Sentences with phrase «dictums as»

In the essays that he published over more than three decades, he turned even his equivocations into dictums as he explored subjects that included not only art, architecture, and the art world, but also urban development and national affairs.

life is full of negativity and societies dictums I choose to live my life with positivity optimism and as few of societies dictums as I can... people are beautiful I am beautiful we are all beautiful as one human experience... with gentle kindness all things can come into being

We may contrast this rigorism with Nathaniel Ward's dictum as the self - appointed spokesman for the most rigid of the English — the Bay Puritans — that while Scriptural injunctions make it impossible for the State «to give an Affirmative Toleration to any false Religion, or Opinion whatsoever» on the basis of concession as a right, yet it «must connive in some Cases.

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Think of it as another way to follow Ernest Hemingway's famous dictum on writing: «The best way is always to stop when you are going good.»

I've covered one or two before, such as WayUp founder Liz Wessel's dictum that young people should always default to «yes,» but if you're in the market for this sort of bite - sized but actionable advice, a recent Psychology Today piece from UConn professor and author Gina Barreca is the real mother lode.

You want to have a can - do attitude about work, but maybe 2017 wasn't exactly a shining example of finding a balance between accepting every dictum from on high and coming across as rude, difficult, or just slightly coffee - deprived in these situations.

China can be described as an extremely muscular illustration of Minsky's famous dictum that «stability is destabilizing».

The wife submits to her husband, as in the first part of Paul's dictum in Ephesians5, and the husband fulfills the second part of Paul's injunction by laying down his life for his wife as Christ did for his Church (which might have been what Paul had in mind in the first place).

But these sentiments are regarded as obiter dicta by priests who know that they could be summarily suspended, and left with nothing but their shredded reputations, on the basis of barely «credible» accusations.

There is a Jewish dictum that one who has studied the laws of the Temple is as one who has participated in their actual execution.

As to violence itself, Shaull rejects Wendlend's dictum that Christians may participate only in nonviolent action.

It was often expressed as the «primacy of the person,» a dictum which had been affirmed since the time of Descartes.

Alfred North Whitehead's dictum holds as much in politics as it does anywhere else: the only simplicity to be trusted is that which emerges at the far side of complexity.

The early ethnologist R. R. Marett is noted for his dictum that «religion is not so much thought out as danced out.»

These clergymen stress loving thy neighbor as the major Christian ethical dictum.

In this vein Falstaff is surely revealed as an «anonymous Lutheran» in his dictum, «The better part of valor is discretion.»

Her book is a strong counterargument to Tolstoy's dictum that all happy families are alike, while each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way — as if unhappy families were more interesting than happy ones.

Thus there is very little disagreement with Kant's famous dictum: «So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as a means only.»

If Charles Hartshorne is correct that «the intellect's self - understanding... is the innate, a priori, or metaphysical» (CSPM 31), then, provided «intellect» is taken as it evidently is in the dictum nihil est in intellectu quod non prius fuerit in sensu, namely, as the human intellect, I do not see how all metaphysical...

He approves Russell Kirk's dictum that there is no conservatism without natural law: «The «first canon» of conservative thought is: «belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as well as conscience.

D. T. Niles's dictum that «evangelism is one beggar telling another beggar where to find food» is quoted in the documents almost as often as the Great Commission itself!

In some theological circles there has been much criticism, and even consternation, occasioned by the now famous dictum of Rudolf Bultmann, «Indeed, faith in the resurrection is really the same thing as faith in the saving efficacy of the cross.»

(Interestingly, little attention is given to the fact that, as the last of the Puritans, Bushnell referred in this dictum only to the children of the Saints.)

Moreover, when Roe is read with Doe, third - trimester restrictions are effectively ruled out as well — for Roe's dictum that such restrictions might be permissible if they did not interfere with the mother's health was negated by Doe's definition of «health» as «well - being.»

Just as I've never heard a sermon against Cretans, I've also never heard a sermon on 1 Timothy 2:8, in which Paul tells Timothy, «I want men everywhere to pray, lifting holy hands without anger or disputing» that included a universal dictum that all men everywhere must raise their hands whenever they pray.

We are already familiar with some of its essentials as the literal signification of Protagoras» dictum: «Man is the measure of all things.»

This rather enigmatic dictum could perhaps be interpreted in a number of ways, but we have the authority of the great medieval Jewish theologian Moses Maimonides to see the statement as a justification for natural law.

The rest results from the failure to develop a general theory of immanence whereby one actuality could be recognized as being present objectively within the experience of another without thereby destroying its integrity as a distinct individual actuality.6 In contrast to Aristotle's dictum that one substance (i.e., actuality) can not be in another, Whitehead's philosophy is designed to show how this may be so.

As to their presuming to set their destination, surely the editors can not complain about that, since they so strongly agree with the Supreme Court dictum in Casey that there is no higher truth than «the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.»

And yet most Christians today do not read 1 Corinthians 11 as a universal dictum regarding God's design for hairstyles and head coverings.

We would not survive as an organized society if we all relied only on John Wesley's dictum: «If your heart is right, give me your hand.»

In a very perceptive, but as yet unpublished, paper devoted to evaluation and to evaluating those who evaluate, Paul Weiss has called attention to the highly practical character of the theoretical work of logical analysis, thereby helping to verify Whitehead's famous dictum that the paradox is now fully resolved which states that our most abstract concepts are our best and most useful instruments with which to come to understand concrete matters of fact and practical affairs.

(However, as an obiter dictum, I think it can be shown that Merleau - Ponty, and indeed, Whitehead, are much more inclined toward a utilitarian rather than a retributive model of punishment.)

Whatever St. Cyprian may have meant by his dictum extra ecclesiam nulla salus, it can not mean for us that outside the empirical Church as it is known and visible on earth, there is no possibility of the redeemed life with God in Christ.

Think of this recipe as a template, not a dictum.

The premier female match player of golf's modern era, Carner had excelled by following a simple dictum that she stressed to her 10 - member team: Treat each hole as an individual tournament.

Israel's first prime minister's dictum that the Arabs can afford to lose as many wars as they want while Israel can't afford to lose even one reflects this geopolitical reality.

In particular, the concept of Ayni, roughly translated as «right (or proper) relationship», can be seen as analagous to the socialist dictum «from each according to their ability; to each according to their need», and was a cornerstone of Inca society, just as it remains an intrinsic part of indigenous Andean culture today.

Siôn Simon's variation on Tony Benn's dictum that there are signposts and weathervanes in politics is worth keeping in mind as the Tory - led government crawls from crisis to crisis.

It quotes the dicta from the U.S. Supreme Court decision Munro v Socialist Workers Party that says the burden on minor parties is slight as long as their candidates can run in the Read more»

We should recall Hickam's dictum: «A patient can have as many diseases as they damn well please.»

Perhaps it's telling that Manifesto's best segments extol the virtues of conceptual art, in which, as Lewitt - via - Blanchett puts it, the idea behind the work is far more important that its execution, and artistic appropriation, via the (probably apocryphal) Godard dictum, «It's not where you take things from; it's where you take them to.»

As numerous characters note in The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, «the wand chooses the wizard,» a presumably unintentional variation on McLuhan's dictum that the medium is the message, but one that is, under the circumstances, surprisingly apt.

The old dictum «you're only as good as your last picture» appears to apply far less universally than one might think.

Echoing St. Francis» dictum, «It is not fitting when in God's service to have a gloomy face or a chilling look,» Francis exhorts his audience on the need for cheerful stewardship and against the dangers of «spiritual Alzheimer's» as the camera lingers on one ashen, unsmiling visage after another.

Thankfully, British writer / director John Maclean is someone who fully appreciates the dictum «less is more», as evidenced by his barnstorming debut feature, Slow West, which wears its influences on its claret - flecked sleeve while managing to feel bracingly original.

If you re-read the final scenes between Winston Smith and Julia from Nineteen Eighty - Four and then watch this scene, you can have your own version of Marx's dictum about history as tragedy, then farce.

One might just as easily say that strong character makes great schools, rather like the famous dictum «manners maketh man» (Winchester, in the l5th century).

In Anil Ananthaswamy's The Man Who Wasn't There, Descartes» most famous dictum not only makes an appearance, it serves as the backdrop for the entire work,...

Check out this article Ben Hinson wrote on his Hickam's Dictum website on the impact POD and eBooks are having on the publishing industry: http://bit.ly/29DKh5I, it goes into some detail on international markets as well.