3 résultats pour "commentary"
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Richard II, Shakespeare Commentary: Excerpt B
Richard II, Shakespeare Commentary: Excerpt B In 1962 J. L. Austin published How to do things with words in which he establishes the notion of “performative utterance” which is the idea that some sentences accomplish something when expressed. This is especially true for Kings whom’s words act as legal decisions. Therefore, analyzing the excerpt we’re given through Austin’s work reveals interesting aspects of Richard II’s authority. Indeed in this passage, taken form Act 1 scene 3, Richard...
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Albert the Great
Albert the Great (1200-80) Albert the Great was the first scholastic interpreter of Aristotle's work in its entirety, as well as being a theologian and preacher. He left an encyclopedic body of work covering all areas of medieval knowledge, both in philosophy (logic, ethics, metaphysics, sciences of nature, meteorology, mineralogy, psychology, anthropology, physiology, biology, natural sciences and zoology) and in theology (biblical commentaries, systematic theology, liturgy and sermons). His ph...
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al-Sabzawari, al-Hajj Mulla Hadi
al-Sabzawari, al-Hajj Mulla Hadi (1797/8-1873) Al-Sabzawari was the most influential nineteenth-century Iranian philosopher. His reputation rests in part on his Sharh al-manzuma, a commentary on his own Ghurar alfara'id (The Blazes of the Gems), a didactic poem (manzuma) encapsulating in a systematic fashion an exposition of the existentialist philosophy of Mulla Sadra. He was also the most sought-after teacher of philosophy in his day, and many students travelled to Sabzavar to be taught by him...