VOLUME 4(3) • 2016
The inevitable swing towards dissolution: was Heidegger indeed right?
ABSTRACT. Science as a mode of knowing reality may contain in itself, in its very foundation, forms and purposes, the germs of mankind’s estrangement from itself. This was Heidegger’s warning. The present paper explores the consequences of such a state of affairs. One conclusion emerges: one way out..
Electrical storms in the heart
ABSTRACT. Automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillators (AICD) increase the life expectancy of patients with underlying cardiac disease in both the primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Unfortunately, despite the continuing technological development of these devices, a ..
Obesity, a risk factor for cardiac remodeling
ABSTRACT. Cardiac morbidity and mortality come first in obese patients. Adverse consequences of obesity are based on the structural changes of the heart, as a result of a multitude of pathophysiological changes and co-morbidities. Hence, the left ventricular (LV) geometry is altered. We aimed to stu..
The pride in the Cross signaling the New Creation
ABSTRACT. The Letter to the Galatians is seen as the quintessential document that reveals the theological personality of Paul. In the prologue, generally accepted in Galatians 6: 11-18, Paul summarizes his argument, considering the Cross a source of pride and, at the same time, the brand of the New ..
Divine Mercy in the Holy Bible
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to identify the relevant aspects of divine mercy, as presented in the Scriptures, mercy being the manner in which God intervenes and acts in biblical history. One could see in many pages of the Bible that God does not choose judgment, but rather merciful kindness. After a b..
The urban space in fiction
ABSTRACT. The city has always exerted a pulsating fascination on the human mind. Aristotle sought to define it through the basic analogy with the individual and his body. Freud saw it as a metaphor of our psyche, comparing the archeological layers of the city to the layered structure of the mind. Si..
Ordering memories
ABSTRACT. The present study attempts to loosely intertwine fictional works of two authors (Poe and Shakespeare) of overwhelming legacy, in shared ghostly or indefinite presences, demanding order from contradictorily unreliable elucidators, in a form of transgression (a condition transferred to the c..
The dissolution of ecotopia
ABSTRACT. The contemporary evolution of popular culture includes a heightened perception of issues such as environmental protection, ecologically sustainable development and animal rights. As a result of the re-conceptualization of nature and the scientific analysis of the human impact on the enviro..
In the sun
ABSTRACT. A touching story of the lost generation, Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises could not be as representative for the writer’s principles and perspectives on life if it had not been for his own projection in the figure of the central character. There are many parallels that can be drawn in the af..
The rise of the underground: Sinclair Lewis’s disenchanted universe
ABSTRACT. One of the strongest voices of the disillusioned generation after World War I, Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) came to public attention in the America of the 1920s, i.e. the America of the fervent and colourful, if troubled, “Jazz Age.” That hectic period with all its positives and negatives le..