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Shaping Character: An Ancient Science of Musical Ethos? [PDF]

, 2019
Die Idee, dass die psychologische Wirkung der Musik auch für Fragen der Erziehung und Politik entscheidend ist, findet sich zuerst bei Platon, mit Verweis auf Damon von Athen (5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.).
Hagel, Stefan
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The opening of Plutarch's Life of Themistokles [PDF]

, 2008
Plutarch begins the biography by selecting incidents and an epigram that anticipate the basic themes of Themistocles' life--his greatness, sometimes ambiguous, and his benefactions to all of ...
Duff, Timothy Elliott
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Pico della Mirandola and the Presocratics [PDF]

, 2018
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) decided to study all the ancient and medieval schools of philosophy, including the Pre-Socratics, in order to broaden his scope. Pico showed interest in ancient monists.
Steiris, Georgios
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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The Self-Definition of Hellenic Identity through the Culture of Mousikē [PDF]

, 2019
Altgriechische Quellen sind voll von Verweisen auf die Musik von Völkern, die nicht griechisch sind und deshalb stereotyp als ,Barbaren‘ bezeichnet werden.
Rocconi, Eleonora
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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Eloquenza di Gorgia, eloquenza di Lisia: il Gorgia e il Fedro nel De audiendo plutarcheo

Annali Online dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione Lettere, 2019
In competitive dialogue with the emerging Second Sophistic, Plutarch rewrites in a strongly allusive way Platonic images that highlighted the rivalry between rhetoric and philosophy and the seduction of the rhetorical ἐπίδειξις. Plutarch intends to refer
Elisabetta Berardi
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The Material and Textual Value of Manuscript and Print Binding Waste☆

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2019, the Foundation of Christ's Hospital at Lincoln made a bequest of early printed books to the Bodleian Library. The collection is rich in sixteenth‐century tooled bindings, many of which preserve manuscript and printed waste in the form of pastedowns, endleaves and endleaf guards.
Tamara Atkin
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Humanism at the Council of Constance. Diego de Anaya, Classical Manuscripts and Education in Salamanca

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
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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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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