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The Maturity of Stupidity: A Philosophical Attempt on Flaubert and Others

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de Warren N.

Avant

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2018

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vol. 9

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issue 2

17-42

EN

Although it is commonly held that good sense is the most equally distributed of all things, it is just as commonly acknowledged that we humans excel at stupidity in its boundless varieties. The aim of these reflections is to make a start with a philosophical examination of stupidity, combining both literature, myth, and philosophy. Rather than propose a “theory” or “concept” of stupidity, this exploration charts the archipelago of stupidity in both its wisdom and folly.

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Die Bewertung des Menschen – Dummheit im Lichte der deutschen und polnischen Phraseologie (am lexikografischen Material)

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Gondek A.

Germanica Wratislaviensia

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2013

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vol. 138

83 - 93

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The article gives an overwiew of Polish and German phrasemes, which describe a person who is considered stupid, inept and foolish. The related stupidity semantic field includes a very large number of idioms that address / focus different aspects of this property. There are idioms with both the adjective stupid / głupi or nouns stupidity / głupota, fool / głupiec (and their synonyms) that is, those which the assessment explicitly communicate, as well as many phrases that do not contain these lexemes and implicitly verbalize the stupidity of people and also describe it euphemistic.

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'Stupid' Animals in Ancient Natural Histories

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Kostuch L.

Organon

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2020

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vol. 52

5-30

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Over the centuries since antiquity, nature writers have evaluated different animal species. One criterion for such an evaluation has been intellect. At the lowest point on the scale of intellectual abilities was stupidity. Ancient authors often attributed inadequate intellect to various animal species by using pejorative expressions. The aim of this study is to determine which animal species Greek and Roman writers considered as inferior in the hierarchy of intellectual abilities, and why these species were chosen in particular. Furthermore, the paper attempts to verify the evaluations formulated in antiquity in light of contemporary observations of nature.

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Olej, kapusta, kalosze. Inteligencja i głupota w polskich i bułgarskich związkach frazeologicznych

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Denczewa D.

Postscriptum Polonistyczne

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2013

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issue 2(12)

295-301

EN

The article discusses the conceptualization of intelligence and stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian phrases. The research found out a regularity with which both languages employ the same metaphors for designation the above mentioned human qualities. They are based on similar conceptual domains, organizing similar human experience. Intelligence in both languages is conceptualized as instrument (razor), stupidity as domestic animal (cow, goose) or very simple foodstuffs (cabbage, beans). The differences in conceptualizing of the intelligence and stupidity in both Slavic languages are insignificant.

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“Born Out of Crisis, Buried by Catastrophe”. Central Europe as a Project Doomed to Failure

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Parfianowicz W.

Studia Litteraria et Historica

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2020

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issue 9

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Autorka przygląda się obrazom Europy Środkowej tworzonym w różnych obiegach kultury popularnej (satyryczne powieści z nurtu akademickiego, quasi-przewodniki, filmy), a także narracjom na temat mitu Europy Środkowej tworzonym w państwach tego regionu. Przedmiotem artykułu jest namysł nad dwoma modelami opowiadania o tym obszarze – nad wizją utraconej utopii harmonijnej egzystencji kultur, wyznań i narodów oraz nad obrazem „nędznych państw”, obszaru zacofanego cywilizacyjnie, pogrążonego w nieustających konfliktach etnicznych i sprzyjającego dyskryminacji wielu grup społecznych. Główne pytanie dotyczy kwestii, jak te narracje wpłynęły na sposób ujmowania przemian związanych z transformacją ustrojową w regionie oraz współczesnych problemów, z którymi się on mierzy.

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In her paper, the author examines images of Central Europe created in various popular genres (campus novels, quasi-guidebooks, films, essays) as well as interpretations of the Central European myth from countries of the region. The aim is to reflect on two main Central European narratives. One is a vision of retrospective utopia of lost harmonious coexistence of cultures, religions and nations. The other – an image of the “misery of small Central European states”, of a backward region, immersed in never-ending ethnic conflicts. The author seeks to address the question of how these narratives influence the interpretation of the systemic transition process and of contemporary problems that the region is facing.

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La "Vergogna": Annotazioni linguistiche per una ricerca nella Bibia

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Tarocchi S.

Studia Theologica Varsaviensia

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2016

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vol. 54

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issue 1

35-48

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The term “shame” is none other than the evolution of spoken Latin verecundia language. So Dante Alighieri, the father of the Italian language: for “shame I mean three passions necessary to foundation of our good life: one is the Amazement; the other Modesty; the third is Shame: actually, Shame is a fear of being dishonored for a foul committed”. Two main families terms are used to describe the vocabulary of shame in the Greek Bible: 1) the verb αἰσχύνομαι (with the compound ἐπαισχύνομαι) and the noun αἰσχύνη [which corresponds to the Hebrew bóš], and the adverb αἰσχρῶς, derived by αἶσχος, „ugly” opposite of καλός; 2) the ὀνειδίζω verb [which corresponds to the Hebrew ḥārap, piel, „outrage”] and nouns ὄνειδος and ὀνειδισμός [translating Hebrew ḥerpâ].

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Głupota, ignorancja i acedia a poznanie intelektualne i działanie moralne

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Zembrzuski M.

Rocznik Tomistyczny

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2021

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vol. 10

127-146

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The aim of the article is to answer the question how the deficiencies and indisposition of intellectual cognition can influence the moral actions of a person. Three vices have been analyzed: stupidity, ignorance and acedia. The natural desire to know (Aristotle) is expressed in the transition from potency to act; consists in a natural inclination to perfect knowledge, realizing the perfection of human nature; it is fulfilled in the happiness that comes from passing from theoretical to practical knowledge, because knowledge cannot be something vain (vanus). In this context, it is clear that acedia blocks the transition of the potential intellect to any cognitive act. Ignorance explains why man does not acquire knowledge that could be used in moral acts, and therefore he does not realize his nature because of it. Ignorance is probably the best proof of the intellectual weakness of man's nature, its peculiar imperfection (internal resistance of the intellect). As for the practical order and the fulfillment of happiness in human action, it is best seen in contrast to the wisdom of stupidity. Lack of judgment in final matters (theoretical and practical) blocks the natural human disire for happiness.

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