CONSPIRACY OF FUN: BREAKING DRAMATIC ILLUSION IN ROMAN COMEDY

Analysis of the Impact of Conspiracy Illusion in Iran's Political Underdevelopment (Second Pahlavi Era)

the present research seeks to answer the fundamental question of how the belief in the plot of conspiracy as a cultural barrier to the achievement of the Iranian society of political development has worked. In this research, using the documentary, historical and analytical method, the sociological analysis of the influence of the belief in the plot of conspiracy in the failure of the Iranian so...

Some more fun and games in conspiracy trial

by Rich Smith The Observer ob tained yester­ day the recom m endations o f the Curricu lum Revision C om m ittee which are now to be voted on by the Academic Council . The co m m it tee ’s first recom ­ m endation asks for the adop tion of the new academic calendar for next year which has the first sem ester ending before Christ­ mas and com m encem en t the th ird Sunday in May. Elimination o ...

The Perceptual Illusion of Baseball's Rising Fastball and Breaking Curveball

The rising fastball and the breaking curveball are impossible according to principles of physics and physiology, yet many baseball players claim they exist. The simulation and model presented suggest that the rising fastball and breaking curveball are perceptual illusions caused by the batter misestimating the speed of the pitch. This model uses signals from known primary visual processes only....

The Medical Council of India guidelines on industry-physician relationship: breaking the conspiracy of silence.

Aristotle's Theory of Comedy

<193>Aristotle, in his Poetics, claimed that tragedy, “through pity and fear, accomplishes the catharsis of such emotions (di j ejlevou kai; fovbou peraivnousa th;n tw'n toiouvtwn paqhmavtwn kavqarsin) (Poet. 1449b27f.) .” It has been argued that the medical purgation theory of the musical catharsis in Politics is the key phrase for the interpretation of tragic catharsis, where he says, those w...