A comparison on Wang Yangming’s xin [heart-mind] and Husserl’s ego by Changhua Li

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Reassessing Judicial Independence and Impartiality against the Backdrop of Judicial Appointments in South Africa by Koos Malan

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’n Leksikologiese studie van die klas adjektiewe waartoe <i>ene</i> behoort by F. Ponelis

“…A lexicological study of the set of Afrikaans adjectives containing 'ene' The tiny lexicological set accounted for in the present article comprises “ene”, “loutere”, “pure”, “skone”, “suiwere”, “volle”, “reine” and “totale”. …”
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Poetry and Ethos: toward an ontic understanding by G. Kuschke

“…While the reader is completely free to apply these directives subjectively, the objective, religiously-founded philosophical basis keeps the danger of pure inspirational analysis at bay.…”
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Transformative Legal History and the (Re)Classification of the South African Law of Delict by Emile Zitzke

“…In this article honouring Prof Willemien du Plessis's contribution to legal history it is argued that none of the above traditional theories of classification can be used effectively to classify the South African law of delict as a purely private-law discipline. Instead, our law of delict fulfils a hybrid role, straddling public and private law, with much transformative potential. …”
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INTERVENTION STRATEGIES USED TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL ABUSE IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA by Elma Ryke, Herman Strydom

“…One of the purposes of the Alcohol Sub-Study of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study was to identify the socio-economic effects of binge drinking from the perspective of community support networks and assess their intervention efforts to address the alcohol abuse problem in the selected areas of study. …”
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Die imago Dei in protologiese, Christologiese en eskatologiese perspektief by N. Vorster

“…Genesis 1 deliberately gives the concept an “open” meaning to make further theological reflection on the nature thereof possible. A purely protological understanding of the concept is therefore insufficient. …”
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Military architecture in the Netherlands and her former colonies (1500-1800) by Jan Ploeger

“…This was done out of purely military or also commercial considerations which they deemed necessary for the protection of their interests against internalor external threats of trading competition.…”
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HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK: CHALLENGING DOMINANT DISCOURSES by Linda Smith

“…The dialectical-historical perspective, rather than chronological “progress”, shows how socio-political and economic dynamics are formative of societal conditions and of social work, which in turn has a role in shaping these dynamics. The fiction of purely historical records of progress and freedom of choice is challenged, and hegemonic and counter-hegemonic discourses uncovered. …”
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HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK: CHALLENGING DOMINANT DISCOURSES by Linda Smith

“…The dialectical-historical perspective, rather than chronological “progress”, shows how socio-political and economic dynamics are formative of societal conditions and of social work, which in turn has a role in shaping these dynamics. The fiction of purely historical records of progress and freedom of choice is challenged, and hegemonic and counter-hegemonic discourses uncovered. …”
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Die betekenis van charisma en amp vir die kerkregering by A. le R. Dries du Plooy

“…The significance of charisma and office for church polity This article focuses on Biblical concepts such as “charisma” and “office” and their importance and significance for the pure government of the church. We look at the concepts of “charisma” (gift) and “office” and proceed to describe the relationship between the two. …”
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Persoonwees en die morele status van die menslike embrio by Kobus Smit

“…Personhood is then defined in purely humanistic terms as qualified by rationality, self-conscious decisions, et cetera. …”
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The power of chiasmus: Exploring the prayer of Esther in LXX Esther by Sanrie M. de Beer

“…Taking chiasmi beyond their purely stylistic role calls for exploring their structural and meaning-defining role within texts and systems of thought. …”
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The Bride of Christ with a hellish existence on earth: Insights from Eboni Turman, the black church and black liberation theology by Hlulani M. Mdingi

“…Thus, the study uses the USA purely because of Eboni Turman’s discussion on the body as a theological problem. …”
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The The Push and Pull Factors of Teaching as a Profession – the Perceptions and Expectations of Student Teachers by Gladys Sibanda

“…The study recommends improvements in the education  and training environment in South Africa in the form of introducing tax relief measures for teachers; intensified capacity building, and skilling of educators; re-imagining educators’ professional identity through improved professional virtue; improving safety and security in schooling environments; lessening what the author regard as pure administrative functions of teachers which add to the teaching workload; and having in place effective and sustainable infrastructure development programmes. …”
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The Influence of Reasonableness in Determining Delictual or Tort Liability for Psychological or Psychiatric Harm in South African and English Law by Raheel Ahmed

“…The courts generally tread with caution in awarding damages for pure psychological or psychiatric harm and several policy considerations are taken into account when deciding to award damages or not. …”
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The Authenticity of Guanjing from the perspective of Cultural Exchange by Xiao Lin

“…Amitāyur Dhyāna Sūtra; Contemplation Sūtra], which is an influential Buddhist text, immensely facilitated the first transmission of Zen Buddhism that occurred during the Middle Ages, and it promoted the spread of the Pure Land thought. Because of the modern academic research on the Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha, the discussion pertaining to the authenticity of the Guanjing has become prominent, and for more than half a century, issues pertaining to the place in which it was compiled, the time of its establishment and the absence of the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts have received research attention. …”
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Islamic teachings and religious brotherhood in the Islamic society by M. Jamil, Syed Z. Abbas, Ammar Abdel Amir Al-Salami, Forqan Ali Hussein Al-Khafaji, Natalya Ryafikovna Saenko, Andrés Alexis Ramírez-Coronel

“…The Holy Qur’an relates believers’ pure emotions to brotherhood. From the perspective of Islam, it has been also affirmed that two people have the same thoughts and opinions in one centre point of love in brotherhood, so fraternal feelings are not merely limited to kinship and consanguinity. …”
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A Brief Analysis of the Judgment in Women's Legal Centre Trust v President of the Republic of South Africa 2022 5 SA 323 (CC) by Muneer Abduroaf, Najma Moosa

“… On 28 June 2022 the apex or Constitutional Court (CC) handed down a much-awaited judgment which impacts upon Muslim marriages concluded purely in terms of Islamic law in South Africa. Does the judgment mean that such Muslim marriages are now fully recognised for all purposes in the South African legal context? …”
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By Scripture and plain reason: A historical retrieval of the relationship between theology and philosophy to better engage with present-day secularism by Daniël J. Maritz

“…Perhaps based on a misunderstanding of Paul’s warning to beware of philosophy (Col 2:8), many have supposed that the local Reformed church’s struggle with secularism and its progressive ideas could be resolved on purely exegetical grounds. This misconstrued understanding of sola Scriptura led to a low regard for reason and philosophy in matters of theology which also paved the way for fideism and anti-intellectualism in local Reformed churches. …”
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