Ecological Conscience and Peace in the Social Doctrine of the Church by Fabio Caporali

“…After highlightening the transdisciplinary process of emergence and development of an ecological conscience through the prophetic insights of scientists, philosophers and theologians, the recent contributions of the Social Doctrine of the Church are summarized with their content of innovation and faith in both a peaceful human society and a sustainable planetary community. …”
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Slowness and Renewed Perception: Revisiting Douglas Gordon’s 24 Hour Psycho (1993) with Don DeLillo’s Point Omega (2010) by Françoise Sammarcelli

“…It then argues that Point Omega can be read as a complex theoretical essay, blurring the boundaries between genres, notably by establishing a dialogue with Gordon and Jesuit philosopher Teilhard de Chardin, while problematizing academic discourse. …”
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ISTORINIS PASAKOJIMAS KAIP NARATOLOGINĖS ANALIZĖS OBJEKTAS by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…However so far, it seems that neither literature specialists nor philosophers of history have done this. In this article I will do my best to analyse the reasons why historical narrative has not been analysed on a literature aspect. …”
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DOCTRINE OF MAN IN DESCARTES AND PASCAL by A. M. Malivskyi

“…The paper substantiates the meaningful relationship in the doctrine of man from both French thinkers, which manifests itself in the vision of the initial situation as a person’s choice of their own foundations in the course of conceptualization the scientific revolution, understanding of Christianity as a basic paradigm of thinking, priority of the anthropological interest over natural-science one, the dominant role of the ethical philosophizing motive.…”
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François Lamy’s Cartesian Refutation of Spinoza’s Ethics by Jack Stetter

“…François Lamy (1636–1711), a Benedictine monk and Cartesian philosopher whose extensive relations with Arnauld, Bossuet, Fénélon, and Malebranche put him into contact with the intellectual elite of late-seventeenth-century France, authored the very first detailed and explicit refutation of Spinoza’s Ethics in French, Le nouvel athéisme renversé (1696). …”
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From Life to Its Online School: An Analysis of Alain de Botton’s ‘The School of Life’ as Strategy and Tactic by Gökçen Karanfil, A. Özgür Gürsoy

“…The conceptual analysis is then applied to The School of Life (an online educational organization initiated by the popular author, philosopher, and entrepreneur Alain de Botton) both to offer an examination of this cultural artifact and to test the assumptions the theoretical framework developed.…”
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İBN SÎNÂ’NIN BİN YILLIK YARIM ANLAŞILMASI by Mehmet Bayraktar

“…Bu makalemizde İbn Sînâ’nın tam anlaşılması için söz konusu iki kavramın ayrı iki anlamı olduğu üzerinde duracağız.Anahtar Sözcükler: İbn Sînâ, el-Vâcibü’l-Vücûd, Vâcibü’l-Vücûd, Zorunlu Varlık, Zorlayan Varlık Abstract: Al-Wâjibu’l-Wujûd and Wâjibu’l-Wujûd are two very important concepts of Turkish philosopher Ibn Sina’s (Avicenna) metaphysics. But these two concepts have been understood until today as if they were the same and one concept. …”
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Poetics of Friction by Nadja Ben Khelifa, Étienne Allaix, Jörg Sternagel

“…Called by these questions, our panel attempts to collaboratively work on corresponding responses within a poetics of friction that is rehearsed, acted out, and tried out in a setting where forces come into play that resist relative motions of solid approaches and beliefs sliding against each other: Whereas the three panelists – a multimedia artist, a cultural theorist, and a philosopher – call with their spoken words, screened images and handout materials, the members of the audience respond to these calls: Like the wheel that needs the concrete surface against its rubber to spin in movement, or the piece of wood that needs the wooden stick rotating against its bark to spark a flame, members of Performance Philosophy need frictions with which both Performance artists and Philosophy scholars slide against each other to spin, to move, to carry on, to reflect, to struggle, to doubt, to aim, to spark flames of inspiration. …”
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The Lithuanianisation of Adam Mickiewicz by Viktorija Šeina

“…Without having any factual evidence to support it, the interwar Lithuanian philosopher Stasys Šalkauskis sought to convince readers that Mickiewicz was descended from the Rimvydas clan. …”
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space by Елена Григорьева

“…Perhaps there is not a single philosopher, urbanist or designer who would not use it in their work. …”
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O moralnych obowiązkach ludzi wobec zwierząt. Etyka Gary’ego Francione by Dorota Probucka

“…In his opinion, neither of these philosophers did not escape from the anthropocentric paradigm binding the moral obligations to animals with the primacy of human interest. …”
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La Westminster Review comme outil de transmission et de démocratisation de culture savante, 1824-1857 by Odile Boucher-Rivalain

“…From 1836 until 1840, under the influence of the younger generation of Philosophic Radicals, with John Stuart Mill at their head, its literary influence rose sharply and with the merger of the London Review with the Westminster Review, a new period of its history began. …”
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LANGUAGE PLAY: ONE WAY OF READING J.K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER by Trisnowati Tanto, Jeanyfer Tanusy

“…The research is done to find out the language play forms contained in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and how these forms support the understanding of the literary elements. …”
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THE STRUGGLE OF IDEAS AND «THE NEW TURKEY» by V. A. Nadein-Raevskiy

“…A famous Islamic philosopher Fethullah Gulen backed up the nowadays president Erdogan in the beginning of creation of his Justice & Development Party (AKP). …”
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Zagadnienie światopoglądu w edukacji ekologicznej by Jacek W. Czartoszewski

“…Moreover, it must avoid hatchway in the knowledge, from here society aside from knowledge natures, technical, juridical and economical should own knowing humanistic, which regards anthropology, axioms, theology, and religion (get into completely mode with helping of recognition common sense, wisdom, scientific, philosophic and religionist). On the other way hatchways, inaccuracies, and even contrarieties into understanding the world will become dominant and lead to quarrels and antagonisms. …”
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At the Origins of Asiaticism: Sugiyama Shigemara’s Manchurian Utopia by Daria Yu. Kurginova, Kenso Yamamoto

“…Subject is the project of the Siberian Republic, outlined by the philosopher in the work “The Politics of Civil War”. …”
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Madrid selon Basilio Martín Patino : le charme discret de l’imperfection by Bernard Bessière

“…Though some critics think that Madrid has always wanted a global approach to its urban areas and its architecture – a criticism scathingly voiced by the intellectual in the movie (actually the philosopher Carlos Paris) when he discusses Madrid with Hans on the rooftop of a skyscraper - the German moviemaker is so enamored with the capital that he only sees charms and spells where others see an urban chaos and a lack of harmony and architectural coherence. …”
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“Cultivating a Sense of Duty and Responsibility to Society”: the Specificity of the “Service-Learning” Approach in China by A. D. Galkina, V. S. Nikolskiy

“…Over the past decade, in Russian higher education there has been an increasing interest in intensification of youth policy, as well as the introduction of new ideological, philosophic disciplines and modules. In this regard, the experience of those foreign countries that, like Russia, are faced with the tasks of forming national identity, citizenship, solidarity, and preserving traditional values, is worth exploring. …”
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Reduzir a desigualdade, mas até que ponto? Breves comentários a partir da "Vida Boa" de Aristóteles by Robson Antonio Grassi

“…Seeking to discuss what would be “enough” for the good life proposed by the ancient philosopher today, based on the necessary “basic goods”, as defined by Skidelsky and Skidelsky (2017), we seek to show that such a vision, even though it still requires advancing in analytical terms (such as in the measurement of basic goods), presents clear implications for the current debate on inequality, as it reveals a morally ideal point to seek its reduction, and which can even inspire new discussions on public policy measures.…”
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Poezija kao luksuz i sredstvo preživljanja by Dubravka Djurić, Aleksandar Bošković

“…The authors discuss her dual position(s), as a poet and philosopher active in the Gerusija philosophy collective from Novi Sad. …”
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