Search for dissertations about: "eros"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word eros.

  2. 1. Erôs and Education : Socratic Seduction in Three Platonic Dialogues

    Author : Hege Dypedokk Johnsen; Frans Svensson; Øyvind Rabbås; Jonas Olson; Jill P. Gordon; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alcibiades; Charmides; desire; education; erôs; erotic expertise; learning; love; Lysis; matchmaking; midwifery; philia; Plato; self-cultivation; self-knowledge; Socrates; Socratic seduction; sôphrosunê; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

    Abstract : Plato’s Socrates is famous for claiming that “I know one thing: That I know nothing” (see e.g. Ap. 21d and Meno 81d). READ MORE

  4. 2. Measurements for winter road maintenance

    Author : Mats Riehm; Per-Erik Jansson; Eros Pasero; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; winter road maintenance; sensors; infrared thermometry; energy efficiency; road salt;

    Abstract : Winter road maintenance activities are crucial for maintaining the accessibility and traffic safety of the road network at northerly latitudes during winter. Common winter road maintenance activities include snow ploughing and the use of anti-icing agents (e.g. road salt, NaCl). READ MORE

  5. 3. “Everything important is to do with passion” : Iris Murdoch’s concept of love and its Platonic origin

    Author : Kate Larson; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Murdoch; Weil; Plato; philosophy; art; love; eros; attention; decreation; unselfing; spiritual exercise;

    Abstract : The object of this dissertation is to highlight the influence of Simone Weil and Plato on the philosopher Iris Murdoch. This is done through an investigation of her concept of love. The aim is to investigate the concept as it is portrayed in Iris Murdoch’s work with the claim to be a central, but as such neglected, concept in philosophy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Erotic Pathos, Rhetorical Pleasure. Narrative Technique and Mimesis in Eumathios Makrembolites´ Hysmine and Hysminias

    Author : Ingela NIlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Eumathios Makrembolites; Hysmine Hysminias; Achilles Tatius; Leukippe Kleitophon; ancient novel; Eros; ekphrasis; Byzantine novel; mimesis; imitation; literary subversion; Byzantine literature; Komnenian literature; intertextuality; transtextuality; spatiality; Byzantinology;

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  7. 5. The Dynamical Spin Vector Evolution of the Asteroids

    Author : Erik Skoglöv; Karri Muinonen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Astronomy; asteroids; Eros; Ceres; Vesta; dynamics; rotation; rotational dynamics; orbits; resonances; Astronomi; Astronomy and astrophysics; Astronomi och astrofysik; astronomi; Astronomy;

    Abstract : The dynamical evolution of the spin axis direction due to gravitational and thermal factors is examined. It is found that the spin axis variations generally are regular and relatively small for the bodies in the asteroid main belt. There are also reasons to believe that this is the case for minor objects beyond the main belt. READ MORE