This chapter takes stock of Flavius’ worldview as presented by his funerary ensemble, noting especially the close nexus of dining, death, and philosophy. Since Flavius’ outlook contrasts with Flavia’s potential beliefs as an adherent of Isis, the chapter assesses the phenomenon of “mixed marriages” in the Roman world.

Acts of worship typically involve expressions of fealty: One takes off one’s shoes, bows low, or falls on one’s face. Experiences that naturally prompt such expressions – the sense that one is in the presence of God in an unusual and profound way – raise interesting metaphysical questions about divine presence and absence. Talk of special divine presence poses serious puzzles. In the Jewish scriptures – and in the writings and words of those who treat these scriptures with reverence, whatever their religion – there is much talk of God’s presence and of God’s absence. And yet, God is also affirmed to be everywhere. How can God be everywhere, but also absent from some places, and especially present in others? Metaphysics is a likely place to look for a range of possible answers to this simple but puzzling question.

This chapter describes in detail Neurath’s adventurous escape from The Hague with other refugees on a small boat that was intercepted by a British warship. He and his partner Marie Reidemeister were then interned as enemy aliens on the Isle of Man, due to the encroaching threat of German invasion. The internment camps were a microcosm of Central European culture, and Neurath participated in the ‘popular university’ organized by internees of his camp. The correspondence between Neurath and Reidemeister (in separate camps) reveals their optimistic determination to continue working together, as well as Neurath’s predisposal to British culture. The Society for the Protection of Science and Learning campaigned for their release but, despite intervention from Albert Einstein, their case was not simple.

Through a case study of the ‘speaking machine’ constructed by doctor-poet Erasmus Darwin between 1770 and 1771, this chapter aims to demonstrate that Romantic-era projects on the mechanics of speech were both new and controversial in their potential to undermine the religious, political, and philosophical status quo. It explores how Darwin’s simultaneous investigations of anatomy and machinery are suggestive of a materialist approach to the human, and particularly the speaking, body and how his materialist model of speech production simultaneously allows and is allowed by Darwin’s dual identity as philosopher and physician which informs the interdisciplinarity of his thought and practice. The chapter concludes by making the case that Darwin’s multidisciplinary approach to speech underpins both politicised reactions to his work and his own account of the role that a materialist understanding of speech and the voice can play in the development and improvement of society.

Banks play a vital role in economic development by providing credit to businesses and private households. Their lending and investment activities on the asset side are financed by debt or equity capital. Proportionally to the total assets, equity capital has experienced a major change since the nineteenth century. By 1850, for example, the balance sheets of banks in the United States consisted of about 40% equity capital. The figure dropped to 7% in 2000. The decrease of equity capital in proportion to the total assets is a remarkable change in how banks have funded their activities since the emergence of modern banking in the nineteenth century. However, a certain level of capital is essential for individual banks and the whole financial system. It serves as an absorber of losses and can affect a bank’s default probability. Moreover, a sufficient amount of capital induces trust for creditors. Consequently, adequate capital is – among other factors – important for financial market stability.

This chapter discusses fluid flow mechanisms at strike-slip fault-related and transform margin-related settings. It focuses on the identification of specific fluid flow systems, and, subsequently, the determination of their role in the local fluid regime, as well as their migration pathways, time span of their activity, fluid sources, and their controlling factors. The discussion draws from the current literature on case studies, as well as numerical and analog models.

Chapter 4 turns to the philosophical investigation into the nature of temporal experience, particularly whether the dynamic content of our temporal experience can be reconciled with the block universe model of temporal reality. Qureshi-Hurst argues that the supporter of the block universe has options, and the A-theorist’s argument from experience is not as powerful as they claim.

Many of the world’s continents are bounded, or traversed, by vast fault networks that move laterally, like the well-known San Andreas Fault. These strike-slip regimes are vitally important to the world’s natural resources – petroleum, water, and geothermal energy. This book covers all aspects of transform and strike-slip regimes: how they initiate, how they develop, and the natural resources associated with them. Numerous global case studies are utilized to illustrate structural development, thermal and fluid flow implications, and commercial applicability. The work aims to be useful to a broad range of readers, from students of geology and researchers specializing in strike-slip regimes to geoscientists and managers involved in the business of natural resources and energy solutions.

History rests upon testimonies, just as Islamic Law does. Ibn Khaldûn disagrees. For him, history is an intellectual and universal science, like logic. Reason is entitled to dismiss the testimonies.

The importance of infinite combinatorics is indicated by the book’s subtitle. Category (and indeed measure) methods are particularly useful for establishing generic behaviour: showing that a particular property predominates, without needing to (or indeed, being able to) show any specific example. Results of this type proved here include the Generic Dichotomy Principle, Generic Completeness Principle, Kestelman–Borwein–Ditor Shift-Compactness Theorem (used many times and abbreviated to KBD) and Kemperman’s Displacement Theorem.