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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
Meharg, Samuel P, 18404
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/404601Surname: MEHARG. Given Name(s) or Initials: SAMUEL P. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 18404. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: V-1114.241460
Item: [2016.0049.36884] "Meharg, Samuel P, 18404
The effect of maternal nutrition on the epigenetic regulation by DNA methylation of hepatic genes involved in glucose and fat metabolism in the offspring
No full textSamuel 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
author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 – Supplemental material for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct
No full textSupplemental material, author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct by George Wood, Daria Roithmayr and Andrew V. Papachristos in Socius</p
Alfred P. Stiernotte, God and Space-Time : Deity in the Philosophy of Samuel Alexander
No full textPotter V. Alfred P. Stiernotte, God and Space-Time : Deity in the Philosophy of Samuel Alexander. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Troisième série, tome 56, n°52, 1958. pp. 636-640
Alfred P. Stiernotte, God and Space-Time : Deity in the Philosophy of Samuel Alexander
No full textPotter V. Alfred P. Stiernotte, God and Space-Time : Deity in the Philosophy of Samuel Alexander. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Troisième série, tome 56, n°52, 1958. pp. 636-640
Nichole P. Reddish, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Samuel Russell, Respondent and Appellee : Reply Brief
No full textIN THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS NICHOLE P. REDDISH, Petitioner and Appellant, v. SAMUEL RUSSELL, Respondent and Appellee, Appellate Court No, 20040027-CA PETITIONER\u27S REPLY BRIE
Caracterización hidrogeológica de la cuenca del Río Maullín, Región de Los Lagos
No full textInforme Registrado IR-15-60Contiene: Mapa 1 de 2: Compilación geológica de la cuenca del río Maullín, región de Los Lagos, Escala 1:200.000 - Rosa Troncoso V; Felipe Avilés M.; Samuel Pizarro P.; Daniel Páez D.; Daniel Morales V.Mapa 2 de 2: Mapa hidrogeológico preliminar de la cuenca del Río Maullín, región de Los Lagos, Escala 1:200.000 - Rosa Troncoso V.; Felipe Avilés M.; Samuel Pizarro P.; Daniel Páez D.; Daniel Morales V.Perfil - Rosa Troncoso V.; Felipe Avilés M.; Samuel Pizarro P.; Daniel Páez D.; Daniel Morales V.DVD anexos - Rosa Troncoso V.; Felipe Avilés M.; Samuel Pizarro P.; Daniel Páez D.; Daniel Morales V
Varying leaf-to-fruit ratios affect branch growth and dieback, with little to no effect on photosynthesis, carbohydrate or mineral pools, in different canopy positions of field-grown coffee trees.
No full textHeavy bearing is a typical phenomenon on unshaded coffee (Coffea arabica L.) trees and limits both the production and retention of leaves, leading to branch dieback, and, thus, results in a strong biennial bearing pattern. The major goals of this study were to investigate the physiological mechanisms that may be associated with the leaf-to-fruit ratio (LFR), branch dieback, biennial production and the relationships between carbohydrate and mineral fluctuations and branch dieback in coffee plants. The trees were grown in north?south-oriented hedgerows under conditions of full sunlight. Leaves and plagiotropic branches from the upper and lower strata of the east- and west-facing sides of the hedgerow were examined. A strong biennial pattern of coffee production was observed over three harvests. Overall, the east face of the hedgerow produced a more sellable crop than the west face, and this was associated with more light availability for the east-facing branches. The branch growth rate was higher with an increasing LFR during 2006?2007, regardless of the canopy position, and no compensatory increase in the photosynthetic rate was found in response to a decreasing LFR. Due to a relatively low fruit yield in 2007?2008, there was no branch dieback. The extent of branch dieback increased dramatically with decreasing LFR and was probably not closely related to changes in the concentrations of carbohydrates, amino acids and minerals. The extent of branch dieback was apparently unrelated to the differences in the photosynthetic rates per unit leaf area, carbon isotope composition, or oxidative stress, as was assessed by the electrolyte leakage from the leaf tissues. We discuss these responses in terms of the relative lack of branch autonomy in coffee trees
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