In the early twentieth century, Uchiyama Gudō, Seno’o Girō, Lin Qiuwu, and others advocated a Buddhism that was radical in two respects. Firstly, they adopted a more or less naturalist stance with respect to Buddhist doctrine and related matters, rejecting karma or other supernatural beliefs. And secondly, they held political and economic vie…[Read more]

Spanish abstract: Una reflexión evolucionista y cognitivista sobre el papel de la imaginación y de la autorrepresentación en la identidad humana, en la creación de verdades, y en la gestión de las crisis—en el seno de una realidad humana, realidad interaccional y comunicativa, que siempre ha tenido mucho de realidad virtual (avant la lettre y avan…[Read more]

Mauritian Muslims have undergone a long process of religious standardization and sectarian segmentation. How have sharp religious boundaries such as those that separate Muslims from Hindus and Christians, as well as those that divide Muslims internally along sectarian lines emerged in a creole society such as Mauritius? This article traces how…[Read more]

In this short book, only an introductory and partial discussion can be undertaken respecting the issues distinguish between religious (philosophical) and secular (political) cultural values from a phenomenological point of view. Further, the ideas I consider here are not original. By and large they derive from a new interpretation of human…[Read more]

This is a book review of Stefanie Knauss, “Religion and Film: Representation, Experience, Meaning” (Brill, 2020).

Hacker’s Playground * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA

Spanish abstract: Comparamos los dichos de Heráclito sobre las conexiones y la comprensión perspicaz, por un parte, con algunas intervenciones de la modernidad temprana sobre el ingenio y la perspicacia (Baltasar Gracián, Samuel Johnson, G. W. F. Hegel). Con énfasis especial sobre el papel de la retrospección, teorizada desde la poética cogni…[Read more]

Spanish abstract: Para nosotros, humanos, la realidad se confunde con la realidad humana– y no podría ser de otra manera. Hay muchas dimensiones posibles para definir, estudiar o medir la realidad, pero todas sin excepción son relativas a nuestros intereses—algunos muy básicos y ligados a la experiencia humana general, otros especializados y sólo…[Read more]

The term cancer climax is meant as, in the narrative, the building culmination of the illness to a narrative point at which either the ill or the illness finally succumbs; the cancer climax is not necessarily synonymous with the overall narrative climax or peak of the story. Creators might place it at a separate point in their works to impart a…[Read more]

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EVILution! * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC-BY-ND

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A response to John Finamore, “The Divided Line and the Cave in Proclus’ Republic Commentary.”

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Spanish abstract: Nos comportamos en sociedad de maneras que potencien nuestra autoestima, eligiendo las estrategias adecuadas para ello. Algo en esta línea había argumentado Mark Twain en su sarcástico ensayo ‘What Is Man?’ —pero ahora los sarcasmos de Twain parece que tienen respaldo científico en la psicología evolucionista. Así comenta…[Read more]

Spanish abstract: Examinamos el tratamiento que da Hegel, en su ´Fenomenología del Espíritu´, a la crítica racionalista a la religión, con algunas observaciones sobre la situación en nuestros propios tiempos. Hegel aporta una perspectiva compleja, y desde el planteamiento mismo de su teoría del del espíritu superando una forma de concienc…[Read more]

Prompted by Michel Foucault’s observation that “salvation is first of all essentially subsistence,” this essay explores Gregory of Nyssa’s discussion of Christian spiritual formation as a kind of salvific and transformative feeding of infants. This article argues that the prominent role of nourishment—and specifically breast milk—in Gregory’s t…[Read more]

Cyprian’s Epistle 63 represents the earliest extant account of the proper meaning and administration of the eucharistic cup. Against a group of Christians who were taking only water, Cyprian argues that wine is necessary for the ritual to be effective. While there has been much discussion surrounding the biblical references marshaled by Cyprian t…[Read more]