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Cassius Dio\u27s Livia and the Conspiracy of Cinna Magnus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The dialogue between Livia and Augustus about the conspiracy of Cinna Magnus (Dio 55.14-22) subtly undermines Livia, portraying her clemency as Machiavellian, in a manner consistent with Dio’s view of powerful ...
Adler, Eric
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Do the Unexpected! Why Deweyan Educators Should Be Pluralists about Political Tactics and Strategies†

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 171-187, April 2025.
Abstract How should Deweyan educators teach their students about engaging in efforts to bring about social change in a political context marked by polarization, power differentials, and oppression? In this article, Joshua Forstenzer argues that Deweyan educators must encourage their students to engage in pluralistic and creative experiments rather than
Joshua Forstenzer
wiley   +1 more source

Thucydides' political judgement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
After reporting the death of Pericles Thucycides gives an assessment of his leadership, adding by way of contrast some comments on the situation which developed in Athens subsequently (2.65.7-13).
Heath, M.
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Time in the ontology of Cornelius Castoriadis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We can locate the problematic of time within three philosophical questions, which respectively designate three central areas of philosophical reflection and contemplation. These are: 1) The ontological question, i.e.
Schismenos, Alexandros
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Immunological Poetics and Postcolonial Echoes: Traversing the Medical Narratives From T.S. Eliot to J.M. Coetzee

open access: yesLiterature Compass, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the intersection of immunological discourse and literary narrative through the works of T.S. Eliot and J.M. Coetzee. The paper examines the early twentieth‐century shift from holistic disease models to germ theory, paralleling this scientific evolution with Eliot's use of chemical metaphors in “Tradition and the ...
Huiming Liu
wiley   +1 more source

From Moral Responsibility to Legal Responsibility in the Conduct of War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Different societies came to consider certain behaviors as morally wrong, and, in time, due to a more or less general practice, those behaviors have also become legally prohibited.
Bejan, Lavinia Andreea
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The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 71-93, February 2025.
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the events in Gaul and on the border was framed to fit his notion of the history of salvation.
Mateusz Fafinski
wiley   +1 more source

Chronotopes of exile and loss in Philip O'Sullivan Beare's Zoilomastix (c. 1626)☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 60-80, February 2025.
Abstract This essay explores the relationship between an early modern exile and his native environment, as depicted in Philip O'Sullivan Beare's unfinished natural history Zoilomastix. Writing by turns in Latin, Spanish and Gaelic from the safety of the Habsburg court, O'Sullivan Beare marshalled Ciceronian rhetoric and Plinian wonder to argue for the ...
Kevin Gerard Tracey
wiley   +1 more source

Thucydide et les conventions écrites : le jugement de l’historien

open access: yesPallas, 2010
Studying the different terms describing the written conventions (σπονδαί, ξύμβασις, ἀνοκώχη, ἐκεχειρία) shows that they point to different degrees of stability and duration; now Thucydides plays on the words he uses in order to bring his reader to ...
Agathe Roman
doaj   +1 more source

Tackling the Thorny Dilemma of Mapping Southeastern Sicily's Coastal Archaeology Beneath Dense Mediterranean Vegetation: A Drone‐Based LiDAR Approach

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 139-158, January/March 2025.
ABSTRACT Airborne laser scanning (ALS), commonly known as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a remote sensing technique that enables transformative archaeological research by providing high‐density 3D representations of landscapes and sites covered by vegetation whose analysis reveals hidden features and structures.
Dario Calderone   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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