coenobium

a colony of algal cells, where the cells are arranged in a constant form and number and are surrounded usually by a gelatinous matrix. They are interconnected, act as a single functional unit and are thus regarded as being a single organism. Volvox is an example.

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(6) I refer to Kuhn's essay, "L'ottimismo di Schopenhauer," in Coenobium, which was also republished with a slightly different title as an appendix to Schopenhauer, Introduzione alla filosofia e scritti vari.

Women at war: Eva Kuhn Amendola (Magamal)--interventionist, futurist, fascist

Murri is representative of "social-democratic Modernism, politico-ecclesiastical reformism, and revolutionary anticlericalism." (13) Although Rinnovamento no longer exists, Coenobium continues, as does Cultura contemporanea, successor to Nova et vetera.

Swearing against modernism: sacrorum antistitum (September 1 , 1910)

Coenobium enim plurimorum est, forma de vida monastica coletiva reconhecida como legitima no Conc.III Tol., a.589,c.4; Si episcopus unam de parrochitanis ecclesiis suis monasterium dicare voluerit, ut in ea monachorum regulariter congregatio vivat, hoc de consensu concilii sui habeat licentiam faciendi [...]; Conc.IV Tol., a.633,c.51: [...] sed hoc tantum sibi in monasteriis vindicent sacerdotes quod recipiunt canones; id est monachos ad conversationem sanctam praemonere, abbates aliaque officia instituere, atque extra regulam acta corrigere [...]

Historiography and power: the value of history, according to the thought of Isidore of Seville and Valerius of Bierzo (Hispania, seventh century)/ Historiografia e poder: o valor da historia, segundo o pensamento de Isidoro de Sevilha e de Valerio do Bierzo (Hispania, seculo VII)

(33) He describes coming upon the remains of a building that he calls the Coenobium, and he documents this structure along with the walls surrounding the monastery and other brick buildings.

"A suitable abode for Christ": the church building as symbol of ascetic renunciation in early monasticism (1)