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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...erfect) failed. He was, thus, forced to introduce an element of intuition into the equations to reflect the unpredictability and "grotesqueries" of... ..., wealth and capital. Mental inequalities lead to innovation and theory. Knowledge differentials are at the heart of educational institutions, prof... ... activity, to the recording and documentation of our brain waves. But we hold only partial rights to the brain itself, their originator. This can ... ...can exercise and enforce full rights regarding this article. Admittedly, it is a partial parallel, at best: the computer and word processing soft... ...id everything it could? How much of the responsibility for a robot's inaction or partial action or failed action should be imputed to the manufac... ...s. In other words, these are processes of solving dynamic, though always partial, equations. The set of all the solutions to all these equations c... ...Earth is a typical planet) and its reification, the controversial Drake (or Sagan) Equation usually predicts the existence of thousands of Alien ci...

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Progress in Physics : The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Including Related Themes from Mathematics, Volume 2

By: Florentin Smarandache

... C(r). (d) The proper radius isR p = Rp B(r)dr. The orthodox motivation to equation (2b) is to evidently obtain the circumference χ of a great circle,... ...M g ,g g ) as, χ=2πr, to satisfy its unproven assumptions aboutr. But this equation is only formally the same as the equation of a circle in the Eucli... ...Euclidean great circle and therefore does not have the same meaning as the equation for the ordinary circle in the Euclid- ean plane. The orthodox ass... ...observable properties of the space are derived from the fact that chr.inv.-differential operators ∂ ∂t = 1 √ g 00 ∂ ∂t and ∂ ∂x i = ∂ ∂x i + 1 c 2... ...mpts to solve the gravitational wave problem using the classical theory of differential equations, he sees that the gravitational feld equations (the ... ...ns) are a system of 10 non- linear equations of the 2nd order written with partial de- rivatives. No universal boundary conditions exist for such equa... ...inds by Petrov’s classifcation. In accordance with the classical theory of differential eq- uations, those gravitational felds that describe gravitati... ...ace is one of Smarandache geometry spaces [22–28], because its geometry is partially Riemannian, partially not. As it was shown in [29, 30] (Borissova... ...space neighbourhood. So h>0 and g<0 in the neighbourhood, ‡ It can only be partially degenerated. For instance, a four-dimensional Riemannian space ca...

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Progress in Physics : The Journal on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Including Related Themes from Mathematics

By: Florentin Smarandache

...travelling waves in the feld of gravitational inertial force. D’Alembert’s equations of the feld show that this speed is equal to the velocity of ligh... ...pplying the d’Alembert operator to a tensor feld, we obtain the d’Alembert equations of the feld. The non- zero elements are the d’Alembert equations ... ... equations containing the feld-inducing sources. The zero elements are the equations without the sources. If there are no sources the feld is free, gi... ...vable properties of the space are derived from the fact that the chr. inv.-differential operators ∂ ∂t = 1 √ g 00 ∂ ∂t and ∂ ∂x i = ∂ ∂x i + + 1 c... ... Schouten J. A. und Struik D. J. Einf¨ uhrung in die neuren Meth- oden der Differentialgeometrie. Zentralblatt f¨ ur Mathematik, 1935, Bd. 11 und Bd. ... ..., d R /dt=∂/∂t+V.∇, is the standard total derivative expressed in terms of partial derivatives, while the new terms are included in the imaginary part... ...lif- ford calculus that allows us to reproduce all the standard results in differential and projective geometry [41]. The re- solution of the ordering... ...eld φ we have ∂φ=γ μ ∂ μ φ, (53) where ∂ μ φ≡(∂/∂x μ )φ coincides with the partial deriva- tive ofφ. But if we apply it on a vector feld a we have ∂a=... ...he derivative ∂ μ happens to be commuting and thus behaves as the ordinary partial derivative. When acting on a vector feld, ∂ μ is a non commuting op...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...oral Hazard and the Survival Value of Risk VIII. The Business of Risk IX. Global Differential Pricing X. The Disruptive Engine - Innovation XI.... ...stors, not merely the existence of moral hazard. Market reaction is often delayed, partial, or distorted by subsequent developments. Moreover, c... ...bit of a daydream. Information - even in the most regulated and liquid markets - is partial, distorted, manipulative, and lagging. Insiders collude ... ...nd, hopefully, retreat more gracefully than it was forced to enter. Return Global Differential Pricing By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Also published by Un... ...tries. Not surprisingly, the conclusion was: "... There was broad recognition that differential pricing could play an important role in ensuring ac... ...of the set of acts and the DAs must be (at least potentially) at conflict, whole or partial. This is not to say that all the DAs aspire to the same ... ...he quantities of data fed into the channels, their qualities – all are part of the equation of provision. 4. Dissemination – More commonly known a... ...pens doors with photoelectric cells, points nuclear weapons or solves differential equations." This "wave of imagery" converts the law into a cybe... ...branch of physics which describes the microcosm. It is governed by the Schrodinger Equation (SE). This SE is an amalgamation of smaller equations, ...

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Utility, Rationality and Beyond – from Behavioral Finance to Informational Finance

By: Sukanto Bhattacharya

... (X)] log e [X – f (X)] … (1) In the above equation, X is the total pay-off at stake, f (X) is a pre-determined loss ... ... … (2) In the above equation, k is the cost of insurance payable by the insured party to the i... ... – C (x = D) … (6) 12 In the above equation, Z T is the terminal wealth at time t = T, Z 0 is the initial we... ...lty whereby a formal method may be devised to assign utility values under partial information about decison maker’s preferences (Abbas, 2002). Abbas... ...ulation, when faced with the problem of drawing inference on the basis of partial information, one should use that utiltiy curve (or utility vector)... ...hieve |ε t | ≈ 0 if portfolio weights are selected in accordance with the partial derivatives of the option value with respect to the underlying asse... ... spread of coordinates of a utility increment vector. He also applied the differential form of entropy expression in continous form to a utility den...

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Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...es and may not even encode them accurately. FCM combination provides a partial solution to this problem. We can additively superimpose each exper... ... of interest and including iterative operations on the matrix. We use the equation. I t+1 = O (t) = I (t) ∗ E where I (t) is the input vector... ... C / N(N – 1) or alternatively D = C / N 2 . This is known as the density equation where in C represents the number of connections possible between ... ...heir paper on “A Strategic Planning Simulation Based on FCM Knowledge and Differential Game" use the mechanism of integrating fuzzy cognitive map kn... ...K.C. Lee et al [65] found that competitive advertising model formulated in differential games is most suitable for this type of strategic simulation ... ...ny follows a goal hierarchy formulated by [65]. To solve this kind of differential game problems, an adaptive algorithm to take advantage of the... ...efined FCM in which edge values are defined more rigorously such as fuzzy partial relationship. Though we have tried to be very comprehensive and pr... ... FCM model. We have tried our level best to introduce all definitions and equations so that the reader can develop these concepts to Neutrosophic Co... ...out qualitative analysis. 1.3.6: Fuzzy Causal Relationship and Fuzzy Partially Causal Relationship This section recalls the notions of fuzzy...

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Proceedings of the First International Conference on Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Logic, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic Probability and Statistics

By: Florentin Smarandache

...ut of a category is difficult to mention. Rather, it is possible to express a partial or gradual membership.” Indeterminacy means degrees of uncert... ...heory very well represented by the neutrosophic set theory. In Schroedinger’s Equation on the behavior of electromagnetic waves and “matter waves” i... ... fuzzy numbers and fuzzy functions convexity, Itinerant seminar on functional equations, approximation and convexity, Cluj-Napoca, 1987, 85-90. ... ... be found through the works of E.T. Jaynes in [27, 25, 26]. Dr. Jean Dezert is partially with Onera, 29 Av. Division Leclerc,92320 Chˆ atillon, Franc... ...robability number or sometimes ’s basic mass. corresponds to the measure of the partial belief that is committed exactly to (degree of truth supported... ...ange multipliers, one has to find optimal solution such that and (51) The first equations express the general solution and the last equations determin... ..., man and cybernetics. [8] Khasminskii, R. Z. (1980), Stochastic stability of differential equations, (Sitjoff & Noordhoff, The Netherlands). [9] ... ...er, W. (1978), Optimization of a numerical method for stiff system of ordinary differential equations, IBM Thomas J, Watson Research center, York To... ... Watson Research center, York Town Heights, New York. [10] Perko, L. (1991), Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Springer- Verlag, New Yo...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... PHYSICS Time Asymmetry Re-Visited Abstract Time does not feature in the equations describing the world of elementary particles and in so... ...ormation density, akin to stenography. Just a few symbols arranged in formulas and equations account for a wealth of experiences and encapsulate nu... ... on a minute segment of its environment. Wojciech Zurek and others proved that even partial and roundabout measurements are sufficient to induce e... ...t specific matter fields. Thus, many classical black hole solutions satisfy string equations of motion. In an effort to preserve some supersymmetry... ...o feels "simultaneous", "concurrent" and current. We could envisage a situation of partial repression of a structure. Certain elements in a structu... ...dividual to use lingual energy to achieve repression. A pathology occurs when only partial repression is achieved and a part structure-part potenti... ...tes the recursive nature of the functions involved. We can say the SE is a partial differential equation which is solvable (asymptotically) by iter... ...(Psychotherapy) The Metaphors of the Mind - Part III (Dreams) The Use and Abuse of Differential Diagnoses Althusser, Competing Interpellations and ...

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A Unifying Field in Logics : Neutrosophic Logic. Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic Probability

By: Florentin Smarandache

...ut-A> = spectrum of <A> derivatives/deviations, because <A> partially mixes/melts first with neuter ideas; <Anti-A> = the straight opp... ...trum of <Anti-A> derivatives/deviations, which means partial <Anti-A> and partial <Neut-A> combined in various percentage; <A... ...restarts. 17 Marx's 'spiral' of evolution is replaced by a more complex differential curve with ups- and-downs, with knots - because evolution mean... ...in maximum points: P M(i) for <A>, and Q M(i) for <Non-A> i . Through differential equations we may calculate the minimum and maximum (spiritual)... ...oints: P M(i) for <A>, and Q M(i) for <Non-A> i . Through differential equations we may calculate the minimum and maximum (spiritual) distances b... ...-A>, and ideas in between them belonging to <Neut-A> could all be true or partially true). Many paradoxes are treated here, and one knows that a par... ...are converging towards, and act as curves with asymptotes. More exactly, differential equations would simulate the soul. Extremes touch each other,... ...g towards, and act as curves with asymptotes. More exactly, differential equations would simulate the soul. Extremes touch each other, said Marx, a... ...phic Behaviorism. Human demeanor functions upon the laws of differential equations with partial derivatives with respect to more or less adverse-to...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...ght to terminate their miserable lives? The good part of life (and, therefore, the differential and meaningful test) is in the experience itself – ... ...personality disorders. The illusion of omnipotence (power) and invulnerability, the partiality of judgement – are typical of both states. Acute ange... ... Both manual labour and trade were derided in the Ancient World. This derision was partially eroded during the Dark Ages. It survived only in relat... ...restrictions on legitimately- marked trademarked goods; f. Unjustifiably - whether partially or completely - refusing to deal on an enterprise's c... ...they procreate. None of them was "created" the way it is today. Cultures go through Differential Phases – wherein they re-define and re-invent thems... ... these phases are over – the results are enshrined during the Inertial Phases. The Differential Phases are period of social dislocation and upheava... ...rm of Life (organic) to another (informational, spiritual)? However tempting this equation is - in most likelihood, it is false. The reason is th... .... There must be a minimal level of identical mental states between the terms of the equation of friendship. A human being cannot be friends with a ... ...Human nature, naturally. Yet, the introduction of human nature into the prognostic equation may further complicate it. Human nature is, arguably, t...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...ght to terminate their miserable lives? The good part of life (and, therefore, the differential and meaningful test) is in the experience itself – ... ...personality disorders. The illusion of omnipotence (power) and invulnerability, the partiality of judgement – are typical of both states. Acute ange... ... Both manual labour and trade were derided in the Ancient World. This derision was partially eroded during the Dark Ages. It survived only in relat... ...restrictions on legitimately- marked trademarked goods; f. Unjustifiably - whether partially or completely - refusing to deal on an enterprise's c... ...they procreate. None of them was "created" the way it is today. Cultures go through Differential Phases – wherein they re-define and re-invent thems... ... these phases are over – the results are enshrined during the Inertial Phases. The Differential Phases are period of social dislocation and upheava... ...rm of Life (organic) to another (informational, spiritual)? However tempting this equation is - in most likelihood, it is false. The reason is th... .... There must be a minimal level of identical mental states between the terms of the equation of friendship. A human being cannot be friends with a ... ...Human nature, naturally. Yet, the introduction of human nature into the prognostic equation may further complicate it. Human nature is, arguably, t...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...blishing, instant access and instant gratification. It has delivered only partially. Preprints of academic papers are often placed online by their e... ...atering to the tastes and interests of certain audiences and the automatic equation of private enterprise with democracy lead to a privatization of t... ... The distinctions between these functions is very recent. E-books and POD partially help to restore the pre-modern state of affairs. Up until the 20... ...products to a world average of purchasing power - or to use discretionary differential pricing (as pharmaceutical companies were forced to do in Bra... ...ive ("shoddy", "dubious"). But free content is also a substitute (however partial and imperfect) to paid content. Thus, paid content cannot be price... ... 3-D capabilities and makes use of the full screen. Aided by an extensive Equations Library, it does everything except cook: trigonometry, calculus,... ...utions calculator, Step-by-Step Math Textbook Solutions, Triangle Solver, Equations Library, tutorials, and foreign language help. MS Student comes ... ...w more generosity in the management of digital rights. They have to adopt differential pricing of their products across the board, to reflect dispar... ...on opens doors with photoelectric cells, points nuclear weapons or solves differential equations." This "wave of imagery" converts the law into a c...

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

...mensions) of interaction between child and mother. The first term in each of these equations of interaction describes the child, the second the mot... ...iven social setting. But these are changes in the values of parameters within a set equation (the working model). The equation itself is rarely alt... ...activity (emotional flatness), sex without emotional involvement, segmentation and partial involvement (lack of interest and commitment to things o... ...xually attracted to themselves that they wish to become both lovers in the romantic equation - the male and the female. It is the fulfilment of the ... ...nic childhood and developmental problems interact with personality disorders. The differential diagnoses are vague and the personality disorders a... ...I (Psychotherapy) The Metaphors of the Mind - Part III (Dreams) The Use and Abuse of Differential Diagnoses Althusser, Competing Interpellations and t...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...ebted to Ms.Kama Kandasamy who had taken all pains to format, verify the equations and design the books. We deeply acknowledge the services of Dr.K... ...ns. The neuronal dynamical system is described by a system of first order differential equations that govern the time-evolution of the neuronal acti... ...nal dynamical system is described by a system of first order differential equations that govern the time-evolution of the neuronal activations or wh... ...tive activation model is defined by a system of n + p coupled first order differential equations that inter connects the fields F X and F Y throug... ...on model is defined by a system of n + p coupled first order differential equations that inter connects the fields F X and F Y through the constan... .... The major symptoms which forced him to take the test for HIV were i. Partial paralysis or immobility of legs and hands ii. No control over urin... ...t to conceal your AIDS disease from your employer? : Yes No Partially Silent No reaction Just looks sad Confused Suppresses fe... ...ive Other 29. Are you satisfied with your marriage? : Fully Partially Silent Other reaction Not No reaction 30. If not ... ...ns on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC-18 (1988) 49-60. 55. Kosko, B., “Differential Hebbian Learning,” Proceedings American Institute of Physics:...

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Basic Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures and Their Application to Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Models

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...ed the theory of trees, in order to solve the system of simultaneous linear equations, which give the current in each branch and each circuit of an ... ...he graph of an electric network separately in order to solve the system of equations. T G N FIGURE: 2A 14 Instead he pointed out by a simple ... ...lass of graphs called trees by considering the changes of variables in the differential calculus. Later he was engaged in enumerating the isomers o... ...ary fuzzy relations, sagittal diagrams, fuzzy compatibility relations fuzzy partial ordering relations, fuzzy morphisms fuzzy cognitive maps and fuz... ...on or the compatibility relation graph. Now we proceed on to define fuzzy partial ordering and its graphical representation. DEFINITION 2.8.3: ... ...ation. DEFINITION 2.8.3: A fuzzy binary relation R on a set X is a fuzzy partial ordering if and only if it is reflexive antisymmetric and transi... ...hic models The study of neutrosophic models like neutrosophic relational equations, neutrosophic cognitive maps, binary neutrosophic relations, c... ... Here Analysis of Strategic Planning Simulation based on NCMs Knowledge and Differential Game is given. FCM has been used in the study of differenti... ...A Strategic Planning Simulation Based on Fuzzy Cognitive Map Knowledge and Differential Game, Simulation, 71 (1998) 316-327. 39. Liu, F., and F. ...

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Smarandache Manifolds

By: Howard Iseri

...(elliptic or spherical), it is now most likely to be associated with a class of differential geometric spaces called Riemannian manifolds. Here, geo... ...se as a tool to easily construct paradoxist geometries. This led to the paper, “Partially paradoxist geometries” [15]. It quickly became apparent th... ...ition of piecewise linear approaches to, and avoidances of, the problems of the differential and the continuous. As we will define them, s-manifolds... ...smooth curve with the same curvature integral, we will assume that results from differential geometry regarding the integral of curvature extend to ... ...es in the interior of every possible s-segment AB. We will also say that C lies partially between A and B, if it lies in the interior of at least on... ..., but not all of them. Otherwise, C is not between A and B. If a point C is partially between A and B, we may describe the situation more explici... ...ations, Inc. 5. Boyce, W.E. and DiPrima, R.C. (1992). Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (5 th ed.), New York: John Wi...

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The Conundrums of Psychology

By: Sam Vaknin

...of Psychoanalysis IX. Metaphors of Mind – The Dialog of Dreams X. Use and Abuse of Differential Diagnoses XI. Althusser – The Third Text and Compet... ...nic childhood and developmental problems interact with personality disorders. The differential diagnoses are vague and the personality disorders a... ...re rather than clarify the interactions between the various axes. As a result, the differential diagnoses that are supposed to help us distinguish ... ... disguise. Scientific theories should satisfy most of the same conditions. But the equation is flawed. The important elements of testability, verif... ...conscious experiences of the day or days preceding the dreaming ("day residues"). A partial overlap with the former function is inevitable: some se... ...in disguise. Scientific theories must satisfy most of the same conditions. But the equation is flawed. The important elements of testability, verif... ... around it. Deformed and ugly, they still reach their destination, however late and partially. Psychopathologies are, therefore, adaptative mechani... ...LF (the Third Text) , being the COMPLETE text. Only through a comparison between a partial text and a complete text can the deficiencies of the par...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...uy. An inequity lies in the advantage enjoyed by the better endowed faction. Such differential advantage is characteristic of any marketplace, whet... ...rifying the conjectured idea. The reasoning process is a two-way movement from partial, fragmentary and often confused facts to an idea and then... ... A typology is developed classifying all "items" that are exchanged and finally a partial list is given of several transactional processes by which... ...ist the individual in making better use of his or her own resources could at least partially replace the need to amass material resources provided by... ...or a segmentation study is the selection of a criterion most likely to account for differential response to the four controllable marketing factors ... ...ducts is called product positioning. It is employed with the objective of finding differential advantage for the product. Comparison is made on the... ... the Airways." (Bergen) Record, May 27, B-5. Bagozzi, Richard P. 1977. "Structural Equation Models in Experimental Research.” Journal of Marketing ...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...' biases and may not even encode them accurately. FCM combination provides a partial solution to this problem. We can additively superimpose each e... ...nce 64 23. Fear of learning due to discrimination and ill treatment 24. Partiality or discrimination in valuation of Dalits and Sudras answer ... ...are discriminated at the places of learning. This expert states that there is partiality in the valuation of answer scripts of Dalit and Sudra stude... ... sacred Hindu pilgrimage town on the banks of the Ganga. The insults and the differential treatment he faced, for not being a Brahmin, made him awa... ...mmunity), Erode, (1968). 48. Praseetha, V.R., A New Class of Fuzzy Relation Equation and its Application to a Transportation Problem, Masters Diss... ... (2002). 73. Vasantha Kandasamy, W.B., and R. Praseetha, New Fuzzy Relation Equations to Estimate the Peak Hours of the Day for Transport Systems,...

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Aesthetics

By: Florentin Smaradanche

...ctualization of homogeneities and actualization of heterogeneities become partial with the introduction of the third part. The classical binomial be... ...doxism, the author takes himself in earnest. His imperative, even if it’s partially draped in the shadow of dissimulation, is visible all the same fo... ...rthodox formulae: “linear verses broken by nonlinear pictures, metaphoric equations of the unusual, abstract systems of thinking, one second breathi... ...lated in ...mathematic language), computerized serialities, fractions and equations. Somehow more attenuated are Drawn Poems, with a bit of illust... ...om mathematics. I could not protest against totalitarianism with numbers, equations and triangles. An outpouring was need... I was writing poems for... ...zation of the paradox by establishing the characteristic elements and the differential structure. There we will can read about the particularity of t... ...hina, England, India, Israel, Eire, Italy, Romania, Russia, Spain, USA (a partial synthesis of the “fellow travelers”). 80 * As it can be notice...

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The Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...s a whole), a situation most commonly found in schiz- ophrenia but also in partially or totally controlled meditation practices. Because of our still ... ...ht “into the nature of all things.” Again we may ask ourselves whether the differential diagnosis of psychotic as opposed to religiously mystical is j... ...hey are used to calling mana, but there is a problem in simply making this equation, since mana often gets translated as “supernatural power” in anthr... ...d the aimlessness, confusions, and bitterness of the younger generation of partially white-acculturated Sioux, in maturity returned to the traditions ... ... perceives from only one of these Four Great Directions will remain just a partial man. There are many people who have two or three of these gifts [wa...

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Memorials and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

... composed; and they are now reis- sued in a corrected form, sometimes even partially recast, under the distraction of a nervous misery which embarrass... ...ering expres- sions of homage, which sometimes from the lips of young men, partially under the influence of wine, had taken a form somewhat too enthus... ...ed by Christ, generally speaking, it is too dimly apprehended in its great differential features to allow of its miraculous character being adequately... ... society of men. Now, I, who be- lieve all errors to arise in some narrow, partial, or angular view of truth, am seldom disposed to meet any sincere a... ...? What, in the language of logicians, is the common 159 Thomas de Quincey differential principle which determines these various aspects of moral obli... ...at it is an equivocal expression, leaving it doubtful on which side of the equation the disturbance had taken place, or whether on both sides. In whic... ...ression is not equivo- cal; the disturbance can be only on one side of the equation, namely, in your hat. For as to the other side (the labor), that i... ...hich have been devised, from time to time, for the resolution of algebraic equations. Here, then, in a hasty shape, I have offered two specimens of th...

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The Analysis of Mind

By: Bertrand Russell

...e call expressive of our ‘real selves’—inhibit or quench (keep inactive or partially in- active) those habits and instinctive tendencies which belong ... ...deter- mined. Physicists distinguish between macroscopic and mi- croscopic equations: the former determine the visible move- ments of bodies of ordina... ... that are supposed to be the same for all sorts of matter. The macroscopic equations result from a process of averaging out, and may be different in d... ...). The sec- ond mnemic principle, or “Law of Ekphory,” is as follows: “The partial return of the energetic situation which formerly worked engraphical... ...b them. In order to obtain invariable physical laws, we have to proceed to differential equations, showing the direc- tion of change at each moment, n... ...der to obtain invariable physical laws, we have to proceed to differential equations, showing the direc- tion of change at each moment, not the integr... ...ind not where the particle will be at some future moment. Laws embodied in differential equations may possibly be exact, but cannot be known to be so.... ...ons of our own consciousness; such modifications are to be always at least partially distinct from the conscious experience in which we think of them.... ...ly known, the connection be- tween different aspects would be expressed in differential equa- tions. This gives us, so far, only those particulars whi...

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Letters on England

By: Voltaire, 1694-1778

...nd revelation. Mr. Locke’s opponents needed but to examine, calmly and im- partially, whether the declaring that matter can think, implies a contradic... ... did after him. The former first taught the method of expressing curves by equations. This geometry which, thanks to him for it, is now grown common, ... ...everywhere infinity to algebraical calculations, that the name is given of differential calculations or of fluxions and integral calculation. It is th... ...m their reputation, and not from their writings. Besides, Boileau was very partial both in his encomiums and his censures. He applauded Segrais, whose...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...h Christianity moved, and of the initial principle which con- stituted its differential power. In books, at least, I have ob- served one capital blund... ...o religion but the Christian, and precisely through some one or two of its differential elements, could have been an organ of political movement. Most... ...gin must be transient. But that may be because evil in all human things is partial, is heterogeneous; evil mixed with good; and the two natures, by th... ...ce on Christendom, by means of an armed intervention; and no sooner had it partially transpired through traitorous evidence, or through angry suspicio... ...ying in the right direction, not going far enough; or, again, though right partially, yet defec- tive as a whole. Phil. therefore, seems to me absolut... ...]; and expressing the resistance to cred- ibility on the other side of the equation, by x, affected with the negative sign [-x], the two values will, ... ..., at the very utmost, be equal to the negative value on the other side the equation: and the result would be, to keep my faith sus- pended in equilibr... ...re, for the final result a considerable excess to the negative side of the equation. SECTION II. SECTION II. SECTION II. SECTION II. SECTION II. OF OF...

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Mankind in the Making

By: H. G. Wells

...he world, or only the most accidental relationship, he will find others in partial lop-sided co-operation or unintelligently half helpful and half obs... ...th-rates towards excep- tionally healthy districts could be contrived by a differential rating of sound families with children in such districts, the ... ...ndustrial occupation. Such deliberate redistribution of population as this differential 67 H G Wells treatment of districts involves, is, however, qu... ...rdly, a fall no statis- tics will fully demonstrate in what I may call the partial death- rate, the dwarfing and limiting of that innumerable host of ... ...outh African Dutch to take over their neglected tongue! As though the poor partial King’s English of the Brit- ish Colonist was one whit better than t... ...on are not yet invented, little boys of nine may be got to apply quadratic equations to problems, plot endless problems upon squared paper, and master... ...r trend, pointing out the less technical ones and those written obscurely. Differential type might stamp the more or less important works. These Guide...

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Essays

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

...ays loaded. The world looks like a multiplication-table, or a mathematical equation, which, turn it how you will, balances itself. Take what figure yo... ...t thus the world will be whole and refuses to be disparted, we seek to act partially, to sunder, to appro- priate; for example,—to gratify the senses ... ... All love is mathematically just, as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation. The good man has absolute good, which like fire turns every thing... ...would distinguish what is commonly called choice among men, and which is a partial act, the choice of the hands, of the eyes, of the appetites, and no... ...putation. They who make up the final verdict upon ev- ery book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it appears, but a court as of an... ...est against false society. Man is fallen; nature is erect, and serves as a differential thermometer, detecting the presence or ab- sence of the divine...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... least,” replied the vicomte. “After the mur- der of the duc even the most partial ceased to regard him as a hero. If to some people,” he went on, tur... ...ain made a grimace. “Didn’t I explain to you? What?” And Anatole, with the partiality dull-witted people have for any conclusion they have reached by ... ... even their orders, like Napoleon’s, were seldom carried out, and then but partially. For the most part things happened contrary to their orders. Sold... ...elected. Only by taking infinitesimally small units for observa- tion (the differential of history, that is, the individual ten- dencies of men) and a... ...to fight and to face danger. Only then, expressing known historic facts by equations and comparing the relative significance of this factor, can we ho... ...al to the fifteen, and there- fore 4x = 15y. Consequently x/y = 15/4. This equation does not give us the value of the unknown factor but gives us a ra... ...sly selected historic units (battles, campaigns, periods of war) into such equations, a series of numbers could be obtained in which certain laws shou...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...me hyperbolical rank as the handsome lady, but on the opposite side of the equation. The rule as to him was—that he was to have no credit; strictly no... ... a candidate for the situation of clerk; and intended probably to keep the equation precisely as it was with respect to the allowance of credit, only ... ... of a Turkish army, he carried victory along with his banners; gained many partial successes; and at last, in a pitched battle, overthrew the Turkish ... ...in the course of that day. Thus, in the Confes- sions of a Thug, (which is partially built on a real judicial document, and everywhere conforms to the... ...ndsay’s Arab attendants in the desert the approach of some disaster, which partially hap- pened in the morning. And a Highlander of the 42d Regi- ment... ... sends the cooks. Man has been repeatedly described or even defined, as by differential privi- lege of his nature, ‘ A cooking animal.’ Brutes, it is ...

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