V.V. Nabokov and F.I. Tyutchev: Double Being

Nabokov and World Literature

In his paper "Nabokov and World Literature" Charles Stanley Ross thinks through the relationship between comparative literature and cultural studies by considering the absence of Nabokov's work in The Norton Anthology of World Literature. The problem seems to be that Nabokov's works are not susceptible to the kind of varying interpretations favored by the Norton's editors, although in practice,...

Nabokov, Teleology, and Insect Mimicry

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رابطه وجود و ماهیت در رساله ‏‎"on being and essence"‎‏

هدف عمده ای که من در رساله خود تعقیب می کنم بررسی رابطه وجود و ماهیت از نظر توماس آکوئینی در رساله معروف خود تحت همین نام، است، که نام لاتین آن ‏‎de ente et essentia‎‏ می باشد و ترجمه انگلیسی آن تحت عنوان ‏‎"on being and essence"‎‏ است که ترجمه معمول آن به فارسی ((وجود و ماهیت)) می باشد. البته بهترین ترجمه فارسی واژه ‏‎ente‎‏، ((موجودیت)) است ولی ما مطابق رسم آنرا رساله ((درباره وجود و ماهیت)) ...

A case of being ‘double unlucky’

A 5-year-old girl presented with a history of global developmental delay and recurrent focal seizures since 2 years of age. Her parents had also noticed a progressive abdominal distension for the last 1 year. Physical examination revealed facial angiofibroma/adenoma sebaceum (Figure 1), blood pressure of 110/ 80 mmHg (between the 95th and 99th percentiles for age sex and height percentile) and ...