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Pietro Verri’s Contribution to the Economic Theory of the 18th Century: Commercial Society, Civil Society and Governance of the Economy
No full text'Count Pietro Verri (1728-97) - Schumpeter writes (History, p. 178) - - would have to be included in any list of the greatest economists'. Within the Milanese school, he certainly stands out, alongside with Cesare Beccaria, during one of the most interesting periods from a history of analysis point of view. Luigi Cossa's famous introduction to the study of political economy rates Pietro Verri to be inferior to Beccaria in ingenuity and scientific cultivation, but greatly to be ahead of him as an economist.1 This judgement by Cossa, in particular, seems to echo the relative position of the two men in the history of ideas, particularly after Beccaria's rise to fame with a book - On crimes and punishments - which had in fact been largely inspired by Verri himself and defended by him.2 It is proposed in the present paper to revisit some of the basic tenets of Pietro Verri's political economy, with more in view than dwell on specific intuitions and theorems: namely relate those to Verri's own - quite original - conception of the economy. The scholarly work of Pietro Verri - with a special reference to his Meditazioni sulla economia politica of 1771 - provides the first systematic contribution stemming from the quarters of Lombard enlightenment in the field of political economy, especially so if one considers that Cesare Beccaria's parallel work - namely his Elementi di economia pubblica, conceived and drafted at the same time as Verri's Meditazioni - would only be published posthumously several years later. From the vantage point afforded by Verri's political economy, we gain a considerably attractive view of the most significant elements and characteristic concepts of Lombard enlightenment during the latter half of the 18th century; Verri, moreover, as we shall see, builds on a number of them in a new and original way. This paper is aimed at discussing Verri's political economy mainly along two distinct, but related, lines. In the first place the conception of commercial society is considered such as it is treated by the author particularly in his Meditazioni. In this perspective the analysis of such issues as competition and the market or money and taxation occupy a central place. Secondly it will be necessary to emphasise that Verri's approach has little to do either with forms of pure economics on one side - largely yet to be born throughout the 18th century - or, on the other side, with such conceptions of the polis - contrariwise well alive among his own contemporaries - as are founded on a sovereign authority conceived to be situated above the law. What Verri's political economy ultimately amounts to is an economic conception of civil society. The latter has natural strong connections with his own fact-mindedness - emphasised by Schumpeter - as well as with his deep practical involvement in administrative affairs and in the reforming process taking place during the latter half of the 18th century in Milan. In our view, a thorough investigation along the mentioned lines is the precondition for an understanding of the intellectual stature and of the scholarly contribution of Pietro Verri. His main ground is distinctly analytical and only by appreciating his analysis is it possible to shed light on the meaning and intellectual significance also of his practical contributions. Moreover Verri's pronouncements on the criticism of despotic government, the relevance of intermediate powers or bodies and on multiple levels of governance will be examined in a new and original light, showing how close they are to the gist of his analysis.
About twin primes and distribution of primes
No full textThis paper give us a demonstration of twin primes conjecture using approximation of function �(iupsilon) that we introduce in section 6. Section 1-5 give us introduction to terminology and a clarification on (iupsilon) terms. In particular section
5 is really important because of its Lemma. Section 7 reassume foregoing explanations and it give us two theorems and one corollary;the theorem 7.2 give us exact approximation of twin primes counting function
Zeuxis of Our Time": Critical Strategy of Bernardo de Dominici in the 1728 Vita of Luca Giordano
No full textThe Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano (1634-1705), active in the second half of the 17th century, acquired a reputation for his ability to imitate manners of various painters of 16-17 century. There are a number of biographers of Giordano, since the painter worked in many places. One of such writers is Bernardo de Dominici (1683-1759), the author of the Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti napoletani. In fact, De Dominici's career as a biographer developed along with the Vita di Luca Giordano, as he wrote several versions of biographiy of Giordano from the mid-1720s to 1740s. This essay takes into consideration a particular biography of Giordano written by De Dominici; Vita del Cavaliere Don Luca Giordano, pittore napoletano, published in 1728. This version is especially known for its very peculiar circumstance of publication. It was actually included in the second edition of the Vite de pittori, scultori, et architetti moderni of Giovan Pietro Bellori, published in 1728 in Naples. The author of this added Vita was not announced at first, but it is revealed when the same Vita was reprinted in the Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti napoletani later in 1745. However, the 1728 Vita and the 1745 Vita are not identical. For example, in the introductory part of the 1728 Vita, the author celebrates Giordano's ability to imitate using an analogy from Zeuxis, an ancient Greek painter who was also known for his artful imitation. This part was omitted in the 1745 Vita. Pinto has pointed out that De Dominici approached 17th century art theory of eclecticism, paying attention to the 1728 Vita was included anonymously in the second edition of Bellori's work. This essay investigates how De Dominici exalted Giordano in the aesthetic framework of Bellori, as De Dominici in 1728 based his argument on Bellori's another written work, Idea. The discussion proceeds as follows: first, circumstances for each of De Dominici's biographies of Giordano are clarified. Next, it is claimed that Bellori's work is referred in the 1728 Vita by consulting three points in particular: anecdote of Zeuxis, idea of canonical model, and analogy with Raphael. Finally, it is revealed that De Dominici's evaluation on Giordano's works depends on the critical image of Giordano awkwardly created by citing Bellori's discussion. Through these analyses, transition and its meaning of De Dominici's evaluation on Giordano's works are traced, and it contributes to the study of the critical history of Giordano, as well as study of biographies written in the Baroque era
Prototype Salivary Assay for Quantification of Two Biomarkers for In Vitro Diagnosis of Endometriosis
No full text: Endometriosis, a very common disease in women, is characterized by endometrial structures outside the uterine cavity. The lack of a reliable noninvasive diagnostic test and the often nonspecific symptoms of this pathology are responsible for the delay in definitive diagnosis of this disease. Recently, through a proteomics approach, our research group has identified two potential diagnostic markers for endometriosis in serum (Zn-alpha2-glycoprotein and complement C3 precursor). In this article, we describe the experimental conditions of a simple ELISA for rapid quantification of these two biomarkers in the saliva of patients with endometriosis. Finally, preliminary experiments on a small cohort of patients and controls have confirmed the potential diagnostic value of this assay
1400-1405, Pietro di Miniato, Florence, Santa Maria Novella (NH 677)
No full textDate 1400-1405 Peintre Pietro di Miniato Dates/Activité 1366 – 1415 Appartenance géographique Florence Formation amont/aval Agnolo Gaddi/ Commanditaire(s) Giovanni Dominici/Datini/Mazzei ? Emplacement d’origine In situ Lieu de conservation Florence, Santa Maria Novella, revers de la façade Technique Fresque Forme Fresque en forme de pala avec Annonciation au registre principal et prédelle, à lire de droite à gauche, avec Nativité, Adoration des Mages et Baptême du Christ P..
Anonymus, Rezension von: Pietro Santi Bartoli, "Colonna Traiana, eretta dal Senato e Popolo Romano all'Imperatore Traiano Augusto nel suo foro in Roma. Scolpita con l'historie della guerradacica, la prima e la seconda espeditione, e vittoria contro il re Decebalo. Nuovamente disegnata et intagliata da Pietro Santi Bartoli con l'espositione latina d'Alfonso Ciaccone, compendiata nella vulgare lingua sotto ciascuna immagine. Accresciuta di medaglie, inscrittioni e trofei da Gio. Pietro Bellori" (Roma [1672]), in: Giornale de’ letterati, 27. Februar 1673, pp. 13-21 (FONTES 14)
No full textTEN CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF BOOKS ON ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY BY GIOVAN PIETRO BELLORI IN THE GIORNALE DE’ LETTERATI, 1670-1680, NO. 2 A review of Pietro Santi Bartoli’s album of engravings after the spiral relief band of Trajan’s column in Rome, which includes Giovan Pietro Bellori’s translation of Alfons Chacon’s explications of the reliefs, first published in 1576. Chacon’s commentary was amended and corrected by Bellori at very many points. Engravings of relevant coins and inscriptions were added to the work. During the decade 1670-1680 ten reviews of books by Giovan Pietro Bellori that had appeared in the same years (1669-1680) were published in the Giornale de' letterati in Rome. These include Bellori's famous book of late sixteenth-seventeenth-century artists' 'Lives' (Vite de' pittori) as well as a number of significant archaeological publications treating numismatics, glyptics, sculpture, painting and Roman topography. Reviews and articles appeared in the Giornale unsigned, thus their author or authors cannot be determined with certainty. The discussions of Bellori's works are lengthy and penetrating; they underline the remarkable position he had attained in the world of seventeenth-century archaeological scholarship. The ten reviews will appear in separate instalments of FONTES (Bellori, 1-10)
Il sangue e l’oro. Venere gelosa come dramatis persona nelle Metamorfosi di Apuleio
No full textThe Venus that the reader meets in the Metamorphoses is the blending of several epic and drama characters who share a series of negative founding emotions: among others, jealousy. This work will examine these theatrical figures and the kind of jealousy – that of a goddess, of a woman, or a mother – that the author highlights each time. Furthermore, partly by analyzing the schemes of literary allusion, the paper will dwell upon the topic of repressed identity and upon the wounds that jealousy can cause within a character. Actually, among all the others, it is specifically this emotion that enables Apuleius to bring modernity and innovation into the myth of Aphrodite
Pietro Mascagni (19 janvier 1892)
No full textTranscript of PIETRO MASCAGNI by anonymous author, appearing in LE PETIT JOURNAL, 19 janvier 1892
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