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The Paradoxical Beauty of the Cross: Theological Aesthetics and the Doctrine of the Atonement in Athanasius’ Contra Gentes-De Incarnatio [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In his two-part treatise Contra Gentes-De Incarnatio, Athanasius offers an interesting apologetic for the Christian doctrine of the atonement by employing various aesthetic themes and forms of expression drawn from the classical notion of beauty found ...
Little, Marcus
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Philosophical Theology and Indian Versions of Theodicy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Comparative philosophical studies can seek to fit some Eastern patterns of thought into the general philosophical framework, or, on the contrary, to improve understanding of Western ones through the view "from abroad". I try to hit both marks by means of
Shokhin, Vladimir K.
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Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores, inter alia, the strategy employed by Augustine in using Plato as a pseudo-prophet against later Platonists and explores ...
Emilsson, Eyjolfur   +3 more
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Philosophy of Intellect and Vision in the De anima of Themistius [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Themistius (317–c. 387) was born into an aristocratic family and ran a paripatetic school of philosophy in Constantinople in the mid-fourth century, between 345 and 355.
Hendrix, John S
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Priscian on Perception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An aporia posed by Theophrastus prompts Priscian to describe the process by which perception formally assimilates to its object as a progressive perfection. I present an interpretation of Priscian’s account of perception’s progressive perfection.
Kalderon, Mark Eli
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Species and the Good in Anne Conway's Metaethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Anne Conway rejects the view that creatures are essentially members of any natural kind more specific than the kind 'creature'. That is, she rejects essentialism about species membership.
Grey, John R. T.
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The Russian Artist in Plato's Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In Book 10 of the Republic, Plato launches an extensive critique of art, claiming that it can have no legitimate role within the well-ordered state. While his reasons are multifac- eted, Plato’s primary objection to art rests on its status as a mere ...
Michelle, Panchuk
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Leon Battista Alberti and the Concept of Lineament [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A core idea in the architectural theory of Leon Battista Alberti, as expressed in the De re aedificatoria, is the distinction between “lineament,” the line in the mind of the architect, and “matter,” the material presence of the building.
Hendrix, John S
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