Des esclaves et des bêtes : fables de la sauvagerie en Amérique dans Letters from an American Farmer, de St John de Crèvecoeur by Agnès Derail-Imbert

“…In the sequel to this philosophical essay, the narrator resumes his naturalist account with the description of local reptiles, whose murderous behavior hardly fails to evoke slavery, as if servitude and the violence it entails were merely a law of nature. …”
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Burial customs, the afterlife and the pollution of death in ancient Greece by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…The sources consulted include Homer's epic poems, archaeological data and vase paintings, as well as the writings of later historians, philosophers and other prominent people. …”
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“RAIN was planting the seeds”: An Interview with Tom Bender, co-editor of RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology by Meredith Gaglio

“…During that period, the Rainmakers, led by Steve Johnson, Lee Johnson, Land de Moll, and Tom Bender, constructed a visionary ecotopia on the pages of their journal, supplying readers with the philosophical grounding, real-world advice, and political conviction to pursue AT projects within their own communities. …”
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From Blank Canvas to Masterwork: Creating a Professional Practice Model at a Magnet Hospital by Lynda J. Dimitroff, Donna M. Tydings, Sue Nickoley, Lynn W. Nichols, Maureen E. Krenzer

“…PPMs are essential as the philosophical underpinnings for nursing practice. The study institution created a new PPM utilizing the voice of their RNs. …”
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SOEKARNO DAN ARGUMEN TEOLOGIS-FILOSOFIS DALAM PEMIKIRAN ISLAM by Imam Sukardi

“…This paper wants to see how Soekarno’s philosophical views of Islamic teachings and their application are ideal for the Indonesian Muslim community. …”
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Time-Images in Don DeLillo’s Writing: A Reading of The Body Artist, Point Omega and Zero K by Andrea Pitozzi

“…Reading DeLillo’s recent novels according to this philosophical framework enables one to consider the implications his writing draws between time and images in configuring the perception of time as an almost physical, substantial and non-subjective whole to be sensed and described through narrative and figurative strategies.…”
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HUMANITIES IN A REGIONAL UNIVERSITY by Robert H. Kochesokov, Zukhra A. Kuchukova

“…The most fruitful can be considered scientific research in the framework of collective projects and within the paradigm of interdisciplinary approach (with participation of philosophers, historians, cultural scientists, philologists, psychologists); cooperation with the leading Universities and scientific institutes; preparation and publication of special thematic issues of the leading Russian scientific journals as well as organization and holding of thematic conferences jointly with the leading scientific institutions.…”
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MU’TEZİLE EKOLÜ VE AKLIN BELİRLEYİCİLİĞİ by Osman Aydınlı

“…The distinctive feature of the Mu‘tazilite school is to have laid down its fundamental principles as al-usfil al-khamsa (five fundamentals) and concentrated on theological and philosophical issues. Within the Mutazila, due to their different approaches to the imamate and politics, there emerged two main streams, the schools of Baghdad and Basra. …”
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Bricolage and Social Entrepreneurship to Address Emergent Social Needs: A “Deconstructionist” Perspective by Lamberto Zollo, Riccardo Rialti, Cristiano Ciappei, Andrea Boccardi

“…Building on a postmodernist philosophical perspectve, namely Jacques Derrida’s “deconstructonism,” we atempt to unpack the bricolage phenomenon within the social entrepreneurship feld. …”
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Die klassieke retoriek as basis vir hedendaagse openbare spraakkommunikasieleerinhoude by Frederick Terblanche

“…What has changed considerably, is the human concept of the fundamental nature and scope of communication principles and contexts, the perspectives from which it is approached and its ontological and philosophical basis. The ordering and systemisation of these are naturally expressed in a more comprehensive and scientific conceptual system than was the case in the classical era. …”
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Reassembling and remembering - the politics of reconciliation in South Africa by J. Kruger

“…The latter notion is understood in a Platonic-Augustinian fashion – following the interpretation of the contemporary philosophical-theological movement of Radical Orthodoxy – as a diffuse recognition of the other within the self, whereby the politics of reconciliation is, in an important sense, broadened to encompass the interior, psychic and, ultimately, spiritual aspects of the relation between the self and the other. …”
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Resources within Spiritual and Mystical Christian Traditions for the Care of Earth – our Common Home by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…It is not surprising, therefore, that for several decades the study of the ecological crisis has been undertaken by philosophers and religologists who seek inspirations for ways to shape an environmentally friendly lifestyle in various religious traditions. …”
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Skepping en evolusie: 'n filosofiese besinning oor tyd, ruimte en materie by P. H. Stoker

“… This philosophical reflection on time, space and matter in the debate creationevolution accepts that the universe came into existence as a number of acts of deliberate supernatural creation by an already existing God. …”
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آرنلڈ جوزیف ٹائن بی کی تاریخ بینی کے تناظر میں امت اسلامیہ کی وحدت میں رکاو ٹوں کامطالعہ by Dr. Muzaffar Ali, Dr. Abdul Rahman Abdul Hameed Hammad

“…This research aims to provide a brief overview of Toynbee’s life and his philosophical influences, specifically Ibn Khaldun. The methodology involves an analysis of Toynbee’s writings and their reception among Muslim historians. …”
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Ìwà l’ẹwà: Towards a Yorùbá Feminist Ethics by Olayinka Oyeleye

“…The theoretical implications of Feminist narrative ethics is then applied to the philosophical imports of Yorùbá proverbs about women as a way to tease out how female subordination is grounded in Yorùbá ontology and ethics. …”
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Real and Presumed Categories: A Formal Approach by Juan Uriagereka

“…In the end, I suggest that this depends on the nature of the feature, and that in some fundamental sense there is ample space for foundational formal features, which has a variety of technical and philosophical consequences worth pursuing. …”
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Do we know the chemical bond? A case for the ethical teaching of undefined paradigms by Kozuch Sebastian

“…We propose that these definitions, including their theoretical, practical and even philosophical issues, should be taught to advanced undergraduate chemistry students as an essential introduction to the chemical bond module of quantum chemistry courses. …”
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Eroticism in Fr. Franciszek Sawicki’s philosophy of love by Jarosław Babiński

“… Father Franciszek Sawicki is considered to be one of the most important philosophers of the interwar period in Poland. The problem of love must be regarded as one of the most significant among many issues he focused on in his research. …”
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The Value of African Wisdom: Reflections on Modern Education in Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis

“…Thus, the article documents the philosophical scope of African wisdom as naturalized epistemology. …”
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Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Soul by Eric Stencil

“…In the 1640’s Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes engaged in a philosophically rich correspondence. The most well-known aspect of the correspondence begins with a question Elisabeth asks Descartes about his account of the interaction between soul and body. …”
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