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A misinterpreted psychoanalyst: Herbert Silberer and his theory of symbol‐formation
Abstract The primary aim of this article is to give a more detailed exposition of the cultural, personal, and theoretical contexts in which the Viennese psychoanalyst, Herbert Silberer's theories were born. When assessing the broader picture that this approach offers, it can be concluded that Silberer was an innovative thinker who inspired several of ...
Júlia Gyimesi
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Simplicius on Empedocles: A note on his commentary in Phys. 157.25–161.20
The present study attempts to show what influence a commentary can have on the formation of ideas about a preceding philosophical tradition. A case in point is Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s “Physics” and on fragments of Empedocles’ poem.
A. S. Afonasina
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Manuscript “Neoplatonic Philosophy” by Pamfil D. Yurkevych: source criticism
This article is the first to bring into scientific discussion and to provide a historico-philosophical analysis of a manuscript “Neoplatonic Philosophy from the archive of Pamfil Danylovych Yurkevych (1826–1874). The reviewed manuscript belongs to P.
Anna Pylypiuk
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Abstract This article draws on the distinction between instrumentalism and realism in the philosophy of science to consider the merits of two possible approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity. One considers this doctrine to be an intellectual construct, which coordinates multiple insights about the nature and action of God; the other considers it to ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Surprise, Hope and Gift: A Pneumatological Account of the Unexpected Nature of Vocation
Abstract God's call can be surprising and unexpected. This article evaluates theologies of vocation in light of this potential for surprise. Contemporary Protestant theological interpretations of vocation are critiqued as incomplete due to their tendency to present vocation as the expression and utilisation of innate abilities without giving sufficient
Cara F. Lovell
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Augustine on pagan knowledge of God and the Trinity
Augustine narrates in Confessions, VII, ix, 13-15 his encounter with the Platonist books, which permitted him to grasp the immateriality of God and surprisingly the Christian Trinity too, a thesis that seems confirmed in the psychological arguments he ...
Alfonso Herreros Besa
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Patristic anthropology and the future of science
The article offers a brief review of the book “Ambrose of Milan and Aurelius Augustine about soul” by E.P. Aristova, and an interpretation of the significance of this work for the problems of science development and the prospects of European culture. The
Pirozhkova Sophia Vladislavovna
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Introduction: the article is devoted to the problem of apophatic tradition formation in the history of ancient philosophy. The research focuses on the issue of the source of negativity in Neoplatonism, analyzes the teachings of Plotinus and Damascus.
A. V. Bogomolov
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Magic Made Modern?: Re-evaluating the Novelty of the Golden Dawn’s Magic
This is an article in the history of magic that re-evaluates Alison Butler’s thesis regarding the novelty of the magical praxis of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Christopher A. Plaisance
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Review of Paul Tyson, A Christian Theology of Science
Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 697-704, July 2024.
Peter Harrison
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