In Christian theological history, reflecting on the relationship between intellect and will is an ongoing process. Roughly speaking, in Medieval Christianity, two concepts were employed to clarify will: intellectualism defended primary role of intellect, voluntarism promoted human as decisive. These represented respectively by Aquinas Duns Scotus. After presenting these interpretive frameworks,...

Existing research on the “weapons effect” indicates that simply seeing a weapon can prime aggressive thoughts and appraisals increase behavior. But how why does this happen? I begin by discussing prevailing explanations of weapons effect propose these accounts tend to be over-intellectualistic insofar as they downplay or overlook important role played affectivity. In my view, insights from fiel...

the present paper aims to study the iranian-made movie “aroos-e-atash” (the bride of fire), using semiotic methodology at the three following levels: description (social codes), representation (technical codes) and ideology (ideological codes). the process of interconnections and interactions between these three types of codes resulted in these findings: although the movie enjoys an emancipatio...

3 The Metropolis and Mental Life* Georg Simmel cerning the metropolis today the answer will require the investigation of the relationship which such a social structure promotes between the individual aspects of life and those which transcend the existence of single individuals. It will require the investigation of the adaptations made by the personality in its adjustment to the forces that lie ...