Sentences with phrase «mere juxtaposition»

The mere juxtaposition of these disparate elements is what makes the scene funny.

In fact, is it not a more static view than the Aristotelian view of becoming which sees everything that comes forth as already pre-contained in the beginning, for this latter, at least, allows for a becoming, whereas in the former, there is a mere juxtaposition of one stage with the other?

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In Gall's case, this juxtaposition not only reduces philosophy and theology to mere «bluster,» thereby liberating us to act without thinking seriously; it suggests that none of the consequences that follow from, for example, the codification of same - sex marriage — the redefinition of kinship, the irrevocable technologizing of human «reproduction,» further expansion of the «new eugenics,» deliberate creation of three - parent households, and least of all, the fate of children conceived in this brave new world — even provoke questions of human import worth thinking seriously about.

Imagination is not used here to designate that mere vivacity of the mind whereby unlikely juxtaposition of things or notions imparts startling cleverness to discourse; it is not a quality produced by the accidental endowment of the temperament with whimsicality.

Its effectiveness comes in the juxtaposition of poignant scenes with downright hilarious ones; Kindergartener Ruby Bridges tells Jabari how to be brave, mere moments before stepping out the door and starting her first day at an all - white school (where she's most definitely not welcomed), which is followed by Jabari messing around with his future idol, pre-President Obama, on the night of Dr. King's famed speech.