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This research explores the method and theological content in Stephen Charnock's discourses on the attributes and the existence of God with the intention to determine whether this material is structured upon the influence of the scholastic method. This is accomplished (1) by locating Charnock within his own academic and historical context and by interpreting his works according to the theological genre to which they belong, (2) by identifying the conceptual and methodological presuppositions that framed the discourses, (3) by examining and accounting for the order of exposition found in the discourses, and (4) by performing a descriptive analysis of the material seeking to identify traces of the scholastic method and style of argumentation. The findings of this investigation indicate that Charnock's discourses are theological sermons primarily intended for homiletical purposes and yet organised and reasoned per the scholastic method.

Esta dissertação abordará alguns dos conceitos necessários para uma pré-compreensão sobre o contrato no direito brasileiro após a recepção da função social do contrato na cláusula geral do art. 421 do Código Civil. Serão confrontadas as idéias de tipicidade e individualidade no contrato, a partir do que se questionará a teoria empregada como base para a redação do artigo referido e a idéia de unidade do direito contratual brasileiro. / This paper aims at presenting some of the concepts necessary for a pre-comprehension regarding the contract in Brazilian law after the reception of the social function of the contract in general clause of 421 Article from the civil code. Vagueness doctrine and individuality will be confronted, from what will be questioned in the theory employed as basis for the writing of the 421 article from the civil code as well as the unity in Contract Law.

MAIA, Gabrielle Bessa Pereira. Forjados nas estrelas: educação e doutrina espírita através de vidas em (trans)formação. 2017. 302f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2017. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-10-23T17:35:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_gbpmaia.pdf: 4221243 bytes, checksum: 99cca95e35ec598674a15f23c788c24b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-23T18:24:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_gbpmaia.pdf: 4221243 bytes, checksum: 99cca95e35ec598674a15f23c788c24b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-23T18:24:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_gbpmaia.pdf: 4221243 bytes, checksum: 99cca95e35ec598674a15f23c788c24b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / The fine line that separates Education and the Spiritist Doctrine, expressed in its environment, inside the proposal of self-knowledge made possible by experiencing being a medium, by cultural exchanges established in the internationalization of concepts and practices, and, especially, by the study of its genesis, in Brazilian territory, through the Spiritist Doctrine’s Systematic Study, paving the way to a spiritual transformation here denominated educational, for it presumes a continuous education from the participants in various activities promoted by the movement in analysis. Such activities (gatherings; regional, national and international congresses, public lectures, charity work, group study and medium education) are here analyzed as important tools to ground the aforementioned transformation, through living life as exemplified by Carlos Roberto Campetti. The life of Brazilian Spiritist Federation’s current director – whose medium symptoms and first rudiments of spiritist doctrine were acquired during childhood; his experience since his teenage years in spreading the Spiritist Doctrine, its internationalization to over twenty visited countries (Latin America, United States and Europe), and his participation in the consolidation of the Spititist Doctrine’s doctrinary study, as the National Spiritism Studies Coordinator – was chosen for didactically congregating important aspects that fundament the spiritual transformation subsidized by an education that, therefore, extends itself from one’s personal life to the study environments and practices promoted by the spiritist movement, which structures itself around Education. It is proposed, therefore, as a general objective on this investigation, an analysis on the existent approximation between Education and the Spiritist Doctrine as a fundament of a spiritual transformation, through Carlos Roberto Campetti’s life. It was found in the mechanisms of Life Story and Oral History (BOSI, 1994; MARTINHO RODRIGUES, 2007, 2013; TUCHMAN, 1995; VEYNE, 2014) the methodological support for this research, which, besides the main character’s life, counted with the participation of nine other subjects, invited to interconnect the main life story with their own experiences, enriching the collected data with their involvement in the many areas of expertise the Spiritist Doctrine offers. This research was theoretically backed up, based on the introduction of discussion and analyses, the pedagogy of Comenius (2010, 2011a, 2011b, 2014, 2015), the doctrinary conceptions of Kardec (2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2009, 2013) and, as a secondary support, Denis (2006, 2013, 2014), Pires (2008) and Colombo/Incontri (2001, 2010, 2012). The subjects’ life stories are fully displayed inside the following categories’ universe of Self-knowledge, Internationalization and Universal Education of the Spirit. It is concluded that spirituality can be a cultural experience, subsidized by a spiritual transformation with educative traits continued through an education and a recycling that establishes itself in the pedagogical experiences made possible by the doctrinary environment, freely chosen by the subject. The main life’s narrative along with the others reveal that the subjects’ personal experience, as well as their professional education, are highlighted and valued in a religious environment with educative undertones, concerning the doctrinary education, as well as concerning the process of self-knowledge. Such characteristics of religious experiences generate positive educational impacts in the consulted subjects’ personal life, thus one could infer that such realities can be conducted to their experiences outside of the religious environment where they transform, which implies an important educational phenomena if taken into consideration the contribution of this transformation to life in society. / A linha tênue que separa a Educação da Doutrina Espírita, expressa na sua ambiência, na proposta de autoconhecimento viabilizada pela experiência mediúnica, pelas trocas culturais que se estabelecem na internacionalização de conceitos e práticas, e, principalmente, pelo estudo que teve sua gênese, em território brasileiro, através do Estudo Sistematizado da Doutrina Espírita, constituem o solo para uma transformação espiritual aqui denominada educativa, pois que pressupõe uma formação continuada dos partícipes nas variadas atividades promovidas pelo movimento em análise. Tais atividades (encontros, congressos regionais, nacionais e internacionais, palestras públicas, atividades assistenciais, estudos em grupo e a educação da mediunidade) são aqui analisadas como dispositivos importantes de sustentação da transformação ora menciona da, através da vida posta em modelo de Carlos Roberto Campetti. A vida deste atual diretor da Federação Espírita Brasileira, cujos sintomas da mediunidade e os primeiros rudimentos doutrinários espíritas se deram ainda na infância, a experiência desde a adolescência na divulgação da Doutrina Espírita, a internacionalização desta em mais de vinte países percorridos (América Latina, Estados Unidos e Europa), e a sua participação na consolidação do estudo doutrinário da Doutrina Espírita, na qualidade de Coordenador Nacional da Área de Estudo do Espiritismo – foi escolhida por congregar didaticamente aspectos importantes que fundamentam a transformação espiritual subsidiada por uma formação que se estende, portanto, da vida íntima ao ambiente de estudos e práticas promovidas pelo movimento espírita que se estrutura em torno da Educação. Propomos, portanto, como objetivo geral de nossa investigação, analisar a aproximação existente entre Educação e Doutrina Espírita como fundamento para uma (trans)formação espiritual, através da vida de Carlos Roberto Campetti. Encontramos nos mecanismos da História de Vida e da História Oral (BOSI, 1994; MARTINHO RODRIGUES, 2007, 2013; TUCHMAN, 1995; VEYNE, 2014) o suporte metodológico da pesquisa que contou, além da vida do personagem principal, com a participação de mais nove sujeitos, convidados a entrecortarem a história de vida principal com suas próprias experiências, enriquecendo os dados coletados com seu envolvimento nas muitas áreas de atuação que a Doutrina Espírita oferece. Fundamentamos teoricamente nossa pesquisa, à guisa de introdução da discussão e análise, na pedagogia de Comenius (2010, 2011a, 2011b, 2014, 2015), nas conceituações doutrinárias de Kardec (2007, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2009, 2013) e, como apoio secundário, em Denis (2006, 2013, 2014), Pires (2008) e Colombo/Incontri (2001, 2010, 2012). Dispomos integralmente as histórias das vidas de nossos sujeitos dentro do universo das categorias de Autoconhecimento, Internacionalização e Educação Universal do Espírito. Concluímos que a espiritualidade pode ser uma experiência cultural, percebida por uma transformação espiritual com traços educativos continuados através de uma formação e manutenção que se estabelece nas experiências pedagógicas possíveis no ambiente doutrinário escolhido livremente pelo sujeito. A narrativa da vida principal e as demais revelaram que a experiência pessoal dos sujeitos, bem como as suas formações profissionais, são iluminadas e valorizadas num ambiente religioso com tonalidades educativas, no que concerne à formação doutrinária, como, também, no que diz respeito ao seu processo de autoconhecimento. Tais características de experiência religiosa geram impactos educacionais positivos na vida pessoal e familiar dos sujeitos consultados, donde deduzimos que tais realidades podem ser conduzidas para as suas experiências fora do ambiente religioso no qual se (trans)formam, o que implica um fenômeno educacional importante se consideramos a contribuição desta (trans)formação para a vida em sociedade.

Par la présente recherche, nous cherchons à soutenir que dans l'éducation philosophique du jeune Nicolas de Cues (entre 1424 et 1431), la tradition albertine de Cologne, diffusée par Heymeric de Campo, a joué un rôle important. Nous pensons aussi que les traces de cette influence de l'albertinisme colonien émergent en particulier dans les écrits épistémologiques du Cusain, en particulier dans le De coniecturis et dans la collection « Idiota ». Nous montrerons que Nicolas de Cues, qui a personnellement connu Heymeric, a eu grâce à lui connaissance des doctrines néo-platoniciennes qui émergent dans le De docta ignorantia et dans les œuvres cusaniennes des années 1440. Contrairement à la perspective historiographique, qui a soutenu une origine byzantine du néoplatonisme de Nicolas de Cues, nous voulons ici montrer une origine colonienne. Nous sommes également convaincus que cette approche méthodologique permet de saisir efficacement la pensée de Nicolas de Cues dans son contexte historique, « 1430-1464 », et topographique, « entre Cologne et Rome ». Elle fournit aussi une clé pour éclairer le rapport entre la philosophie de Nicolas de Cues et certains penseurs modernes : la Cusanus-Renaissance de la première moitié du XXe siècle avait attribué à Nicolas de Cues le titre de « premier philosophe moderne » parce que, contrairement à la tradition scolastique, il aurait placé au centre de ses œuvres le problème de la connaissance humaine, ouvrant ainsi la voie à la révolution subjectiviste de la modernité. Une telle attention pour la connaissance humaine se retrouve également dans la tradition albertine, décrite comme un « illuminisme » au Moyen Age / In this research, we present the hypothesis that the Albertist tradition in Cologne played a significant role in how young Cusanus acquired his philosophical education, in the years from 1424 to 1431, and that the mediator was Heymericus de Campo. We claim that some traces of this albertist influence can be seen above all in Cusanus' gnoseological works, particularly in De coniecturis and in the Idiota collection. Contrary to the historiographical perspective that maintained the hypothesis that Cusanus’ neo-Platonism derived from Byzantine thought, we should like to sustain here that it originated in the school of Cologne and Rhenish philosophy. We are further convinced that this methodological approach provides an efficient tool for interpreting and capturing Cusanus’ thought within its contexts, both historical ( from “1430 to 1464”) and geographical (“from Cologne to Rome”). Moreover, finding traces of Albertism in Cusanus’s education and works offers a new key to interpreting and clarifying his relationship with modern philosophy. The Cusanus-Renaissance in the first half of the twentieth century saw in Cusanus the first modern philosopher because, unlike those of the Scholastic tradition, he was thought to have placed human knowledge at the core of his works, thus paving the way for the modern, subjectivist revolution. From this standpoint, Albert the Great and his “school” seem be be forerunners of the modern tradition, so much so that it was described as “Enlightenment in the Middle Ages