Ex Nihilo Research Articles

THE ROLE OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

In the past, creativity was considered a gift from God, which could only have "the chosen ones." It was associated with external forces, music, and obesity. The very word "creativity" derives from the Latin expression "creation exnihilo" which means creating something from nothing, and what is interpreted as God's action, which is contrary to "creatio ex materia" and completely different from the ability of man to create something, for which used the verb "facere". Even in romanticism there is the idea that the source of inspiration should be sought inside, in the man.Today creativity is democratized, ie. today everyone thinks they can be creative. Namely, creativity is much more than just thinking of "smart" ideas, inspiration, or ingrained inventiveness, which is why it can not be said that it is the gift of the chosen ones, but that it depends on the ability to combine seemingly incompatible processes and elements.If we consider the past, we will see that civilization development is the work of a small number of brave and creative individuals capable of taking risks, in order to achieve progress and promote the society.We live in a world that is changing with "the speed of light" and we are confronted with unpredictable challenges. In these dynamic working conditions, modern researchers pay particular attention to creativity, since it undoubtedly becomes a key activity in the turbulent environment of the organization and represents the first step in innovative processes. Because of the inevitable changes that occur, organizations need individuals who think creatively, communicate and work team-people who are flexible and have the ability to adapt quickly.Through certain techniques, leaders can foster creative thinking among employees and thus motivate them, to express their ideas and knowledge that will contribute in making quality decisions and solving organizational problems.

Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection

Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection

Perspectivismo y verdad en sociología: Bourdieu y Giddens

Desde el punto de vista tradicional, no hay asociacion entre poder y verdad. Pero desde el Siglo XX existio un quiebre social e historico en las presuposiciones convencionales acerca de la relacion entre poder y verdad. De un lado, en general se acepta que los hechos cientificos son artificiales en el sentido que son construidos y se asume que esto no implica algun tipo de fraude ni significa que ellos son creados ex-nihilo. Pero la interpretacion de Kuhn, asi como tambien los desarrollos posteriores del Programa Fuerte, permite postular que la verdad es un asunto puramente social. Desde entonces, se ha sospechado cada vez mas que cualquier descripcion neutral u objetiva de la sociedad es tan dificil que llega a ser completamente ilusoria. Por eso, es necesario preguntarse nuevamente por la relacion entre las estructuras de la verdad y las estructuras sociales del poder y que tipo de impacto ellas tienen en la teoria sociologica contemporanea. En este trabajo, se discuten dos ejemplos de ese tipo de empeno, relacionado con las obras de los sociologos Bourdieu y Giddens.

Nicolaus Taurellus on forms and elements.

This article examines the conception of elements in the natural philosophy of Nicolaus Taurellus (1547-1606) and explores the theological motivation that stands behind this conception. By some of his early modern readers, Taurellus may have been understood as a proponent of material atoms. By contrast, I argue that considerations concerning the substantiality of the ultimate constituents of composites led Taurellus to an immaterialist ontology, according to which elements are immaterial forms that possess active and passive potencies as well as motion and extension. In Taurellus's view, immaterialism about elements provides support for the theological doctrine of creation ex nihilo. As he argues, the ontology of immaterial forms helps to explicate a sense in which creatures are substances, not accidents of the divine substance. In particular, he maintains that immaterial forms stand in suitable relations of ontological dependence to God: creation dependence (since forms would not exist without the divine act of creation), but neither subsistence dependence (since forms continue to exist without continued divine agency) nor activity dependence (since forms are active without requiring divine concurrence).

Criatividade e ceticismo em Nietzsche

Nietzsche abandonou as ideias românticas sobre o processo de criatividade. Cada ato de criatividade é relacionado a meios e circunstâncias específicos. Não há lugar para a criação ex nihilo. Uma atividade criativa no último Nietzsche é o projeto de transvaloração de todos os valores. Ele quer abolir a transvaloração dos valores arcaicos antigos, realizada pelo judaísmo, platonismo e cristianismo. Assim, a transvaloração de Nietzsche tem de destruir os valores da moralidade escrava. Mas qual é esse processo criativo presumido na transvaloração? Que espécie de valores pode ser criada sem criar uma nova heteronomia - uma heteronomia que nega a criatividade? Nietzsche torna-se o advogado de um ceticismo particular que propicia a criatividade. Um ceticismo criativo como filosofia experimental.

Vaisselle de terre et pouvoirs politiques à Chypre aux époques comnène, franque et vénitienne

The comparative study of the written sources, of the literary, architectural, artistic and archaeological data has highlighted a Frankish identity in Cyprus between the late twelfth and early sixteenth century. The question that arises here is whether the Frankish identity appeared also in the pottery used in the island at the time of the kingdom of Lusignan. To measure the impact that the Latin presence has had on the production and the supply of pottery in Frankish Cyprus, it is necessary to examine the situation before the arrival of the Latins when the island was a Byzantine province in which the potters did not manufactured glazed ceramic. Considering this situation, the creation ex-nihilo of workshops in the middle of the thirteenth century asks the question of the origin of artisans. Until now the Medieval Cypriot pottery was considered as a production under Byzantine influence. However the fine glazed wares were probably more connected with the Christian Levant than with Byzantium. We shall also consider the evolution of the pottery trade after the conquest of the island by the Venetians in the late fifteenth century. Thus, in this well-defined framework, we will try to give a definition of the “ Frankish Pottery” in Cyprus, terms that refer to different realities during the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

The Stromal Origin of Some Epithelial Ovarian Neoplasms: “Fere ex nihilo”

The Stromal Origin of Some Epithelial Ovarian Neoplasms: “Fere ex nihilo”

Ontology and Providence in Creation: Taking Ex Nihilo Seriously. By Mark I. T. Robson

Ontology and Providence in Creation: Taking Ex Nihilo Seriously. By Mark I. T. Robson

Ontology and Providence in Creation: Taking Ex Nihilo Seriously

(2010). Ontology and Providence in Creation: Taking Ex Nihilo Seriously. Ars Disputandi: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 52-58.

Augustine and Grace Ex Nihilo

Augustine and Grace Ex Nihilo

The Conquest of a Continent: Sibena and the Russians by W. Bruce Lincoln (review)

766 SEER, 87, 4, OCTOBER 2OO9 Empire.The Britishcolonywas not sociallyhomogeneous, and the oldestablished clansfeltincreasingly ill at ease.JamesWhishaw,whosefamily had beenin St Petersburg since1770, decidedin 1904tosendhisfamily back to Englandbecause his'Englishcolony'was shrinking and forhis eligible daughters 'therewerefewgirlfriends or youngmenleftwhomwe feltthey shouldmeet'(quotedp. 269).The English colonyas a wholeat thattimewas in factexpanding, butthrough arrivals ofthe'wrong'socialclass.Whishaw' s decisionsavedhisfamily fromtheconsequencesofthe 1917revolution and CivilWar,a disaster fortheBritish community whichceasedtoexistas such. This is a verycompetent piece ofwork,wellsourced,welldefined and well focused, whichsucceedsin 300 pages in encompassing and givinga vivid flavourof the 100-year lifeof a disparatecommunity. The anthropology of migration, withtwo case studiesof the Cattleyand Colley families, is concisely drawn- itwasprincipally 'pull'factors whichbrought nineteenthcentury Britons tothislate-industrializing Europeancountry, whichcombined pioneerfeatures witheconomicdemandfrom a well-heeled and increasingly culturedelite.The exclusivefocuson the two capitalsis understandable, butleavesunanswered questions aboutBritish penetration and workin other areasofthecountry; and eveninthecapitalsnoteverything iscovered- this reviewer was disappointed in his hopes of finding the PanopticonCollege ofArtsbuiltby Samuel Benthamat Okhta in 1807-09.But we have such individuals as theIrishcreatorof thenocturne JohnField and Churchill's interpreter Arthur Birse,suchbodiesas theSt Petersburg Benevolent Society ofBritish Ladies (1841),theQuaker agrarianexpertDaniel Wheeler(1818-) and hiscommunity (though nottheir burialground, stillextant at Shushary), theBritish golfcluband courseat thedacha-colony ofMurino,and ofcourse thegentlemen's clubs- no longerthe'EnglishClubs' ofthetwocapitals, by now overrun by Russianmembers and noteventakingBritish newspapers, butthelaterCommercial, New Englishand British ClubswheretheexpatriateBritish enjoyedtheir owncompany. Whilenotthelastwordon theBritish in nineteenth-century Russia,thissystematic and wide-ranging studyfillsa significant gap. Ludlow Roger Bartlett Lincoln,W. Bruce.TheConquest ofa Continent: Siberia andthe Russians. Cornell University Press,Ithaca,NY and London,2007.xxii+ 500 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Notes.Bibliography. Index.$25.00:£12.50(paperback). The lateW. BruceLincolnwas a mostprolific historian ofRussia,authoring twelve bookswithin thefield.These maybe dividedbetweenthosethatare morenarrowly focusedand scholarly, suchas Nikolai Miliutin: AnEnlightened Russian Bureaucrat (Newtonville, MA, 1977),and thosethatare broaderand gearedtowarda moregeneralreadership, likeBetween Heaven andHell: The Story ofa Thousand Tears ofArtistic LifeinRussia(NewYork,1998).TheConquest REVIEWS 767 ofa Continent, originally published byRandomHouse in 1994,falls inthelatter category, and servesas a sweepingintroduction to a topic thathas only recently begunto attract significant attention fromnon-Russian historians. Perhapsinspired byNikolaiKaramzin'sand otherearlyhistorians' efforts to coveras muchgroundas humanly possible, Lincolnorganizedthisbookinto sixpartstotalling fifty-two chapters, thefirst partdealingwiththeMongols' westward progression aciuss uic suucuiiiiiiciu 1111 therestcovering theRussians'eventful rolesin Sib Sovietera. Part four,the longest,focuseson the o .dui opean jvussia, ¿iiiu >eriaup to theend ofthe periodbetweenMikhail ivi. operansKii s onei governorsnip 01 1019- 22 ana ine 1917 revolution, inis was a periodofrapidchangeforSiberia,inaugurated bySperanskii's and the SiberianCommittee's so-calledSiberianReforms, whichSergeiS. Uvarov grandiosely predicted wouldbe as epochalas CossackErmakTimofeev's 1582 invasion.Speranskii was himself smitten withthecomparison, writing to his daughter, 'Only Ermakcan competewithme'. The reforms bothacknowlCUgCU OlUCllcl S UlllLJUCllCSS¿U1U WCUUCU 11 111U1C ClUSJCiy LU -LjUIUJJCcUI lVUSSlcl, but a wide gap remainedbetweenperipheraladministrative practiceand centraladministrative policy-making, so thatas late as 1892 the historianethnographer -critic Nikolai M. Iadrintsevcould convincingly argue that Siberia'srelationship to themotherland remained thatofa colony.Nonetheless ,itwas duringthisperiodthattheDecembrists made a cultural impact on Irkutsk and othercitiesthatlaststo thisday; thatNikolaiN. Murav'ev organizedthe annexationfroma weakenedChina of the immenseAmur Territory; thatsome one millionexileswere marchedacrossthe Urals or shipped todestinations as farawayas SakhalinIsland;thatthelongest railroad in theworldwas builtto linkVladivostok withSt Petersburg; thata young Vladimir Ulianovwasassigned moreorlessnearthepowerful river thatseems to haveinspired hisnom deguerre; and thatin 191 2 a massacreoflabourers in thegoldfields alongthissame riverhelpedprecipitate thecataclysm of 1917. SovietSiberiahad itsdrama as well,not least due to the erectionof the Gulag archipelagoand the creationex nihilo of Magnitogorsk and other testaments torapidindustrialization and Communist Party five-year plans.In hisfinalchapterentitled 'Siberia'sSovietHeritage',Lincolnfocuseson the ecologicaldamage wroughtby pulp millsalong Lake Baikal's shoresand otherexamplesofSovietindifference towards polluting one ofthemostbeautiful landscapeson earth.Here, as throughout thebook,he merely touches upon thesubject, and itmaybe said thathisrapidsurvey ofthisand other topicspresents a somewhat distorted picture attimes. Butinthefinal analysis, thisbook accomplishes whata well-written popularhistory should,whichis to interest the uninitiated and to inspirefurther scholarlyinquiry.This is certainly whatitdid forme whenI first read ityearsago. My onlycomplaintregarding thisedition isthata preface shouldhavebeenadded so as to commemorate Lincoln'sefforts to generateinterest in Siberianhistory and Russianhistory moregenerally. School ofHistory, Philosophy, Religion andClassics AndrewA. Gentes University ofQueensland ...

Creation out of Nothing

Creation out of Nothing

'Creatio ex nihilo' and the Theology of St. Augustine. The Anti-Manichaean Polemic and beyond

'Creatio ex nihilo' and the Theology of St. Augustine. The Anti-Manichaean Polemic and beyond

Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St. Augustine

Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St. Augustine

“Creatio ex nihilo” and the Theology of St. Augustine: The Anti-Manichaean Polemic and Beyond by N. Joseph Torchia, O.P.

“Creatio ex nihilo” and the Theology of St. Augustine: The Anti-Manichaean Polemic and Beyond by N. Joseph Torchia, O.P.

Beyond the Language of Being: A Comparative Study of Meister Eckhart and Emmanuel Levinas

(2000). Beyond the Language of Being: A Comparative Study of Meister Eckhart and Emmanuel Levinas. Eckhart Review: Vol. 9, Including Papers Given at the Twelth Annual Conference of the Eckhart Society, Oxford, August 1999, pp. 32-40.

Book Review: Creation Out of Nothing

Book Review: Creation Out of Nothing

Book Review: Creation out of Nothing

Book Review: Creation out of Nothing

Book Review: Creation out of Nothing

Book Review: Creation out of Nothing

Creatio ex nihilo: The Genesis, Structure, and Meaning of the "Rheingold" Prelude

Creatio ex nihilo: The Genesis, Structure, and Meaning of the "Rheingold" Prelude