*** Lao-Tzu, paradoxical poet-philosopher of the mysterious Tao, father of the mysticalmeditative philosophical religion of Taoism. Plato, mathematically-minded theorizer of Forms, father of Academic philosophy and Western rationalism. What could these two foundational thinkers of East and West possibly have in common? Quite a lot, as it turns out. As we shall see, for both Plato 1 and Lao-Tzu,...

In this second volume of Professor Needham's proposed eight-volume treatise on Chinese science and civilization, he describes in extensive and loving detail the philosophical background against which the specific sciences in China developed. In the first part, Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism are analyzed with special attention being paid to the implications of these philosophies for w...

Introduction. The article analyzes the frame-conceptual structure of American popularpsychological discourse and touches upon means speech influence used in it. This is a set semiotic works aimed at popularizing introducing ideas/concepts related to issues practical psychology. purpose describe general terms composition popular psychological texts. Methodology sources. Methods thematic genre se...

The article is devoted to the problematic issue of genre-style interaction musical traditions East and West in Vocal cycle «From songs Hiroshima» by Ivan Karabyts. relevance research fact that phenomenon between chamber-vocal works Ukrainian composers second half 20th century remains little studied art history. Therefore, purpose study identify dominants vocal Songs Karabyts aspect dialogue cul...

INTRODUCTION This paper explores definitions of death from the perspectives of several world and indigenous religions, with practical application for health care providers in relation to end of life decisions and organ and tissue donation after death. It provides background material on several traditions and explains how different religions derive their conclusions for end of life decisions fro...