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External‐World Skepticism and the New Ethics of Belief
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT External‐world skepticism challenges, among other things, the epistemic credentials of beliefs about other people. Some external‐world skeptics deny that I know my loved ones exist; some claim that my belief that my loved ones exist is epistemically impermissible. However, abandoning this belief would be highly unattractive.
James Fritz
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Δημαγωγοί e δημαγωγία nella storiografia greca d’età romana
Erga-Logoi, 2019 This paper focuses on the semantic and historical evolution of the term δημαγωγός in Greek historiography and political oratory from Polybius to Cassius Dio. Apparently, Polybius was aware only of the polemical meaning of the term (i.e.
Gianpaolo Urso
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
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Crossroads of the Life of Vittorio Alfieri
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 375-392, September 2026.Abstract This article examines Vittorio Alfieri's Life as a deliberately constructed narrative of cultural, linguistic, and political self‐fashioning within eighteenth‐century European intellectual networks. Rather than treating the autobiography as a transparent record of experience, the article argues that Alfieri retrospectively reorganizes his ...
Sara Gallegati
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 589-608, September 2026.Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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NEW DATA ON THE SERTORIAN WAR AT THE VASCON SITE OF IRULEGI (ARANGUREN VALLEY, NAVARRE)
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 180-203, May 2026.Summary Literary sources provide limited information on specific developments during the civil wars of the late Roman Republic, including the Sertorian War. This study describes the attack on the Vascon settlement of Irulegi (Aranguren valley, Navarre), in northern Spain, within the context of this conflict, using the methodological and theoretical ...
Mattin Aiestaran +12 more
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The Self‐as‐Philosopher: A Schema‐Informed Reading of Philosophy as a Way of Life
Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 174-188, April 2026.Abstract This article offers an original reading of the process and outcomes of training in philosophy as a way of life. By drawing on research and theory from the fields of cognitive psychology and adult learning, it argues that the transformative effects frequently ascribed to the practice of philosophy as a way of life can helpfully be ...
Joel Owen
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Frienemies de l’Antiquité: Aristide et Thémistocle vus par Plutarque
ElectrumIn the Parallel Lives, Aristides and Themistocles are two antithetical characters. This opposition, already present in Herodotus’work and common to the literary tradition of the Persian wars, is particularly emphasized by Plutarch who shapes two ...
Lucia Visonà
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