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De foedere & testamento Dei
No full textquam theou syn palamē, praeside ... Ioh. Henrico Heideggero ..., ventilandam offert Samuel König, Helv. Bernas, ... author & repondens, ad diem Octob. h.l.q.s.Diss. Hohe Schule Zürich, 169
Writing and the rights of reality: usurpation and potentiality in Derrida, Plato, Nietzsche, and Beckett
No full textThe thesis critically evaluates Jacques Derrida's conferral of the rights of reality on writing, focussing on his theory of an arche-text in light of the speculative nature of this theory. The theory is initially considered in the context of Derrida's elucidation of the usurpatory status of writing within the Platonic and Nietzschean texts. This consideration reveals an admission of writing's usurpatory status by both writers while at the same time demonstrating their awareness of the intrinsically speculative nature of this view, the significance of writing lying in its ability to exteriorise the radically indeterminate status of consciousness m relation to reality rather than its ability to displace consciousness or reality The analyses, therefore, not only bring the Derridean hypothesis of a repressive or phonocentric metaphysical episteme into question but also exhibit the historical and philosophical role of potentiality in relation to writing, writing's ultimate significance lying in its capacity to exteriorise our existence as a mode of potentiality. Accordingly, in the second half of the thesis the Derridean theory of writing is countered with a specifically Aristotelian theory of the text as it is exhibited in the prose of Samuel Beckett, an author whose significance lies in his close alignment with Derridean theory within contemporary criticism. It is demonstrated that this identification has obviated an awareness of the significance of potentiality within the Beckettian text, his work consequently being appraised in the previously neglected context of Aristotelian metaphysics
Usability and acceptability of a website that provides tailored advice on falls prevention activities for older people
No full textThis article presents the usability and acceptability of a website that provides older people with tailored advice to help motivate them to undertake physical activities that prevent falls. Views on the website from interviews with 16 older people and 26 sheltered housing wardens were analysed thematically. The website was well received with only one usability difficulty with the action plan calendar. The older people selected balance training activities out of interest or enjoyment, and appeared to carefully add them into their current routine. The wardens were motivated to promote the website to their residents, particularly those who owned a computer, had balance problems, or were physically active. However, the participants noted that currently a minority of older people use the Internet. Also, some older people underestimated how much activity was enough to improve balance, and others perceived themselves as too old for the activities
Poética da penúria: a ator beckettiano
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Florianópolis, 2013.O objeto deste estudo é refletir sobre os principais dispositivos da poética beckettiana, os testemunhos de atores históricos que trabalharam sob a direção de Samuel Beckett para propor alguns caminhos de composição de um ator particular, que, com experiências de uma preparação dramatúrgica, condensaria um corpo em penúria. Para isso, investigamos algumas das características da obra beckettiana como a influência minimalista sobre suas peças tardias, a musicalidade que permeia o seu texto teatral e a imobilidade imposta à suas personagens. Mergulhamos no íntimo dessas personagens, com a finalidade de, através do levantamento dos principais traços absorvidos pelo ator beckettiano, estabelecer relações com o ator pós-dramático. A fim de confrontar as referências estudadas, propusemo-nos a encenar o espetáculo Inomináveis # coletivo Beckett, uma reunião das peças Play, Not I, Rough for theatre I e Footfalls. Consideramos e aferimos nossas hipóteses através de depoimentos cedidos pelos atores envolvidos em nossa encenação This work aims to study the most important tools of Samuel Beckett#s art, the testimony of historical actors who worked under his direction to propose possible ways of formation a particular actor that would condensate a body in a state of penury using experiences from dramaturgical preparation. We observed some characteristics of Beckett#s work as an influence of the Minimalism in his last plays, the musicality in his theatrical texts and the immobility of his characters. We studied the characters in depth to clear relations with the post-dramatic actors by mean of recognizing the most important features of actors involved with Samuel Beckett. In order to confront our references, we put forward a staging: Inomináveis # coletivo Beckett, a sequence of Play, Not I, Rough for theatre I and Footfalls. We investigated and assessed our hypotheses using testimonies of the actors involved in our staging
Tables of correct and concise logarithms; for numbers, sines, tangents, secants, complements-arithmetical supplements, &c. ...
No full textby Samuel Dun
Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
Samuel Rawet: prophet of alterity.
No full textEsta pesquisa teve como objetivo central contribuir para o resgate da obra de Samuel Rawet, principalmente através da análise de sua primeira coletânea, Contos do Imigrante, publicado em 1956. Buscou-se estabelecer o lugar de sua produção literária, sob duas óticas concomitantes e convergentes: a da literatura judaica produzida no Brasil e a da literatura brasileira no gênero que Rawet privilegiou, o conto. Na busca da consecução dessas metas, a pesquisa foi dividida em cinco partes: O capítulo primeiro, Fortuna Crítica de Samuel Rawet, apresenta um levantamento, ao longo da carreira de Rawet, sobre como se procedeu a recepção de sua obra pela crítica especializada; para tanto, foram pesquisados jormais, revistas de literatura e livros de crítica literária. Constatou-se que, em termos gerais, os especialistas sempre acolheram favoravelmente os textos de ficção publicados por Rawet, não obstante algumas poucas opiniões desabonadoras. Porém, o que surpreende, por sua escassez, é a quantidade de textos que tratam da obra de Rawet, a crescente indiferença dos analistas. O capítulo segundo, Uma Autobiografia, procura traçar um panorama da vida de Rawet, com absoluta ênfase para os aspectos relacionados com sua produção literária. Para tanto, foram compilados trechos de entrevistas concedidas por Rawet em diferentes momentos de sua carreira. Estes depoimentos foram contextualizados pelo autor por meio de análises das condições de vida dos judeus na Europa Oriental e de como se procedeu o grande êxodo da Rússia e da Polônia, principalmente para os Estados Unidos, mas também para o Brasil e para outros países americanos. O capítulo terceiro, Narratividade, Linguagem, Exclusão, analisa os primeiros cinco contos da coletânea Contos do Imigrante, ou seja, os contos em que Rawet se detém em protagonistas judeus, em suas relações com as respectivas famílias e com a comunidade judaica, grupos tradicionalmente tidos como pilares da vivência judaica. O capítulo quarto, A Responsabilidade Social, busca observar, por meio da leitura dos cinco contos não-judaicos" da coletânea Contos do Imigrante, o surgimento da consciência social no jovem Samuel Rawet, na medida em que se sente, cada vez, mais um pensador brasileiro. Por fim, o capítulo quinto, Bibliografia Geral, relaciona todas as obras de Samuel Rawet e tudo o que foi escrito a seu respeito, de cuja existência o autor teve conhecimento, além de outras obras de caráter geral utilizadas no texto. Apesar de ter presente que essa relação é incompleta, acredito que poderá servir de ponto de partida para outros interessados, e espero ter dado um passo, ainda que modesto, no caminho de uma sistematização da bibliografia de e sobre Samuel Rawet, cuja importância é correlativa da importância do próprio Samuel Rawet para a literatura brasileira e para a produção cultural judaico-brasileira.This research has had as its central purpose to contribute for the rescue of Samuel Rawets work, mainly through the analysis of his first book, Contos do Imigrante (Immigrant stories), published in 1956. It was sought to establish the locus of his literary production, under two concomitant and converging optics: that of the Jewish literature produced in Brazil, and that of the Brazilian literature of the genre privileged by Rawet, the short story. Searching to attain these goals, the research has been divided into five parts: Chapter one, Samuel Rawets Critical Fortune, surveys the reception of Rawets works by the specialized critique alongside his career; newspapers, literature magazines, and books on literature critique were searched. It has been observed that, in general terms, specialists have always given Rawets fictional works a favorable welcome, notwithstanding some few dissonant opinions. However, what astonishes us, for its scarcity, is the number of texts dealing with Rawets work, the growing indifference of the critics. Chapter two, An Autobiography, tries to draw a panorama of Rawets life, with absolute emphasis on the aspects related to his literary production. For this purpose, passages extracted from interviews given by Rawet in different points of his career have been compiled. These testimonies were contextualized by the present author by means of analyses of Jewish life conditions in Eastern Europe and of the particularities of the great exodus from Russia and Poland, mainly to the United States but also to Brazil and other American countries. Chapter three, Narrativity, Language, Exclusion, analyses the first five stories in the anthology Contos do Imigrante, that is, those in which Rawet focuses on Jewish protagonists, the relationships with their respective families and with the Jewish community, groups that are traditionally held as pillars of the Jewish life. Chapter four, Social Responsibility, tries to observe, through the reading of the five "non-Judaic" stories of the anthology Contos do Imigrante, the appearance of a social conscience in the young Samuel Rawet as he feels more and more like a Brazilian thinker. At last, chapter five, General Bibliography, presents a list of Samuel Rawets books and all that has been written about him, of whose existence the present author has had acquaintance, besides other works of general character that the author has made use of. Despite being aware that this relation is not complete, I believe that it may serve as a starting point for other researchers, and I hope to have advanced a step, if modest, towards the systematization of a bibliography by and on Samuel Rawet, whose importance is correlate to the importance of Samuel Rawet himself for Brazilian literature and for the Jewish-Brazilian cultural production
De iustitia Dei vindicativa
No full textquam speciminis loco pro consequendo S.S. ministerii munere praeside ... Samuele Scheurer ... placidae disquisitioni subiicit Samuel Morlot, Bernas, author, ad diem 13. Martii 1741. h.l.q.s.Diss. Hohe Schule Bern, 174
De illustri veritatis Christianae argumento ex computo hebdomadum septuaginta Danielis cap. IX. 24. & seqq
No full textquam exercitii gratia sub praesidio ... Samuelis Scheureri ... publico examini subiicit I. Samuel Koenig, fil. author & resp. ad diem mensis Aprilis anno 1730. ...Diss. Hohe Schule Bern, 173
Principles of animal mechanics
No full textby Samuel HaughtonExlibrisetikette: "Legat von Herrn Professor Oswald Heer" 002320143_0002 Exemplar der ETH-BIBHandschriftliches Geschenkexlibris: "Professor Oswald Heer with the kind regards and best wishes of the author" 002320103_0001 Exemplar der ETH-BI
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