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"The Meaning of the Philosophical Calling according to Socrates and Heidegger". According to the allegory of the cave and the experience of the liberation of the prisoner described there, philosophy implies a redirection of human life. This redirection is not subject to the will of the person who experiments it; therefore, it cannot be self-procured, but rather occurs through the violent action of another. This violence highlights that philosophy arises from a relationship between one who provokes this experience and another who experiences it; and, in addition, that this experience entails a transformation of existence. This experience seems to come close to the one discussed by Heidegger in his analysis of the existential modification from the They-Self to the authentic Self. Additionally, a relationship and a certain attitude that suggest --insofar they are provoked violently-- the unavailability of the philosophical experience come here to the foreground. The following paper attempts to outline the meaning of the philosophical calling according to Socrates and Heidegger, and to understand to what extent the transformation that is generated here sets in motion not only two different ways of philosophising, but also two ways of being that seem conciliable to some degree, though they turn out to be ultimately incompatible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Among the diverse vocational narratives found in the Bible, two are most characteristic in their description of the experience of being chosen by God. The first, technically speaking, consists of two elements: divine order and execution of the order. The second contains four basic elements: divine command, human objection, confirmation on God's part and the definitive response of the person called. In this article we will analyze the case of Jeremiah, who besides being within the second group of vocational narratives, is characterized by the consequences of a prophetic mission, distinctive aspects of his life: conflict with society and persecution. In conclusion, we will consider the message Jeremiah leaves us and what applications can be made for believers today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a result of many years of reading about and teaching Max Weber's famous Protestant ethic thesis, I have developed an approach to covering this material in both my undergraduate and graduate theory courses which has been beneficial to students and has helped them make sense of the rather complex argument developed by Weber. I provide a working model of all such scholarly inquires linked to the Science Triad, culminating in a five-step approach to organizing and explaining the Weber thesis. In addition, I provide an annotated bibliography of selected scholarly ruminations on Weber's work in general and the Protestant ethic thesis in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The females of Phyllophaga obsoleta (Blanchard) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) have a great agricultural importance in Mexico. They display a "sexual calling" behavior, that expose a bag-like structure on the abdominal tip, wich causes them to attract the males. The content of this structure has been extracted and confirmed his biological activity by wind tunnel and electroantenography bioessays. Nevertheless, their morphologic characteristics have not been studied yet. For that reason in the present study, the P obsoleta abdominal terminalia were characterized morphologically and protrusion-retraction mechanism of bag-like structure was studied. Longitudinal dissections of the abdominal terminalia were analyzed with stereoscopic microscopy. The bag-like structure is the protractile genital chamber (PGC) of Melolonthidae females and its protrusion and retraction is related to the activity of lateral sterno-sacular muscles with ventral sterno-sacular muscles, as well as for intersegmental membranes VIII and IX. They should be involucrated in protrusion and retraction PGC mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]