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Theon and the history of the progymnasmata [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This paper surveys the evidence for the technical literature on rhetorical progymnasmata. It concludes that the arguments for an early date for Theon’s Progymnasmata are inherently weak, and are inconsistent with the evidence for the text’s currency in ...
Heath, M.
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Likeness of an Athenian tyrannical son. Young Hipocrates in Plato's Protagoras [PDF]

open access: yesHypothekai
The Socratic narration in Plato's Protagoras begins with the appearance of a young man. Early in the morning, a boy who had just learned that the sophist from Abdera is in town and who is yearning to meet him, goes to Socrates to request his accompanying.
Àngel
doaj   +1 more source

Corruption and the composition of foreign direct investment - firm-level evidence [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors study the impact of corruption in a host country on foreign investors'preference for a joint venture, or a wholly owned subsidiary. Their simple model highlights a basic tradeoff in using local partners.
Shang-Jin Wei, Smarzynska, Beata K.
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The Psychagogic Work of Examples in Plato's Statesman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper concerns the role of examples (paradeigmata) as propaedeutic to philosophical inquiry, in light of the methodological digression of Plato’s Statesman.
Moore, Holly G.
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The ancient Greek roots of the term Toxic. [PDF]

open access: yesToxicol Rep, 2021
Laios K   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thundercloud electrification models in atmospheric electricity and meteorology [PDF]

open access: yes
A survey is presented of presently-available theoretical models. The models are classified into three main groups: (1) convection models, (2) precipitation models, and (3) general models. The strengths and weaknesses of the models, their dimensionalities
Parker, L. W.
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Rethinking Plato’s Forms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is a proposal for rethinking the main lines of Plato’s philosophy, including some of the conceptual tools he uses for building and maintaining it.
Alican, Necip Fikri, Thesleff, Holger
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An Unpublished Ethopoea of Severus of Alexandria

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010
An unpublished fragment of a rhetorical exercise, Demosthenes on the death of Philip, is edited and analyzed; its style supports attribution to the sophist Severus of Alexandria.
Eugenio Amato
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