Sentences with phrase «very substance of things»

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The very definition of a substance is that which exists in itself and not in another thing, whereas accidents are defined precisely in contra - distinction to this: they exist in something else, namely in a substance.

As Whitehead points out, this concept of substance mirrors the ordinary concept of a thing, according to which reality consists in «things» that are «simply located,» are isolated from one another, and manifest an unchanged, enduring essence, their very «substance,» that underlies their fixed or changeable determining conditions or «accidents.

Without ignoring the very great differences that exist between the Aristotelian substance philosophy and the Whiteheadian process philosophy, it still must be affirmed that for the Greek also perception is truly a case of immanence of individual things, not a case of «individual substance qualified by universal quality» and not, absolutely not, a case of «subject qualified by predicate» (cf., e.g., PR 240 - 42).

Very clearly the Bible defines faith + The substance of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen!

Psalm 33 bears witness both to the manner of the Lord's working (he acts by intellect and will, preconceiving and executing his designs; cf. Ps 136:5) and to the extent of his work (he is the author of being as being, of the very substance and nature of things).

Now I know fairtrade is not all about chocolate, but chocolate was one of the very first things to be given the fairtrade label and it is this wonderful substance I associate most with Fairtrade.

I thought that after the movie The Lion King, things would get better because the movie very much focused on life being a circle of birth, growth, maturing, flourishing, dying, and reuse of (body) substances for the next generation.

The same thing that makes methylene blue a credible treatment for disk problems also makes it dangerous, explains Victor Khabie, MD, the co-chief of orthopedic surgery at Northern Westchester Hospital, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. «Methylene blue is a very corrosive substance to the spinal cord and covering,» he says.

It's a very deceiving word and can mean a variety of different things for different substances, ranging from suppressing the release of thyroid hormone to changing the way thyroid hormone gets produced in the body to suppressing the absorption of iodine.

Anadrol is easily one of the most popular and most used anabolic steroids in the entire bodybuilding community today, but there is also one more interesting thing about this substance that very few people have every heard about and thing thing that very few people have ever heard about is the story behind the actual creation of this substance.

The result, U-Turn, is a derivative, trite noir that resembles better films and better stories, with Stone trying his best to distract you from that sameness by dangling lots of flashy things and big name actors in small cameos resulting in a melted banana split; very colorful with no substance whatsoever.

Instead of actually describing the action — packed video — which is chock - full of very contemporary cultural signifiers — I'm just going to give a partial list of things I noticed on the screen: a swagboard, a dress made out of CD - Rs, virtual pets, a substance that looks suspiciously like Nickelodeon's Gak, children involved in combination IRL and URL cosplay, prosthetic pustules, CGI geometric monsters, a cyberpunk-esque multiple - monitor computer setup (controlled by the girl in the aforementioned CD - R dress), and did I mention a swagboard?