Theophany

Portrait ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Nancy
Keyword(s):  
Image Of God ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
Made In

In its weaving of Judeo-Greek themes, Christianity introduced a revolution into the mimesis of the human face and from there into mimesis in general. If man is made in the image of God, on the one hand, and if, on the other hand, God becomes man—that is, if God makes himself into his own image but within the mortal condition defined through its sin—then the image of man can oscillate between divine value and the value of human fallenness....

Dziedzictwo dawnej Rzeczypospolitej w języku pierwszego polskiego przekładu poematu „Metai” Kristijonasa Donelaitisa

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-400
Author(s):  
Jolanta Mędelska
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Journalism ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Influence Of Substrate ◽  
The One ◽  
Made In

The author analysed the language of the first Polish translation of the eighteenth-century poem “Metai” [The Seasons] by Kristijonas Donelaitis, a Lithuanian Lutheran pastor. The translation was made in 1933 by a socialist activist and close associate of Józef Piłsudski, Kazimierz Pietkiewicz. The analysis showed that the language of the translation is peculiar. On the one hand, this peculiarity consists in refraining from archaizing the translation and the use of elements that are close to the translator’s style of social-political journalism (e.g., dorobkiewicz [vulgarian], feministka [feminist]), on the other hand, the presence at all levels of language of peculiarities characteristic for Kresy Polish language in both its territorial variations. These are generally old features of common Polish, the retention of which in the eastern areas of the Polish Rzeczpospolita was supported by the influence of substrate languages, later also Russian, or by borrowing. This layer was natural in the language of the translator, born in Ukraine, who spent part of his life in Vilnius, some in exile in Russia. This is the colourful linguistic heritage of the former Republic of Poland.

The Letter of Recommendation as Strange Work

PMLA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 954-962
Author(s):  
Margaret Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Free Lunch ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Gift ◽  
English Major ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Gift Certificate ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Made In

On the one hand, the gift presents itself as a radical Other of the commodity—and therefore also of work, insofar as the latter is understood as an investment of time and energy made in the expectation of wages or profit. On the other hand, the idea of the gift seems constantly to be drawn back under the horizon of rational exchange, and to be thus endlessly re-revealed as a secret ally of both work and the Work.—Scott Cutler Shershow, The Work and the GiftI have put together all these details to convince you that this recommendation of mine is something out of the common.Quae ego omnia collegi, ut intellegeres non vulgarem esse commendationem hanc meam.—Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, book 13LAST FALL I FOUND IN MY OFFICE MAILBOX AN ENVELOPE FROM A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH MAJOR WHO HAD ASKED ME DURING THE SUMMER for a last-minute letter of recommendation for a scholarship competition. The envelope contained a handwritten thank-you note—and a gift certificate for a local restaurant. I e-mailed the student to thank her and to tell her that I couldn't accept the gift certificate since the letter I had written for her was part of my job as a teacher. She insisted; I insisted. She said that several teachers had turned her down before I agreed (from a hotel in Germany) to write for her. I felt rueful, as well as grateful to her for the token of gratitude that I couldn't accept. Eventually she won the debate: I accepted the printed piece of paper and took my daughters out to a free lunch.

God′s Body: Epistemic and Ritual Conceptions from Sanskrit Texts of Logic

Paragrana ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Gérard Colas
Keyword(s):  
Image Of God ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Images ◽  
Natural Laws ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
The Universe

AbstractDiscussions on the nature of the relationship between a god, his body and his material representation are almost non-existent in the Hindu devotional perspective, where such concerns are superfluous. Hindu theological and ritual Sanskrit texts, on the other hand, applied procedures of reasoning with regard to that relationship. This rationalization however accommodated rather than conflicted with the devotional attitude. Their attempt to clarify their stand vis-à-vis god′s body and material image followed from ideological or technical requirements. This was done sometimes systematically, as in the Viśiṣṭādvaita school of philosophy where the ritual image is declared to be “a divine descent (of God) for the purpose of worship”; sometimes incidentally, as in ritual manuals, where the process of changing statues into divine bodies is described.But why should gods have a body at all? While some contend that they do not possess any body, others assert that they possess several at the same time, yet others infer the necessity of a body for God to create the universe, to reveal sacred texts, etc. These are some arguments and counter-arguments found in theological texts. The nature of the hierarchy between divine descents and images (which may or may not be considered as real bodies of gods) is another aspect of the discussion.Another question is the various ways in which ritual texts consider the relation between a god and his image. While immediacy characterizes the relation between the devotee and the image of god, the relation between ritual and image is far from being spontaneous. Rituals insure the presence of a god in an image through a technico-mystical process consisting of successive stages and involving patrons, astrologers, artists, priests and others. The final product, namely a concrete god-cum-image, is fit for devotion, but remains for ever fragile, dependent on the continuity of rites and on the material preservation of the image. Behind the ritual perspective also lies the notion that this process of creating a body for a god is in keeping with “natural” laws. Hindu ritual prescriptions are applicable only to the religious images which, though man-made, are considered as “natural”. Supra-natural divine images, known as “self-manifested” images, must be worshiped, but are beyond the range of these prescriptions.

On the independence of Henkin's axioms for fragments of the propositional calculus

1951 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Maurice L'abbé
Keyword(s):  
Propositional Calculus ◽  
General System ◽  
Function Symbol ◽  
The Other ◽  
Axiom Schema ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Truth Function ◽  
The One ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Made In

A general system of axioms has been given by Henkin for a fragment of the propositional calculus having as primitive symbols, in addition to the usual parentheses, variables, and implication sign ⊃, an arbitrarily given truth function symbol ϕ. This system of axioms, which we shall denote by S(⊃, ϕ), contains the following three axiom schemataplus the 2m further axiom schemata involving the symbol ϕwhere ϕ is an m-placed function symbol. We refer to Henkin's paper, p. 43, for the detailed description of the axiom schemata (4).The remark was made in the above mentioned paper that each of the 2m axiom schemata of (4) is trivially independent of the rest of the axioms of S(⊃, ϕ), and it was conjectured that the axiom schemata (1), (2) and (3) are also independent. In this note, we prove the general independence of the axiom schemata (1) and (2). As for (3), we show on the one hand its independence in the systems S(⊃) and S(⊃, f), and, on the other hand, its dependence in the system S(⊃, ∼). The net result is, therefore, that in any of these systems of axioms S(⊃, ϕ) all the axiom schemata are independent, except possibly the axiom schema (3).

Locative Complements of Verbs of Movement in Czech

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 87-113
Author(s):  
Marta Ungermanová
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The One ◽  
Syntactic Properties ◽  
Made In

This paper describes the syntactic properties of three types of locative complements in Czech that are compatible with verbs of movement. The distinction between these complements (each with its own interpretation) is made in the first place on the basis of several formal criteria (in particular, involving the rich Czech morphology), and, in addition, on semantic criteria. It is examined whether there exists sufficient correspondence between these criteria, and in particular, to what extent they can satisfactorily classify locative complements into essential and circumstantial ones. It is shown that there is no clear-cut distinction between these two categories of locative complements with Czech movement verbs. Furthermore, the syntactic role of the locative complements is shown to depend mainly on the verb, but also on other elements of the sentence. Finally, on the basis of several examples, it is argued that, on the one hand, the form of the complement does not predict its syntactic role and interpretation and, on the other hand, that two different forms can share the same syntactic role and interpretation.

Ideophones’ challenges for typological linguistics

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janis B. Nuckolls
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Structural Patterns ◽  
Action Event ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Verbs Of Motion ◽  
Amazonian Ecuador ◽  
The One ◽  
Made In

Typological studies of motion verbs have struggled to conceptualize a framework that would adequately account for languages which make use of ideophoness for expressing manner of motion. This paper examines ideophones in the Pastaza Quichua dialect of Amazonian Ecuador, with a special focus on the structural patterns observable in two categories of Quichua verbs of motion: verbs of motion by limited translocation and verbs of motion by nonlimited translocation. These two types of verbs and their ideophones manifest 5 major patterns of verb/ideophone interaction, which may be schematized with a gradient scale of possibilities. On the one hand, verbs and their ideophones may come together and coalesce into a unity of meaning, a meaning that is, in fact, lexicalized in one verb form by other languages. On the other hand, verbs and their ideophones may be more inclined toward a ‘separatist semantics’, in which each entity expresses a conceptually distinctive action, event, or process. These patterns problematize several assumptions made in typological studies.

Reading Other People’s Letters in the 1970s: Reconstructing Soviet Spectatorship in Il’i͡a Averbakh’s Other People’s Letters (1975)

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-37
Author(s):  
Olga Klimova
Keyword(s):  
Power Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Soviet Cinema ◽  
Taboo Topics ◽  
Film Reviews ◽  
The One ◽  
Made In

This paper studies audiences’ responses, published in the Soviet press of the 1970s, to Il’i͡a Averbakh’s 1975 film Other People’s Letters. Averbakh’s film was made in the context of a stiffening ideological situation in the country, on the one hand, and the commercialization of Soviet cinema, on the other hand. Young and adult viewers reacted to the film differently and recreated their own messages, in accordance to their position in the power structure. As it is evident from the analysis of film reviews and letters to the editors, regarding Other People’s Letters, the prevailing spectatorial position during the Brezhnev years was “negotiating,” thus continuing the tradition of the Thaw culture. It allowed Soviet viewers to discuss some unconventional questions, while still limiting their ability to openly talk about some other taboo topics. The negotiating position was challenged and manipulated by viewers who were associated with authoritative, official discourse.

scholarly journals Voluntarios deportivos versus profesionales remunerados: dificultades y conflictos del desempeño de la acción voluntaria en la organización de acontecimientos deportivos (Sport volunteers versus remunerated professionals: difficulties and conflicts of

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Pérez Pérez ◽  
María Elena García Montes
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
The Other ◽  
Voluntary Service ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Service Groups ◽  
Made In

Detectar los inconvenientes que puede encontrar una persona para formar parte de un grupo de voluntariado deportivo es el objetivo planteado, discriminando y contrastando, para ello, entre las opiniones del propio voluntariado deportivo y las del personal profesional remunerado que ha coordinado a grupos de voluntariado. La investigación se ha desarrollado, por un lado, mediante la aplicación de un cuestionario autoadministrado al total de población (251) asistente a los «Cursos de formación para Voluntarios Deportivos de Andalucía», realizados en las diferentes provincias andaluzas en el año 2002, y, por otro lado, a través de otro cuestionario para los profesionales remunerados que trabajan con voluntariado, utilizando un muestreo no aleatorio opinático, a un total de 50 sujetos. Los resultados han puesto de manifiesto la mayor percepción de inconvenientes por parte del personal profesional remunerado, que el propio voluntariado deportivo, sobre las implicaciones de la labor a desarrollar por estos últimos. El voluntariado destaca sobretodo el compromiso temporal que esto supone, mientras que los profesionales hacen mayor insistencia en los aspectos relacionados con la propia organización.Abstract:: To detect the disadvantages that can find a person to be member of a group of sport voluntary is the raised objective, discriminating and contrasting, for it, between the opinions of the own sport voluntary service and those of the remunerated professional personnel who has coordinated voluntary service groups. The investigation has been developed, on the one hand, by means of the application of a self-administrated questionnaire to the total of population (251) attending to the «Courses of formation for Sport Volunteers in Andalusia», made in the different andalusian provinces in 2002, and, on the other hand, through another questionnaire for the remunerated professionals who work with voluntary service, using a non-random sampling opinático, to a total of 50 subjects. The results have shown the greater perception of disadvantages on part of the remunerated professional personnel, who the own sport voluntary service, on the implications of the work to develop at these last ones. The voluntary service emphasizes coverall the temporary commitment that this supposes, whereas the professionals make greater insistence in the aspects related to the own organization.

The Division of Britain

1967 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Mann ◽  
M. G. Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Made In

Mr. Graham's article on the division of Britain in the early third century usefully collects much of the relevant evidence. He concludes that Herodian is wrong in claiming that Britain was divided in A.D. 197, and suggests that no division took place until the reign of Caracalla. But he fails to take into account the possibility that a division was indeed made in 197, on different lines from those which applied later.The one piece of new evidence produced to help in refuting Herodian is an Ephesian inscription which mentions embassies to the emperors Severus and Caracalla in Upper Germany and Britain. The grounds are that, in the wording of the inscription, Germany is qualified as τὴν ἄνω, while Britain is not qualified. But Germania without qualification would be too vague to be allowed to stand; it could even lead to confusion with free Germany. Britannia, on the other hand, is clearly merely a geographical description.

Inward and Outward with the Modern Self

Dialogue ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Braybrooke
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
Full Credit ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
The Family ◽  
Modern Self ◽  
The One ◽  
Made In

The modern self, with its inwardness, its freedom and its individuality (p. ix), suffers, Taylor tells us, from disenchantment (p. 500, cf. pp. 17-18, 186). Moreover, disenchantment has come in spite of the advance, to which Taylor wishes to give full credit, that modernity has made in giving great value to ordinary life at work and in the family (p. 211). For religion, though still present as one layer of sentiment among many in the historical deposits that compose modern culture, has given ground to “disengaged instrumentalism” or to its antagonist, romantic “expressivism” (p. 498). Taylor, a philosopher of uncommonly generous spirit, is willing to find good in each of these orientations: the first, for example, has with utilitarianism put the relief of needless suffering at the top of the moral agenda (p. 331), along with redeeming from superstitious repression a number of innocent pleasures; the second has deepened human capacity, on the one hand by deepening emotions (both in the sense of oneself and in concern for others), on the other hand by gaining for them intellectual respect (pp. 294, 372, 419).

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