the distribution of GDGTs in sediment samples could be influenced by non-thermal effects, which would invalidate the application of TEX86for SST reconstructions. We, therefore, screened the GDGT data using a series
This narrative was copied from the Sifen lü xingshichao jianzheng ji 四分律行事鈔簡正記 (A Collection of the Fine Comments from the Subcommentaries of the Sifen lü xing shi chao) by Jingxiao 景霄, a monk from the Nanshan Vinaya school as well: The so-called Shanjian (i.e., the...
The self-importance and false humility in Giovanni’s tone here suggest the motivation behind the letter. His academic reputation, earned by lecturing and writing on the classicalauctores, is reflected in his soubriquet ‘del Virgilio’—a quasi-patronymic, as though he were kin or heir to Virg...
especially Parker (2008, 303–304):“By the end of the late-antique period it had becomeimpossible to think of Brahmans without the intervening lens of Christian asceticism (and in-deed of its polytheist competitors) (...). To speak of the Brahmans and Gymnosophists asa Hellenistic fiction...
" The problem is impossible for a number of simple reasons, but no one seems to notice. At the end of the episode, it turns out that the teacher made a mistake: there are 15 prisoners, and 7 trips are permitted. Of course, the problem is still impossible....