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FAITH AND REASON: CHARTING THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPT OF THE INFINITE; pp. 3–45 [PDF]

open access: yesTrames, 2012
The infinite, understood as transcendency, stood in the background of most medieval thinking. Embraced in the early Middle Ages by the concept of universal natural symbolism, which organized the reading of the syntax of natura, the infinite posed new ...
Rein Undusk
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The Logic of Time: from Aristotle to Computer Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Charla tipo conferencia-seminario dada para alumnos de un másterThis short course will explore that continuous thread which connects the discussion about time in philosophy with the modern use of temporal logic in computer science. It will go through the
Bresolin, Davide
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Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal 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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Basic philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia [PDF]

open access: yesBalcanica, 2008
Medieval Serbian philosophy took shape mostly through the process of translating Byzantine texts and revising the Slavic translations. Apart from the Aristotelian terminological tradition, introduced via the translation of Damascene’s Dialectic, there
Milosavljević Boris
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Is Islamic Philosophy an Authentic Philosophy?

open access: yesEskiyeni, 2023
The question of whether Islamic philosophy can be considered as an authentic form of philosophy has been a subject of prolonged discourse. Various perspectives have emerged, presenting three distinct approaches to this matter.
Mehmet Vural
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'Ishq - love in islamic context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The paper is an analysis of the development of courtly love culture in Medieval Islam, and of its conflicts with philosophy and ...
Capezzone, Leonardo
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Die konstellasie taalbegrip-logika in die Middeleeuse filosofie (1): Augustinus tot Aquinas

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011
The constellation language-logic in medieval philosophy (1): St Augustine to St Aquinas This series of two articles provides an in-depth overview of some of the most prominent (and some of the most underpublished) medieval thinkers’ stance on the ...
Johann Beukes
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Is Spinoza’s theory of Finite Mind Coherent? – Death, Affectivity and Epistemology in the Ethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this paper I examine the question whether Spinoza can account for the necessity of death. I argue that he cannot because within his ethical intellectualist system the subject cannot understand the cause of her death, since by understanding it renders ...
Toth, Oliver Istvan
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