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Drawing of Benjamin E. Mays, circa 1960
No full textA drawing of Benjamin E. Mays. Written on recto: Presented to Dr. Benjamin E. Mays By Class Historian: Ernest W. Wright for Dr. May's first Morehouse graduating class- 1941
The description and use of an orrery of a new construction : representing in the various parts of its machinery all the motions and phoenomena [i.e phenomena] of the planetary system ...
No full textby Benjamin Marti
The description and use of an universal sliding rule : which ... is adapted to answer all questions in arithmetic, mixt-mathematics, and philosophy, in the most easy and expeditious manner, as shewn in sixty examples of principal utility in the practical parts of science
No full textby Benjamin MartinErscheinungsdatum nach EST
Past and future sea-level rise along the coast of North Carolina, USA
No full textWe evaluate relative sea level (RSL) trajectories for North Carolina, USA, in the context of tide-gauge measurements and geological sea-level proxy reconstructions spanning the last ∼11,000 years. RSL rise was fastest (∼7 mm/yr) during the early Holocene and slowed over time with the end of the deglaciation. During the pre-Industrial Common Era (i.e., 0–1800 CE), RSL rise (∼0.7 to 1.1 mm/yr) was driven primarily by glacio-isostatic adjustment, though dampened by tectonic uplift along the Cape Fear Arch. Ocean/atmosphere dynamics caused centennial variability of up to ∼0.6 mm/yr around the long-term rate. It is extremely likely (probability P = 0.95) that 20th century RSL rise at Sand Point, NC, (2.8 ± 0.5 mm/yr) was faster than during any other century in at least 2,900 years. Projections based on a fusion of process models, statistical models, expert elicitation, and expert assessment indicate that RSL at Wilmington, NC, is very likely (P = 0.90) to rise by 42–132 cm between 2000 and 2100 under the high-emissions RCP 8.5 pathway. Under all emission pathways, 21st century RSL rise is very likely (P > 0.90) to be faster than during the 20th century. Due to RSL rise, under RCP 8.5, the current ‘1-in-100 year’ flood is expected at Wilmington in ∼30 of the 50 years between 2050-2100.The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1451-xPeer reviewe
Perspectiva filosófica de Giorgio Agamben a respeito da noção de recordação em Walter Benjamin
No full textResumo: A finalidade deste artigo é colocar os termos de uma problemática da transmissibilidade, relacionada à categoria da imagem, no interior da filosofia de Walter Benjamin a partir da perspectiva filosófica de Giorgio Agamben. Para o autor só é possível fugir das armadilhas da instrumentalização representacional da história – tarefa esta proposta por Benjamin – a partir de uma verdadeira apreensão do passado – o que consiste, teoricamente, em convergir filosofia, ética e poesia. A categoria chave para pôr em vigor os termos de um potenciamento do passado é a recordação, concepção que opera as noções de potência e facticidade no interior da experiência histórica.Palavras-chave: recordação; Walter Benjamin; Giorgio Agamben; imagem.Abstract: The purpose of this article it is to put the terms of a problematic of transmissibility, related to the category of image, within the philosophy of Walter Benjamin from the philosophical perspective of Giorgio Agamben. To the author, it is only possible to escape from the traps of representational instrumentalisation of history - the task proposed by Benjamin - from a real apprehension of the past - which theoretically consists in converging philosophy, ethics and poetry. The key category to bring into force the terms of a past empowerment is the recall, conception that operates the notions of potency and facticity within historical experience.Keywords: remembrance; Walter Benjamin; Giorgio Agamben; image.</jats:p
Nietzsche's Nihilism in Walter Benjamin
No full textIl libro ricostruisce gli elementi che Walter Benjamin riprende da Nietzsche nel definire tanto la sua teoria dell'arte di avanguardia che il suo approccio alla azione politica. Il lavoro vuole definire la linea eccentrica del discorso filosofico di Benjamin nella rappresentazione del moderno come "luogo di catastrofe permanente", in cui egli tenta di superare il nihilism nietzscheano attraverso la "debole speranza messianica". Il libro analizza le figure che Benjamin usa nel Passagen-Werk (Baudelaire, Marx, Aragon, Proust e Blanqui) come allegorie per spiegare molti aspetti della modernità. Il carattere distruttivo del moderno è un concetto che Benjamin riprende in parte da Nietzsche, in parte da Marx, in parte da Scholem e dalla mistica ebraica. Il libro si sofferma sulla metodologia benjaminiana di "strappare" immagini e concetti dal loro contesto per ricomporli in un discorso filosofico del tutto diverso.he book recontructs the lines of Nihilism that Walter Benjamin took from Friedrich Nietzsche that define both his theory of art and the avant-garde, and his approach to political action. It retraces the eccengtric route of Benjamin's philosophical discourse in the rapresentation of the modern as a place of "permanent catstrophe", where he attempts to overcome the Nietschean Nihilism through messianic hope. The book analyses how Benjamin's Arcades Project uses figures as Baudelaire, Maex, Aragon, Proust and Blanqui as allegories to explain many aspects of modernity. The author argues that Benjamin uses Baudelaire as a paradigm to emphasize the dark side of the modern era, offering us a key to the interpretation of communicative and cultural trend of today
Memória e História: Hannah Arendt em diálogo com Walter Benjamin
No full textA autora tem como proposta refletir sobre o papel da memória e da História
em nossa cultura contemporânea, através de uma aproximação ao pensamento de Hannah
Arendt e Walter Benjamin.
Abstract
The author has as purpose to reflect about the role of memory and History in
our contemporary culture, through an approximation to the thought of Hannah Arendt
and Walter Benjamin.
Palavras-chave: História. Memória. Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin.
Key words: History. Memory. Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin
Public worship and practical theology in the work of Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
No full textThe late seventeenth century was a critical and fruitful period
for the Particular Baptists of England. Severely persecuted following
the Restoration, toleration in 1689 brought its own perils.
Particular Baptists were fortunate in having several strong leaders,
especially the London trio of Hanserd Knollys, William Kiffin, and
Benjamin Keach. Such a small and severely persecuted group as the
Baptists could afford little time for academic pursuits, thus of
necessity most of their theology was practical in nature.
Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) was the most outstanding practical
theologian among the English Particular Baptists of the late
seventeenth century. This dissertation is a study of Keach, in
particular his writings on public worship and practical theology.
Although Keach was a prolific author, he has been almost completely
neglected by scholars.
After a biographical sketch of Keach, this study considers his
writings on public worship and practical theology. In the area of
worship, Keach made two outstanding contributions: First, he was the
most vocal apologist for Baptist views on Baptism of his period.
Secondly, and more importantly, his hymn writing and defense of hymn
singing broke new ground, not just for Baptists, but for English
Protestantism, in general. In addition to his contributions in these
areas, he also dealt with the laying on of hands and the sabbath day
worship controversy.
Keach's contributions to practical theology fall into two main
groups: his writings that concern religious education and those that
deal with polity. In addition to these, Keach's vigorous advocacy of
a high Calvinist soteriology are also considered under the rubric of
practical theology. Keach's most important (although not his most
positive) contribution in this area were his soteriological writings.
Although well within the bounds of orthodoxy, some of the tendencies
in Keach's soteriology were taken up by the following generation of
Baptist leaders and developed into a stultifying hyper-Calvinism that
handicapped Baptist evangelism and missions.
In the conclusion, Keach's contributions to a theory of practical
theology are considered
Memória e História: Hannah Arendt em diálogo com Walter Benjamin
No full textA autora tem como proposta refletir sobre o papel da memória e da História em nossa cultura contemporânea, através de uma aproximação ao pensamento de Hannah Arendt e Walter Benjamin. Abstract The author has as purpose to reflect about the role of memory and History in our contemporary culture, through an approximation to the thought of Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin. Palavras-chave: História. Memória. Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin. Key words: History. Memory. Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin.</jats:p
APCUG Higher Education Awards Banquet, March 26, 1973
No full textBenjamin E. Mays and others at an APCUG Higher Education Awards Banquet. Written on verso: APCUG Higher Education Awards Banquet, Stouffer's Atlanta [?], 7 p.m. March 26, 1973, L to R: President Waights Henry, Lagrange College, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Mayor Sam Massell. Benjamin E. Mays attends APUCG High Education Banquet
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