Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2009. / Thesis directed by Margaret Anne Doody for the Department of English. "June 2009." Examines the concept of the soul in English literature written by women, 1660-1800. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 283-297).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1993. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-129).

La presente tesis, titulada Ave Soul: Hacia un franco y verdadero proceso de ruptura. La construcción de un nuevo sujeto en la poesía de Jorge Pimentel, tiene como objetivo analizar algunos poemas del libro Ave Soul, del poeta peruano Jorge Pimentel, con el propósito de mostrar el descentramiento y la alienación subjetivos como una verdad personal y fundamental del sujeto que le permite replantear su identidad y su relación con el mundo bajo el deseo de construcción de un nuevo orden social. Ave Soul es un libro que llama la atención por la luminosidad, la simpleza y la potencia de su lenguaje, desde el cual accede con vitalidad y agudeza a lo más íntimo del sujeto para ponerlo en conexión con el mundo. He organizado la tesis de tal forma que en el primer capítulo me dedicaré a analizar cómo es que se lleva a cabo la escisión del sujeto, representado por la voz poética, con aquello que, desde el exterior, llama su atención y se configura como lo más auténtico de su ser. En el segundo capítulo mostraré cómo es que el poemario plantea que aquel encuentro tiene como efecto una verdad ineludible para el sujeto en cuestión, desde la cual debe de trabajar y a la que debe contrastar con el mundo exterior, cambiando su forma de ser para el mundo. Finalmente analizaré cómo el poemario muestra la posibilidad de que el sujeto incida en el mundo a partir de su cambio subjetivo, con la intención de reformularlo a partir de valores que hoy en día la realidad actual no admite. Finalmente, en la conclusión, detallaré tres motivos importantes por los que considero necesario seguir investigando y analizando este poemario. / Tesis

abstract: Libby Larsen is one of the most performed and acclaimed composers today. She is a spirited, compelling, and sensitive composer whose music enhances the poetry of America's most prominent authors. Notable among her works are song cycles for soprano based on the poetry of female writers, among them novelist and poet Willa Cather (1873-1947). Larsen has produced two song cycles on works from Cather's substantial output of fiction: one based on Cather's short story, "Eric Hermannson's Soul," titled Margaret Songs: Three Songs from Willa Cather (1996); and later, My Antonia (2000), based on Cather's novel of the same title. In Margaret Songs, Cather's poetry and short stories--specifically the character of Margaret Elliot--combine with Larsen's unique compositional style to create a surprising collaboration. This study explores how Larsen in these songs delves into the emotional and psychological depths of Margaret's character, not fully formed by Cather. It is only through Larsen's music and Cather's poetry that Margaret's journey through self-discovery and love become fully realized. This song cycle is a glimpse through the eyes of two prominent female artists on the societal pressures placed upon Margaret's character, many of which still resonate with women in today's culture. This study examines the work Margaret Songs by discussing Willa Cather, her musical influences, and the conditions surrounding the writing of "Eric Hermannson's Soul." It looks also into Cather's influence on Libby Larsen and the commission leading to Margaret Songs. Finally, a description of the musical, dramatic, and textual content of the songs completes this interpretation of the interactions of Willa Cather, Libby Larsen, and the character of Margaret Elliot. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

O nosso trabalho consiste na tradução e no estudo do De Ira do filósofo estoico e político romano Lucio Anêu Sêneca. A obra é endereçada ao seu irmão Novato que, supostamente, o indaga como conter essa paixão. Assim, nos 3 livros, o filósofo apresenta a gênese dessa paixão e os males causados por ela para, por fim, apresentar meios para extirpa-la da alma. A defesa dos ensinamentos do Estoicismo ecoa explicitamente nos diversos exemplos dados pelo filósofo quando contraposta com as demais escolas filosóficas da época. Assim, a ira é tratada como a paixão mais danosa dentre todas as paixões do homem. / Our dissertation consists in the translation and study of De Ira from the Stoic philosopher and Roman politician Lucious Annaeus Seneca. The book is addressed to his brother Novato who supposedly inquires him how to restrain this passion. Thus, in three books, the philosopher presents the genesis of that passion and the evils caused by it to finally introduce ways to extirpate it from the soul. The defense of the Stoicism\'s teachings explicitly echoes in several examples given by the philosopher when contrasted with other philosophical schools of the time. So wrath is treated as the most damaging passion among all human passions.

Pretendemos demonstrar como Agostinho reconduz a questão gnóstico-maniqueia das duas almas para o campo da interioridade humana, associando vida e alma como bens compreendidos pelo intelecto e, consequentemente, irredutivelmente verdadeiros. Na primeira parte da dissertação, buscamos os traços da questão no livro III das Confissões, parágrafos 1,1 à 6,12, em duplo interesse quanto a noção de pecado: primeiro, como ser ou ausência de ser, defectus da vontade individual; em seguida, como miséria - herança de uma impotência dejá lá e sintoma de uma situação de dessemelhança (regio dissimilitunis). Essa dupla visada tem o intuito de verificar possibilidades de assimilação e afastamento da gnose-maniqueia, a fim de que possamos seguir os argumentos filósofo de Hipona no enfrentamento do problema da existência da alma má em um tratado de 392, Sobre as Duas Almas (De duabus animabus) segunda parte de nosso trabalho. Nessa obra, o bispo procura derruir o dogma maniqueu a partir da alma como primeira consideração (cogito cf. tríade ser-vida-intelecto); atribui-lhe natureza intermediária entre sensíveis e inteligíveis e livre determinação de si pela atividade de valorar os bens que a cerca. Consequentemente, a alma tem a missão de julgar os valores das naturezas apreendidas e organizá-las internamente segundo a via de percepção própria: sensível ou inteligível. Ora, esse procedimento é volitivo, então Agostinho descobre a absoluta indeterminação interior da vontade como único elemento do móbile humano e convoca a teoria das partes da alma, segundo a tradição neoplatônica, para redefinir o 7 alcance da parte intelectiva da alma a partir de sua experiência de falibilidade pessoal. Ao final, o esforço de reconhecer ontologicamente a alma como incorporeamente una momento em que pecado é definido como estado negativo de ser -, deve considerar a cisão original e supra individual: um involuntário instalado no seio do voluntário. Reintroduzse a questão das duas almas no plano geral da filosofia do bispo, em registro notoriamente distinto: interioridade e confissão / The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how Augustine reappoints the Manichaean issue of \"two souls\" to the field of human interiority, as associate life and soul as goods perceived by the intellect and therefore irreducibly real (cogito). Thus, the soul can judge the value of natures and organize them internally according to each way of perception of soul: sensible or intelligible. In the first part, we seek to understand the question through the analysis of third book of the Confessions, paragraphs 1.1 to 6.12. We proceed in double interest, interrelating two notions of sin: 1) The nature of being or not beingdefectus of individual will- and 2) as misery -heritage impotence deja lá in order to aim possibilities of assimilation and refusal of the Manichaean gnosis. In addition, we explore how Augustine faces the problem of the existence of evil soul in analysis of the treatise of 392, About the Two Souls (De duabus animabus) - second part of our work. In this work, the Hipponate seeks to demolish all gnose through doctrine of two souls. Thus, the soul is the first consideration -cogito: being, life and intellection comprenhended only by the intellect- by which intuitive definitions of will and sin are allowed. After discovering the absolute indeterminacy of the will as the only element of human mobile, Augustine proceed to adapt the theory of \"parts of the soul\", according to the Neoplatonic tradition, and sharply modify the role of intellectual part of the soul- in context of his own experience of fallibility. At the end, the effort to recognize the soul as ontologically non-corporeal and undivided moment in which sin is 10 defined as denial of being (defectus) - should also consider the original and supra-individual cleavage: \"an involuntary installed within the volunteer\". It was reintroduced the question of two souls\" in the philosophy of the bishop in distinguished register: interiority and confession

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is an important tool for the characterization of materials as it can provide clear understanding of the relationship between structure, property and composition of nanomaterials. For this, the in-situ TEM analysis is performed and requires specially manufactured sample holders. In particular, those designed to carry out electrical biasing can be used to understand not just the I-V characteristics but also the failure mechanism, structure-property relationship, Joule heating dynamics, electromigration, field emission properties, etc. at the nanoscale. The platforms holding the sample in most modern in-situ TEM holders rely on an insulating ceramic membrane which needs to be (almost) transparent to the imaging electron beam. Electrodes are defined through lithography and patterned on this membrane. Unfortunately, the presence of this membranes introduces several limitations such as electrostatic charging, reduction of image contrast and poor mechanical stability. To circumvent this issue it is necessary to fabricate a novel type of sample platform which does not rely on the presence of a membrane. In this work, novel membraneless sample-holding platforms were designed and manufactured using advanced microfabrication methods and tools. Besides fitting into an array of analytical tools, the novel platforms (or “chips”) can be subjected to thermal and/or chemical processing without compromising their function or structure. To test these, the electrical response of one-, two- and zero-dimensional nanoparticles were studied. Firstly, we investigated current-induced modifications in silver nanowires and expandable graphite flakes and studied various phenomenon involved. Along with these, corresponding ex-situ studies were also performed. Next, graphene oxide was explored as an alternative support platform for in-situ TEM. We successfully achieved temperature as high as 2000o C by Joule heating of graphene oxide. Furthermore, this graphene oxide platform was used as a heater and chemical processing substrate for investigating thermal stability and synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles, respectively.

Turnabout, a feature-length screenplay with an accompanying critical essay, is the story of Michael Houston, a successful stockbroker in his late twenties whose unlikely romantic rendezvous with a bohemian art dealer leads him to realize that finding love often begins with a soul-searching journey into oneself.

Dissertation: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche about human Autor: Radek Suchý Annotation In my dissertation I endeavour to show the way how the 19th century german philosophers Schopenhauer and Nietzsche reflected various interesting issues that are significantly adherent to the human life. In so doing I try to place their respective views in such a mutual perspective so that both their characteristic uniqueness and peculiarity and their eventual affinity and contiguity would arise as clearly as possible. In the conclusion then I endeavour to show on the example of Schopenhauer what it can mean and imply if the man philosophizes about the man.

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