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The main objective is to show how relations of virtuous friendship are an effective strategy for teaching peace. The basis for this assertion is the Aristotelean proposal that differentiates between perfect friendship, which is virtuous and seeks what is good for the friend, and secondary friendships whose goal is utility and pleasure. Virtuous friends seek to help the friend acquire virtue. Moreover, it highlights the need to accept that we are people with a nature that needs refinement and to accept the innate characteristics each person is born with. This two-fold acceptance is necessary to accept and love the friend as oneself, and whom to help be virtuous. Thus, it also requires understanding the importance of inner personal harmony to avoid conflicts as a condition of virtuous friendship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first volume of his systemic series, German theologian Jürgen Moltmann begins his systematics with a musical metaphor; "The eschatological is not one element of Christianity, but it is the medium of Christian faith as such, the key in which everything is set ..." Moltmann then goes on to propose that the eschaton is a temporal event, which breaks the logic of his initial metaphor of the key signature. This essay will explore the differences between understanding the eschaton explicated as the key that Christian hope is set as opposed to a temporal alternative, such as the time signature. Jeremy Begbie is brought into the conversation to explicate how "harmony" can guide our conversation of music theory, and Miguel De La Torre illuminates how Moltmann's claim, which while revolutionary in many aspects, continues to rely on Eurocentric understanding of salvation history, just as music theory tends towards Eurocentrism. We also examine what we lose out on when we leave this uninterrogated. To conclude, we explore how Moltmann's proposal about Christian hope becomes more coherent within the metaphor of key signature and right relationship instead of time signature and temporality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on several aspects of mood as the content of modern art. It mentions that visual art provides man with the consoling certainty that there exists an order and harmony; and the art of antiquity celebrates the physically strong; and recalling repercussions on humanity's need for harmony. It mentions about the beginning of religion and of all higher art.

Two conceptions of the nature of mathematical objects are contrasted: the conception of mathematical objects as preconceived objects (Yablo 2010), and heavy duty platonism (Knowles 2015). It is argued that some theses defended by friends of the indispensability argument are in harmony with heavy duty platonism and in tension with the conception of mathematical objects as preconceived objects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We propose an epistemic theory of micro-economic interactions, termed Economic Harmony. In the theory, we modify the standard utility, by changing its argument from the player's actual payoff, to the ratio between the player's actual payoff and his or her aspired payoff. We show that the aforementioned minor epistemic modification of the concept of utility is quite powerful in generating plausible and successful predictions of experimental results, obtained in the standard ultimatum game, and the sequential common pool resource dilemma (CPR) game. Notably, the cooperation and fairness observed in the studied games are accounted for without adding an other-regarding component in the players' utility functions. For the standard ultimatum game, the theory predicts a division of Φ and 1 - Φ, for the proposer and responder, respectively, where Φ is the famous Golden Ratio (≈0.618), most known for its aesthetically pleasing properties. We discuss possible extensions of the proposed theory to repeated and evolutionary ultimatum games. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented which discusses the applicablity of the term harmony in describing arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses.

Due to the lingering aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe being mostly out of sight, the peripheral victims of the Fukushima disaster were no longer able to discern the boundary between the here of the safety zone and the there of the afflicted area. What ensued after this geographical unification was psychological unity in which the harmony-conscious ethics of the Japanese were excessively fortified, formulating what is often called the code of wa (harmonious integration), which implicitly coerced all to speak from hisaisha no tachiba (the standpoint of the afflicted people). Kyoko Iwaki, a doctoral student at Goldsmiths, University of London, after fourteen years as a theatre journalist in Japan, provides in this article a socio-psychological analysis on how the code of wa materialized as the unwritten law after the catastrophe, and argues how in Current Location (Genzaichi), playwright-director Okada Toshiki grapples with this code by developing a post-Fukushima aesthetic. By pertinently using the apparatus of ‘fiction’ as a guise for relieving the audience of the code, Okada develops a theatre language that voices discord in content, yet accord in form, permitting the characters to speak both from the here and the there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The aim of this work was to establish a ratings showdown. Made by 3 distinct groups of volunteers at 10 patients aged between 20 and 30 years, 10 dentists general practitioners and 10 dentists specialists in aesthetics. Thus sought to highlight the importance of a work together patient-professional. 100 pictures of different types of smiles of patients seen in the master course in operative dentistry at the Ingá College and prosthesis were selected and organized into slides listed of 1 to 100. This sequence of slides was evaluated individually subjective manner by the volunteers in the Group of patients where 61% considered harmonics 39% no harmonics (being the cause: 35% teeth, 16% gums 28% lips, 17% two earlier and 4% all earlier), 66% female 34% male. The Group of general practitioners 56% harmonics 44% no harmonics were considered (being the cause: 19% teeth, 8% gums, 11% lips, 55%, previous two and 7% all earlier), 79% female 21% male. The Group of experts 42% of smiles were considered harmonics, 58% no harmonics (being the cause: 25% teehh 12% gums, 18% lips, 40%, previous two 5% all earlier), 88% female 12% male. With this we see the specialist with a higher capacity of critical evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a criticism for the play "El pintor de su deshonra," by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The author discusses the representation of art in the play and describes the historical context of the Siglo de Oro in which the narrative takes place. The concepts of honor, harmony, and innocence in the work are also analyzed.

Wide-ranging use of glass systems in modern sacral architecture extends the traditional dialogue between indoor and outdoor space and makes architects look for new forms or harmony between the two, at the same time keeping focus on the most important thing -- sense of God's presence and idea of spiritual transcendence. Compositional application of coloristics, light and shadow under the impact of insolation and visual accents created by the play of light and shadow should underline altarpiece in church space creating the necessary balance and arranging priorities in the right order. Aesthetic harmony has a subordinated significance. A picturesque landscape seen through a glass system has only a subordinate importance. Harmony of indoor/outdoor space in sacral architecture is achieved only in those cases when expressing a hierarchy or priority values such as an altarpiece accentuated with the help of light, interior design opening to the sky, picturesque view of nature. In order to reach the maximum result a synthesis of mentioned methods is recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the well documented cases of homophobia experienced by gay Asian men in Asian communities, there is currently little research examining how members of this group manage the stigmatized statuses of homosexuality. In this article, we examine stigma management strategies used by gay Asian men to deal with homophobia and explore how members of this group engage in both individual stigma management strategies as well as collective stigma management strategies with their family and friends in order to maintain family harmony. Finally, we also explore ways that members of this group attempt to redefine homosexuality in an effort to de-stigmatize what it means to be gay and Asian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article conceptualises the EU approach to rule of law promotion outside of accession, taking Ukraine as a case study. Empirical evidence, collected through document analysis, expert interviews and participant observation, reveals that the rule of law as a legal and political category in EU external relations has little to do with the essentialist scholarly definitions of the concept. Instead, it constitutes an abstract ideal which frames bilateral cooperation at the political level and a banner under which the parties realise a variety of activities at the practical level. This EU approach is deliberate and meant to allow for defining the rule of law in harmony with the parties' integration ambitions, priorities and domestic institutional contexts. The article concludes with a discussion of the findings' implications for future policy and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I present two objections against the view that aesthetic judgements - that is, judgemental ascriptions of aesthetic qualities like elegance or harmony - are justified non-inferentially. The first is that this view cannot make sense of our practice to support our aesthetic judgements by reference to lower-level features of the objects concerned. The second objection maintains that non-inferentialism about the justification of aesthetic judgements cannot explain why our aesthetic interest in artworks and other objects is limited to only some of their lower-level features that realise their higher-level aesthetic qualities. Although my concern with the view that aesthetic judgements are subject to non-inferential justification is very general, my discussion is primarily structured around Sibley's well-developed and influential version of this view. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces the close relationship between Jung and Chinese religions, compares Jung's psychological theories to Chinese religious thoughts taking Buddhism and Taoism as examples, and draws the following three conclusions. First, although Jung never went to China, Jung's interest and studies in Chinese religions continued throughout his life. Second, there are important similarities and differences between Jung's unity of opposites and Buddhism's 'Middle Way,' Jung's synchronicity and Karmic harmony, Jung's Self and Buddhism's Self, and Jung's individuation and Buddhism's meditation. Third, there are significant, close relationships between Jung's concepts of synchronicity, Self, and his three principles of psyche and parallel concepts in Chinese Taoism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study investigates methodological issues in psychology of religion in Mainland China. Beginning with an overview of Western and Eastern scholars' representative views on methodological issues relative to psychology of religion, this essay then analyzes the distinctive Chinese cultural background in terms of influences exerted by mainstream ideology, opportunities provided by the goal of building a harmonious society, and the real demand for the development of psychology of religion. Finally, this study puts forward several methodological strategies for constructing a Chinese psychology of religion including advanced theoretical research to strengthen the basis of research methods in Chinese psychology of religion; understanding more precisely the basis of constructing localized methods with Chinese features; and encouraging exploration on diversification and promotion of methodological innovation for psychology of religion in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores in general the doctrine of harmony developed in the Vorlesungen über die Ästhetik of Hegel and its appropriate place within the system of the arts, then defends how music is, thanks to his doctrine of harmony, any pristine part of speculative thought; in other words: music is part of the doctrine of the truth of the Philosophic system: it's the place of logic's experience on the musical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this essay, I explore how cognitive science could illuminate the concept of beauty. Two results from the extensive literature on aesthetics guide my discussion. As the term 'beauty' is overextended in general usage, I choose as my starting point the notion of 'perfect form.' Aesthetic theorists are in reasonable agreement about the criteria for perfect form. What do these criteria imply for mental representations that are experienced as beautiful? Complexity theory can be used to specify constraints on mental representations abstractly formulated as vectors in a high-dimensional space. A central feature of the proposed model is that perfect form depends both on features of the objects or events perceived and on the nature of the encoding strategies or model of the observer. A simple example illustrates the proposed calculations. A number of interesting implications that arise as a consequence of reformulating beauty in this way are noted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reform actions, which had been going on for a couple of centuries in Ottoman Empire, continued in 19. century, as well. Although these reforms were initially limited to the military, they were internalized by society over time. As a consequence of this process, people in Ottoman society were able to have a kind of questioning ability the reflections of which were also seen in divan literature. In that century, it was possible to come across with some poems the contents and forms of which are, in a way, new along with poems the contents and forms of which are completely in harmony with those of divan literature products. Kethüdâzâde Ârif, one of the widely known scholars of that century, produced poems in line with the traditions of divan literature. In spite of the fact that he mostly used the characteristics of divan literature, it was not a flaw for him to employ a number of new forms and contents in some of his poems. In this context, the objective of this study is to reveal the content and forms characteristics of Kethüdâzâde Ârif's poems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facade colour is frequently mentioned in planning policy with regard to environmental evaluation, and assumptions embedded within planning policy tend to reflect the notion that 'harmonious' colours are more congruous than 'contrasting' colours. However, the literature relating to colour theory includes diverse meanings of 'harmonious' and 'contrasting', with some theorists suggesting that harmonious colours reflect hue similarity, while other theorists suggest that contrasting colours are complementary and a necessary foundation for colour harmony. Given the diversity in meanings of colour harmony and the relative dearth of empirical evidence relating to facade colour and environmental evaluation in general, a research project was undertaken to investigate the relationship between facade colour and judgements of building congruity and size. The investigation, which involved an experimental research design, incorporated a semantic differential rating scale in conjunction with visual stimuli presented to 288 participants using the Latin-Square technique. The findings indicate that judgements about building congruity and size vary in relation to changes in facade colour, and this may have relevance for buildings labelled 'eyesores' and large, industrial structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although Forster repeatedly considered the question of music in his writings, Howards End (1910) is his first sustained attempt to explore the issue of musical perception and the status of music. Significantly, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the site of contention. Through a disagreement between the Schlegel sisters over how one should listen to Beethoven's symphony, Forster dramatizes the musicological debate around aesthetic perception and the status of instrumental music. The novel, this article will argue, is no less a part of that cultural debate than professional musicology. Indeed, Forster's writing bears the influence of music critics before him and has inspired musicologists after him. Moreover, by giving voice to various aesthetic positions through his characters, Forster also explores the overlaps, ambiguities and uncertainties that are elided by the seemingly dispassionate and authoritative discourse of nineteenth-century musicology. At the same time, Forster reveals a human consequence that musicological debate neglects: the exclusion of Leonard Bast, and those like him, from aesthetic experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article analyzes and discusses the thesis of Dr. Alexander Skutch according to which both animals and humans have a dual behavior in its natural development. The harmonic and aggressive behavior manifests itself in both. However, Skucth exposes, the reasons are different, and as the animals it is due lo the struggle for reproduction, to obtain their food and defend their territory; in the humans the hostile behavior obeys to the defense of property, passions, selfishness, and religion among others. According to our author, the ideal is harmony to live well, in and with nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phonological process analysis was carried out using a 40-word imitation task with 30 11;6–14;6 year old Kannada-speaking persons with Down syndrome in comparison with 15 non-verbal mental age matched typically developing children. Percentages of occurrence were significantly higher for the Down syndrome group with certain exceptions. Some phonological processes were observed only in the Down syndrome group. Kannada is a non-Indo European language spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka that has not had much research attention, especially with respect to persons with communication disorders. This paper highlights the phonological processes observed in school-aged persons with Down syndrome, some of which are similar to those observed in English and Dutch (cluster reduction, stopping, gliding, consonant harmony) and others that differ owing to differences in Kannada's phonology (e.g. retroflex fronting, degemination). The study gives a cross-linguistic perspective to the study of phonological processes in Down syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The group of jumps and leaps in the top aerobic gymnastics incorporates, according to the Scorepoints of the International Gymnastics Federation, the largest number of families and elements - 13 families of elements and about 190 elements. The volume and the different manners of expression offer a lot of solutions for the composition area, with regard to the harmony of the movement, esthetics, spectacularship, difficulty, dynamics, inspired transmission of ideas through movement as well as it performances thanks to combined qualities. The jumps are spectacular, highly appreciated and they may solve the tie-breaking, offering substantial bonus and larger possibilities to choose and to adapt. With such a perspective, it appears the objective necessity to learn seriously and correctly the jumps, having as ground quantity and quality accumulations thanks to methods of high-efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Harmony is one of the most fundamental Japanese values. It is derived from Confucianism and encompasses a state of mind, an action process and outcomes of the action. This article draws on research data and discusses Japanese nurses' perceptions of harmony as reflected in their everyday practice. The most important virtues for these nurses were reported as politeness and respect for other persons. The outcome from the nurses' harmonious practice, it is claimed, benefited patients and created peaceful, harmonious relationships for all. Because of the unique link between harmony and the location of interaction, the ideal 'workplace harmony' threatened some nurses' professional decision making. These nurses confused harmony with conformity by superficial agreement. The Japanese seniority system could be a major factor contributing to this problem. Ethics education that includes traditional values and concepts in Japanese culture is strongly urged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copernicus claimed that his system was preferable in part on the grounds of its superior harmony and simplicity, but left very few hints as to what was meant by these terms. Copernicus’s pupil, Rheticus, was more forthcoming. Kepler, influenced by Rheticus, articulated further the nature of the virtues of harmony and simplicity. I argue that these terms are metaphors for the structural features of the Copernican system that make it more able to effectively exploit the available data. So it is a mistake to conclude that early Copernicans could only offer aesthetic or pragmatic arguments; they could and did offer evidential ones as well. Moreover, the evidential arguments they offered parallel current arguments in the philosophical literature. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In recent years, China scholars and government have increasingly emphasized the importance of psychological harmony. Taking an inductive approach, we examined the concept and construct of psychological harmony in the People's Republic of China. From two diverse samples of 29 interviews and word associates from 2160 participants in China, we collected 4431 items related to psychological harmony. Results of our analysis found that psychological harmony included four dimensions: self harmony, family harmony, interpersonal harmony and social harmony. Based on the structure of the construct, we developed the psychological harmony questionnaire and then collected data from two diverse sample of 654 and 5038 participants. The results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed that psychological harmony is a new concept distinguished from other related concepts such as subjective well-being. Reliability and validity of the psychological harmony questionnaire were also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A key to the enduring power of Duke Ellington's best compositions is their motivic integrity. For this reason, it is revelatory to consider his music from the perspective of “Grundgestalt” theory—a mode of analysis pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg. This theory argues that beneath the diversity of any composition is a single motivic idea. The value of this methodology for the understanding of jazz as a whole, and Ellington in particular, is explored through a study of three of Ellington's finest works: The Mooche (1928), Ko-Ko (1940), and Far East Suite (1963-1966). This essay also explores the impact of Will Marion Cook's motivic thinking upon Ellington, and the value of looking at motivic composition, per se, from the perspective of Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by Eli Siegel, whose central principle is: “The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.” [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Identifies the origin of attributes of modern mass culture present in the German theater. Harmony in the total presentation; Exploitation of the values of ensemble; Implication of a focus on the spectacle to the director's attitude toward the audience.

Investigates the influence of melodic and harmonic context on the obviousness of pitch changes in three Western tonal melodies. Listeners with different levels of musical skills; Judgment on in-key pitch changes; Implied harmony effects eliminated by removing parts of melodic line indicating relative importance of melodic context; Implications of questionnaire data.

Fifty-eight infants and their mothers were observed at home for 45 minutes at seven and ten months of age using a detailed behavioral checklist. During these observations, the degree of mutual interactional engagement was also rated on a 4-point scale every 20 seconds. The attachment security of 38 infants was assessed at 13 months using mothers' reports on the Attachment Q-set (AQS, Waters, 1987). Composite measures of mother-infant interaction derived from the behavioral observations were moderately stable over time. Measures of maternal interactive behaviors and ratings of mutual engagement were highly correlated. Mothers' and infants' behaviors were combined into an index of behavioral harmony that was sensitive to differences in the infants' attachment security three and six months later. Using a stepwise multiple regression, 43% of the variance in the A QS-scores was explained by behavioral harmony at seven months, mutual engagement at 10 months, and infant fuss/cry at seven months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Japan has an increasing population of aged people. This will lead to social problems and changes concerning both individuals and society at large. From an historical perspective, this paper outlines the past, present and future changes in the Japanese population structure and its human relationships. Individual abilities and interests will prevail over those of the group. The Japanese idea of group harmony must survive, however. The importance and real meaning of physical activity and related services for the old are emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Observing that the violent realities of family life belief the social rhetoric of harmony, most sociologists recommend 'demythologizing' the family. This paper challenges that view, arguing that social rhetoric must be analysed rather than debunked. The sense-making activities of actors who engage in violent family events are identified as a strategic site for such an analysis. The paper explores the ways in which the rhetoric of family harmony is routinely sustained and reproduced. Two kinds of supports are considered (i) macrosocial supports, which sustain family rhetoric by integrating it into a wider system of collective representations; and (ii) microsocial supports which sustain family rhetoric by embodying it in the accounts of family members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses a traditional pedagogic interpretation of Plato's reasons for urging trainee rulers to study astronomy. Varieties of harmony Plato declared essential for rulers to understand; Details on the analogy between cosmic and social harmony; Conclusion.

El artículo discurre sobre el término japonés aikido, el cual significa al camino de la armonía y la energía. La autora comenta sobre la incorporación de estos valores en el entorno empresarial, especialmente durante los crisis organizacionales. También se ofrecen algunos consejos sobre cómo implementar la idea del aikido, incluyendo prestarle atención al ser, sembrar para el mañana y revisar el uso de información.

The paper discusses the connection between rhythm and meaning based on Augustine's De musica. This central topic is illuminated by the analysis of other particular aesthetic concepts that one can find in Augustine (such as sentience and desire, in its many Latin variations), as well as in reference to modern aesthetics. The result is the emergence of a relationship between aesthetics and the making of meaning in a co-creative operation between the divine and the human based upon an understanding of rhythm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to an article on polarization and harmony in the world at large is presented.

The article offers information on the 15th Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (PRCP) Scientific Meeting held during 25-27 October 2012, in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It states that the meeting was combined with Annual Meeting of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA) and the title was "Beyond Differences, Towards Harmony."