا, 2019 Metaphysics or ontology is the most important stream of philosophy, or in other words, the whole stream of philosophy in history. Its two great representatives, Aristotle and Ibn Sina, each had a profound effect on the history of metaphysics.
saeedeh amini, Hamed NAJIESFAHANI
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron +2 more
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the ways in which late‐nineteenth‐century students at Northwestern University's Cumnock School of Oratory mobilised elocution training and parlour performance to foster mixed‐gender public discourse. I use student publications to reconstruct parlour meetings in which women and men adapted traditions of conversational ...
Fiona Maxwell
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Democratic Alarmism: Coherent Notion or Contradiction in Terms?
Constellations, EarlyView.
James S. Pearson
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Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
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CIVILIZATIONAL AND HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ASPECTS OF THE «GREEK MIRACLE»
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2013 The purpose of the work is to study the impact of geographical, social and cultural context, mentality character-istics of historical process of society on the origin and characteristics of the development of intellectual achieve-ment, namely philosophy ...
Spartak Sh. Aytov
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Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide resulting from failed courtship was often portrayed as romantic and an expression of devotion.
Imogen Knox
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