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Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 347, 2024

Without taking a strong theoretical stance on the terminological boundary between ambiguity and vagueness, we suggest that, at least when considered as persuasion devices, they are quite different and almost opposite phenomena. We suggest that vagueness is effectively persuasive in that it can specifically divert epistemic vigilance from questionable or unpleasant contents. Ambiguity, conversely, encodes multiple meanings drawing additional attention to the message. We support such claims through examples from markedly persuasive texts and through the results of a selfpaced reading experiment revealing differences between contextually precise vague expressions (VE), contextually non-precise VE, and precise expressions.

Lo Yoga della Tradizione, 2024

This contribution, like the others already published and those in the drafting phase, is part of the existential path undertaken by the curator. During the experimentation, which he always saw as theoretical speculation and daily operations inextricably linked, two fundamental inspirations emerged and consolidated:  Tradition, beyond the forms it takes on as space-time dimensions vary, is unique.  Knowing yourself is a long, complex process, fraught with obstacles and failures; progressing on the path is impossible if we do not free ourselves from every form of dogmatism and duality. To go beyond the horizon it is necessary to overcome every boundary, opening up to ever wider dimensions. The Uniqueness of Tradition and Open Systems therefore represent the two pillars that constitute the threshold to be crossed, the watershed between the profane dimension and the superior states of Being. Being manifested in the West, the roots are the great Adepts: Parmenides, Pythagoras, Plato, Plotinus, Pletho. In these times of crisis and degeneration, unfortunately, the complexity of their teaching is largely lost, the continuity of direct transmission from Master to disciple having been interrupted. The fragments that have come down to us, although fundamental, are lacking with respect to the 'operational method'. Since the great crisis of the 1600s, we have witnessed a bifurcation of the path along lines diverging from the Axis-Mundi: the speculative drift and the magical-theurgic one. Having well in mind the risks and deleterious aspects of syncretism, we cannot fail to recognize that only the Eastern Tradition has kept the operating method intact. The Vision of Yoga is an integral part of it. They are personal considerations, the result of experience in all its aspects, both positive and negative. Experience during which we were able to experimentally verify the validity of the teaching of a great Western Adept of our times: René Guénon, whose reading and meditation we propose, as always giving priority to the original source:...... Questo contributo, come gli altri già pubblicati e quelli in fase di redazione, fa parte del percorso esistenziale intrapreso dal curatore. Nel corso della sperimentazione, che ha sempre visto speculazione teorica e operatività quotidiana legati in modo indissolubile, sono emerse e si sono consolidate due ispirazioni fondamentali:  La Tradizione, al di là delle forme che assume al variare delle dimensioni spazio-temporali è unica.  Conoscere sé stessi è un processo lungo, complesso, irto di ostacoli e cadute; progredire nel cammino è impossibile se non ci si affranca da ogni forma di dogmatismo e dualità. Per andare oltre l’orizzonte occorre superare ogni confine, aprendosi a dimensioni sempre più ampie. L’Unicità della Tradizione ed i Sistemi Aperti rappresentano quindi le due colonne portanti che costituiscono la soglia da oltrepassare, lo spartiacque tra la dimensione profana e gli stati superiori dell’Essere. Essendo manifestato in Occidente, le radici sono i grandi Adepti: Parmenide, Pitagora, Platone, Plotino, Pletone. In questi tempi di crisi e degenerazione, purtroppo, la complessità del loro insegnamento è in larga misura perduto, essendosi interrotta la continuità della trasmissione diretta da Maestro a discepolo. I frammenti che sono giunti sino a noi, pur fondamentali, sono carenti rispetto al ‘metodo operativo’. Dalla grande crisi del ‘600, assistiamo ad una biforcazione del sentiero su linee divergenti rispetto all’Axis-Mundi: la deriva speculativa e quella magico-teurgica. Avendo ben presenti i rischi e gli aspetti deleteri del sincretismo, non possiamo non riconoscere che solo la Tradizione Orientale ha conservato intatto il metodo operativo. La Visione dello Yoga è parte integrante di essa. Sono considerazioni personali, frutto del vissuto in tutti i suoi aspetti, sia positivi che negativi. Vissuto nel corso del quale abbiamo potuto verificare sperimentalmente la validità dell’insegnamento di un grande Adepto occidentale dei nostri tempi: René Guénon, di cui proponiamo la lettura e meditazione , come sempre dando priorità alla fonte originale:

Religions, 2024

first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessArticle The Buddhist Logic of Distress (Saṃvega): An Exploration of Early Abhidharma Sources by Nir FeinbergORCID Martin Buber Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel Religions 2024, 15(10), 1241; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15101241 (registering DOI) Submission received: 17 September 2024 / Revised: 10 October 2024 / Accepted: 11 October 2024 / Published: 14 October 2024 (This article belongs to the Section Religions and Humanities/Philosophies) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Versions Notes Abstract In the early Buddhist discourses, distressing experiences like fear and disgust are evaluated in contradictory modes. These upsetting emotions are considered both a detriment and an advantage for those seeking liberation from suffering. This ambivalence is reflective of the classical Buddhist conception of distress. The earliest scholastic Buddhist texts (i.e., Abhidharma sources) have sought to resolve the ambivalence surrounding this conception. The Abhidharma texts thus explain precisely how, when, where and for whom distress can prove favorable. By tracing this intellectual endeavor, I examine in this article the systematic and philosophical treatments of distress (saṃvega) in early Buddhist scholasticism. I outline the reasons for considering the experience of distress to be beneficial, unveiling the religious framework within which distress is rendered positive and even essential. My central claim is that early Abhidharma sources conceive of distress as a potential source of energy that facilitates one’s progress on the religious path and determines how rapidly one can understand the truth.

Gouvernance du secteur de la Sécurité : Leçons des expériences ouest-africaines, 2015

ABNT NBR 6123, 2013

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Ноема, 2024

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The first part of the paper is devoted to the study and classification of 27 antoniniani and radiate imitations kept at the Gozo Museum of Archaeology. They are what remains of a hoard of about 4,000 coins discovered in a jar at Victoria (Gozo) in 1937. The second and the third parts of the paper try to systematically list the antoniniani and radiate imitations found in Malta during archaeological excavations, or accidentally unearthed, or discovered in some hoards, or kept in the Numismatic National Collection but without a verified Maltese provenance, or simply mentioned in Maltese written sources. The Conclusions propose a model of circulation of official and imitative coins of the second half of the third century AD in Malta that looks like that of southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia.

Law and History Review, 2021

This article examines the intersection between extraterritoriality--privileges afforded to European subjects in the Islamic Mediterranean--and various forms of state membership. To capture the multiplicity and instability of state membership, I introduce the phrase “legal belonging”--a neutral, umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of bonds between individuals and states (usually referred to as subjecthood, nationality, or citizenship). Adopting the methods of global legal history, I look at how laws regulating legal belonging responded to the extraterritorial context of the Mediterranean in both European and Middle Eastern states. In so doing, I offer an alternative to the centrifugal narrative of modernization, which presumes that modern citizenship was invented in Europe and then exported to the Islamic world. Instead, I contend that the evolution of legal belonging on both sides of the Mediterranean developed in response to the challenges and opportunities presented by ext...

Contribuciones en Venezuela Arqueológica, 2024

El fin de este trabajo fue el analizar el patrón de asentamiento y el uso de espacio en el periodo agrocerámico prehispánico en lo que hoy es el Estado Falcón, en el noroccidente de Venezuela, examinando una base de datos con 192 sitios arqueológicos. Trazamos la información ambiental en mapas, facilitando la observación de la distribución espacial de los sitios según sus tipos, identificación cultural y otras variables. También observamos la correlación entre los tipos de sitios, la distribución por identificación cultural y cada dimensión ambiental como altitud, relieve e hidrología. Determinamos que los sitios están ubicados alrededor de los principales ríos de la región; esos ríos van desde las montañas en el sur hasta el mar en el norte, por lo tanto, ofrecen diferentes nichos ecológicos y tienen el potencial para la explotación recursos.