Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?
The interpretation of Isaac Newton’s texts has sparked controversy to this day. One of the most heated debates relates to the action between two bodies distant from each other (the gravitational attraction), and to what extent Newton involved God in … Read More
Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur (Arsene Lupin, The Gentleman Burglar)
Livre bilingue anglais/français (Bilingual English/French Book) par Maurice Leblanc; traducteur et éditeur: Nicolae Sfetcu (by Maurice Leblanc; translator and editor: Nicolae Sfetcu) Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur est un recueil de neuf nouvelles, écrites par Maurice Leblanc, qui constituent les premières aventures … Read More
Last Thoughts
by Henri Poincaré Translated by Nicolae Sfetcu Henri Poincaré is a mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer, born April 29, 1854 in Nancy and died July 17, 1912 in Paris. He has carried out works of major importance in optics and … Read More
Bucharest Tourist Guide (Ghid turistic București) – Pocket Edition (Ediția de buzunar)
Bilingual English/Romanian Guide (Ghid bilingv engleză/română) Bucharest offers some excellent attractions, and during the recent years has cultivated a sophisticated, trendy, and modern sensibility that many have come to expect from a European capital. Perhaps the most prominent landmark is … Read More
Short WordPress Guide for Beginners
WordPress is a publishing software whose main qualities are simplicity, speed and ease of use. WordPress is favored by an active community, real core of free software. WordPress is a powerful personal publishing platform with many features designed to make … Read More
Retold Fairy Tales (Poveşti repovestite)
Bilingual English/Romanian Book (Carte bilingvă engleză/română) Hans Christian Andersen Translated by (Traducere de): Nicolae Sfetcu First edition (Prima ediție) An exciting new compilation of five of the most famous fairy tales and stories by Hans Christian Andersen, that have inspired … Read More
A New Life
A simple and real story. About love, dreams, achievements and disappointments. A simple and real story. About love, dreams, achievements and disappointments. MultiMedia Publishing House https://www.setthings.com/en/e-books/a-new-life/ – Digital: EPUB (ISBN 978-606-9041-00-0), Kindle (ISBN 978-606-9041-02-4), PDF (ISBN 978-606-9041-01-7) Publication Date: May 09 … Read More
The Mystery of the Golden Stars – An adventure in the European Union (Misterul stelelor aurii – O aventură în Uniunea Europeană)
Bilingual English/Romanian Edition (Ediția bilingvă engleză/română) This book invites you to tour Brussels, the city that hosts the European Union’s headquarters, discovering what the European Union is, how it works and how it may be relevant to you. You follow … Read More
Arts
XII. LAST FRIEND
One day last summer, about the month of June, Claire and her mother were working in the living room, while I was perched in my usual place, on the shoulder of the girl, where I played with her coiffure and … Read More
Education
Models of Emotional Intelligence – EI in Research and Education
Models of emotional intelligence The emotional intelligence (EI) models have helped to develop different tools for construct assessment. (Mayer, Roberts, and Barsade 2007) Each theoretical paradigm conceptualizes emotional intelligence from one of two perspectives: ability or mixed model. Ability models … Read More
Science
Ethics of Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
According to Richard Sennett, concepts such as flexibility, decentralization and control, work ethic and teamwork in the New Economy have led to disorientation and emotional and psychological undermining of the individual, stating that “a regime which provides human beings no … Read More
Business
Ethics of Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
According to Richard Sennett, concepts such as flexibility, decentralization and control, work ethic and teamwork in the New Economy have led to disorientation and emotional and psychological undermining of the individual, stating that “a regime which provides human beings no … Read More
Health
Evolution of coronavirus in EU/EEA and the UK, March 12
As of 12 March 2020, 22 105 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (12 462), France (2 281), Spain (2 140), Germany (1 567), Denmark (516), Netherlands (503), Norway (489), Sweden (462), United Kingdom (456), Belgium (314), Austria (246), Greece … Read More
Society
Ethics of Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
According to Richard Sennett, concepts such as flexibility, decentralization and control, work ethic and teamwork in the New Economy have led to disorientation and emotional and psychological undermining of the individual, stating that “a regime which provides human beings no … Read More
Computers
Blockchain and the causal tree of reference
In a previous article, Philosophy of Blockchain Technology – Ontologies, (Sfetcu 2019) I talked about applying Paul Ricœur’s narrative theory in developing an ontology of blockchain technology. In this section I intend to highlight the idea of an analogy between … Read More
Recreation
European Union: Promoting a new culture of data protection – EU Annual Management Plan 2019
The EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, “Leading by example” – adopted at the beginning of the current EDPS mandate in 2015 – sets out how we seek to promote a new culture of data protection in the European institutions and bodies. Our … Read More
World
Evolution of coronavirus in EU/EEA and the UK, March 12
As of 12 March 2020, 22 105 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (12 462), France (2 281), Spain (2 140), Germany (1 567), Denmark (516), Netherlands (503), Norway (489), Sweden (462), United Kingdom (456), Belgium (314), Austria (246), Greece … Read More
Digital Assembly 2019 – Bucharest, Romania, June 13-14
The Digital Assembly 2019 is a forum for stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the Digital Single Market Strategy, draw lessons and to exchange views on the contours of a future digital policy. The event is also a … Read More
Banned media access to events organized by the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
I applied online for accreditation, and I received confirmation as a journalist. The press facilities offered at the events organized by the Romanian Presidium of the EU Council are listed on the website: 250 work spaces with broadband, phone and … Read More
Newton’s action at a distance – Different views
Different authors have attempted to clarify the aspects of remote action and God’s involvement on the basis of textual investigations, mainly from the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, (Newton, 1999b) Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley (1692/93), (Bentley 1693) and Queries … Read More
A debate on Events and Particulars
This article, perhaps more than others, is rather an exercise of linguistic logics. Roderick Chisholm, in “The Logical Form of Action Sentences, criticized an earlier article of Davidson, “The Logical Form of Action Sentences,” proposing a different theory. Davidson analyzes … Read More