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Relativnost pojma ren (ÄloveÄnost): Ponovna raziskava odsekov 2A6 in 6A6 knjige Mencij s perspektive izkuÅ”enjske samointrospekcije
A textual difference exists between 2A6 and 6A6 of the Mengzi: In 2A6, the heart-mind of ceyin (compassion), xiuwu (shame), cirang (courtesy and modesty), and shifei (moral judgement) are said to be the four āduanā (germs) of ren (humaneness), yi (optimal appropriateness), li (observance of the rites), and zhi (wisdom), whereas in 6A6, the term āduanā is not found. For this reason, some scholars today criticize the interpretation that translates āduanā as āstarting pointā, which implies a substantial difference between the four germs and ren, yi, li, and zhi that apparently does not exist in 6A6. Instead, these scholars prefer another interpretation that takes āduanā as an indication of the essential sameness between the four germs and ren, yi, li, and zhi that are originally possessed by a morally perfect heart-mind. This essay re-evaluates these two interpretations. First, it argues that compared to the first, the second interpretationās argument for a morally perfect heart-mind is less compatible with the nature of Mengziās moral philosophy as a teaching that focuses on self-introspection and moral cultivation in experience. Second, this essay reinforces the first interpretation by demonstrating the existence of two different senses of ren (as well as yi, li, and zhi) in the Mengzi, thus allowing it to coherently suggest that the heart-mind possessing the four germs as innate moral feelings is the same as the ārelatively antecedentā ren, which is, at the same time, the starting point for developing the ārelatively consequentā ren that is substantially different from the former.Med odsekoma 2A6 in 6A6 knjige Mencij je naslednja tekstualna razlika: V odseku 2A6 je srce-razum, ki goji ceyin (soÄutje), xiuwu (sram), cirang (vljudnost in zmernost) in shifei (moralno presojo), obravnavan kot Å”tiri Ā»duanĀ« (kali) vrlin, tj. ren (ÄloveÄnost), yi (optimalna primernost), li (upoÅ”tevanje obredov) in zhi (modrost). V odseku 6A6 pa pojma Ā»duanĀ« ni mogoÄe najti. Zato danes nekateri strokovnjaki kritizirajo interpretacijo, v kateri je pojem Ā»duanĀ« preveden kot Ā»izhodiÅ”ÄeĀ«, kar implicira bistveno razliko med Å”tirimi kalmi ter ren, yi, li in zhi, ki pa v 6A6 oÄitno ne obstaja. Namesto tega so ti strokovnjaki veliko bolj naklonjeni razlagi, po kateri je Ā»duanĀ« oznaÄba za bistveno enakost Å”tirih kali ter ren, yi, li in zhi, ki jih izvorno poseduje moralno izpopolnjen srce-razum. Ta esej ponovno ovrednoti ti dve interpretaciji. PrviÄ, Älanek zagovarja staliÅ”Äe, da je v primerjavi s prvo argument druge razlage za moralno popoln srce-razum manj skladen z naravo Mencijeve moralne filozofije kot nauka, ki se osredotoÄa na izkuÅ”enjsko samointrospekcijo in moralno kultivacijo. DrugiÄ, ta esej podpre drugo razlago s ponazoritvijo obstoja dveh razliÄnih pomenov pojma ren (kot tudi yi, li in zhi) v delu Mencij. S tem pa dopuÅ”Äa, da ta koherentno kaže, da je srce-razum, ki poseduje Å”tiri kali kot ponotranjena moralna obÄutja, enak Ā»relativno predhodniĀ« vrlini ren in je hkrati izhodiÅ”Äna toÄka razvoja Ā»relativno poslediÄneĀ« ren, ki pa se obÄutno razlikuje od prejÅ”nje
Holography in the EPRL Model
In this research announcement, we propose a new interpretation of the EPR
quantization of the BC model using a functor we call the time functor, which is
the first example of a CLa-ren functor. Under the hypothesis that the universe
is in the Kodama state, we construct a holographic version of the model.
Generalisations to other CLa-ren functors and connections to model category
theory are considered.Comment: research announcement. Latex fil
Family Gym: A Novel Initiative to Prevent Obesity among Families with Young Children
Family Gym is a program that occurs every Saturday at one of three community centers. In this program, parents bring their child(ren) in for up to 90 minutes to play in areas equipped with engaging, age-appropriate activities. Each area is staffed by student activity leaders trained to make the experience safe and fun. Parents are encouraged to play with their child(ren). The research aspect of Family Gym is observing the families and how they interact as well as their activity level. As a research team, we want to learn how parents participating in physical activity with their child(ren) affects both the parent and the child(ren)ās physical activity and health
Chao Yuen Ren (1892ā1982)
Y. R. Chao is easily the most famous linguist to have come out of China. Born before the end of the last dynasty in China, he received a traditional Confucian education, but was also one of the first Chinese people to be sent to the West for training in modern Western science (under the Boxer Indemnity Fund). The remarkable breadth and scope of his studies included physics, mathematics, linguistics, musical and literary composition, and translation, and he was a pioneer in many of these fields
Emotional Attachment and Its Limits: Mengzi, Gaozi and the Guodian Discussions
Mengzi maintained that both benevolence (ren ä») and rightness (yi ē¾©) are naturally-given in human nature. This view has occupied a dominant place in Confucian intellectual history. In Mencius 6A, Mengzi's interlocutor, Gaozi, contests this view, arguing that rightness is determined by (doing what is fitting, in line with) external circumstances. I discuss here some passages from the excavated Guodian texts, which lend weight to Gaozi's view. The texts reveal nuanced considerations of relational proximity and its limits, setting up requirements for moral action in scenarios where relational ties do not play a motivational role. I set out yi's complexity in these discussions, highlighting its implications for (i) the nei-wai debate; (ii) the notion of yi as "rightness," or doing the right thing; and (iii) how we can understand the connection between virtue and right action in these early Confucian debates. This material from the excavated texts not only provides new perspectives on a longstanding investigation of human nature and morality, it also challenges prevailing views on Warring States Confucian intellectual history. In the well-known debate between Mengzi and Gaozi in Mencius 6A, Mengzi maintained that both ren and yi are naturally-given 1 in human nature. The figure 1 To say that ren and yi are naturally-given is not to say that they are fully-developed from the start. I use the phrase "naturally-given" throughout the paper to indicate where a particular capacity or resource (ren or yi) may be found, rather than its final polished state
Path Integrals and Voronin's Theorem on the Universality of the Riemann Zeta Function
We explore a new approach to the path integral for a latticized quantum
theory. This talk is based on work with N. Khuri and H. Ren
Single item stochastic lot sizing problem considering capital flow and business overdraft
This paper introduces capital flow to the single item stochastic lot sizing
problem. A retailer can leverage business overdraft to deal with unexpected
capital shortage, but needs to pay interest if its available balance goes below
zero. A stochastic dynamic programming model maximizing expected final capital
increment is formulated to solve the problem to optimality. We then investigate
the performance of four controlling policies: (), (), () and
(, , ); for these policies, we adopt simulation-genetic
algorithm to obtain approximate values of the controlling parameters. Finally,
a simulation-optimization heuristic is also employed to solve this problem.
Computational comparisons among these approaches show that policy and
policy provide performance close to that of optimal
solutions obtained by stochastic dynamic programming, while
simulation-optimization heuristic offers advantages in terms of computational
efficiency. Our numerical tests also show that capital availability as well as
business overdraft interest rate can substantially affect the retailer's
optimal lot sizing decisions.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figure
Some mosses (Pottiales) new or rarely collected in tropical Asia
Barbula zennoskeana Tan is reported new for Malaysia. Didymodon maschalogena (Ren. & Card.) Broth. (replaces Didymodon michiganensis (Steere) K. Saito) is reported new for the Philippines. Barbula murina C. Muell. nom. nud. is considered as synonymous with Barbula indica (Hook.) Spreng
Could Ren\'e Descartes have known this?
Below we discuss the partition of the space of real univariate polynomials
according to the number of positive and negative roots and signs of the
coefficients. We present several series of non-realizable combinations of signs
together with the numbers of positive and negative roots. We provide a detailed
information about possible non-realizable combinations as above up to degree 8
as well as a general conjecture about such combinations.Comment: 15 pages, no figure
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