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The Value of Rule in Plato’s Dialogues: A Reply to Melissa Lane [PDF]

, 2016
A reply to Melissa Lane's "Antianarchia: interpreting political thought in Plato" In these comments I focus on how to think of antianarchia as an element of Plato's political thought, and in doing so raise some methodological questions about ...
Ebrey, David
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The PLATO Dome A Site-Testing Observatory : instrumentation and first results [PDF]

, 2009
The PLATeau Observatory (PLATO) is an automated self-powered astrophysical observatory that was deployed to Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, in 2008 January.
Allen, G., Ashley, M. C. B., Bonner, C. S., Bradley, S., Cui, X., Everett, J. R., Feng, L., Gong, X., Hengst, S., Hu, J., Jiang, Z., Kulesa, C. A., Lawrence, J. S., Li, Y., Luong-Van, D., McCaughrean, M. J., Moore, A. M., Pennypacker, C., Qin, W., Riddle, R., Shang, Z., Storey, J. W. V., Sun, B., Suntzeff, N., Tothill, N. F. H., Travouillon, T., Walker, C. K., Wang, L., Yan, J., Yang, H., Yang, J., York, D., Yuan, X., Zhang, X., Zhang, Z., Zhou, X., Zhu, Z.   +36 more
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Aristippus and Xenophon as Plato’s contemporary literary rivals and the role of gymnastikè (γυμναστική) [PDF]

, 2015
Plato was a Socrates’ friend and disciple, but he wasn’t the only one. No doubt, Socrates had many followers, however, the majority of their work is lost. Was there any antagonism among his followers? Who succeeded in interpreting Socrates? Who
Canfora, Des Places, Hadot, Waterfield
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Plato on Well-Being [PDF]

, 2016
Plato's dialogues use several terms for the concept of well-being, which concept plays a central ethical role as the ultimate goal for action and a central political role as the proper aim for states. But the dialogues also reveal sharp debate about what
Brown, Eric
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Meta‐Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities

Journal of Interior Design, EarlyView., 2022
ABSTRACT To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical.
Vahid Vahdat
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II—Resemblance Nominalism, Conjunctions and Truthmakers [PDF]

, 2013
The resemblance nominalist says that the truthmaker of 〈Socrates is white〉 ultimately involves only concrete particulars that resemble each other. Furthermore he also says that Socrates and Plato are the truthmakers of 〈Socrates resembles Plato〉, and ...
Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo
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Persistently Increased Expression of PKMzeta and Unbiased Gene Expression Profiles Identify Hippocampal Molecular Traces of a Long‐Term Active Place Avoidance Memory and “Shadow” Proteins

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Protein complexes like KIBRA‐PKMζ are crucial for maintaining memories, forming month‐long protein traces in memory‐tagged neurons, but conventional RNA‐seq analysis fails to detect their transcript changes, leaving memory molecules undetected in the shadows of abundantly‐expressed genes.
Jiyeon Han, Alejandro Grau‐Perales, Rayna M. Harris, Edith Lesburguères, Hsin‐Yi Kao, Asit Pal, Juan Marcos Alarcon, Todd C. Sacktor, Stefano Martiniani, Hans A. Hofmann, André A. Fenton   +10 more
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Voldemort Tyrannos: Plato’s Tyrant in the Republic and the Wizarding World [PDF]

, 2012
In the Harry Potter novel series, by J. K. Rowling, the character of Lord Voldemort is the dictatorial ruler of the Death Eaters and aspiring despot of the entire wizarding community.
Smith, Anne Collins, Smith, Owen M
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Beyond Kahoot! Reflections and guidelines from a serial gamifying educator on when and how to effectively use games and game elements in anatomical education

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract According to Nietzsche, “In every real [adult], a child is hidden that wants to play.” In everyday life, playfulness and competition can make routine or dull tasks more engaging and can offer educators opportunities to engage a learner in a more entertaining or interactive manner.
Judi Laprade
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Love and Friendship in the Lysis and the Symposium: Human and Divine [PDF]

, 2008
The paper claims that we cannot understand properly Platonic conception of love and friendship unless we read the Lysis in the light of the Symposium and vice verse.
Jinek, Jakub
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