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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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Reversing Plato’s Anti-Democratism: Castoriadis' Quirky Plato [PDF]
Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2008 This paper considers the conflicting "loves" of Cornelius Castoriadis--his love for the ancients, and especially Plato, and for the common person of the demos. A detailed study of Castoriadis' analysis of Plato's Statesman exposes that Castoriadis attempts to resolve the paradox by rereading Plato as a radical democrat.
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Methylene‐Bridged Calixarene Polyhedra: An Elusive Class of Symmetric Molecular Architectures
Helvetica Chimica Acta, EarlyView.An overview of purely hypothetical methylene‐bridged calixarene polyhedral molecular architectures is presented. In addition to the five previously postulated structures, we propose a calix[5]arene‐based icosidodecahedron as a new member of this class. Computational assessments of stability and strain indicate that methanospherophane is likely the most
Aleksandr Kharchenko +3 more
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La broma de Sócrates inspirado
Plato, 2021 El presente artículo defiende que Platón bromea cuando su Sócrates afirma estar inspirado o bajo posesión divina en Fedro 238d y Crátilo 396d. Para ello, primero se sitúan en contexto ambos pasajes; a continuación, se muestra que a lo largo de todo el ...
Jonathan Lavilla de Lera +1 more
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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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Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Economy of Price Formation in Slab City
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the unique economic practices of Slab City, California, an off‐grid community that rejects mainstream US values. Despite operating within the broader US economic system, Slab City residents have developed alternative forms of exchange, using cigarettes and cannabis alongside US dollars.
Bailey C. Hauswurz
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Rethinking Deduction Five of Plato’s Parmenides (160b5-163b6)
Plato, 2021 The fifth “deduction” in Plato’s Parmenides (160b5-163b6) concerns the consequences that follow for a (or the) one from the hypothesis that it is not. I argue that the subject of this hypothesis is, effectively, any Form, considered just insofar as it is
Thomas Tuozzo
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Exploring a Systems Engineering Approach to Modelling Human Communication
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Communication is a crucial process for any successful purposeful human activity system as it mediates the information‐based relationships between a system's elements and parts, purpose(s) and boundaries. Human communication is more than just a process; it is a subsystem that interacts with other human activity systems, parts, elements and ...
Ryan Hekker +2 more
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Comments on K. Sayre, “Dialectic in Plato’s late dialogues”
Plato, 2017 A brief overview of Kenneth Sayre’s paper, “Dialectic in Plato’s Late Dialogues,” followed by critical discussion. I invite Sayre to clarify his views on the nature of the method of hypothesis in Plato, and on its relationships to Socratic dialectic and ...
Mark A. Johnstone
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Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro +5 more
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