Sentences with phrase «image than substance»

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If the concepts of relational power and aesthetic value are accepted as more adequate categories for understanding human experience than those arising from substance metaphysics, then we must obviously change our images of ideal personhood and ideal communities.

We recall the starving thousands in China, the pitiable folk in insane asylums, prisons, hospitals, the drunkard who is violent in his home, the prodigal son, wasting his substance in the far country, remembering that we, too, are this prodigal son who can say nothing more to his father than, «Father, I am no more worthy to be called thy son...» What has happened to the image of God?

With its solid Thomas Hardy background, Tess has a lot more substance, strength, and style than most single - syllable names, with an efficient yet relaxed image.

Secondly, the row about David's face being airbrushed damaged him as it seemed to confirm the suspicion that he is all image rather than substance.

Image matters more than substance.