Sentences with phrase «given historical position»

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In a famous passage from Science and the Modern World, Alfred North Whitehead gives this counsel to scholars in the various historical disciplines: «Do not chiefly direct your attention to those intellectual positions which [controversialists] feel it necessary explicitly to defend.»

Explicitly identifying himself with the position of historical idealism, Polak maintains that it is precisely the spiritual nature of the values widely held in a society that gives them their power.

For we shall neither defend her former social position as far as at all possible, nor shall we want to make her give up whatever is still left of this historical position as fast as possible and of her own free will.

An American theologian, Gordon Kaufman, has recently written: «It is with reference to the historical norm that we can adjudge whether a given position or claim is «Christian»; it is with reference to the experiential norm that we adjudge whether it «makes sense».»

We have all heard it said that if we give up this or that, if we attempt to think through once again this or that article of faith, if we have an open mind about this or that supposed historical assertion in the creedal formulae, we inevitably imperil the whole Christian position.

Appearances to the contrary, femininity was never about being some kind of delicate flower; it was tactical: a way of securing resources and positioning women as advantageously as possible on an uneven playing field, given the historical inequalities and anatomical disparities that make up the wonderful female condition.

Pride, prestige, and historical narratives help build strategic cultures, which are in essence shared narratives about a given country's historical role and geostrategic position.

If that doesn't give you any idea on my position on historical period dramas here's...

I was reminded, too, of the historical lessons of occupation and the inevitable rise of insurgency — often in the form of terrorism and IEDs — appearing in a halfwit pastime like Red Dawn, giving lie (as if further debunking were necessary) to the sometimes - stated position of the Bush Administration that no one could've possibly predicted the deadliness of the backlash in occupied Baghdad.

The historical structures of schools require people in positions of authority to give permission to students, parents, and others who wish to help stop bullying.

Figueres: One must say, given the historical responsibility that the United States plays in this issue, it is quite a unique position that the United States is in and one that frankly they have not responded to in a commensurate manner.

«While there are certainly investors and homeowners holding real estate assets that will be underwater for seven years or more, the current housing market is positioned to behave very similar or even below historical norms, given the current economic climate.»

«While there are certainly investors and home owners holding real estate assets that will be underwater for seven years or more, the current housing market is positioned to behave very similar or even below historical norms, given the current economic climate.»