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Cesare Cattaneo 1912 - 1943
No full textSegnalazione della mostra tenuta all'Accademia di San Luca su Cesare Cattane
Il “monumento degli Eroi Eponimi” ad Atene: dati per una rilettura
No full textThe Monument of the Eponymous Heroes in Athens has been identified with the long base discovered during the
American excavations in the southwestern sector of the Agora of Athens, opposite the Metroon. Through detailed analysis
and stratigraphic excavations of the still visible remains, scholars have managed to shed light on the history and structural
evolution of this monument from the second half of the fourth century BC until the time of Hadrian.
The location of the earlier monument mentioned in literary sources, however, is still hypothetical. It has been identified
with the remains underlying the Middle Stoa. The present paper takes advantage of the recent bloom of studies on various
aspects of the democratic constitution of Athens to provide a critical analysis of both literary and epigraphic sources
relative to the Eponymous Heroes and a renewed assessment of some archaeological data. This assessment may help to
expand the framework of the various hypotheses put forward so far about the appearance of this building, its location, its
function, and its political significance
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.
Comparison of the effects of acetyl L-carnitine and amantadine for the treatment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis: results of a pilot, randomised, double-blind, crossover trial
No full textTreatment with acetyl L-carnitine (ALCAR) has been shown to improve fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, but there have been no trials on the effect of ALCAR for treating fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS). To compare the efficacy of ALCAR with that of amantadine, one of the drugs most widely used to treat MS-related fatigue, 36 MS patients presenting fatigue were enrolled in a randomised, double-blind, crossover study. Patients were treated for 3 months with either amantadine (100 mg twice daily) or ALCAR (1 g twice daily). After a 3-month washout period, they crossed over to the alternative treatment for 3 months. Patients were rated at baseline and every 3 months according to the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the primary endpoint of the study. Secondary outcome variables were: Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Social Experience Checklist (SEC). Six patients withdrew from the study because of adverse reactions (five on amantadine and one on ALCAR). Statistical analysis showed significant effects of ALCAR compared with amantadine for the Fatigue Severity Scale (p = 0.039). There were no significant effects for any of the secondary outcome variables. The results of this study show that ALCAR is better tolerated and more effective than amantadine for the treatment of MS-related fatigue. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
La figura dello scrittore suicida e il tedio della vita in Cesare Pavese
No full textDer Autor und das Thema des Selbstmordes in seinen Werken.
Der Selbstmord des Autors.
Cesare Pavese, seine Persönlichkeit, sein Lebensüberdruss, sein Selbstmord.
Das Tagebuch von Cesare Pavese und seine Briefe.The author and the subject of suicide.
The suicide of the author.
Cesare Pavese, his character, his weariness of life, his suicide.
The diary of Cesare Pavese and his letters.eingereicht von: Sonnweber IngeborgMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 201
La figura dello scrittore suicida e il tedio della vita in Cesare Pavese
No full textDer Autor und das Thema des Selbstmordes in seinen Werken.
Der Selbstmord des Autors.
Cesare Pavese, seine Persönlichkeit, sein Lebensüberdruss, sein Selbstmord.
Das Tagebuch von Cesare Pavese und seine Briefe.The author and the subject of suicide.
The suicide of the author.
Cesare Pavese, his character, his weariness of life, his suicide.
The diary of Cesare Pavese and his letters.eingereicht von: Sonnweber IngeborgMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 201
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