Sentences with phrase «elaborate justifications for them»

They devised ingenious, essentially «republican» systems of checks and balances, and elaborate justifications for them.

The legend, he tells us, must be seen as Ivan's elaborate justification for his own views.

On the contrary, he developed an elaborate justification for rational belief in God on the basis of ethical experience and worked out the religious implications of his understanding of God and man.

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For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishmeFor better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishmefor instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

As he and three equally evil boon companions rampage across the stage, committing one atrocity after another with delirious gaiety, they also spin out elaborate but perfectly cogent rational justifications for their actions, of an almost proto - Nietzschean kind.

What I was making attempts toward elaborating upon is the ways in which socialisms are being held in check by televised séances of a conjuring manner wherein many noted hierarchies of socialist dissertations might just inflame their followers toward mass riots... this said, I can submit and admit that socialized justifications for warranted civilities become immorally the bargaining assets of the cultured races hiring ways... Maybe I am but a fruitcake...

The first few games even came up with an elaborate excuse for the setup, with a present - day company using a machine to tap into a person's «genetic memory,» allowing the person to interact with the people and places of a specific point in history through the eyes of the person's ancestor (If you're not following this, that's fine, because it really is just a narrative justification).

The announcement of the notch to The Verge was accompanied by quotes from OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, who offered some justifications for the design and elaborated upon how it's not quite the same as previous iterations from other companies.

All of these justifications were merely elaborate covers for my inability to trust others.