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ABSTRACT At its core, transhumanism is utopic and apocalyptic: it tells us we will be saved through an imminent radical change of our being wrought by radical human enhancement (RHE) technologies. We are rushing, its supporters claim, towards a technological utopia so long as assorted techno‐phobes do not stand in the way.
Benjamin N. Parks
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Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals
Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
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The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda
Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli +2 more
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Plath’s work has often been described as an auto/biographical account of her death wish, and for some, her 1963 suicide was the evidence confirming her obsession for the morbid.
Nicolas Pierre BOILEAU
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Quebracho in Melancholia [PDF]
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ABSTRACT Slow‐wave sleep (SWS; stage N3) is often reported as reduced in depression, yet variability across depressive phenotypes remains poorly characterised. This study aimed to determine whether N3 architecture—proportion, duration, and latency—identifies clinically distinct profiles in major depressive episode (MDE).
Antoine Salmeron +8 more
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Freud, Orzeszkowa i zimowe epifanie
Review: Melancholia i poznanie: ‘Autobiografie’ Elizy Orzeszkowej [Melancholia and Understanding: Eliza Orzeszkowa’s ‘Autobiographies’], ed.
Małgorzata Czermińska
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Este artigo revê o conceito de depressão e a nosologia contemporânea dos estados depressivos e seus diferentes subtipos. São discutidos aspectos relativos ao curso (formas agudas vs crônicas da doença, padrão sazonal), características fenomenológicas ...
José Alberto Del Porto
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Pollution and Haunted Eco‐Histories: Silent Hill and Silent Horrors in Centralia, Pennsylvania
ABSTRACT Centralia is a former mining town and borough in Northeastern Pennsylvania, whose population has been steadily declining since the Mine Fire of 1962—a fire that still burns today. The “horrors” of living in Centralia are reflected in horror media set in postindustrial mining towns like Silent Hill.
Maz Jardon
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