The Modes of Being of Vitality

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-171
Author(s):  
Helmuth Plessner ◽  
J. M. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Organic Life ◽  
Temporal Concepts ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Living Being

This chapter analyzes the phenomenological structure of organism-environment relations characteristic of living things, or “positionality,” to draw out and explain a set of features exhibited wherever there is organic life. These features, called the “organic modals,” include the fact that living things exist as a process; are necessarily of a certain “type,” yet are individuals; and exhibit development, aging, and death; the seeming balance of each living being; the systematic interrelations of a lifeform’s parts and its behaviors; the phenomenon of organs; and the applicability of spatial and temporal concepts in the description of organisms and their activities. Each of these modals is described and analyzed through the concept of positionality. The analysis relies on characteristics of the boundary, as well as relations between the body and its surroundings. This chapter integrates phenomenology and biology in a study of living things.

Trinity Metaphysics

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Nikita A. Solovyev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Quantum Object ◽  
Material Body ◽  
Modern Cosmology ◽  
Ontological Model ◽  
Mental Space ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Other World ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Living Being

A ternary ontological model in which the living being is a triad of I – form – substrate is described. I is an intangible subject, contemplating the content of consciousness and controlling the material body, which is the unity of the form and the substrate. The contents of consciousness are connected both with the form of the body, which I contemplate in the inner “mental space” in the form of in­formation, and with the substrate, which embodies the forms of the body and is responsible for sensations and intentions. The problem of control of the material body by the non-material self is solved under the assumption that the human brain is a quantum object. The ternary model of a living being is inscribed in an absolute ontology, in which the Absolute also has a threefold structure and is the unstitched unity of the absolute I, the absolute Form and the absolute Sub­strate. The Absolute creates the other world with its threefold energies, which provides the threefold structure of a living being. The created world arises from the timeless world of the potential possibilities of the Universe, which modern cosmology associates with its wave function. Created entities arise in the process of alienation from the Absolute, resulting in free will.

scholarly journals Thermal Analisys of the Increase in Ambient Temperature Due to Motor Vehicle Activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 751-754
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
The Body ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Specific Material ◽  
Temperature Heating ◽  
Earth Temperature

Global warming has become a problem of world wide, because it endangers living things. The consequences of global warming include the increase of the earth temperature and climate change. The increase of temperature (heating) in a city which is referred to urban heat island (UHI) is also the same problem in architecture. This research aimed to analyze the ambienttemperature of the UHI due to the motor vehicleactivities. Samples were taken from several locations: (1) Bahu Mall Parking area; (2) Manado Town Square 2 parking area; (3) along the Wolter Monginsidi street in front of Bahu Mall and (4) along the Piere Tendean street in front of Manado Town Square. This research used a quantitative method with a field survey. This research found that the ambient temperature increased when motor vehicles were stationary with engine on or moved. The temperature increased due to the heat from the engine and the reflection of the sun’s heat from the body of the vehicles. The heat level obtained from the survey was 34,8 0C to 39,4 0C. For this reason, a specific material for vehicle’s body is needed to prevent the increase of ambient temperature.

The Government of the Body: A Reconstruction of the Physiological Chapters in Nemesius of Emesa’s De natura hominis

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-506
Author(s):  
David Lloyd Dusenbury
Keyword(s):  
Medical Anthropology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
The Government ◽  
Living Being

Abstract This contribution argues that the physiological and psychological chapters of Nemesius of Emesa’s highly influential conspectus of late-antique anthropology, De natura hominis, are not random memoranda on the human organism or disjecta membra extracted from a range of late-antique sources. On the contrary, it is claimed here that De natura hominis 6-28, in which the medical anthropology of the Platonic–Galenic tradition comes to the fore, mark a decisive phase in the argument of Nemesius’ text. The human is defined by Nemesius as the only living being which is at once ruler and ruled. In De natura hominis 6-28, this image of humankind is given an anatomical proof.

scholarly journals Effect of novel phenothiazine derivatives on brain dopamine in Wistar rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandravadivelu Gopi ◽  
Vedula Girija Sastry ◽  
Magharla Dasaratha Dhanaraju
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Spectroscopic Method ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dopamine Level ◽  
Phenothiazine Derivatives ◽  
Brain Dopamine ◽  
Standard Drug ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Double Beam ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Background Neurotransmitters are involved in several functions in the brain and the body of living things. Changes in the level of neurotransmitters in the brain are associated with several illnesses. Some of the drugs are controlling the neurotransmitter by adjusting the level in the brain and are exclusively used in the treatment of psychological disorders. The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of novel synthesised phenothiazine derivatives (GC1, GC2 and GC8) either alone (7.5 mg/kg or 15 mg/kg, oral) or in combination with amphetamine on the experimental animals. Results Dopamine level in rat brain was estimated by a spectroscopic method using the UV-visible double beam spectrophotometer at 735 nm. The results revealed that these derivatives blocked the brain dopamine level significantly. The compound GC8 (15 mg/kg) significantly reduced the level of dopamine (0.151 ± 0.04, 0.284 ± 0.03) as similar to that of a standard drug. Furthermore, compounds GC2 (15 mg/kg) and GC1 (15 mg/kg) exhibited a varying level of dopamine inhibition level and have been found at 0.203 ± 0.06 μg/ml, 0.302 ± 0.04 μg/ml, 0.234 ± 0.02 μg/ml and 0.318 ± 0.07 μg/ml, respectively, after the administration of these derivatives either alone or in combination with amphetamine. Conclusions The study revealed that the compound 2-amino-6-(3-hydroxy-4-methyl phenyl) pyrimidine-4-yl) (7-chloro-10-(3- (N, N-dimethylamino) propyl)-10H-phenothiazine-3-yl) methanone (GC8, 15 mg/kg) extensively reduced the dopamine level. The order of dopamine-inhibiting effect of the selected compound was found to be GC8 > GC2 > GC1. The increased body weight and relative brain-body weight were also observed in the tested animals due to more intake of food and fluid retention. Graphical abstract

The Decomposing Form of Joyce's Ulysses

PMLA ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Staten
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ontological Security ◽  
Digestive Process ◽  
Human Speech ◽  
Organic Life

Every aspect of organic life, including sexuality and death, is comprehended in Ulysses as a moment or aspect of a general circulation whose primary figure is eating and the digestive process. But the digestive process is a form of decomposition, and in one sense Ulysses is a stomach or tomb in which language breaks down into its constituent units—ultimately, letters, the elements of an onomatopoeic notation for human speech. Ulysses works between the figure of onomatopoeia (as the limit of mimesis) and that of infidelity (as an image for the undermining of all ontological security at the sexual-gastronomic level) to reconceive mimesis as the isomorphism between two decompositional series, one involving language and the other the body.

scholarly journals A CONCEPTUAL STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SHUKRA DHATU

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 3930-3938
Author(s):  
Resmy Raj. A ◽  
Chitra. M. Gawande
Keyword(s):  
Sex Hormones ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
The Body ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Living Body ◽  
Metabolic Functions ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Primary Basis ◽  
Living Being

Ayurveda is the ‘Science of Life’ and its aim is to maintain healthy status of healthy living being, i.e. pre-vention and treatment of disease. As per Ayurvedic Science, Purusha consists of three Dosha, seven Dhatu and three Mala which are the primary basis of living body. Dhatu are those which give support and strength to the body. Shukra is the seventh Dhatu, which is responsible for all systemic body activities in-cluding metabolic functions and performs specific functions of reproduction. According to Acharya Vagbhata and Charaka, Shukra is one which responsible for the process of Garbhotpadana (reproduc-tion). According to Susrutha, Shukra provides courage, nourishment, happiness, strength and production of offspring. Main objective of this study is to review the conceptual facts of Shukra Dhatu from different classical Ayurveda texts and to analyse the physiological perspective about the same. In this article, the classical references related to Shukra Dhatu is collected and tried to correlate the concept with modern physiological entities. From the available references in the Samhitas, Shukra Dhatu can be better co related to sperm along with semen, sex hormones (oestrogen, androgen etc.), and sex chromosome.

scholarly journals The Case of Qualitative Genetics in Fish

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Safaa Tariq
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Recombinant Dna ◽  
Dorsal Spine ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Living Things ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Genetic Engineering Technology ◽  
Sex Cells ◽  
Living Being

Character inheritance or heredity is the inheritance of traits from parents to their children (offspring). The event or process by which a cell of an organism tends to become or possess the characteristics of its parents. The discovery of recombinant DNA opened up developments in genetic engineering. Genetic engineering technology provides a lot of hope for us in various areas of need including gene therapy efforts. Inheritance is the traits or traits of living things that are passed down from generation to generation or passed down from parent to offspring. The traits of a living being are inherited through male sex cells and female sex cells. Normal pigmented goldfish are mated with yellow-striped goldfish on the dorsal spine to produce 100% fish with yellow lines on the dorsal spine.

“Mirum est si intellectus noster omnem scientiam accipiens ex phantasmate”

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ile Vlad
Keyword(s):  
Unique Feature ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Albert The Great ◽  
Human Intellect ◽  
In Virtue Of ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Humoral Activity

Abstract Albert`s so called “anthropology” is putting the human being on the top of a hierarchy of living things in virtue of a unique feature – i.e. the possession of the intellect – that offers the possibility to transcend the changing realm of nature and to rise its possessor to the dignity of his creator. Although, throughout his corpus Albert often defends the independence of the human intellect from matter and consequently from the body and senses, his works of natural philosophy seem to give us a different perspective. In De animalibus, Albert is considering the brain as the divine member of the body responsible for the operations of sensation and, to a certain degree, of intellection. Such being the case, the entire humoral activity of the human body has a direct influence on the activity of the intellect, in spite of its divine nature. Accordingly, the main purpose of my study is to point out how the classical humoral theory is integrated by Albert the Great in his physiological consideration for an explanation of the intellect placed between the murky boundaries of natural philosophy and metaphysics.

The body form and structure of living things

1999 ◽  
pp. 41-66
Author(s):  
O. F. G. Kilgour ◽  
P. D. Riley
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Body Form ◽  
Living Things
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