In the ophthalmological treatises of the medieval Arabo-Islamic physicians such as al-Mawsili (9th-10th century), al-Kahhal (ca. 940-1010), Haly Abbas (10th century) and al Sadili (14th century) we may find references about ocular cancer, focusing on eyelid tumors and cancerous ulcers of the cornea. These references are similar to the analogous ones of ancient Greek physicians as these are pres...

All ancient nations hinged their beliefs about hema (blood) on their religious dogmas as related to mythology or the origins of religion. The Hellenes (Greeks) especially have always known hema as the well-known red fluid of the human body. Greek scientific considerations about blood date from Homeric times. The ancient Greeks considered hema as synonymous with life. In Greek myths and historic...

This paper tackles the issue of women and religion through a particular looking glass: religious utterances such as curses, supplication, and prayer, as reflected in some passages from ancient Greek epic and tragedy—pivotal literary genres in the ideological discourse of the Greek polis.

Perhaps no ancient Greek practice is more opaque to us than the Athenian institution of ostracism. Scholars have repeatedly labeled it bizarre, intrin­ sically paradoxical, and exotic. If we follow Darnton’s exhortation (1984: 5), however, our puzzlement is not a cause for dismay, but a signal of fertile territory for the acquisition of a new perspective on the ancient Greek past. In many ways,...

Introduction Philosophy and psychoanalysis have mutually influenced each other in many ways. Ancient Greek philosophers, Socrates Plato were frequently cited by Freud his works the origins of certain psychoanalytic concepts can be found their works. The philosophical Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Husserl, Sartre others had a significant impact on development ideas. intersection phil...

In this paper a few applications of the current implementation of R are given. These applications concern typesetting problems that cannot be solved by TEX (consequently, by no other typesetting system known to the authors). They cover a wide range, going from calligraphic script fonts (Adobe Poetica), to plain Dutch/Portuguese/Turkish typesetting, to vowelized Arabic, fully diacriticized schol...

The paper considers the specific lines of ontology Cornelius Castoriadis in a triple context his thought: polemics with Heidegger and Ricoeur, but also reception Castoriadis' project modernity by Habermas. author aims to elucidate historical-philosophical meaning these debates receptions through special problems philosophy history: teleology, succession, determination, creation, innovation, re-...