Aristotle's Animals in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Why Stockton Folk Dance Camp Still Produces a Syllabus
Syllabus of Dance Descriptions STOCKTON FOLK DANCE CAMP – 2018 FINAL In Memoriam Rickey Holden – 1926-2017 Rickey was a square and folk dance teacher, researcher, caller, record producer, and author. Rickey was largely responsible for spreading recreational international folk dancing throughout Europe and Asia. Rickey learned ballroom dance in Austin Texas in 1935 and 1936. He started square and contra dancing in Vermont in 1939. He taught international folk dance all over Europe and Asia, eventually making his home base in Brussels. He worked with Folkraft Records in the early years. He taught at Stockton Folk Dance Camp in the 1940s and 50s, plus an additional appearance in 1992. In addition to dozens of books about square dancing, he also authored books on Israeli, Turkish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Greek, and Macedonian dance. STOCKTON FOLK DANCE CAMP – 2018 FINAL Preface Many of the dance descriptions in the syllabus have been or are being copyrighted. They should not be reproduced in any form without permission. Specific permission of the instructors involved must be secured. Camp is satisfied if a suitable by-line such as “Learned at Folk Dance Camp, University of the Pacific” is included. Loui Tucker served as editor of this syllabus, with valuable assistance from Karen Bennett and Joyce Lissant Uggla. We are indebted to members of the Dance Research Committee of the Folk Dance Federation of California (North and South) for assistance in preparing the Final Syllabus. Cover art copyright © 2018 Susan Gregory. (Thanks, Susan.) Please -
Véhicules Blindés Européens : Les Programmes En Cours
DOCUMENT A/2034 3 juin 2009 CINQUANTE-SIXIÈME SESSION ________ Véhicules blindés européens : les programmes en cours RAPPORT présenté au nom de la Commission technique et aérospatiale par M. Axel Fischer, président et rapporteur (Allemagne, Groupe fédéré) et Mme Tuija Nurmi (Finlande, Groupe fédéré), rapporteure DOCUMENT A/2034 3 juin 2009 CINQUANTE-SIXIÈME SESSION ________ Véhicules blindés européens : les programmes en cours RAPPORT présenté au nom de la Commission technique et aérospatiale par M. Axel Fischer, président et rapporteur (Allemagne, Groupe fédéré) et Mme Tuija Nurmi (Finlande, Groupe fédéré), rapporteure Rapport transmis au Président du Conseil de l’UEO ; au Président du Conseil de l’Union européenne ; au Secrétaire général de l’UEO/Haut Représentant pour la PESC de l’Union européenne ; au Président de la Commission européenne ; au Commissaire pour les stratégies de communication de l’UE ; aux Présidents des parlements nationaux et aux Présidents des Commissions des affaires étrangères, de la défense et des affaires européennes des 39 pays représentés au sein de l’Assemblée ; aux Présidents des Assemblées parlementaires du Conseil de l’Europe, de l’OSCE, de l’OTAN, de l’Assemblée balte, du Conseil nordique, de l’Assemblée parlementaire pour la coopération économique de la mer Noire, de l’Assemblée parlementaire de la CEI ; au Président du Parlement européen, ainsi qu’aux Secrétaires généraux des Assemblées parlementaires du Conseil de l’Europe, de l’OSCE et de l’OTAN. Document A/2034 3 juin 2009 Véhicules blindés européens : les programmes en cours ______ RAPPORT1 présenté au nom de la Commission technique et aérospatiale par M. -
The Heraclitus Anecdote: De Partibus Animalium I 5.645A17-23
Ancient Philosophy 21 (2001) ©Mathesis Publications 1 The Heraclitus Anecdote: De Partibus Animalium i 5.645a17-23 Pavel Gregoric Chapter 5 of the first book of Aristotle’s De Partibus Animalium contains a short self-contained treatise (644b22-645a36) which has been characterised as a ‘protreptic to the study of animals’ (Peck in Aristotle 1937, 97). Such a charac- terisation of the treatise may be misleading, because Aristotle does not seem to have composed it in order to motivate his audience to go out in the field and study animals, but rather to kindle their interest in the scientific account of ani- mals which he is about to provide. It is reasonable to suppose that Aristotle’s audience, eager to learn something valuable and dignified, needed an explanation of why they should like to hear, amongst other animals, about sponges, snails, grubs, and other humble creatures which are displeasing even to look at, not to mention witnessing the dissections that might have accompanied Aristotle’s lec- tures on animals (cf. Bonitz 1870, 104a4-17; Lloyd 1978). Aristotle explains why such ignoble animals deserve a place in a scientific account of animals and he illustrates that with an anecdote about Heraclitus. So one must not be childishly repelled by the examination of the humbler animals. For in all things of nature there is some- thing wonderful. And just as Heraclitus is said to have spoken to the visitors who wanted to meet him and who stopped as they were approaching when they saw him warming himself by the oven (e‰don aÈtÚn yerÒmenon prÚw t“ fipn“)—he urged them to come in without fear (§k°leue går aÈtoÁw efisi°nai yarroËntaw), for there were gods there too (e‰nai går ka‹ §ntaËya yeoÊw)—so one must approach the inquiry about each animal without aversion, since in all of them there is something natural and beautiful. -
Pomponazzi on Identity and Individuation Han Thomas Adriaenssen Abstract. Aristotle Defines Growing As a Process in Which An
Final version forthcoming in Journal of the History of Philosophy Pomponazzi on Identity and Individuation Han Thomas Adriaenssen Abstract. Aristotle defines growing as a process in which an individual living being persists as it accumulates new matter. This definition raises the question of what enables an individual to persist as its material composition continuously changes over time. This paper provides a systematic account of Pietro Pomponazzi’s answer to this question. In his De nutritione et augmentatione, Pomponazzi argues that individuals persist in virtue of their forms. Forms are individuated in part by their material, causal, and temporal origins, which commits Pomponazzi to the view that individuals necessarily have the material, causal, and temporal origins they do. I provide an account of why Pomponazzi was willing to this view. While his opponents remain unnamed, I argue that his arguments for this view are best read as addressing, among others, Paul of Venice and Gregory of Rimini. In On Generation and Corruption, Aristotle describes growing as a process in which “any and every part of the growing magnitude is made bigger . by the accession of something, and thirdly in such a way that the growing thing is preserved and persists” (321a18–22).1 For instance, when an animal grows as the result of the intake of food, all of its limbs grow larger as the result of the intake of new matter, in such a way that the same individual animal persists throughout the process. 1 All Aristotle translations are taken from the Jonathan Barnes edition of the Complete Works. 1 Final version forthcoming in Journal of the History of Philosophy Simple though it may perhaps appear, this definition confronted Aristotle’s later followers and commentators with a problem. -
The Aeolipile As Experimental Model in Early Modern Natural Philosophy
7KH$HROLSLOHDV([SHULPHQWDO0RGHOLQ(DUO\0RGHUQ1DWXUDO3KLORVRSK\ &UDLJ0DUWLQ 3HUVSHFWLYHVRQ6FLHQFH9ROXPH1XPEHU0D\-XQHSS $UWLFOH 3XEOLVKHGE\7KH0,73UHVV )RUDGGLWLRQDOLQIRUPDWLRQDERXWWKLVDUWLFOH KWWSVPXVHMKXHGXDUWLFOH Access provided by Oakland University (22 Aug 2016 16:29 GMT) The Aeolipile as Experimental Model in Early Modern Natural Philosophy Craig Martin Oakland University What causes winds was regarded as one of the most difficult questions of early modern natural philosophy. Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architectural au- thor, put forth an alternative to Aristotle’s theory by likening the generation of wind to the actions of the aeolipile, which he believed made artificial winds. As Vitruvius’s work proliferated during the sixteenth and seventeenth centu- ries, numerous natural philosophers, including Descartes, used the aeolipile as a model for nature. Yet, interpretations of Vitruvius’s text and of the relation of the aeolipile to natural winds varied according to definitions and concep- tions of air, wind, rarefaction, condensation, and vapor. 1. Introduction Numerous early modern natural philosophers, Aristotelians as well as their detractors, invoked the workings of the aeolipile to explain the origin and matter of winds. An aeolipile, in its simplest form, is a hollow metal ball or vessel that has one or two small openings. An external fire, or other source of heat, warms water placed within the ball until jets of steam and air shoot forth from the aperture or apertures. From antiquity to the seventeenth century, natural philosophers referred to this artificial device as evidence for specific theories of the wind. These writings typically cited Vitruvius, the ancient Roman author of De architectura, who gave the earliest Prelimary versions of the paper were presented at seminars sponsored by the Department of History and Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins University and by the Graduate School Field Committee in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. -
A New Testimony on the Platonist Gaius
A New Testimony on the Platonist Gaius Michele Trizio PART FROM a single Delphic inscription (FD III.4 103), the testimonia of the life and work of second-century AMiddle Platonist Gaius fall into two classes.1 The first includes first-hand observations of later philosophers up to Proclus: Porphyry, for instance, reports that Gaius was one of several authors read regularly by Plotinus’ entourage.2 Galen tells us that he followed the classes of two of Gaius’ pupils in Pergamum and Smyrna respectively.3 As to Proclus, he twice mentions Gaius, among other Platonists, in his commentaries on the Republic and the Timaeus.4 The second class of testimonia includes statements concerning Gaius’ scholarship on Plato in three important Greek MSS. The first of these, Paris.gr. 1962, is a ninth-century MS. of the so-called ‘philosophical collection’, which, among others entries, contains a pinax at f. 146v men- tioning ᾿Αλβίνου τῶν Γαίου σχολῶν ὑποτυπώσεων πλατωνικῶν δογµάτων. That is to say, Albinus’ edition of Gaius’ scholia on 1 On Gaius and the related bibliography see J. Whittaker, “Gaius,” in R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire de philosophes antiques III (Paris 2000) 437–440. All testimonia on Gaius are collected and discussed with reference to previous literature in A. Gioè, Filosofi medioplatonici del II secolo d.c. (Naples 2002). 2 V.Plot. 14, ed. P. Henry and H.-R. Schwyzer, Plotini opera I (Leiden 1951) 19.10–14. 3 De propriorum animi 41, ed. W. de Boer (CMG V.4.1.1, Leipzig 1937); Libr.propr. 2.1, ed. V. Boudon-Millot (Paris 2007). -
Occasional Papers
NUMBER 120, 17 pages 25 May 2017 BISHOP MUSEUM OCCASIONAL PAPERS THE SPIDERS OF RAPA NUI (E ASTER ISLAND ) R EVISITED DARKO D. C OTORAS , J. J UDSON WYNNE , LUIS FLORES -P RADO & C RISTIAN VILLAGRA BISHOP MUSEUM PRESS HONOLULU Cover image: The potentially endemic and undescribed Tetragnatha sp., believed restricted to the totora reeds lin - ing the shores of Rano Raraku crater lake. Photo: Darko Cortoras. Bishop Museum Press has been publishing scholarly books on the natu - ESEARCH ral and cultural history of Hawai‘i and the Pacific since 1892. The R Bishop Museum Occasional Papers (eISSN 2376-3191) is a series of short papers describing original research in the natural and cultural sci - PUBLICATIONS OF ences. BISHOP MUSEUM The Bishop Museum Press also publishes the Bishop Museum Bulletin series. It was begun in 1922 as a series of monographs presenting the results of research throughout the Pacific in many scientific fields. In 1987, the Bulletin series was separated into the Museum’s five current monographic series, issued irregularly and, since 2017, electronically: Bishop Museum Bulletins in Anthropology (eISSN 2376-3132) Bishop Museum Bulletins in Botany (eISSN 2376-3078) Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology (eISSN 2376-3124) Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology (eISSN 2376-3213) Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Studies (eISSN 2376-3159) To subscribe to any of the above series, or to purchase individual publi - cations, please write to: Bishop Museum Press, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-2704, USA. Phone: (808) 848-4135. Email: [email protected]. BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM ISSN 0893-1348 (print) The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History ISSN 2376-3191 (online) 1525 Bernice Street Copyright © by Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-2704, USA Published online: 25 May 2017 ISSN (online): 2376-3191 Spiders of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Revisted . -
Eurosatory 2016 in Paris
Published by Special Edition ISSUE 33 / JUN-8-16 Eurosatory 2016 in Paris From June 13th the defence community is again meeting for the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, as a market place for products and services in the defence arena. According to COGES, the company that organises Eurosato- ry in cooperation with the French Ministry of Defence, about the same number of visitors and exhibitors are expected as in 2014, that is 200 official delegations from 120 countries. The international players are well represen- ted at Eurosatory. At present, 1,530 exhibitors have been registered, of which one third is from France. Other large contingents are from the U.S., Germany, the UK, Belgium and The tage of live explanations in accordance with Netherlands. In particular there are compa- the live demonstrations, supported by a big nies from Asia that are pushing their market screen projection. presence. Compared with 2014 the number The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive MASTHEAD of exhibitors from China and Korea is twice as programme with 60 conferences. The confe- large. Also South America and Eastern Europe rences complement the material displays and record slightly increasing exhibitor numbers. are to generate momentum for discussions ESD Spotlight Email newsletter of the bimonthly magazine Eurosatory is primarily dedicated to land among experts in almost all disciplines. “European Security & Defence” (ESD) combat technology including paratroopers, In essence, development trends have remai- Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Peter Bossdorf air defence and airborne combat support. In ned unchanged. What is new is a stronger Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Henning Bartels 2014 security technology and disaster mana- alignment towards changing threats. -
Traditional Dances PARTNERS
The Treasuere Chest and ICT or ICT in Reading and Writing May 26, 2015 Traditional Dances PARTNERS: BULGARIA The Treasuere Chest and ICT or ICT in Reading and Writing Професионална гимназия по транспорт-РазлогVocational High School of Transport -Razlog Issue 1 LATVIA Rezekne Polish State Gymnasium What is Inside? POLAND This leaflet is designed They visited I ZESPOL SZKOL IM ST.STASZICA WE WSCHOWIE for outputs of the libraries and used TURKEY Project “The treasure catalogues for AVCILAR TICARET MESLEK LISESI Chest and ICT or ICT searching in Reading and information. HUNGARY Writing”. Also they met eldery Hunyadi János Grammar School, Technical School and Students'Hostel In this leaflet, there people to ask for ESTONIA are 3 dances from each infomration. In This Issue: Peetri Lasteaed-Põhikool country , and their In this leaflet, we description. put 3 of them from ROMANIA Students looked for each country. LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC COSTESTI interesting folk dances All the dances and Hungary 2 from the local places their English form 18 or 21 century. description can be Latvia 5 About The Project The treasure chest and ICT and they don’t want to write scenario for Common or ICT in reading and essays or to create their European celebration – the Estonia 8 writing is faced towards the own short texts. They just past and nowadays students aged 16-19. The copy them from Internet. traditions. Students will main purpose of the project use their creativity and ICT communication has is to combine “old – imaginations and new re p la ce d the di re ct Romania 11 fashioned reading and knowledge. -
Tensions Between Scientia and Ars in Medieval Natural Philosophy and Magic Isabelle Draelants
The notion of ‘Properties’ : Tensions between Scientia and Ars in medieval natural philosophy and magic Isabelle Draelants To cite this version: Isabelle Draelants. The notion of ‘Properties’ : Tensions between Scientia and Ars in medieval natural philosophy and magic. Sophie PAGE – Catherine RIDER, eds., The Routledge History of Medieval Magic, p. 169-186, 2019. halshs-03092184 HAL Id: halshs-03092184 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03092184 Submitted on 16 Jan 2021 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. This article was downloaded by: University College London On: 27 Nov 2019 Access details: subscription number 11237 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG, UK The Routledge History of Medieval Magic Sophie Page, Catherine Rider The notion of properties Publication details https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315613192-14 Isabelle Draelants Published online on: 20 Feb 2019 How to cite :- Isabelle Draelants. 20 Feb 2019, The notion of properties from: The Routledge History of Medieval Magic Routledge Accessed on: 27 Nov 2019 https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315613192-14 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR DOCUMENT Full terms and conditions of use: https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/legal-notices/terms This Document PDF may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. -
Strategies of Sanity and Survival Religious Responses to Natural Disasters in the Middle Ages
jussi hanska Strategies of Sanity and Survival Religious Responses to Natural Disasters in the Middle Ages Studia Fennica Historica The Finnish Literature Society (SKS) was founded in 1831 and has, from the very beginning, engaged in publishing operations. It nowadays publishes literature in the fields of ethnology and folkloristics, linguistics, literary research and cultural history. The first volume of the Studia Fennica series appeared in 1933. Since 1992, the series has been divided into three thematic subseries: Ethnologica, Folkloristica and Linguistica. Two additional subseries were formed in 2002, Historica and Litteraria. The subseries Anthropologica was formed in 2007. In addition to its publishing activities, the Finnish Literature Society maintains research activities and infrastructures, an archive containing folklore and literary collections, a research library and promotes Finnish literature abroad. Studia fennica editorial board Anna-Leena Siikala Rauno Endén Teppo Korhonen Pentti Leino Auli Viikari Kristiina Näyhö Editorial Office SKS P.O. Box 259 FI-00171 Helsinki www.finlit.fi Jussi Hanska Strategies of Sanity and Survival Religious Responses to Natural Disasters in the Middle Ages Finnish Literature Society · Helsinki Studia Fennica Historica 2 The publication has undergone a peer review. The open access publication of this volume has received part funding via a Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation grant. © 2002 Jussi Hanska and SKS License CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. International A digital edition of a printed book first published in 2002 by the Finnish Literature Society. Cover Design: Timo Numminen EPUB Conversion: eLibris Media Oy ISBN 978-951-746-357-7 (Print) ISBN 978-952-222-818-5 (PDF) ISBN 978-952-222-819-2 (EPUB) ISSN 0085-6835 (Studia Fennica) ISSN 0355-8924 (Studia Fennica Historica) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21435/sfh.2 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. -
Literary Approaches
Chapter 2. Literary approaches There is a still-increasing quantity of evidence attesting to the long life and wide dissemination of `Properties', in the form of manuscripts, incunables and fragments of the 19 Books, and in other medieval writings deemed to be derived from the compilation. In the past, students of `Properties' worked in some isolation on locally available manuscripts and printed materials, and separate scholarly traditions developed in European countries, each with their own claims to affinity with Bartholomew. These include France, where he studied and where most of the Latin manuscripts reside; Germany, where he taught and wrote; Italy, birthplace of the Franciscan Order and location of the earliest vernacular translation; and England. Now, researchers have the benefit of easier access to manuscripts and incunables. In addition, they have the benefit of a century of insights and labours from other scholars and can gain a clearer picture of the context in which the compiler lived and worked. Over the past century, researchers have focused mainly on the identity and career of Bartholomaeus Anglicus; on the manuscript tradition of the Latin `Properties' and the English translation, On the Properties of Things; on the nature of the text; and on the genre that comprises `Properties' and other medieval compilations of knowledge. The accumulation of studies reflects changes in the way the modern world has responded to a medieval compilation of knowledge and its related concepts. The search for the compiler and his work In 1888 Léopold Delisle brought Bartholomew to the attention of European scholars when he catalogued and wrote about a set of singly-bound manuscripts in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, which all dealt with the properties of things.