Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones The intensive technological competition between Ukraine and Russia in developing autonomous military drones is reshaping modern warfare—and raising profound global security and ethical concerns. Ukraine’s new Gogol‑M system … Read More

In the second current the spirit of free examination of the Reformation is maintained; but even this free examination is only made, in the intention of those who defend it, to gradually suppress, by an independent criticism, all that Bossuet … Read More

Bernard of Chartres, who taught at Chartres from 1114 to 1124, seems to have had a very clear idea, very characteristic of the Chartres milieu, that the goal of knowledge is not to fix knowledge of the past, but to … Read More

We also know Stilpon’s position on a related problem, the problem of predication, which had occupied Plato in the sophist and on which all the efforts of his adversaries were concentrated. Moreover, Stilpon’s thesis on this subject is only a … Read More

The same remark applies to the theory of the proposition which is the basis of Aristotelian logic. By asserting that every proposition is composed of a subject and an attribute, Aristotle supported a thesis of immense scope, not only logically, … Read More

Platonic dialogue offers, mixed to varying degrees, three aspects: it is a drama, it is mostly a discussion, it sometimes contains a continuous exposition. First, a drama: sometimes the place, the time, and the circumstances are marked with precision, as … Read More

So, what literary forms did Stoic philosophy take? A kind of moral catechism like the discourses of Musonius, sermons on philosophical themes like those of Dio Chrysostom, letters or treatises on spiritual direction, as in Seneca, talks aimed at spiritual … Read More

The controversy over the Eucharist, which took place in the middle of the 11th century, also called into question the scope of dialectics. Paschaeus Radbert (died around 860) had taught that, in the consecration, “by the power of the Spirit, … Read More

In a pamphlet entitled Aurora seu initia scientiae generalis, Leibniz contrasts the barbaric and primitive practice of drawing fire from the friction of pieces of wood with the learned practice of borrowing from the sun’s rays. “On the one hand, … Read More

The success of online casinos has attracted more and more people to the world of iGaming. However, as new fans discover these websites, they also discover that a lot has changed since online casinos first hit the scene in the … Read More

Fénelon has precisely described the scope and nature of the deist movement which, in the first generations of the 18th century, especially in England and France, was so important: “The great fashion of the libertines of our time is not … Read More

Introduction Europe and China have a complex relationship that balances economic cooperation with strategic competition. The prospect of a deeper geopolitical partnership between the European Union (EU) and China carries significant implications for global power dynamics. This report examines current … Read More