scholarly journals The Critias and Minoan Crete

1913 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 189-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. Frost
Keyword(s):  
Vast Amount ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Minoan Crete ◽  
The Relationship

The Critias after a long introduction breaks off almost at the beginning of the story. Both in form and subject it presents problems which have occasioned a vast amount of speculation. In the first place if Plato really composed it in order to shew his ideal Republic under the stress of war as illustrated by the ancient Athenians in his story, why is it that most of the introduction describes the rival state of Atlantis with a wealth of detail that is quite superfluous? Atlantis interests him much more than his ideal state, and has interested his readers in all ages to the exclusion of the Athenians. Secondly, why after a few introductory remarks does the Critias cease to be a dialogue at all? From the beginning it is an unbroken narrative on the regular lines of an Epic poem. Why, again, should the work be dedicated to Critias, of all people? The attempt to answer these questions involves a consideration of the truth of Solon's visit to Egypt, a review of the whole problem of Atlantis and a glance at the relationship between Solon, Plato, and Critias.

More, Morton, and the Politics of Accommodation

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Thomas More ◽  
The Real ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
Academic Philosophy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Ideal

In the private conversation of close friends this academic philosophy is not without its charm, but in the council of kings, where great matters are debated with great authority, there is no room for these notions …. But there is another philosophy, more practical for statesmen, which knows its stage, adapts itself to the play in hand, and performs its role neatly and appropriately. This is the philosophy which you must employ.This trimmer's prescription, with its blast of the breath of experience over the unguarded optimism of theory, is crucial to an understanding of More's Utopia and an appreciation of its unity. Was Thomas More seriously recommending the accommodational approach to politics here put forward by the fictional “More” in Book I of the Utopia, and what was the relationship between this approach and the ideal state described in Book II?The various answers given to these questions can be seen as hinges on which the various interpretations of the Utopia have turned. The accommodational argument stands at the crux of the debate on counsel, which takes up almost the whole of Book I. Upon the interpretation of this debate can depend the view taken of More's intention in depicting the fictional society of Utopia, and involved in this interpretation is the knotty problem of whether the real More's opinions are voiced by Hythlodaeus or by the fictional “More.”An examination of the two approaches most frequently adopted will reveal the importance of the problem. The first approach is that which sees the real More's views as expressed by the fictional “More” of the Utopia.

scholarly journals Hero and Fate in the Nibelungenlied

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Asia A. Sarakaeva ◽  
Elina A. Sarakaeva
Keyword(s):  
Epic Poem ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Active Acceptance

Based on the material of the epic poem “Das Nibelungenlied” (The Lay of the Nibelungs) the article discusses the concepts of hero, heroism and fate which existed in the minds of medieval Europeans. This paper explores the relationship between these concepts. The authors postulate and prove the hypothesis that, in the framework of mentality under study, the measure of higher heroism was foresight and active acceptance of one’s fate. Fate, in turn, was revealed only to those heroes who were able to doom both themselves and the maximum number of other people to death. The authors show that Fate in the “Lay of the Nibelungs” is a constant, albeit secret, participant of the events; it interacts in complex ways with other participants. Fate directs the actions of the characters and is itself directed by them, revealing itself only to selected brave ones, to those who will be able to become its co-author, who, in accordance with its plans, will boldly go to death and lead others there too. Only such people can be considered heroes.

scholarly journals The Hero in the Lyrical Epic Poem Detvan in the Context of Contemporary Nationalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-115
Author(s):  
Marta Fülöpová
Keyword(s):  
Main Character ◽  
National Program ◽  
Story Line ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Poetic Expression ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Literary Characters ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The analytical-interpretative study examines the depiction of literary characters in the lyrical-epic work Detvan written by Andrej Sládkovič. It interprets the ingenious system of relations between the Slovak nation represented by the main character Martin and King Matthias Corvinus. The study notes the shifts in meaning and symbolization of relationships in this work and reveals the influence of national ideology in the creation of characters and their relations. It proves that the relationship between the king and the main character is a poetic expression of the national program, and that the story line is determined by the Slovak autostereotype of a peaceful nation. The article was written on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Andrej Sládkovič’s birth.

Pyrrho and Pyrrhonism

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-194
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Gowans
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Sextus Empiricus ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Emotionally Troubled ◽  
The World ◽  
Pyrrhonian Skepticism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Ideal

The chapter argues that Pyrrho and ancient Pyrrhonian skepticism (specifically, Sextus Empiricus) are plausibly interpreted as accepting a self-cultivation philosophy, though in somewhat different senses and with some qualification. For both, the existential starting point is an emotionally troubled life rooted in beliefs about the world, and the ideal state of being is a life of tranquility without these beliefs and guided by appearances. It is difficult to say what spiritual exercises Pyrrho thought were needed to achieve the ideal state: perhaps learning his philosophy and habituating ourselves to follow it. However, for Sextus, employment of skeptical arguments was the primary exercise. Since neither Pyrrho nor Sextus supposed we could make assertions about the specific nature of things, neither had a philosophy of human nature in a straightforward sense. Nonetheless, presentations of their outlooks betray some perspective on this (e.g., about the relationship between absence of belief and tranquility).

The Feminization of Speedup

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper Bernes
Keyword(s):  
Personal Computer ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
The Status ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conceptual Work

Engaging debates around the status of unpaid reproductive labor, this chapter investigates Bernadette Mayer’s multifarious project Memory, which is simultaneously a performance, a conceptual work, an installation, and an epic poem. In attempting to document, down to the smallest detail, every aspect of her life for thirty days—using photographs, audio recordings, and written notation—Mayer effectively demonstrates the subsumption of the entirety of life by the protocols and routines of work as well as the transformation of the relationship between unpaid reproductive work and feminized wage labor. Mayer’s “total” artwork, which merges different technologies into a single apparatus, prefigures the reorganization of office work around the personal computer, a technology that has probably done more than anything else to ensure that work and home life are unified by enabling white-collar workers to accomplish tasks from home and, in that sense, never leave work.

Marvels of the system. Art, perception and engagement with the environment in Minoan Crete

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesa-Pekka Herva
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Minoan Crete ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nature Scenes

This paper discusses the relationship between art, perception and human engagement with the environment in Minoan Crete through the depiction of landscapes and the ‘natural world’ in art. It is argued that the conventional approaches to Minoan ‘nature scenes’, based on the representation and expression theories of art, are overshadowed by modernist assumptions about art and human–environment relations. The paper then proceeds to discuss the workings of visual perception and the dynamics of human–environment systems. On that basis, the nature of human–environment relations in Minoan Crete is reconsidered and an ‘ecological’ approach to ancient art explored. A tentative suggestion is made that Minoan nature scenes might be understood as instruments for perceiving and knowing the environment, and some broader implications of the ecological perspective for the interpretation of the archaeological record of Minoan Crete are indicated.

scholarly journals The social status of a child in a group and its correlation with psychological, social-cognitive and behavioral characteristics

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 162-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Ammon ◽  
E.V. Filippova
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Behavioral Characteristics ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
The Social ◽  
Neglected Children ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between peers is one of the most critical challenges of modern childhood. Research has shown the social status of a child in a group of peers influences not only his/her current well-being but his/her future psychological and physiological health condition. This article is devoted to the overview of foreign studies on social status of children and its correlation with different psychological, social-cognitive and behavioral characteristics of children with special attention to rejected and neglected children. Despite the popularity of the reviewed subject and vast amount of research on it, some correlations still need additional research.

Studies in the Epic Poem Godefroi de Bouillon

PMLA ◽  
1913 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-78
Author(s):  
Hugh A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Critical Edition ◽  
Complete Classification ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Exact Relationship

The only one who has attempted any very complete classification of the mss. of Godefroi de Bouillon is Pigeonneau, in his work mentioned above, Le Cycle de la Croisade, where are summed up also most of the earlier studies in this field. He has considered all the important mss. and versions that I have given above, except the Bern ms. No. 627, marked S. However, the classification of Pigeonneau is far from sufficient for our purposes. Pigeonneau's purpose was to point out the various versions contained in these mss., rather than to determine their exact relationship to each other, and the proper measure of authority due to each in a critical edition of the text or in the settlement of disputed readings. In general, then, his classification is based on the contents of the mss., the various additions and omissions of each, and not usually, it would seem, on a close line for line comparison. It is, moreover, made for the entire cycle, and the relationship of the various mss. in each of the separate branches is not always specified. This relationship may vary from branch to branch. However, the chief insufficiency, for our use, of Pigeonneau's classification, in addition to that coming necessarily from his different purpose, is his very slight treatment of the Spanish version, and the fact that he did not treat at all ms. S. Both of these are of prime importance in any exact classification of the mss.; and to determine our passages particularly, it is absolutely necessary to know their relationship to the others. Nevertheless, Pigeonneau's classification has been of use as far as it has extended. I shall, then, summarize his results, to show what had been done already, and to bring out as well what remained to be done.

scholarly journals Ontology Application for the Organizational Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Tengku Adil Tengku Izhar ◽  
Mohd Shamsul Mohd Shoid
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Organizational Goal ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Ontology Application ◽  
The Relationship

Data is important in assisting decision-making in relation to the organizational goals. However, the trustworthiness of organizational data in relation to achieving the organizational goals is often questioned because of the vast amount of organizational data available. This paper advances the understanding of the organizational goals model based on ontology. This refers to the importance of assisting the organization to utilize relevant organizational data for decision-making in relation to the organizational goals. Therefore, domain experts and entrepreneurs can make a decision to what extend the organizational goals are achieved. The results show that ontology supports the relationship between the organizational goal elements as an effort to measure organizational data in relation to the organizational goals.

scholarly journals Analysis on Decoupling between Urbanization Level and Urbanization Quality in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6835
Author(s):  
Xueru Zhang ◽  
Wei Song ◽  
Jingtao Wang ◽  
Bo Wen ◽  
Dazhi Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rapid Improvement ◽  
The West ◽  
Urbanization Level ◽  
Ideal State ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Relationship

After the first industrial revolution, urbanization level worldwide has increased rapidly. As the largest developing country in the world, China has witnessed a rapid improvement in its urbanization level in recent years. Nevertheless, the quality of urbanization has not been improved simultaneously. The relationship between the level and the quality of urbanization has thus become a hot topic for researchers. By introducing the concept and model of decoupling in the field of resources and environment into the analysis of urbanization level and quality, this study evaluated the relationship between urbanization level and urbanization quality of 285 prefecture-level cities in China from 2005 to 2014. It was found that: (1) The urbanization level and urbanization quality in China are unbalanced because the former is growing in a faster rate than the latter. The average urbanization level of China has increased by 27.40% from 42.99% in 2005 to 54.77% in 2014, while the increase of urbanization quality, however, is much slower with only 11.21% for the same period. It can be concluded that China has paid more attention to urbanization level than urbanization quality. (2) From 2005 to 2014, the relationship between China’s urbanization level and quality showed a total of eight decoupling states, of which the main ones were strong negative decoupling (non-ideal state) and growth negative decoupling (close to ideal state), accounting for 38.32% and 33.49% of the total number of samples in China, respectively. (3) The change of urbanization level and urbanization quality in China can be divided into two stages: for the first stage from 2005 to 2010, with rapid improvement in urbanization level, and the other from 2011 to 2014, with rapid improvement in urbanization quality. (4) Spatially, the areas with significant decoupling between urbanization level and urbanization quality are mainly distributed in underdeveloped areas such as the west; and the decoupling presents the spatial pattern of the highest in the west, the second in the middle, and the lowest in the east.

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