In Late Antiquity a series of ideas emerges that adds a kind of buoyancy to allegorism. Readers' impulses toward other regions of knowledge begin to flow more consistently upward, drawn by various metaphysical currents that guide and support them. A whole manner of Platonist-inspired architectures structure the cosmos in the early centuries of the Common Era, among thinkers as diverse as the we...

We examine the role of information in markets that allocate computation to software agents. The comparison of two types of markets illuminates the importance of information and the incentives for buyers and sellers to share their preferences with each other. In our comparison, the distinguishing feature of the two markets types is the alignment of agents’ interests. We define a closedinterest m...

The literature contains numerous observations on the significance of systemic disorders as contraindications to dental endosseous implant treatment, but the justification for these statements is often apparently allegorical. Although implants are increasingly used in healthy patients, their appropriateness in medically compromised patients is less equivocal. Perhaps surprisingly, the evidence o...

Langford studies the long tradition of allegorical expression in Persian culture and demonstrates that Iranian filmmakers who use it are not only motivated by constraints censorship, contrary to what has often been argued: allegory is an integral part their aesthetics. Through powerful readings films iconic directors from both pre post-revolution period, shows a tool for expression, sometimes c...

the subject of womanhood is an attempt to explain why the woman is a symbol of self. i will start the paper with the story of “a’arabi and the caliph” from the view point of symbol and then i will continue with the definition of self, symbol, why the woman is a symbol of self as it is believed by mystics. the allegorical result based on najm razi’s theory shows the accompaniment of self with wi...

afzalodin badil khaghani shervani and nezami ganjavi are two major stylist poets who had profound influences on later poets. most of the khaghani’s poems are lucid and uncomplicated; but many ordinary people, and sometimes some of educated ones find it hard to understand some of his ballades because of different linguistic combinations and scientific terms he used in them. although, what makes ...

narrative interpretations are composed of both authentic traditions and fictitious ones. so, first of all we should separate faked narrations from authentic ones.in addition, not all the authentic hadith are considered as exegesis of qur'an. it is necessary to categorize them. so, every narration has to be in a special category and is harmonized with other narrations in the same category a...

Zombies have become ubiquitous in recent years in all media, including digital games. Zombies have no soul or consciousness, and as completely alien, post-human Other, they seem like the perfect game opponent. Yet their portrayal is always politically charged, as they have historically been used as an allegory for slavery, poverty, and consumerism, and may be read as stand-ins for threatening b...