This thesis examines John Napier of Merchiston’s 1593 commentary on the Book of Revelation within the context of sixteenth century apocalyptic thought in Scotland and England. Napier is usually remembered as a mathematician and this study aims to contribute to a more complete understanding of the man. Its most important contribution to scholarship is its discussion of Napier’s identification of himself as a conduit for divine revelation, chosen by God to expose the mysteries of scripture in the final age of human history. This placed him in the tradition of reformers like Knox but he differed from them in two crucial ways. Firstly, he broke from the texts that had influenced him by controversially predicting the approximate date of the apocalypse. Some of these works, and responses to Napier’s conclusions, are considered. Secondly, he did not regard a call to ministry as a facet of his prophetic status. Instead, he saw his biblical commentary as the expression of an intellectual gift from God. He employed grandiose eschatological themes to appeal to the highest echelons of society in an attempt to affect religious change. His dedicatory epistle to James VI was a direct correspondence that revealed shared knowledge and experiences. Napier’s approaches to the apocalypse and alchemy stemmed from a worldview that presented him as belonging to an intellectual and moral elite, preordained by God to receive and disseminate hidden knowledge at appointed times. The impact of historical events on the content of his work, including the Spanish Armada, Scottish Reformation and resulting sense of unity between Scotland and England, are assessed. The current biographical understanding of Napier is critiqued. The unique aspects of the Plaine Discovery, including the explicit chronology of salvation history that framed its conclusions, are discussed in detail.

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關秀瓊. / 書名原作: 從「人的自覺」看魏晉文論與儒、道 ... / 據手稿本影印. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學. / Shu ming yuan zuo: Cong "Ren de zi jue" kan Wei Jin wen lun yu ru, dao ... / Ju shou gao ben ying yin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 459-473). / Guan Xiuqiong. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue. / 上篇 --- p.1 / 緒言 / Chapter 第一章 --- 人的自覺 --- p.13 / Chapter 第一節 --- 「人的自覺」一詞及研究角度之，學術背景 --- p.13 / Chapter 第二節 --- 魏晉「人的自覺」與文論關係之研究背景 --- p.28 / Chapter 第三節 --- 本論文在前人討論下仍可發揮之處 --- p.42 / 注釋 --- p.50 / Chapter 第二章 --- 兩漢文論與儒，道思想之關係 --- p.57 / Chapter 第一節 --- 兩漢經學及天人觀念 --- p.63 / Chapter 第二節 --- 狹義下的兩漢文學現象 --- p.78 / Chapter 第三節 --- 從對創作主體的認識，論兩漢文論與儒，道思想之關係 --- p.87 / Chapter 第四節 --- 總結 --- p.116 / 注釋 --- p.121 / Chapter 第三章 --- 「人的自覺」下的魏晉文論與儒，道思想的關係 --- p.131 / Chapter 第一節 --- 魏晉玄學下的天人新義 --- p.134 / Chapter 第二節 --- 魏晉文學現象 --- p.156 / Chapter 第三節 --- 「人的自覺」精神下的魏晉文論 --- p.167 / Chapter 第四節 --- 「人的自覺」下的魏晉文論與儒，道思想之關係 --- p.185 / Chapter 第五節 --- 總結 --- p.198 / 注釋 --- p.202 / 下篇 / Chapter 第四章 --- 曹丕「文氣說」 --- p.219 / Chapter 第一節 --- 從「人的自覺」檢視以漢末才性義釋「文氣說」之局限 --- p.222 / Chapter 第二節 --- 氣之「性」「情」義 --- p.240 / Chapter 第三節 --- 從「氣」之「性」，「情」義釋文氣說與儒，道家文藝觀之關係 --- p.256 / Chapter 第四節 --- 總結 --- p.267 / 注釋 --- p.273 / Chapter 第五章 --- 陸機「文賦」 --- p.286 / Chapter 第一節 --- 玄學新思維方式下的「言」「意」內涵 --- p.189 / Chapter 第二節 --- 新「言」，「意」觀念下的審美態度 --- p.308 / Chapter 第三節 --- 新「言」，「意」觀念在文論上的開展 --- p.327 / Chapter 第四節 --- 從「文賦」對創作運「意」的剖析，論其與儒，道思想之關係 --- p.344 / Chapter 第五節 --- 總結 --- p.357 / 注釋 --- p.359 / Chapter 第六章 --- 葛洪「抱朴子」 --- p.373 / Chapter 第一節 --- 「抱朴子」思想旨趣與「人」的再思考 --- p.376 / Chapter 第二節 --- 「抱朴子」思想旨趣在美學上的折射 --- p.391 / Chapter 第三節 --- 「抱朴子」的文論與儒，道思想之關係 --- p.403 / Chapter 第四節 --- 總結 --- p.431 / 注釋 --- p.437 / Chapter 第七章 --- 上，下篇總結 --- p.452 / 參考書目 --- p.459

袁燕萍著. / 書名頁題: 從氣、勢觀念看六朝文論的 ... / 手稿本, 複本據手稿本影印. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學硏究院中國語文學部. / Shu ming ye ti: Cong qi shi guan nian kan liu chao wen lun de ... / Shou gao ben, fu ben ju shou gao ben ying yin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 1-39 (2nd group)). / Yuan Yanping zhu. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan Zhongguo yu wen xue bu. / 緒言 --- p.1-20 / Chapter （一） --- 研究緣起 / Chapter （二） --- 釋名並論研究之步驟和目的 / Chapter （三） --- 研究之方法及全文結構 / Chapter 第一章 --- 氣之才性義及才性觀念在六朝文論的開展 --- p.21-153 / Chapter 第一節 --- 從「氣之清濁有體，不可力強而致」釋「文氣說」 / Chapter 第二節 --- 以氣論文的特點 / Chapter 第三節 --- 文氣說產生的背景 / Chapter 第四節 --- 從《文心、體性》看文氣觀念的開展 / Chapter 第五節 --- 釋「天才論」´ؤ´ؤ先天稟賦與後天修養的關係 / Chapter 附（一） --- 論「齊氣」 / Chapter 附（二） --- 論「惜其體弱」 / Chapter 第二章 --- 氣之血氣義及血氣在創作過程中的作用 --- p.154/189 / Chapter 第一節 --- 問題之提出 / Chapter 第二節 --- 釋「神有遯心」義 / Chapter 第三節 --- 從志氣與神的關係有「志氣」一名的涵意 / Chapter 第四節 --- 血氣在創作過程中的作用 / Chapter 第三章 --- 釋《風骨》「氣」一詞之涵意 --- p.190/240 / Chapter 第一節 --- 釋《風骨》「氣」一詞之涵意 / Chapter 第二節 --- 從諸家對《風骨》「並重氣之旨」的詮釋論「氣」一詞之語意 / Chapter 第四章 --- 釋《定勢》「因情立體，即體成勢」義 --- p.241/308 / Chapter 第一節 --- 釋勢 / Chapter 第二節 --- 明體 / Chapter 第三節 --- 論情 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總論就六朝文論所見創作主體與文體要求兩者間之關係 --- p.316/318 / 總結 / 參考書目 --- p.1/39

梁樹楓. / 論文(碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院中國語言及文學學部, 1995. / 參考文獻: leaves 115-121. / Liang Shufeng. / 前言 --- p.一 / Chapter 第一章 --- 陳郡謝氏家族的興起與發展 --- p.五 / Chapter 第一節 --- 謝氏一族發展簡述 / Chapter 第二節 --- 謝氏發展成爲文學氏族的歷史因素 --- p.十一 / Chapter 第三節 --- 謝氏發展成爲文學士族的內在因素 --- p.十四 / Chapter 第二章 --- 陳郡謝氏的家學和思想 / Chapter 第一節 --- 南朝士人家學內涵槪說 --- p.二十 / Chapter 第二節 --- 謝氏與佛道思想 --- p.二十三 / Chapter 第三節 --- 謝氏與儒家思想 --- p.二十九 / Chapter 第三章 --- 從文學作品探討謝氏子弟的内心世界 / Chapter 第一節 --- 探討的重點和原則 --- p.三十八 / Chapter 第二節 --- 東晉諸謝一一謝安、謝萬、謝玄 --- p.四十 / Chapter 第三節 --- 晉宋之間諸謝一一謝混、謝靈運、謝瞻、謝惠連、謝莊 --- p.四十九 / Chapter 第四節 --- 齊梁諸謝一一謝朓、謝舉、謝幾卿 --- p.八十二 / Chapter 第四章 --- 陳郡謝氏文學表現與時代的關係 --- p.九十八 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結´ؤ一陳郡謝氏在六朝文學的定位 / Chapter 第一節 --- 從謝氏的地位看六朝士族的文學優勢 --- p.一百零三 / Chapter 第二節 --- 從謝氏子弟的文學觀探討魏晉以來文學自覺的問題 --- p.一百零八 / Chapter 第三節 --- 個體自覺與家族責任的矛盾與融和 --- p.一百十一 / Chapter 第四節 --- 六朝政治與山水文學的關係 --- p.一百十三 / 參考書目 --- p.一百十五 / 參考論文 --- p.一百十八 / 附錄 --- p.一百十九

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University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Chinese

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Chinese

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effect of FDI and trade openness on wages in the CEECs in the post-transition era. We utilize a cross-country sector-specific eceonometric analysis based on one-digit level panel data for manufacturing industry in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, for the period of 2000-2004. The results suggest that the increases in productivity are reflected in wages only to a modest extent, even in the long-term, leading to a steady decline in the share of labor in manufacturing industry in almost all sub-sectors in all countries. Meanwhile, the high significant and negative effect of unemployment on wages shows that the labor market is flexible in terms of wage flexibility. FDI has a positive effect on wages only in the capital and skill intensive sectors. The results also show that the increase in trade with EU did not lead to positive prospects for wages in manufacturing industry, contrary to the expectations of pro-market policies and traditional trade theory. The long-term net effect of exports and imports is negative, suggesting that integration of CEECs to EU via trade liberalization have worked at the expense of labor. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

The world we live in is increasingly integrated. For the work of economists, increasing international integration bears a significant importance. The present thesis is essentially a work on International Economics. As such it is no exception in that it consists of different chapters, all of which address different issues in the field. The first two chapters are theoretical in nature, whereas the third is empirical. The last chapter provides a technical reference to mathematical problems encountered in the first chapter. The first chapter is concerned with one of the negative effect of international trade: terms-of-trade uncertainty. It asks (and answers) the question why economic agents in practice fail to (completely) hedge away foreign price uncertainty in the presence of well-developed forward markets, even though theoretically they should obtain a full-hedge. The second chapter explores some of the effects international capital flows bring to a country that opens up its capital account. The third chapter describes the evolution of international capital flows and trade flows over that last decade. The last chapter is concerned with the existence of explicit demand schedules under expected utility maximization when the random variable is nonlinearly transformed. / Die Welt in der wir leben ist durch zunehmende Integration in fast allen Bereichen des Lebens gekennzeichnet. In der ökonomischen Sphäre wird diese zunehmende Integration auch oft mit dem Begriff Globalisierung beschrieben. Zwei Hauptmerkmale der Globalisierung sind dabei zunehmende internationale Kapital- und Handelsströme. Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit ausgesuchten Teilaspekten dieser Phänomene. "Warum sichern sich die Wirtschaftssubjekte in der Praxis nur unvollständig gegenüber Wechselkursrisiken ab, obwohl sie theoretisch eine vollständige Absicherung wählen sollten?", "Welchen Einfluß hat die Herkunft von Kapital auf die Ökonomie?" sowie "Wie ist der empirische Befund zur Entwicklung von Handels- und Kapitalströmen in der letzten Dekade?" sind Fragen denen die vorliegende Arbeit nachgeht. Ein Kapitel mit Ergebnissen zur Existenz von expliziten Nachfragefunktionen unter Erwartungsnutzenmaximierung bei zugrundeliegender nichtlinearer Transformation der Zufallsvariablen (eine Fragestellung die im Rahmen der Bearbeitung von Kapitel 1 auftaucht) beschliesst die Arbeit.