Philosophies, Vol. 7, Pages 138: Animist Phytofilm: Plants in Amazonian Indigenous Filmmaking

1. Plants as Humans in Early CinemaEarly cinema was fascinated by plants. The technology that made film possible offered a window into a realm that had hitherto eluded human perception. Scientists were quick to realize the potential of the new medium to enhance their understanding of the vegetal world. German botanist Wilhelm Pfeffer, for instance, made four films between 1898 and 1900 showing the growth of flowers in an accelerated manner as part of his studies on the movement of plants. Bri...

Character Tropes of Women in Medieval Literature and Society

An agricultural scene from the 14th-century English Luttrell Psalter, with a woman milking sheep and two women carrying. / Photo via Wikimedia Commons Diving into the disparity between how women were viewed in Medieval society. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Throughout the Medieval period, women were viewed as second class citizens, and their needs always were an a...

Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Joker and Philosophy

Joker and Philosophy Call for Abstracts Edited by Massimiliano L. Cappuccio, George A. Dunn, and Jason T. Eberl The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross-posting. To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu Joker is arguably Batman’s most iconic antagonist and one of the most fascinating villains in the DC comics universe. His...

Beyond the Anthropocentric - When Plants Become Literary Characters

In Learning to Live (Aprendendo a Viver), Clarice Lispector calls for "patience to observe the flowers, imperceptibly and slowly opening." As plant philosopher Michael Marder points out in his essay, "Lispector and the Seeds of Time," Lispector calls for a type of patience that would make one still enough to observe a plant’s movement: Patience, tying together the world of plants and the psychic existence of a human, demands the impossible: to accompany a rhythm of being that is radica...

Comic Book Titles and Characters - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Comic Book Titles and Characters Maintained By: Everyone TitlebyType1 100 Bullets (thing) atesh writeup 2 1602 (thing) Tekunokurato writeup 3 1963 (review) Sol Invictus writeup 4 2000 AD (thing) memebomb writeup 5 3-D Man (person) Quizro ...

Ajax (person) by everyone - Everything2.com

Ajax (person) See all of Ajax, there are 2 more in this node. Αιας Ajax of Locri is called the son of Oileaus or the Lesser Ajax to distinguish him from Ajax the son of Telamon, or Great Ajax. He was one of the heroes who fought against Troy as commander of the Locrians, bringing with him forty ships. He fought beside his namesake the son of Telamon, but whereas the latter was heavily armed, the son of Oileus was armed only with a breastplate of linen and a bow. He was a par...

Most Memorable Characters In Horse Racing Movies

Most Memorable Characters In Horse Racing Movies Phar Lap Horse racing is one of the sports with the richest tradition that dates back hundreds of years. With such long history of professional horse racing, there are plenty of incredible stories that managed to survive over the years thanks to books and movies. Many of us found our passion for the so-called Sport of Kings through movies inspired by this incredible sport. A long-running tradition that is c...

Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla as Science Fiction Characters

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Haunted by the Other: Levinas, Derrida and the Persecutory Phantom | Film-Philosophy

Haunted by the Other: Levinas, Derrida and the Persecutory Phantom Abstract In this article, I explore what I call the persecutory trope – which underscores the alterity of the phantom and its relentless haunting and spectral oppression of the protagonists – in recent American ghost films, connecting it to the ethical thought of the continental philosophers, Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida. Films like The Ring (Gore Verbinski, 2002), The ...

Henry Every

Henry Every (b. 1653), also known as Henry Avery, Benjamin Bridgeman, ‘Long Ben’ and (incorrectly) John Avery, was one of the most savage and successful pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. Capturing a treasure ship of the Mughal emperor in 1695 with a cargo worth over $95 million today, he promptly disappeared and was never seen again. Thanks to his jackpot capture of the Ganij-i-Sawai, Every gained the nickname ‘Arch Pirate’. It has long been said that Every’s huge success inspired ma...

The Second Life of John Frankenheimer's Seconds

Rock Hudson — rock as stoneStone HuddaughterStone Son (penis?)What IF…?What if…? is more than a new Marvel series. It’s the question that underpins so much great science fiction. What if the hierarchies of biological evolution were upended? What if artificial intelligences rebelled? What if humans colonized new worlds or mastered time travel? And what if—in the case of John Frankenheimer’s 1966 brilliant body-horror science-fiction paranoiac thriller Seconds—any of us could have a second shot...

Why Rick & Morty's Horse Cannibals Are Called CHUDS In Episode 5

Why Rick & Morty's Horse Cannibals Are Called CHUDS In Episode 5SourceURL: https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-chud-cult-horror-movie-differences-reference/ ...

Kevin - sitcom

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“Pacific Rim: The Black” is Grim While Still Being Fun

Image: Netflix Pacific Rim: The Black Season 1 continues the story established in Guillermo del Toro’s blockbuster film franchise (Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim: Uprising). Set some time after the second film, Netflix’s brand-new anime series introduces us to teenage siblings Taylor and Hayley, who find an abandoned Jaeger and must use it to cross Australia in a search for their long-missing parents. The first episode of Pacific Rim: The Black Season 1 sets the sc...

Why Defend Humean Supervenience

Black Widow

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2Black Widow (idea)See all of Black Widow, there are 7 more in this node.(idea)by TheDeadGuy Sat Sep 28 2002 at 4:58:33 Slow death on two legs. Sure, there may be a male variety, but the female variety is the course of study in today's class. We're not misogynists here. We're students of the game of life. There is a broader definition of the black widow which makes her out to be the kind of villain that kills her mate, mimicking the behavior of ...

Philosopher AI - Are story narrators characters?

Are story narrators characters?Philosopher AIAre story narrators characters? ➹ Share⟳ Try againIn the human world, there is a story that humans tell. The story has characters, some of which are narrators and some of which are not. Within the universe of this story, all things have been created by one or more gods in an act known as creation.One of the main characters in this story was a god named YHWH, who is referred to by many names and associated with or described as having various traits....

Type Descriptions — The Enneagram Institute

The Nine Enneagram Type DescriptionsClick on any of the titles below to read detailed descriptions about each of the nine Enneagram types. 1 THE REFORMERThe Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic2 THE HELPERThe Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive3 THE ACHIEVERThe Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious4 THE INDIVIDUALISTThe Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Exp...

Greek names list excerpt H-K

HADES m Greek Mythology From Greek Ἅιδης (Haides), derived from ἀϊδής (aides)meaning "unseen". In Greek mythology Hades was the dark god of the underworld, a place that was also called Hades. His brother was Zeus and his wife was Persephone.HAIDES m Greek Mythology Ancient Greek form of HADES. After the classical period, the ιin the sequence αι (often written as a subscript like ᾳ) was not pronounced.HECTOR m English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Arthurian Romance Latinized form of Gr...

Conventional Bad Guy Behaviour (idea) by banjax - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Conventional Bad Guy Behaviour (idea) See all of Conventional Bad Guy Behaviour, no other writeups in this node. (idea) by banjax Fri Feb 23 2001 at 23:29:47 It's what bad guys do you know? They're duty bound by all the conventions of literature, cartoon, drama, whatever to behave in a certain way. Bad guys never kill the hero, or heroine, when they have the chance. It would be really easy for the bad guy to pull a gun and shoot th...

Patton Oswalt Thinks You're Rooting For The Wrong Matrix Character - GameSpot

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Paul a liar

Chapter 8 Paul A Liar?! Introduction If Yeshua was referring to Paul as a false apostle and liar in the book of Revelation, how is it he was a liar? The claim of apostleship itself might be considered a lie... but in my thinking, the label "liar" implies a person who uses conscious intent to deceive. When Paul called himself an apostle, I believe he thought he was one. Therefore, I would have a hard time actually labeling him as a liar on those grounds alone. I would call hi...

Doofus Rick Is Evil Morty's Original Rick

Theory - Doofus Rick Is Evil Morty's Original Rickby Cooper Hood , Jul 24, 2019, in SR OriginalsDoofus Rick is unlike any other Rick on Rick and Morty, and a fan theory suggests he's the original Rick to Evil Morty. Centered around the two titular characters, Rick and Morty has gained a strong following through three seasons thanks to the humor and creativity it constantly has. One of the main reasons how the series has continued to keep introducing fresh ideas is through the infinite number ...

Outline of the Odyssey in Ulises