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Competition, Imagery, and Pleasure in Plato’s Republic, 1–9
Plato, 2014 This paper interprets the Republic’s “parallel” imagery of a contest between the lives of the most just and most unjust men as indicating that book 9’s two pleasure arguments are the culmination of the dialogue’s refutation of Thrasymachus’ sophistry ...
Matthew Robinson
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Clarifying Conversations: Understanding Cultural Difference in Philosophical Education [PDF]
, 2017 The goal of this essay is to explain how Wittgenstein's philosophy may be helpful for understanding and addressing challenges to cross-cultural communication in educational contexts.
Carroll, Thomas D.
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Current Tracking Adaptive Control of Brushless DC Motors
International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView.In this paper, the current tracking for Brushless Direct Current motors is approached considering uncertainty in the parameters of the motor's model. An adaptive control scheme to compensate electrical parameters uncertainty is proposed without requiring any knowledge of the mechanical parameters.
Fernanda Ramos‐García +3 more
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ARCHAIC THOUGHT AND SOPHISTRY IN HERODOTUS’ HISTORIES 3.38.1 SOME REMARKS ON THE CONCEPT OF ΝΟΜΟΣ*
Lexicon Philosophicum, 2017 The concepts of νόμος and φύσις were key to sophistical thinking. The sophistical opposition between the two concepts exerted a great influence in the fifth century BC.
SERGIO BARRIONUEVO
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Fiji: Republican Rome in the Pacific? [PDF]
, 2000 Review of 'Fiji: Paradise in Pieces' by Satendra ...
Dooley, Gillian Mary
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Adaptable Tile‐Based Pneumatic Origami through Structurally Coupled Localized Actuation
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This article presents tile‐based pneumatic origami structures with rigid tiles and flexible fabric creases, achieving adaptable properties including morphing shape, selective multistability, and tunable stiffness. Independently pressurized folding bladders at each crease enable structurally coupled localized actuation of origami structures.
Tiantian Li, Jonathan Luntz, Diann Brei
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Collectivized Intellectualism [PDF]
, 2019 We argue that the evolutionary function of reasoning is to allow us to secure more accurate beliefs and more effective intentions through collective deliberation.
Smith, Julia Jael, Wald, Benjamin
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Inflammatory Response‐Inspired Thermochromic Shield for Pneumatic Structures
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.A thermochromic shield for pneumatic structures is developed, using anhydrous sodium acetate powder and thermochromic pigment‐included solution. In this shield composed of three layers, the exothermic and thermochromic reactions, followed by the mixture of both components, occur promptly with an incident of penetrating damage as a sign of initial ...
Hyun Jae Lee, Ryuma Niiyama
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Socratic Dialectic between Philosophy and Politics in Euthydemus 305e5-306d1
Plato, 2019 In the final scene of the Euthydemus, Socrates argues that because the art of speechwriting merely partakes of the two good arts philosophy and politics, it places third in the contest for wisdom.
Carrie Swanson
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Dangerous Voices: On Written and Spoken Discourse in Plato’s Protagoras [PDF]
, 2017 Plato’s Protagoras contains, among other things, three short but puzzling remarks on the media of philosophy. First, at 328e5–329b1, Plato makes Socrates worry that long speeches, just like books, are deceptive, because they operate ...
Olof, Pettersson
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