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Art   /  Painting  /  Edvard Munch Second only to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream may be the most iconic human figure in the history of Western art. Its androgynous, skull-shaped head, elongated hands, wide eyes, flaring nostrils and ovoid mouth have been engrained in our collective cultural consciousness; the swirling blue landscape and especially the fiery orange and yellow sky have engendered numerous theories regarding the scene that is depicted. Like the Mona Lisa, The Scream has been the target of dramatic thefts and recoveries, and in 2012 a version created with pastel on cardboard sold to a private collector for nearly $120,000,000 making it the second highest price achieved at that time by a painting at auction. Conceived as part of Munch’s semi-autobiographical cycle “The Frieze of Life,” The Scream’s composition exists in four forms: the first painting, done in oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard (1893, National Gallery of Art, O...

Philosophy, science and art differ principally according to their subject-matter and also the means by which they reflect, transform and express it. In a certain sense, art, like philosophy, reflects reality in its relation to man, and depicts man, his spiritual world, and the relations between individuals in their interaction with the world. We live not in a primevally pure world, but in a world that is known and has been transformed, a world where everything has, as it were, been given a "human angle", a world permeated with our attitudes towards it, our needs, ideas, aims, ideals, joys and sufferings, a world that is part of the vortex of our existence. If we were to remove this "human factor" from the world, its sometimes inexpressible, profoundly intimate relationship with man, we should be confronted by a desert of grey infinity, where everything was indifferent to everything else. Nature, considered in isolation from man, is for man simply nothing, an empty a...

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Art  / Painting /  Edvard Munch Although it is a highly unusual representation, this painting might be of the Virgin Mary. Whether the painting is specifically intended as a representation of Mary is disputed. Munch used more than one title, including both Loving Woman and Madonna. Munch is not famous for religious artwork and was not known as a Christian. The affinity to Mary might as well be intended nevertheless, as an emphasis on the beauty and perfection of his friend Dagny Juel-Przybyszewska, the model for the work, and an expression of his worship of her as an ideal of womanhood. (1894, oil on canvas, 90 cm × 68 cm (35 1⁄2 in × 26 3⁄4 in), Munch Museum, Oslo)

Personalities  /  Thales of Miletus Quotes  /  By person  /  Thales Quotes Thales of Miletus (c. 624 - 546 B.C.) was an early Pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician and astronomer from the Greek city of Miletus in Ionia (modern-day Turkey). He was one of the so-called Seven Sages of Greece, and many regard him as the first philosopher in the Western tradition. He was the founder of the Milesian School of natural philosophy, and the teacher of Anaximander. He was perhaps the first subscriber to Materialist and Naturalism in trying to define the substance or substances of which all material objects were composed, which he identified as water. His innovative search for a universality in the disciplines of mathematics, astronomy and philosophy have earned him the label the "first scientist". Life Thales (pronounced THAY-lees) was born in the Greek city of Miletus (on the Ionian coast of modern-day Turkey) in about 624 or 625 B.C. (an estimate based on his ag...

   Quotes  /  By person  /  Thales Quotes The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. - Thales

  The Political Philosophy of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound: Justice as Seen by Prometheus, Zeus, and Io Swanson, Judith A. "The Political Philosophy of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound: Justice as Seen by Prometheus, Zeus, and Io." Interpretation 22(2):215-45. 1995. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/6692 Boston University READ HERE

All Section Papers - Published in cooperation with the Greek Philosophical Society Konstantinos Boudouris, Editor-in-Chief The twenty-third World Congress of Philosophy was held in Athens in 2013. It was sponsored by the  Greek Philosophical Society  in cooperation with the  Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie . The theme of the Congress was "Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life." This collection contains all of the section papers in the various official languages of the congress - Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Russian, and Spanish. Over 1,700 papers are presented in 75 thematic volumes. The entire collection is now available online. Online Browse  + Free Previews Publication info, Preface, Introduction   An edited selection of papers from the plenary sessions, symposia, and endowed lectures of this Congress was published separately as a  special supplement to the  Journal of Philosophical Research . Related Publications S...

Quotes  /  By person  /  Leo Tolstoy Quotes We lost because we told ourselves we lost.  -   Leo Tolstoy

  Quotes  /  By person  /  Plato Quotes At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.  -  Plato

  Quotes  /  By person  /  Plato Quotes You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.  -  Plato

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Programme August 4, 2013 School of Philosophy, University of Athens University Campus 15703 Zografos Athens Greece Sponsor(s): International Federation of Philosophical Societies Greek Philosophical Society Topic areas General Details The World Congresses of Philosophy are organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies in collaboration with one of its member societies. The xxiii World Congress of Philosophy will be held from August 4 through August 10, 2013, in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the Hellenic Organizing Committee, which has been constituted by the Greek Philosophical Society. The Congress has several aims, which are to be understood as complementary: To inquire into the world’s philosophical traditions and compare them in terms of their diverse contributions and possible mutual cross-fertilization. To reflect on the tasks and functions of philosophy in the contemporary world, taking account of the contributions, expectations, an...

IV PREPARATION OF THE CONGRESS 14: 14.1 The rules for the preparation of the Congress follow from the above. 14.2 This preparation shall be divided into four phases. The first three phases terminate each with the publication of a Circular. The fourth one terminates with the Opening of the Congress. 14.3 Since the scientific responsibility is assumed by the CD, which may delegate it either as a whole or in part to the Scientific Committee, the publication of texts (Circulars etc.) shall not occur until authorized by both the President of FISP and the President of the Scientific Committee. 14.4 Official invitations shall be sent by the President of FISP in his capacity as President of the Congress. 14.5 Meetings of the Bodies of the Congress (Scientific Committee,. Organizing Committee, Executive Committee, Experts who examine the papers, ...) are an integral part of the preparation of the Congress. It is the responsibility of the Organizing Committee to finance such meetings. V THE CONG...

 9. The scientific aspect of the Congress is the responsibility of FISP. All related matters shall fall within the competence of the CD, e.g. choice of themes, structuring of sessions, conditions for admission to an active participation etc. However, the CD can delegate the whole or part of its powers to an appropriate body, retaining the right of veto. The President of FISP is in virtue of his office the President of the Congress. He signs in this capacity the necessary documents, including the official invitations. 10. In view of the necessity of carrying out the decisions made in principle, the CD shall elect a Scientific Committee of the Congress, one half of the members of which are chosen from outside the host country, the other half from within the said country (or region), the latter being nominated by the host Institution. The Committee shall consist of 10 members chosen as indicated above plus a President appointed by FISP, chosen among the members of the CD, and whose vo...

II. REALIZATION OF THE CONGRESS 5. The opportunity to hold a congress depends on invitations addressed to FISP by an Institution, as a rule a Philosophical Society or Association. Such invitations must include sufficient information from the said Institution or its delegates to enable FISP to decide between competing bids. The Steering Committee (Comité Directeur: CD) of FISP decides, after examining the applications, on the acceptation of an invitation. As far as possible, the CD will take into account the wish of the General Assembly of FISP, provided that the invitations have been received sufficiently early. 6. In order to insure the preparation, the scientific and technical organization, and the subsequent work of the Congress, an agreement must be signed between FISP, as represented by its President, and the Institution which has issued the invitation. 7. In that agreement, the host institution undertakes to guarantee the following:     7.1 Unrestricted freedom of partic...

World Congress Regulations BYE-LAWS to be respected when preparing a WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY I. THE CONGRESS AS SUCH 1. FISP promotes at regular intervals of time – as a rule every five years – a WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY. 2. The idea and the realization of the Congress draw their principles from the Statutes of FISP. 3. As initiator of a congress, FISP assumes the responsibility for its scientific aspects, whereas the technical and financial responsibilities are left to the host Institution. 4. Participation in a World Congress of Philosophy may be either passive, or active. The conditions of a passive participation are the business of the host Institution, whereas active participation is subject either to an official invitation issued by FISP or to the acceptance of a paper submitted prior to the Congress to an examination by a board (cf. Art. 12).

23rd World Congress of Philosophy Conference 4th to 10th August 2013 Athens, Greece Website: http://www.wcp2013.gr (closed) Contact person: Mrs. Martha Kornarou The World Congresses of Philosophy are organized every 5 years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies in collaboration with one of its member societies.The main theme of the 2013 Congress,is "Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life" Organized by: Greek Philosophical Society Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1st October 2012 

  Quotes  /  By person  /  Benedict de Spinoza Quotes I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature. - Spinoza

Personalities  /  Benedict de Spinoza (Baruch Spinoza) Quotes  /  By person  /  Benedict de Spinoza Quotes Benedict de Spinoza, Hebrew forename Baruch, Latin forename Benedictus, Portuguese Bento de Espinosa, (born November 24, 1632, Amsterdam—died February 21, 1677, The Hague), Dutch Jewish philosopher, one of the foremost exponents of 17th-century Rationalism and one of the early and seminal figures of the Enlightenment. His masterwork is the treatise Ethics (1677). Early Life And Career Spinoza’s Portuguese parents were among many Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity but continued to practice Judaism in secret (see Marranos). After being arrested, tortured, and condemned by the inquisition in Portugal, they escaped to Amsterdam, where Spinoza’s father, Michael, became an important merchant and eventually served as one of the directors of the city’s synagogue. Spinoza’s mother, Hannah, died in 1638, shortly before his sixth birthday. The Jewis...