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Borges e Spinoza. Appunti per una ricerca
No full textThe image of Spinoza is always present in Borges' work and it seems to embody the basic elements of his poetics: the dream dimension, the paradoxes of infinity and temporality, Judaism, the relationship with the divine, and so on. However, the Argentinian writer has always declared that he "doesn't understand" Spinoza, although he was absolutely fascinated by him. The article aims to trace the presence of the Dutch philosopher in Borges' entire production. It will focus on the relation among the attributes of Spinoza's substance (which Borges reads in terms of 'space' and 'time'). Subsequently, an explanation of that interpretation will be sought in a page of Borges' most famous short story, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Finally, by studying the possible sources of Borges' reading of Spinoza (of idealist inspiration), it will be shown that the Argentinian author was well aware of the philosopher's materialism: that is, of the impossibility of giving a fully idealist reading of his system. And this explains why Borges "cannot understand" Spinoza
«Una religione assai materiale». L’Epistola altera di Henry More e alcune disputationes antisociniane in area tedesca
No full textAbstract: «A very material religion». Henry More’s Epistola altera and some Anti-
Socinian disputationes in the German World. In 1679 Henry More published an
Epistola altera ad V.C., rather neglected by critics, directed not only against Spinoza
but also against the thought of the Socinian Cuperus (Frans Kuyper, 1629-1691),
which he considered unsuitable to counter Spinozian pantheism. Among the main
points of Socinian doctrine under accusation were the theory of the finiteness of God,
the rejection of natural religion, and, above all, the corporeality of God. This last issue
allows More to formulate the accusation of “Spinozism” against Cuperus’ thought as
well as against that of Sozzini’s followers. The article examines some 18th-century
“academic theses” that were inspired by More’s Epistola. The Author aims to highlight
not only the particularity of Henry More’s complex strategy, but also the persistence
and efficacy of the strictly philosophical category of “Socinianism” within the debates
on materialism
The “hereticide”. Freedom of conscience and popular indignation in a debate around Pierre Jurieu
No full textThe brilliant Protestant theologian Pierre Jurieu was a proud supporter of freedom of conscience and the right of resistance against the repressive policies of Catholic France. Once he took refuge in Calvinist Holland, however, Jurieu showed himself unwilling to extend the same religious freedoms to Catholics, Protestant dissidents and atheists that he had advocated against Catholics in France. This contradictory position, which demanded freedom of conscience for his own denomination but denied it to others, caused several reactions. Among them were Pierre Bayle’s Commentaire philosophique and the Traite de la liberte de conscience of the Socinian Noel Aubert de Verse, both published in 1686–1688. The two works are very similar, and there is a dialogue between their authors. However, the Traite uses a brilliant “Spinozist” argument in favour of toleration (inspired by the Republican tradition present in Socinian political thought) that Bayle could not adopt at that time, because it would have compromised his particular pro-monarchical strategy of opposition to Jurieu. This article aims to illustrate the unexpected convergence of opposing positions on the question of toleration in the modern age
Recensione a F. Lamy e J.-F. de Saint-Laurens, La relligion défendue par la Raison sur l’Immortalité de l’âme et sur quelques autres importantes verités. En plusieurs lettres reciproques, a cura di M.G. Zaccone Sina, Olschki, Firenze 2003
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Nota su Bayle e il buddismo cinese (Dictionnaire, «Spinoza», Remarque B)
No full textTentativo di individuare i riferimenti sottesi all'analisi bayliana della filosofia dei "seguaci di Foe
Proinflammatory cytokines as pathogenetic mediators in the central nervous system: brain-periphery connections
No full text: Cytokines can be produced within the brain and are implicated as pathogenetic mediators of pathologies of the central nervous system (CNS). They cause various CNS effects, inducing fever, anorexia, sleepiness and activating the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Centrally administered cytokines cause peripheral effects such as induction of the synthesis of hepatic acute-phase proteins (APP). Some of their effects (e.g. anorexia, APP synthesis, fever) may result from both central and peripheral actions. Some represent feedback mechanisms that inhibit excess cytokine production
Cardiotrophin-1 inhibits tumor necrosis factor production in the heart and serum of lipopolysaccharide-treated mice and in vitro in mouse blood cells
No full text: Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is a member of the gp130 family of cytokines that includes interleukin-6, interleukin-11, ciliary neurotrophic factor, leukemia inhibitory factor, and oncostatin M. As interleukin-6, leukemia inhibitory factor, and ciliary neurotrophic factor were previously reported to inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), we studied the effect of CT-1 on serum and heart TNF levels in mice treated with lipopolysaccharide (100 ng/mouse, iv). Co-treatment with CT-1 (5 micrograms/mouse intravenously) markedly inhibit TNF production both in serum and in the heart. The effect of CT-1 seems to be direct as it also inhibited TNF production when added to whole mouse blood cultured with lipopolysaccharide. Thus, CT-1 might play a protective role in some TNF-mediated diseases
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