Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-145).

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This thesis analyses the individual-nature relationship in Samuel Taylor Coleridge&#039 / s poems. It begins with an overview of Coleridge&#039 / s inconsistent views on the subject, as reflected in his prose writings, and explains the personal reasons behind such inconsistencies. The thesis then asserts that despite the inconsonant views expressed in his prose writings, Coleridge&#039 / s poems display a consistent view of the individual-nature relationship. According to this view, the relationship is constituted of three consecutive stages. In the first stage the individual passively perceives nature with his senses. When he ascends to the second stage, he forms spiritual unity with nature and becomes one with her. Finally, in the third stage, through the use of his imagination, he creates a new nature out of the one he has perceived. This view of the individual-nature relationship will be illustrated and exemplified through the analysis of the poems &quot / The Eolian Harp&quot / , The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and &quot / Dejection: An Ode&quot / .

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Villanova University, 2008. / Philosophy Dept.

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1994. / This is an electronic reproduction of TREN, #090-0031. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-145).

According to Alexis de Tocqueville, humanity is entering a new age of political and social equality, a new epoch in which the human race has no historical example or experience. As a result, he holds humanity's future will be largely determined by the political and moral choices made in this transitional time. For Tocqueville, the new egalitarian era is a forgone conclusion, but for him, the pressing question is whether humanity will choose a future in which it enchains itself to new forms of tyranny, or, whether the human race can establish the political and moral institutions designed to assure human freedom and dignity. In Tocqueville's view, liberty or slavery are the two choices modern men and women have in front of them, and it is the intent of this dissertation to explore Tocqueville's warning in regard to the latter choice. Tocqueville warns us that modern democratic peoples must beware of the moral and political effects of a new type of political philosophy, a political theory he terms democratic pantheism. Democratic pantheism is a philosophic doctrine that treats egalitarianism as a "religion" in which all social and political striving is directed toward realizing a providentially ordained strict equality of conditions. To attain this end, modern humanity gives up its right to self-government to an all-powerful "representative" state that will unconsciously (and as a result, unjustly) force equality on unequal human beings. Because this philosophy informs the core "soul" of a pantheistic social state, the vast majority of individuals are blissfully unaware that their humanity is diminished and their freedom is lost. The effect is a political and intellectual torpor wherein democratic citizens fall prey to a deterministic and insipid existence; and any thoughts of true independence and freedom of action are eventually extinguished--all due to the unknowing acceptance of a hidden social and political philosophy.

<p>The Emancipation of Celie: The Color Purple as a womanist Bildungsroman</p><p>The purpose of this essay is to study The Color Purple as a Bildungsroman, focusing on the development of the protagonist, Celie. The Color Purple is related to both the traditional Bildungsroman and to the female Bildungsroman, but the essay shows that it can also be seen as a womanist Bildungsroman. Initially, Celie believes that being a woman inescapably means that she has to serve and obey men and she is oppressed by patriarchy. She is eventually introduced to another way of living by the strong female characters of Sofia and Shug who embrace her in a kind of sisterhood, which is vital for Celie as she has nothing else to help her liberate herself from the patriarchal values that keep her down. In conclusion, this essay shows how Celie has developed from being a young girl, forced to act in an adult way, into a woman who displays signs of all the criteria for having achieved a womanist development: she is grown up (not just acting as though she is), she is in charge of a business, a house and, in short, her life. She is serious, she has a universalist perspective, and most importantly, she loves. Furthermore, the essay highlights which characteristics of her development can be linked to the traditional and the female Bildungsroman and which characteristics can be seen as typical of a womanist Bildungsroman.</p>

In Zusammenhang mit der Heroisierung und Stilisierung Spinozas durch die Philosophen des deutschen Idealismus gewinnt ein altes Motiv der Spinozalektüre wieder an Kraft: es ist der im Begriff des "Spinozismus" mitschwingende Vorwurf des ,"Pantheismus". Noch im 18. Jahrhundert mit Atheismus weitgehend identisch, scheint der Begriff im 19. Jahrhundert eine bestimmte philosophische Radikalität zu bezeichnen. Keiner, der über Spinoza im 19. Jahrhundert schreibt, läßt ihn außer Betracht, viele verwenden ihn affirmativ, einige kritisch.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-04-04T12:54:06Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) O nascimento do panteísmo ayahuasqueiro e os seus processos.pdf: 10425563 bytes, checksum: 7bdf17b93f47ca6a675d19daf86f28ea (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-04T12:54:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) O nascimento do panteísmo ayahuasqueiro e os seus processos.pdf: 10425563 bytes, checksum: 7bdf17b93f47ca6a675d19daf86f28ea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-05 / FACEPE / O campo religioso ayahuasqueiro é comumente conhecido e estudado pelos ditos principais grupos e movimentos (Santo Daime, Barquinha e União do Vegetal). Esta pesquisa traz uma nova perspectiva do uso religioso da Ayahuasca pelas características filosóficas do grupo, a Sociedade Panteísta Ayahuasca – Panhuasca, situada em Pernambuco/ Brasil. Nesta junção de tradições, a xamânica pelo uso das plantas de poder e a filosófica, o grupo panteísta tem seus sincretismos, símbolos e aprendizados particulares sobre o uso do enteógeno Ayahuasca. Tais significados em torno da bebida correspondem à perspectiva panteísta e a produção do conhecimento religioso do fundador do grupo, o médico e filósofo Régis Barbier. Desse modo, esta pesquisa procura compreender as dinâmicas ritualísticas panteístas de acordo com a perspectiva monista presente do grupo, a perspectiva metafísica cosmoexistencial. A partir destas abordagens, reflete-se sobre a cura neste contexto de atuação pela noção da transformação e (des)continuidade subjetiva, para compreender como os sujeitos se tornam panteístas e aderem a esse modo de pensar e se posicionar no mundo. A cura é abordada nesta pesquisa como uma transformação pela ressignificação da perspectiva existencial e identificação com a perspectiva Cosmo-existencial pela vivência de imersão na(o) cerimônia/rito panteísta. Para refletir sobre a cura, esta pesquisa explora o estudo do ritual, da experiência, da performance e do paradigma da corporeidade. Em última análise, este trabalho pretende iniciar a compreensão da identidade panteísta, o self-panteísta correlacional com o ethos religioso. Desta maneira, cabe a antropologia como disciplina acompanhar e refletir sobre o campo ayahuasqueiro, as composições, (re)criações e particularidades, assim como, compreender os diversos sujeitos que compõem este cenário social. / The ayahuasca religion's field is commonly known and studied by the leading groups and movements (Santo Daime, Barquinha e União do Vegetal). This research brings a new perspective on the religious use of ayahuasca by the philosophical characteristics of the studied group, the Ayahuasca Pantheist Society – Panhuasca, located in Pernambuco/ Brazil. At this junction of traditions, the shamanic, for the use of power plants and the philosophical, the pantheistic group has its syncretisms, symbols and particular learning about using the entheogen Ayahuasca. Such meanings around the ayahuasca beverage correspond to pantheistic perspective of the group and to the production of religious knowledge by the group founder, doctor and philosopher Régis Barbier. Thereby, this research seeks to understand the pantheistic ritual dynamics according to the monistic view of the group, the metaphysical Cosmo-existential perspective. From these approaches, one can reflect on healing in this context of action by the notion of transformation and subjective (dis)continuity, to understand how the subjects become pantheistic an adhere to this way of thinking and position in the world. Healing is addressed in this research as a transformation by reframing the existential perspective and identification with the cosmo-existential perspective by immersion experience in the pantheistic ceremony/rite. To reflect on healing, this research explores the study of the ritual, experience, performance and embodiment paradigm. In last analysis, this work intends to initiated the comprehension of the pantheistic identity, the self-pantheist correlational with the religious ethos. Therefor, it is up to anthropology as a discipline to follow and reflect on the ayahuasca field, the compositions, (re)creations and particularities, as well as to understand the various subjects that make up this social scenery.

The Emancipation of Celie: The Color Purple as a womanist Bildungsroman The purpose of this essay is to study The Color Purple as a Bildungsroman, focusing on the development of the protagonist, Celie. The Color Purple is related to both the traditional Bildungsroman and to the female Bildungsroman, but the essay shows that it can also be seen as a womanist Bildungsroman. Initially, Celie believes that being a woman inescapably means that she has to serve and obey men and she is oppressed by patriarchy. She is eventually introduced to another way of living by the strong female characters of Sofia and Shug who embrace her in a kind of sisterhood, which is vital for Celie as she has nothing else to help her liberate herself from the patriarchal values that keep her down. In conclusion, this essay shows how Celie has developed from being a young girl, forced to act in an adult way, into a woman who displays signs of all the criteria for having achieved a womanist development: she is grown up (not just acting as though she is), she is in charge of a business, a house and, in short, her life. She is serious, she has a universalist perspective, and most importantly, she loves. Furthermore, the essay highlights which characteristics of her development can be linked to the traditional and the female Bildungsroman and which characteristics can be seen as typical of a womanist Bildungsroman.