Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome

Natoli, Bartolo A.; Pitts, Angela; Hallett, Judith P.

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“…In Japanese culture, the distinction between the natural and the anthropogenic is blurred due to the prevalence of Shintoism and Buddhism, and the imitation of nature is associated with respect. Mori (1989) argued that robots possess the nature of Buddha and the potential to achieve Buddhahood. In contrast, Kaplan (2004, 471) argued that the natural and cultural are distinct in the West and require a clear idea about these distinctions.…”

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The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

ŞAHİN

Gültekin

2023

Ilahiyat Studies

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The interaction between technology and religion has led to discussions on social robots in religious studies. Various robots have been produced to conduct funerals, give blessings, respond to personal prayer requests, preach, answer religious questions, or instruct religious education. Parallel to these developments, the term theomorphic robot was introduced to describe robots employed for religious purposes, and the characteristics of this type of robot have been described. Attitudes toward technological advances have been influenced by the religious or cultural origins of individuals and society. The present study investigates the “calf”, called “The Story of al-Sāmirī” in Islam and the “Golden calf” in Judaism, in terms of theomorphic robot design and features and discusses whether the “calf” can be considered an early theomorphic robot. It is concluded that the “calf” can be considered an example of an early theomorphic robot in terms of most of its features, and the Story of al-Sāmirī can be employed as a criterion for theomorphic robot analysis. This can explain the interaction between religion and robotics in Muslim culture. Attitudes toward the interaction of religion and robotics vary based on the description and perception of theomorphic robots.

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The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

ŞAHİN

Gültekin

2023

Ilahiyat Studies

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“…For an argument against using the word "cucumber", see Paris andJanick (2010-2011) 1: "[t]he translation of the classical Latin cucumis as cucumber may be acceptable to the general public but is problematic when extended to use by students of botany, horticulture, and crop history". Natoli, Pitts and Hallett (2022) 185 have taken the bold (and botanically correct) step of translating Praxilla's fruit here as "snake-melon"; see the explanation on 186-87 note 13.…”

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Cucumbers in Praxilla’s “Adonis” fragment (fr. 747)

Rosenmeyer

2022

Eugesta

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Praxilla of Sicyon (floruit ca. 450 BCE) records Adonis’ response to a question posed to him in the Underworld. He is asked by his companions below what he misses most from his former life on earth. His answer is preserved by Zenobius (early 2nd c. CE), and includes the sun, moon, and stars as well as apples, pears, and cucumbers. Zenobius condemns Adonis’ response, saying, “anyone who lists cucumbers and the rest alongside sun and moon can only be regarded as feeble-minded”. Using comparative material from both Greco-Roman and ancient Jewish sources, this paper considers what we know about the cultural context of cucumbers in the ancient Mediterranean and argues for a shift in blame from Adonis to Praxilla herself for composing such “nonsense”.

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Ancient Women Writers of Greece and Rome

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The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

The Interaction of Religion and Robotics and al-Sāmirī’s Calf (the Golden Calf) as an Early Theomorphic Robot

Cucumbers in Praxilla’s “Adonis” fragment (fr. 747)

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