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Letter from W.W. Lessing, Relocation Officer, War Relocation Authority, to Mrs. George H. Nakamura, November 25, 1945
No full textCorrespondence from W.W. Lessing to Dorothy Nakamura regarding grants for former incarcerees returning to their former homes after World War II.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Letter from W.W. [Escherich], to Virginia Lowers, March 1, 1946.
No full textIn this letter [Escherich] informs Miss Lowers about his promotion to captain of a ship, as well events that took place during his trips to Maui, Tientsin China, and Okinawa, including brief descriptions about landscapes and climates.Gerth Archives Japanese American History Collection contains books, pamphlets, flyers, photographs, booklets, correspondence, periodicals, and oversized material related to Japanese Americans. Subjects in the collection include incarceration camps, Southbay local history, World War II propaganda, Japanese American families, incarceration camp pilgrimages, and other topics
Well-Springs of Truth (Part One)
Full text link“Well-Springs of Truth Upon the King’s Highway to Peace and Prosperity” is a 19th Century book written by author W.W. Breese and contains 129 chapters on the various topics of life. The work has been upload in three parts, this is part one and contains the book’s preface, table of contents, and chapters 1 “the Cradle” to 79 “Duelling.”https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/1035/thumbnail.jp
Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. W.W. Ferguson, April 18, 1942
No full textLetter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. W.W. Ferguson, in response to the mass removal in California.The Nisaburo Aibara Collection features materials from the Turlock Social Club, a local Japanese-American community group active between 1939 and 1970. It contains documents regarding the Stockton, Turlock and Merced Assembly Centers and Japanese American Citizens League chapters. The Collection also features correspondences with reactions, responses, and preparations for the forced evacuation. Additionally, the Collection has records on the Central California Cantaloupe Company, Turlock Farm Corporation, Turlock Japanese Society, and family records and funeral service programs of Japanese-American residents of Turlock
L'autore del 'Perì toû kouphízein hyperephanías' (PHerc. 1008). Un problema riaperto
No full textIn this contribution the Author faces the most debated question of the identity of the mysterious Aristo whom Philodemus in 'On Arrogance' (PHerc. 1008) credits with the writing 'On Relieving Someone of Arrogance' uninterruptedly quoted at cols. 10-24, challenging a long-established communis opinio and reopening a problem that had too hurriedly been closed. Moving from a contribution by Anna Maria Ioppolo appeared in the Nineties, the Author provides three series of grounds for arguing that this author is the Stoic philosopher Aristo of Chios rather than the Peripatetic from Ceos, as had generally been claimed
Heidegger on Thinking
No full textThis paper attempts to clarify Heidegger's conceptions of metaphysical thinking and originative thinking. It is divided into three sections: (1)A preliminary conception of Being. According to Heidegger, thinking is the thinking of Being, so the author firstly presents a general sketch of the meaning of Being. (2)The characteristics of metaphysical thinking. This section tries to show the characteristics of metaphysical thinking. It also argues that metaphysical thinking is not the primordial mode of thinking. (3)The characteristics of originative thinking. Here, the author provides four characteristics of originative thinking. In the conclusion, a brief analysis on the relationship between metaphysical and originative thinking is given
William W. Morris, author and 1910 Fire worker
No full textPhoto text: 'The author at work clearing timber at the Priest River Experiment Station site.' This image is part of a pictorial narrative by William W. Morris titled 'Experiences on a National Forest'
The Hermeneuties in Heidegger's Philosophy
No full textThe aim of Heidegger's philosophy is to reveal the meaning of Being, and it is achieved by hermeneutics.
This essay tries to show that there are altogether three hermeneutics in Heidegger's philosophy. Accordingly, it is divided into three sections. Section one deals with the first hermeneutics that appears in Being and Time. The author shows that this hermeneutics can reveal the Being of Dasein only. Section two demonstrates the second hermeneutics that is found in An Introduction to Metaphyiscs and The Origin of the Work of Art. Although this hermeneutics can reveal Being, the meaning of Being is still hidden. Section three shows that a third hermeneutics can be found in A Dialogue on Language. Only until this hermeneutics can Heidegger accomplish his philosophical aim, because it reveals the meaning of Being as Appropriation.
In the conclusion, the author indicates the relationship of these three hermeneutics as a process of radicalization
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