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Divine Eros and Divine Providence in Proclus’ Educational System
Authors: Terezis Christos , Tsakoymaki Marilena
Published: June 2018

This study examines the way in which the Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus treats an episode of the dialectic communication between Socrates and Alcibiades in the Platonic dialogue Alcibiades I. More specifically, it refers to how the characteristics and the choices of two different types of lovers – the divinely inspired one and the vulgar one – are displayed in the aforementioned text. The characterization ‘divinely inspired lover’ befits a person who communicates in a pure way with his beloved one and attempts to teach the latter the objective values of the intellect. By contrast, the characterization of the ‘vulgar lover’ befits that individual that approaches another individual exclusively on the basis of his external beauty. The first type of lover is presented within the realms of the permanently qualitative, while the second as someone who satisfies solemnly his subjectivity and his instincts. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that Proclus argues that Socrates, whom he considers to represent the very definition of a divinely inspired lover, is inspired by divine powers and attempts to act towards to his fellows – in this instance to Alcibiades – in the way through which the divine providence is revealed.
Reincarnation in Plato and in the Christian Perspective
Authors: Mantzanas Michail 
Published: June 2018

The present study focuses on research about reincarnation in order to formulate some preliminary conclusions concerning various philosophical theories. The overview extends over a considerable period range, from ancient Greek and up to the patristic tradition. The relevant issues include the problem of evil, the question of human decomposition and death as well as reincarnation (metempsychosis) in the Platonic thought. The problem of evil is a problem of reason that emerges from the philosophical background of ancient Greek thought but also from the subsequent Christian patristic thought and transforms itself into diverse concepts (e.g. the significance of justice). According to the original thought of Socrates, evil is associated with ignorance and good with knowledge. This point of view is given a brief review in the philosophical thought of several important representatives of the patristic tradition (e.g., Origen and Gregory of Nyssa). On the other hand, the idea of immortality of the soul, which dates to the religious movement of the Orphic mysteries (seventh century BC) means that the persistence of the immortal soul at the moment of death needs the use of a new body. This essay will try to analyze the ancient character of the myth of reincarnation through the perspectives of philosophy and religion.
Parmenide: suoni, immagini, esperienza. A proposito di una nuova lettura.
Authors: Fratticci Walter
Published: June 2018

This essay aims to analyse the Parmenides’ interpretation that Laura Gemelli Marciano offered in the Eleatica lectures. The scholar represents the Parmenidean Poem as a mystical experience where sounds, words and images communicate and produce a real approach to the divine reality at the same time. This intriguing reading, which closely follows that offered by Kingsley, understimates the problems and cognitive structures of rational thought in the poem. Thus Parmenides appears to be a shaman rather a philosopher.
Plato’s Unwritten Doctrine
Authors: Krämer Hans Joachim
Published: June 2018

With the late Author’s (†24.04.2015) kind permission, the present text is published here in a somewhat abbreviated and modified translation that has been given appropriate subheadings and supplemented with an extensive bibliography. Its German original from 1996 has been translated into French (1998) and English (2012). The purpose of the present translation is to make the Polish reader acquainted with the important and innovative account of Plato’s philosophy that has been put forward by the Tübingen School whose one of the most prominent co-founders was Hans Joachim Krämer. While this text is devoted to Plato’s critique of writing, it also presents Plato’s agrapha dogmata as an important supplement to the written dialogues. A fuller overview of the major assumptions of this new interpretation is to be found in the recently published Gesammelte Ansätze zu Platon (2014).
Agathology of Multiplicity. Considerations Concerning the Indetermined Duality
Authors: Lavecchia Salvatore
Published: June 2018

This article intends to characterize the constructive function that the Indeterminate Duality may have played in Plato’s oral teaching. Far from being in itself – as some testimonia seem to suggest – the primary origin of evil, as origin of multiplicity the Indeterminate Duality can be perceived as intrinsically presupposed by Plato’s identification of the source of being with the supreme Good. The notion of good implicates for Plato namely an unconditioned impulse to relationality, which indicates that the supreme Good is to be considered as supreme origin not only of unity, but also of multiplicity (scil. non-unity) and alterity. In the absence of multiplicity and alterity, no real relation, and, therefore, no real manifestation of the Good could in fact take place. As a consequence (and in accord with the suggestions given by Simplicius), the Indeterminate Duality may be considered as source of that original differentiation as well as of that generativity without which the supreme Good would be discordant with its goodness.
Tιμιώτερα Books, Talking Objects, Honour and Shame in the Phaedrus
Authors: Caserta Cristiana
Published: June 2018

In the Phaedrus, the expression τὰ γεγραμμένα φαῦλα ἀποδεῖξαι, „to demonstrate the inadequacy of its own written” could mean „to make a palinody.” The requirements to define someone as a philosopher that Socrates provides (Phdr. 278) describe in theoretical and normative form what the dialogue has already represented in its dramatic form. Plato has targeted the speech of Lysias and the first speech of Socrates as belonging to a literary genre that is still in statu nascendi: a sophistic conference in which the writing is supposed to be read aloud and there is established a particularl emotional relationship between the reader and listener with the subordination of the latter to the former. For Socrates this relationship should be different and the speeches as well as books should have a completely different intent, content and form: philosopher must offer to the one whom he loves a chaste and virtuous conduct: such conduct, in its imitation of the divine, is precisely what distinguishes him from other scholars: τιμιώτερα. The philosophical relationship must involve a different kind of reading: a silent one that can neutralize the deleterious and seductive effects of the voice. This does not imply, however, that all books are the same. Philosophical writing is not a palindrome on a statue, like a picture. Its qualifying element is the linear and irreversibile sequence. Time flows between one segment and the next. Thus, thoughts presented in writing move in space, whereas characters that have thoughts in them also move over time, changing and modifying themselves. That is precisely how philosophical writing, such as the platonic dialogue, can reproduce logos.
The Aesthetics of Violence in the Case of Gaius Martius Coriolanus
Authors: Stavelas Apostolos N.
Published: June 2018

In the story of Coriolanus, as depicted mainly by Plutarch and Shakespeare, we become aware of the norms and parameters of the nobility, the sincerity and the legitimacy of violence, both in diction and action, both political and personal, both as a rhetorical strategy and as a way of living. These attributes indicate a firm culture of violence and a definite system of values, which, within the span of Roman antiquity and history, comprises an early idea of chivalry and which aims at gloria.
Minglitan: Chinese Translation and Commentary of Aristotle’s Categories from the 17th Century
Authors: Rogacz Dawid
Published: June 2018

This article puts forth the first Polish translation of fragments of Minglitan, „Investigation into the Meaning of Names”, that is Chinese translation and commentary of Aristotle’s Categories prepared by Chinese scholar, Li Zhizao and Portuguese Jesuit, Francisco Furtado, and published in 1631. Five pieces have been select for the translation: Li Tianjing’s preface to Minglitan; a groundbreaking essay on sources of philosophy, containing the very first Chinese transliteration of the term φιλοσοφία; chapter on the category of substance; of quantity; and chapter on opposites. The translation has been furnished with footnotes elaborating on Chinese terms employed in the Minglitan, and has been preceded by an introduction that delineates historical context of Minglitan, its content and structure, along with a brief sketch of its main linguistic determinants.
Multivocity in Topics 1.15
Authors: Domaradzki Mikołaj
Published: June 2018

This paper discusses Aristotle’s account of multivocity (πολλαχῶς/ πλεοναχῶς λέγεται) as expounded in Topics 1.15. This article argues that an inquiry into how many ways (ποσαχῶς) something is said becomes for Aristotle a tool of dialectical examination that he employs throughout his entire philosophical career: investigating the many/multiple ways (πολλαχῶς/πλεοναχῶς) something is said allows one to recognize the ambiguity of the term in question and, consequently, to construct an adequate definition of its referent. The present study reconstructs the various strategies for detecting ambiguity and discusses its different types. Subsequently, the paper accounts for why Aristotle moves so easily from words and their meanings to things and their essences. Finally, the article presents an analysis of the connection between the many ways something is said and the various categories it is predicated in. The considerations are supported by a new translation of Topics 1.15.
Orthotes and Diairesis of Names. The Question of Method in Prodicus
Authors: Brancacci Aldo
Published: June 2018

The question of the method was central in the thought and teaching of Prodicus. We have abundant information on this method but it is, probably, closely connected to various other issues (natural investigations, rhetoric and rhetorical theory, questions concerning the gods, ethics), on which we are less well informed. The right method to solve diverse linguistic problems comprised two moments and not just one as it frequently assumed. Similarly, the terms orthotes and diairesis of names, which appear in the sources, do not designate one single and simple procedure, but rather a double and more complex one, which is reconstructed in this article and whose objectives are clarified.
Soul, Triangle and Virtue. On the Figure of Implicit Comparison in Plato’s Meno
Authors: Palumbo Lidia
Published: June 2018

Plato’s dialogues can be regarded as the most important documents of the extraordinary mimetic power of visual writing, i.e., writing capable of “showing” and “drawing images” by using words only. Thanks to the great lesson of the Attic theater, Plato makes his readers see: when reading the dialogues, they see not only the characters talking but owing to the visual power of mimetic writing, they also see that which the characters are actually talking about. There are numerous rhetorical devices employed by Plato the writer that make this visual rendering of philosophy possible. In this text, I would like to bring an example from the Meno that illustrates the visual power of an implicit comparison. By “implicit comparison”, I mean the special kind of comparison that is not presented explicitly and fully in the text but that the text merely evokes and that, once evoked, contributes to determining the formation of the image.
Pragmatic Rhetorical Principles in Isocrates
Authors: Vidal Gerardo Ramírez
Published: June 2018

While Isocrates regarded rhetoric not as a rigid discipline, but as a creative and pliable art, it is not possible to standardize art. According to his point of view (Against the sophists 13.13), good speech depends on certain principles: opportunity (kairos); suitability (to prepon) and novelty (kainos). The sophists, according to Isocrates, did not pay attention to these principles, and that was their main mistake. The problem was, however, that it was difficult to teach these principles to the disciples, precisely because rhetoric was a flexible art. Still, although it is not possible to provide fixed rules concerning rhetorical principles, the ancient rhetor provided some useful suggestions in his works which make it possible to reconstruct the nature of these principles.
Aristotle and Tarski
Authors: Woleński Jan
Published: June 2018

Alfred Tarski frequently declared that his semantic definition of truth was inspired by Aristotle’s views. The present paper discusses this issue in the context of Marian Wesoły’s criticism of the thesis that there is an affinity between Tarski’s views and those of Aristotle. The article concludes with an inquiry into whether Aristotle’s definition of truthfulness can be identified with the correspondence theory of truth.
Ilias and Odyssey: Two Epics, Two World Views
Authors: Szlezák Thomas Alexander
Published: June 2018

The different world views of the authors of the Iliad and the Odyssey are illustrated by selection of verses used by both poets. The role of the gods in the Odyssey precludes the tragic conception of human life that is characteristic of the Iliad.
Byzantinism and Rationality: Julien Benda and Constantine Tsatsos
Authors: Arabatzis George
Published: June 2018

This article examines the concept of Byzantinism that Julien Benda employed in his book La France Byzantine. In the fin-de-siècle European sensibility, Byzantinism was transferred from political to literary level, but Benda created an epistemological break when he asserted in his book that Byzantinism is literature in its normal function. Furthermore, of Byzantinist character is especially the modern literature (e.g. Valéry or Mallarmé). Thus, labeling modern literati as Byzantinist writers served as a critical tool for Benda, who condemned the degradation of modern intellectuals into clerks. This transformation of literary normality affected also pure thought as is manifested in the ambiguous manner of expressing their ideas by modern thinkers (this being a mixture of idealism and apocryphal thinking, which renders ideas rather abstractions than instruments of rationality). An example of such a Byzantinist use can be found in the manner Emmanuel Levinas exploited Husserl’s phenomenology. Finally, Benda engaged in a discussion with Paulhan’s view that literary philosophy is a form of critical terror. The position of Benda is that of a rationalist, whereas Paulhan is a thinker who focuses on the use of language. For Constantine Tsatsos (1899–1987), on the other hand, a Greek philosopher and author of a philosophical novel entitled Dialogues in a Monastery (1974), the Byzantine moment is a part of great continuity of Greek culture, which is characterized by various structures in its period of long duration. One of these is the synthesis of Hellenism and Christianity that can be seen in Byzantium, where the transposition of the philosophical (Platonic) Eros to the mystical one plays a major role. This development is of paramount importance not only for the whole European culture but also for all questions of beauty and morality. The present paper concludes with a brief discussion of Richard Rorty’s account of pragmatic reason, which makes it possible to show how contemporary philosophy can be placed in the context of the debate about Byzantinism.
A gendered study of refusal of request speech act in the three languages of Persian, English and Balouchi: a within language study
Authors: Fatemeh Moafian , Naji Yazdi , Abdulah Sarani
Published: June 2018

This study investigated the manifestation of refusal of request speech act among Persian, English and Balouchi speakers with a focus on gender. The role of interlocutors’ social status was also studied in this regard. To this aim, 180 participants (60 persons in each language including 30 females and 30 males) took part in the study. The instrument was a discourse completion task with six real life situations. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and Chi-square were employed. The findings revealed both similarities and differences in the realization of refusal of request speech act between males and females in the three languages.
Review of LiFi Technology and Its Future Applications
Authors: Alfattani Safwan
Published: June 2018

In order to respond to the increasing demand of capacity and bandwidth caused by the high number of wireless applications and users, LiFi technology was introduced. It uses the visible light spectrum instead of the radio spectrum to transmit data wirelessly through the illumination of LED lamps. The main advantage of this technology is to provide wireless communications with high data rates. Other advantages include efficiency, availability, security and safety. Also, this technology uses free unlicensed spectrum, and it is cost-effective. Additionally, unlike RF systems, no multipath fading and the transmitter and receiver circuits are not complex. However, LiFi has several issues, which include high path loss, sensitivity to blockages and Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) situations. Probably, the biggest issue of LiFi is the uplink communication which is difficult to implement due to practical and cost reasons. Several future applications of this technology include places where RF is restricted such as hospitals and airplanes. Also, it can be used for traffic management, underwater communication, and outdoor access to the Internet. Moreover, it can be combined with WiFi technology either in hybrid technique or aggregated technique. It is found that later technique gives better results. Another possible application is the optical attocells. It is found that the hexagonal cells model is the best for deterministic deployments of optical APs, whereas the hard-core point process (HCPP) model is the best for random deployments. Furthermore, LiFi can be used for multiuser access with high data rate by using non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique. Due to the great features of LiFi, more applications and everyday life devices will adopt this technology in the future. However, Because of its limitations, it may not totally replace RF technology, but they will work collaboratively to achieve a better performance.
“Punishment Is All the Charity that the Law Affordeth Them”: Penal Transportation, Vagrancy, and the Charitable Impulse in the British Atlantic, c.1600-1750
Authors: Hitchcock David
Published: June 2018

This article examines the policy of penal transportation to the colonies which underpinned the first British Empire in the Atlantic. It argues that the transportation and indenture of the criminal poor came to be justified by empire’s architects as a charitable reprieve from a life course of decaying indigence and idleness. “Charity” of this nature serviced the needs of the British imperial state and its elites, particularly the need for the malleable biopower of indentured labor, but also the demand for increasingly rigorous carceral control. Transportation also created a clear distinction between the poor so reprieved and those still deserving of traditional relief at home. The article names these justifying discourses of judicial punishment-as-charity as “welfare colonialism.” We might view this regime as an early forerunner of the terrible paternalisms of “philanthrocapitalism,” and its operation as fundamental to the first British “Empire of Charity.”
Radioiodination, diagnostic nuclear imaging and bioevaluation of olmesartan as a tracer for cardiac imaging
Authors: Sanad H. M. , Ibrahim Alhussein A.
Published: June 2018

The present work has been oriented to prepare radioiodinated olmesartan for a potential cardiac imaging. Olmesartan has been labeled using 125I or 131I with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as an oxidizing agent. Many factors like amount of N-bromosuccinimide, amount of substrate, pH, reaction temperature and reaction time, have been systematically studied to optimize high yield of [125I]iodoolmesartan. The biological distribution indicates the suitability of [125I]iodoolmesartan as a novel tracer to image heart.
Evaluation of High Performance Lubricating Greases on the Translatory Oscillation Tribometer (SRV®)
Authors: Patzer Gregor
Published: June 2018

The diversity of lubricating grease species, each with their own complexity and philosophy, raises the demand for the diversification of existing screening methods even in model testing. This article presents an overview of existing standard methods as well as application-oriented testing procedures, which can be used for evaluating friction, wear, and extreme pressure properties of lubricating greases in a model tribometer. For lubricant developers, the SRV® technology platform offers not only testing according to the established test methods and relevant standards, but also the possibility of testing new products in application-oriented load situations. The testing according to standards can be used as a screening test for the grease chemistry and the flow properties of the grease sample. However, it reflects the potential real-life operating conditions of a product in only a very limited way. This article will present test scenarios for such application-oriented friction and wear tests through a few selected examples: Effect of wear particles on the lubricity of a lubricating greaseHigh temperature fretting behavior of industrial greasesSimplified examination of rolling/sliding friction of high performance greases
Predicting Context-dependent Cross-modal Associations with Dimension-specific Polarity Attributions. Part 2: Red and Valence
Authors: Schietecat Anne C. , Lakens Daniël , IJsselsteijn Wijnand A. , de Kort Yvonne A. W.
Published: June 2018

Although context effects have repeatedly been demonstrated, it remains difficult to predict how context features influence the associative meaning of concepts. In a recent series of Experiments (see Part 1, Schietecat, Lakens, IJsselsteijn, & de Kort, 2018), we proposed and tested the dimension-specificity hypothesis for understanding and predicting context-dependent cross-modal associations between saturation, brightness, and aggression. In the current manuscript, Part 2, we aim to further test the dimension-specificity hypothesis by predicting the context-dependency of the meaning of the color red observed in the literature. The results of a series of five experiments revealed that the associations between red and valence could be predicted based on the activated dimensions of meaning (i.e., the evaluation or activity dimension) through the opposing concepts in the task. In the context of green, red was associated with negativity, whereas in context of blue, red was mostly associated with activity. Therefore, red was related to both aggression (a negative concept) and enthusiasm (a positive concept), depending on the context.
A Practical Guide for Transparency in Psychological Science
Authors: Klein Olivier , Hardwicke Tom E. , Aust Frederik , Breuer Johannes , Danielsson Henrik , Mohr Alicia Hofelich , IJzerman Hans , Nilsonne Gustav , Vanpaemel Wolf , Frank Michael C.
Published: June 2018

The credibility of scientific claims depends upon the transparency of the research products upon which they are based (e.g., study protocols, data, materials, and analysis scripts). As psychology navigates a period of unprecedented introspection, user-friendly tools and services that support open science have flourished. However, the plethora of decisions and choices involved can be bewildering. Here we provide a practical guide to help researchers navigate the process of preparing and sharing the products of their research (e.g., choosing a repository, preparing their research products for sharing, structuring folders, etc.). Being an open scientist means adopting a few straightforward research management practices, which lead to less error prone, reproducible research workflows. Further, this adoption can be piecemeal – each incremental step towards complete transparency adds positive value. Transparent research practices not only improve the efficiency of individual researchers, they enhance the credibility of the knowledge generated by the scientific community.
Facing Up to Neanderthals
Authors: Hartigan Jr. John
Published: June 2018

I open by thanking Terence Keel both for inviting me to participate in this dialogue and for so effectively framing two distinct stances on how to understand the role of race in human genetics research today. This discussion is important to critical assessments of racial thinking—its depth and breadth in contemporary societies—but also to encouraging a correct understanding of genes and risk factors related to disease more broadly. For the sake of debate, I first elaborate on the position I have taken in critiquing social constructivist claims about race, then offer my thoughts on how an attention to Neanderthals provides a broader understanding of racial thinking as it pertains to the question of variation within a species.
What Can the Slim Initiative in Genomic Medicine for the Americas (SIGMA) Contribute to Preventing, Treating, or Decreasing the Impact of Diabetes among Mexicans and Latin Americans?
Authors: Chaufan Claudia
Published: June 2018

In this commentary I set aside the potentially fruitful question of whether social scientists should be open to or reject genetic conceptions of race in research that purports to contribute to improving health and reducing health inequalities. I address instead the science underlying one such research endeavor: the Slim Initiative in Genomic Medicine for the Americas (SIGMA), which triggered the current debate. I argue that SIGMA, like similar studies, has nothing to add to current knowledge about how to prevent, treat, or decrease inequalities pertaining to common diseases such as diabetes, and that therefore there is no social value in pursuing them. I also engage conceptual problems with the notions of “genetic predisposition” and “heritability,” both of which I have discussed in detail elsewhere. The basic thrust of my argument is that (1) the nonadditive and developmental nature of complex phenotypes like diabetes precludes the empirical identification of whatever may be meant by “predisposing gene variants” and (2) heritability measures are useful only for selective breeding and therefore of no relevance to research in human health. I conclude that identifying genes presumed to “predispose” individuals or populations to diabetes and other common diseases is a fruitless enterprise, whether “predisposed” populations are organized around race or any other category.
Race, Genetics, and Health: Transforming Inequities or Reproducing a Fallacy?
Authors: Montoya Michael J.
Published: June 2018

The editors of this journal issue have provoked us to consider whether or not “race” should ever be part of a scientific apparatus. Is it possible, their questions imply, for something as slippery as this concept to be used for anything but stratified inequity? In my response, I define the sets of terms needed to begin to answer this question and then lay out my philosophy of a materiosemiotics from which worldmaking emerges. Only from this foundation can I address the recuperability or repurposability of the race concept in technoscience.
Reaction–diffusion equation with nonlocal boundary condition subject to PID-controlled bioreactor
Authors: Ivanauskas Feliksas , Laurinavičius Valdas , Sapagovas Mifodijus , Neciporenko Anatolij
Published: June 2018

We study a system of two parabolic nonlinear reaction–diffusion equations subject to a nonlocal boundary condition. This system of nonlinear equations is used for mathematical modeling of biosensors and bioreactors. The integral-type nonlocal boundary condition links the solution on the system boundary to the integral of the solution within the system inner range. This integral plays an important role in the nonlocal boundary condition and in the general formulation of the boundary value problem. The solution at boundary points is calculated using the integral combined with the proportional-integral-derivative controller algorithm. The mathematical model was applied for the modeling and control of drug delivery systems when prodrug is converted into active form in the enzyme-containing bioreactor before the delivering into body. The linear, exponential, and stepwise protocols of drug delivery were investigated, and the corresponding mathematical models for the prodrug delivery were created.
*The research was partially supported by the Research Council of Lithuania (grant No. MIP-047/2014).
Nonlocal initial value problems for implicit differential equations with Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative
Authors: Vivek Devaraj , Kanagarajan Kuppusamy , Elsayed Elsayed M. M.
Published: June 2018

In this paper, the Schaefer's fixed-point theorem is used to investigate the existence of solutions to nonlocal initial value problems for implicit differential equations with Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative. Then the Ulam stability result is obtained by using Banach contraction principle. An example is given to illustrate the applications of the main result.
Stability analysis for delayed quaternion-valued neural networks via nonlinear measure approach
Authors: Tu Zhengwen , Cao Jinde , Alsaedi Ahmed , Ahmad Bashir
Published: June 2018

In this paper, the existence and stability analysis of the quaternion-valued neural networks (QVNNs) with time delay are considered. Firstly, the QVNNs are equivalently transformed into four real-valued systems. Then, based on the Lyapunov theory, nonlinear measure approach, and inequality technique, some sufficient criteria are derived to ensure the existence and uniqueness of the equilibrium point as well as global stability of delayed QVNNs. In addition, the provided criteria are presented in the form of linear matrix inequality (LMI), which can be easily checked by LMI toolbox in MATLAB. Finally, two simulation examples are demonstrated to verify the effectiveness of obtained results. Moreover, the less conservatism of the obtained results is also showed by two comparison examples.
Interações entre migrantes internacionais e brasileiros em situação de rua em São Paulo: reflexões sobre a narrativa de “disputa por vagas” nas políticas públicas locais.
Authors: Gomes Janaína Dantas Germano , Miranda Juliana Rocha
Published: June 2018

O presente trabalho sintetiza reflexões desenvolvidas a partir de experiências de atendimento e pesquisa sobre população em situação de rua na capital de São Paulo, numa extensão universitária da Faculdade de Direito da USP, a Clínica de Direitos Humanos Luiz Gama. No ínterim das atividades do grupo, oportunizou-se o contato com relatos e cenas de tensão entre brasileiros e migrantes internacionais, ambos classificados como parte da população de rua. O texto procura indagar sobre as interações entre os dois públicos, nos serviços locais, sobretudo em centros de acolhida especializados, a partir da narrativa de “disputa por vagas”, expressão que decorre de fatores como o perfil socioeconômico diferenciado de migrantes internacionais e adução de brasileiros em situação de rua de que as políticas públicas favorecem “estrangeiros”. No campo, construído por observação in loco, conversas informais e entrevistas, buscou-se conversar com trabalhadores e gestores de abrigos, que apresentaram, em sua narrativa, migrantes internacionais como “autônomos”, em contraposição ao público brasileiro, descrito como “problemático” e “sem foco”. Pode-se perceber, desse modo, a polarização entre esses dois grupos, por meio de uma classificação que os hierarquiza e engendra um jogo discursivo que acaba por consolidar uns como mais aptos à garantia de direitos do que outros.
A apologia do imperfeito e a codificação do Direito alemão: nótulas de um percurso
Authors: Silvestre Ana Carolina De Faria
Published: June 2018

Este artigo, de índole nomeadamente descritivo-analítica, pretende apresentar o excurso que deu origem ao Código Civil alemão. Este caminhar privilegiará duas vozes fundamentais e irremediáveis, a de Thibaut, que clamava pela codificação do direito tedesdo, e a de Savigny, que negava que a codificação fosse a solução adequada para os problemas que perturbavam-dificultavam a realização do direito alemão na prática. O direito tedesco, naquele contexto histórico, era constituído por várias fontes e a reflexão acerca do direito adequado demandava um esforço compreensivo complexo e, no mais das vezes, de demorada digestão. Thibaut compreendia que os problemas causados pela insegurança jurídica seriam sanados pela codificação. Savigny rejeitava essa solução, dentre outros argumentos, por compreender que o direito é a manifestação do espírito vivo do povo e que não deve ser artificialmente engessado. A codificação foi levada a cabo, mas não se pode afirmar, sem mais, que o discurso de Thibaut foi o vencedor nessa querela. Até os dias atuais, são eloquentes as vozes que clamam pela assunção do direito como a manifestação do espírito vivo do povo, conclamada por Savigny e os pensadores da escola histórica do direito.
Sobre as Lacunas e Respectivos Mecanismos Supletivos
Authors: Friede Reis
Published: June 2018

O ordenamento jurídico constituiu-se em um sistema de normas jurídicas, do que se infere que as normas em questão não se encontram dispostas isoladamente, mas se relacionam umas com as outras, formando um sistema provido dos atributos da unidade, coerência e completude. Por completude, segundo BOBBIO, “entende-se a propriedade pela qual um ordenamento jurídico tem uma norma para regular qualquer caso”. Por sua vez, a ausência de uma norma é tradicionalmente denominada de lacuna, problema que, nos termos da atual Lei de Introdução às Normas do Direito Brasileiro, há de ser solucionado através dos mecanismos supletivos: analogia, costume e princípios gerais do Direito.
Atendimento pessoal ao jurisdicionado litigante pelo magistrado tocantinense
Authors: Gonçalves Brito Rafael Giordano , Da Silva Perez Araújo Rodrigo , Medina Patrícia , Teixeira de Castro Oliveira Gustavo Paschoal
Published: June 2018

Esta resenha advém do estudo do artigo e dissertação de mestrado cujo tema discorre sobre o atendimento pessoal ao jurisdicionado litigante pelo magistrado tocantinense, confeccionado pelas autoras Aline Marinho Bailão Iglesias e Patrícia Medina. O artigo confrontou o atendimento como espécie de direito fundamental, de modo a verificar o procedimento utilizado pelos magistrados, a opinião dos envolvidos e os benefícios dessa prática. Concluiu, em síntese, que o atendimento dos magistrados aos jurisdicionados é uma técnica extraprocessual que tranquiliza estes e diminui o distanciamento entre o Poder Judiciário e a sociedade, motivo pelo qual deve haver formação continuada dos juízes pela Escola Superior da Magistratura Tocantinense.
Diferenças entre os Processos de Contratação da Organização Pública e Privada
Authors: Lombardi Giseli Passador , Laureano Eliane Suguimoto , Estender Antonio Carlos
Published: June 2018

Este artigo se propõe a abordar quais são as práticas nos processos de contratação de pessoal da Organização Pública e da Privada, visando compreender sua execução, suas peculiaridades e suas percepções acerca deste tema. Tem como objetivo demonstrar as diferenças na área administrativa. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio da pesquisa de campo, entre colaboradores do setor público e do privado, onde foram realizadas 24 entrevistas de natureza qualitativa e exploratória, sendo a coleta de dados efetuada por meio de questionário. Como principais resultados, observamos sugestões como: a inclusão no edital de concurso público de uma 2ª fase classificatória e testes com psicólogos; e nas organizações privadas, para que não haja desvio de função, o aperfeiçoamento da descrição de cargos e funções, bem como a inserção de pesquisa de satisfação para os stakeholders. Diante do exposto, as implicações mais relevantes foram no caso das organizações públicas, a proposta de mudança na legislação em vigor para diminuir a porcentagem de comissionados, enquanto que nas instituições privadas, identificamos a necessidade de melhoria na imagem da organização como modo de atrair colaboradores.
Conhecimento e práticas dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde sobre hanseníase em um município hiperendêmico
Authors: Oliveira Camila Martins de , Linhares Maria Socorro Carneiro , Ximenes Neto Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães , Mendes Irisdalva Maria Vieira Pessoa , Kerr Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo
Published: June 2018

Objetivo: Descrever o conhecimento dos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) sobre hanseníase, suas práticas na atenção aos casos de sua microárea e identificar os tipos de qualificações recebidas acerca da doença. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo exploratório-descritivo, sob abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa. Os sujeitos do estudo foram os ACS que atuam em três territórios da Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) do município de Sobral, Ceará, com maior número de casos de hanseníase registrados. As informações foram obtidas por meio de um questionário e de uma entrevista e, após sistematização, realizada análise temática de conteúdo. Resultados: Participaram do estudo 51 ACS, sendo 84,3% do sexo feminino; 64,7% na faixa etária de 25 a 40 anos; 86,2% compreendem que a principal via de transmissão do bacilo de Hansen ocorre pelas vias aéreas superiores, porém 13,8% reconhecem outras formas que não a correta; 96,1% reconhecem que os principais sinais e sintomas clínicos da hanseníase são manchas na pele e dormência; contudo, somente 88% conhecem a classificação operacional da doença. Da análise emergiram duas categorias analíticas: Práticas na atenção aos casos de hanseníase e Qualificações recebidas sobre hanseníase. Conclusão: Os ACS apresentam considerável conhecimento sobre a transmissão, sinais e sintomas e a classificação operacional da hanseníase e desenvolvem importantes práticas no território, no entanto faz-se mister a continuidade de ações de educação permanente em saúde.
Poder e corrupção nos Atos dos Apóstolos
Authors: Palacios Agustín Monroy
Published: June 2018

O autor aborda os conceitos de poder e corrupção a partir de uma perspectiva crítica latino-americana, expressa na teoria do “pensamento descolonial”. Seguindo esta teoria, o autor analisa Atos 1,3-26, para demonstrar que, na gênese das igrejas cristãs, os primeiros líderes, tiveram que lidar com as tentações do poder, usando estratégias, às vezes corruptas, com o argumento de salvaguardar o projeto de Jesus. Com profunda admiração, respeito e devoção à figura de Pedro, sua decisão de substituir Judas, de recompor o grupo dos Doze, é equivocada e evidencia traços de poder e corrupção.
As bem-aventuranças como antídoto contra a dominação e corrupção
Authors: Reimer Ivoni Richter
Published: June 2018

Mateus 5, 1-12 é parte das tradições sapienciais-apocalípticas judaicas e está inserido no Sermão da Montanha, sendo conhecido como as bem-aventuranças. Como herança, estes foram ressignificados por Jesus e seu movimento e pelas comunidades cristãs. Como preparação, no seu contexto literário e histórico, expressam declarações denunciando relações assimétricas sócio-econômicas e ideológico-culturais discriminatórias e dominantes. Anunciam, simultaneamente, possibilidades de transformação dessas relações a partir da perspectiva do Reino dos Céus, enunciada e vivida por Jesus, tanto em palavras como em ações. Elas podem ser interpretadas como um antídoto contra as realidades e práticas sistemáticas de dominação patriarcal, das quais a violência e a corrupção são duas de suas expressões. A partir da ótica e da ética do Reino de Deus, a sensibilidade observada na dor dos que sofrem sob essa regra, o questionamento de valores e subversão de suas manifestações reais podem impactar a vida de quem precisa terra, água, justiça, libertação, consolação e paz. Contudo, as propostas dessa felicidade escatológica, presente e futura, excluem aqueles que agem contrariamente à vontade de Deus. As bem-aventuranças são uma promessa, uma realidade e um chamado à ação transformadora.
Critérios bíblicos para evitar a corrupção de acordo com a literatura sapiencial
Authors: Ruiz Eleuterio
Published: June 2018

Para os sábios de Israel, a sabedoria não é meramente intelectual, mas está direcionada para a vida, especificamente para a prática da justiça, particularmente no que diz respeito aos pobres e necessitados. Essa dimensão ética da sabedoria leva por seu próprio dinamismo a uma dimensão religiosa. Assim, a sabedoria de Israel é profundamente teológica e, por essa razão, é profética e libertadora. O estudo recolhe alguns dos ensinamentos dos sábios da Bíblia sobre como viver a justiça e evitar a corrupção que gera a morte, tornando possível abrir novos caminhos de vida.
Poder e corrupção do Sacerdócio do Segundo Templo
Authors: Barreda Juan José
Published: June 2018

No período do Segundo Templo, os reinos ptolomeus e selêucidas, envolveram o templo num sistema de triburos que gerou a distorção da função do sumo-sacerdócio. Apresentou a corrupção da função, a busca de riquezas e poder abusivo sobre a população que foi despojada de seus bens e desencorajada em sua fé. Este artigo tenta sinteticamente narrando tais eventos com base em 1 e 2 Macabeus e Flavio Josefo. Essa narração é adicionada a uma breve análise do 4QMMT, um documento apresentando a interpelação de um grupo de sacerdotes, aqueles que estão ministrando de forma corrupta no templo.
Comprando feitiços: as diferentes formas de experimentar a espiritualidade entre homens e mulheres nas religiões afro-brasileiras
Authors: Menezes Nilza
Published: June 2018

O presente artigo, resultado parcial de pesquisa em andamento, tece algumas observações sobre as diferentes maneiras de homens e mulheres se relacionarem com os recursos mágicos propiciados nas práticas religiosas afrobrasileiras. Fizemos uso de entrevistas com sacerdotes e sacerdotisas das religiões de matriz africana questionando sobre o atendimento religioso a partir do jogo de búzios, onde e quando na condição de adeptos\as ou fieis se colocam as questões que afligem na vida cotidiana. Pautamos o trabalho também por observações no atendimento cotidiano e em conversas sobre as dificuldades dos\as consulentes e fiéis, e analisamos a partir de uma perspectiva de gênero.
A Igreja Episcopal Anglicana e a questão da homossexualidade.
Authors: Fernandes Rodrigues Silvia Geruza
Published: June 2018

RESUMO: Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os documentos das quatro mais recentes conferências de Lambeth (1978 a 2008), realizadas pela Igreja Episcopal Anglicana (doravante IEA), no que se refere à homossexualidade e seus desdobramentos. Refletir sobre a questão da homossexualidade trouxe grandes cismas dentro da IEA. Para dissertar sobre os documentos emitidos, recorreremos a clérigos da IEA, como o Bispo britânico John Shelby Spong (2000), Bispo Dom Robinson Cavalcanti (1990, 2011) e Pastor Carlos Eduardo Calvani (2002). Os dois últimos, brasileiros, adotaram posições opostas em relação ao assunto. Apesar de toda a divisão e debates acirrados, parte da IEA progride em aceitar as descobertas científicas, o contexto, a cultura e uma nova hermenêutica das Escrituras ao lidar com a questão, acolhendo igualmente os membros na comunidade, independente da orientação sexual.
Abdi-Heba, um governante-vassalo em apuros, ou um estrategista audaz?
Authors: Da Silva Omar João
Published: June 2018

Este artigo propõe um estudo analítico, crítico-literário e histórico-social das cartas de El-Amarna, com ênfase na coleção das correspondências do rei-vassalo de Jerusalém, Abdi-Heba dirigidas ao rei egípcio do século XIV AEC. Portanto, nosso objeto de estudo e análise é a coleção das cartas EA 285 à 291. Veremos que nesse período (século XIV AEC.) as relações entre os governantes das cidades-estados, no território de Canaã eram marcadas por  intensos conflitos e hostilidades. O conteúdo das correspondências dos reis vassalos dirigidas ao Faraó (Amenhotep III 1389-1349 AEC., e/ou Amenhotep IV ou Akhenaton 1349-1333 AEC.) é de conflitos, acusações, defesas e denúncias, que dificulta inclusive, uma leitura diretiva e assertiva dos relatos, pois sempre somos conduzidos à mantermos a dúvida, algo muito comum em escritos literários, e especialmente nos escritos antigos.
A teologia de Jürgen Moltmann e a psicanálise de Freud
Authors: Bertoldo Fernando Cardoso
Published: June 2018

O presente artigo parte do princípio que o sofrimento divino é, para Moltmann, reconhecer a humanidade de Deus – pré-requisito para uma compreensão madura da religião. Assim, as pessoas que permanecem apegadas a rituais obsessivos, que obedecem a uma religiosidade caricatural, são as que não atingiram a maturidade necessária para discernir entre o que é saudável e o que é neurótico, não entendendo Deus em sua totalidade. Abandonar essa religiosidade caricatural, assim como as ilusões e obsessões, é o único caminho possível para que o ser humano encontre a plenitude. À medida que o indivíduo amadurece e consegue superar suas conflituosas relações de ordem edipiana, indo ao encontro de sua maturidade psicológica, ele descobre-se capaz de vencer a onipotência (imatura, presumida) para encontrar-se com sua própria finitude, reconciliando-se com Deus. Assim, apesar das grandes diferenças entre a teologia e a psicanálise, acreditamos que existem entre elas convergências importantes, e que uma colaboração mútua se faz necessária.
O Estado hereditário de Amurru: conspiração, conflitos e traição nas mudanças políticas do domínio Egípcio no XIVséc. AEC. (EA 156-171)
Authors: Lage Jovanir
Published: June 2018

Este estudo tem por objetivo abordar a coleção de documentos cuneiformes, descobertos no local hoje conhecido como Tell el-Amarna. Tais documentos constituem-se como importante ferramenta arqueológica que preserva informações culturais e históricas da atual Síria e Palestina. As práticas da escrita na Mesopotâmia e o contexto do Crescente Fértil no final da Idade do Bronze compõem os acontecimentos do final da XVIII Dinastia Egípcia no período de maior expansão territorial do Império (1550-1070). A troca de correspondências entre o Grande Rei Amenhotepe IV e seu governante ‘Aziru revelam as conturbadas relações entre o Império e os Estados sob seu domínio, frente à disputa pelo poder diante da expansão territorial. No estabelecimento do Estado de Amurru, ‘Aziru tenta manter as aparências de fidelidade ao Rei, mesmo acusado de conspiração e deserção junto ao Reino Hitita.
Na periferia dos impérios: abordagem historiográfica das cartas do governante Bir-ia-wa-za, de Di-maš-qa, para o grande rei Amenhotep IV, do Mi-iṣ-ri
Authors: Santos João Batista Ribeiro , Weber Fabíola
Published: June 2018

Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo apresentar os contextos fundadores da cidade-Estado de Damasco e, em perspectiva panorâmica, de políticas praticadas no antigo Oriente-Próximo em cujo processo situamos a assim chamada “Época de ‘Amarna”. As bases históricas são o suporte para a apresentação das cartas de Bir-ia-wa-za, de Damasco, assim como de artefatos representativos da região e do período.
Reis cananeus expressam lealdade a seu senhor egípcio: um estudo crítico-literário e histórico-social das Cartas de Amarna 221-222 & 227-228
Authors: Abdalla Teixeira Neto Tiago
Published: June 2018

Este artigo busca apresentar uma análise crítica de quatro cartas de Tel-Amarna enviadas por governantes cananeus a seu suserano, o faraó egípcio (EA 221-222 e 227-228). Elas são originárias de duas regiões diferentes, Tel Yokneam e Hazor, e foram escritas, possivelmente, por três reis-vassalos distintos. Por meio da análise crítica, pretende-se mostrar aspectos de estrutura e forma literárias em comum (e.g., a ordem recorrente ao escriba ou a fórmula de auto-humilhação) e analisar o contexto histórico-social que cercou produção desses textos, com um destaque especial para as expectativas e demandas de suseranos e vassalos. Estes expressam a função de proteger as cidades consideradas de propriedade do suserano e de prover produtos que o senhor egípcio havia solicitado. Por outro lado, percebe-se a expectativa do vassalo, em especial do governante de Hazor, que o suserano cumpra sua função de socorrê-lo diante da ameaça de um inimigo.