“…The aristocratic idea of blood as a type of »liquid memory of virtue« was also found in the freemason lodges frequented by the European nobility of the eighteenth century. …”

“…"Mothers in the twenty-first century confront us, both in clinical practice and in theory, with fascinating challenges that to some extent subvert the traditional maternal ideal: the motherhood of single women, motherhood in which the mother-child relationship seems minimal (in the case of very busy working mothers), teenage motherhood in which there is no true awareness of the maternal function, motherhood in couples of homosexual women, men who take upon themselves the maternal function (men-mothers), complex motherhood by virtue of the multiple variants that have nowadays become possible thanks to new reproductive techniques, shared motherhood, surrogate motherhood, sublimated motherhood, perverse motherhood. …”

“…Alternatively, a fantastic electric motor that works very well in our world, by virtue of the basic principles of electromagnetism, would become useless if scaled back to the micro cosmos. …”

“…Mit dem "Tractatus contra Graecos" (1252) eines anonymen Dominikaners aus dem noch jungen Konvent von Konstantinopel steht ein kontroverstheologisches Werk im Fokus dieses Buches, dessen Besonderheit sich aus seiner vielfältigen Interaktion mit zeitgenössischen Diskursen ergibt und dessen Charakter als paradigmatisch für die ost-westliche Konfliktkonstellation des Hoch- und Spätmittelalters samt ihren Auswirkungen auf heutige wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen von Kirche(n) und theologischen Traditionen gelten kann. …”

“…She argues, rather, that for Aristotle private activity develops virtue and is thus essential both to individual freedom and happiness and to the well-being of the political order.Swanson presents an innovative reading of The Politics which revises our understanding of Aristotle's political economy and his views on women and the family, slavery, and the relation between friendship and civic solidarity. …”

“…Contributors include Kirill Abrosimov, Gunhild Berg, Thomas Biskup, Holger Böning, Simona Boscani-Leoni, Barbara Braun-Bucher, Laurence Brockliss, Florence Catherine, Lorraine Daston, Simone De Angelis, Bettina Dietz, Clorinda Donato, Claudia Engler, Iris Flessenkaemper, Daniel Fulda, Marian Füssel, Martin Gierl, Rainer Godel, Karl S. …”

“…In this respect, particular interest has been paid to the attempt to distinguish between conscious experience and unconscious states which however may still be considered as mental states (e.g., in virtue of their representational nature). This is of course not without reason. …”

“…The final section, Ultimate Advantage: A Leadership Revolution That Is Changing Everything, looks at new leadership paradigms-characterized by unexpected qualities like virtue, love, compassion, and connection-that are crucial to creating engaged, empowered, innovative, and out-performing enterprises.This book is designed to galvanize change and unite a global community of inquiry and action. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction / Christopher Cowton, James Dempsey and Tom Sorell -- Is financialisation a vice? : perspectives from virtue ethics and Catholic social teaching / Alejo José G. …”

“…The implication is that, although WTO-plus transparency measures may be de jure preferential by virtue of being inscribed in an RTA, they are de facto being extended on a most-favoured nation (MFN) basis. …”

“…To do so, we'll need to double down on what makes us so special-our curiosity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence-while relying on the lost virtues of empathy, humility, and self-control. Filled with big-think fascinations and practical wisdom, I, Human is the book we need to thrive in the future…”

“…For Cassian, human fellowship is instrumental in reaching the desired virtues of detachment, which then enables love for others. …”

“…Estudiar el lenguaje en la obra de Heidegger es una empresa increíblemente complicada; esta obra, con notable rigor analítico, posibilita -como lo afirma en el prólogo el filósofo y poeta R. Xirau- "leer mejor a Heidegger"…”

“…Many engineers learn the virtues of backend scaling, resiliency, and VM tuning for addressing problems of this magnitude. …”

“…W książce omówiono też znaczenie pasywnego i aktywnego słuchania, a także właściwego nastawienia przed wypowiedzią. Nie zabrakło opisu kilku prostych podejść taktycznych i wzorców, które ułatwiają zdobywanie akceptacji dla projektów, jak również zadań, jakie powinny być realizowane już po zakończeniu spotkania z interesariuszami…”

“…Der gesellschaftliche Umgang mit Spielen und ihre soziale Rolle werden am Beispiel der wichtigsten Akteure illustriert: der Kirche, den Herrschern, den städtischen Eliten und dem breiten Publikum. …”

“…Weniger bekannt ist die lange Vorgeschichte der Ablassverkündung in der spätmittelalterlichen Kirche. Der auf eine im Rahmen der Lutherdekade geförderte interdisziplinäre Tagung in Rom 2015 zurückgehende Band beleuchtet den Kontext des Ablassstreites vor dem Hintergrund der weitverbreiteten Ablasskampagnen, die schon in den beiden Jahrhunderten davor im Kirchenleben etabliert waren. …”

“…Ausgehend vom kulturwissenschaftlichen Paradigma kollektiver Identitätsstiftung durch Erinnerung, wird die Funktion der Heiligenmemoria im Hinblick auf unterschiedliche kollektiver Identitäten untersucht: die Gemeinschaft der Lebenden und Toten, die städtische Gemeinde der urbs Roma; die römische Kirche und schismastische Gemeindebildungen; der private Raum der domus; die durch die römischen Heiligenlegenden konstituierte literarische Öffentlichkeit. …”

“…Project managers need to develop a repertoire of soft skills that are typically hard for them, since they rose through the ranks to that position by virtue of superior reasoning skills. But if a project manager cannot adjudicate the clash of personalities, finesse the friction between assigned and preferred roles, steer clear of hidden hazards, and diplomatically resolve overlapping assertions of competing authority—that project manager is in a world of trouble. …”

“…Of that group, approximately 5.5 million have been deemed -- by virtue of youth or mental or physical impairment - incapable of managing or directing the management of their benefits. …”