But is there not a human and practical value in the very defining of religion?
Such reflections as these led Boscovich and others to the radical departure of defining material particles as centres of force.
He treats the inner life in what Locke called "the plain historical method," that is to say, instead of interpreting and defining its ideas, he analyzes and reports upon its content.
Intuitionism has attempted to deal with the source of the moral law by defining conscience as a special faculty or sense, qualified to pass directly upon moral questions, and deserving of implicit obediences.
The impossibility of defining objects in terms of relativity to a finite self, conducts dialectically to the conception of the absolute self.
In the case of natural science this would mean an examination of the method and results characteristic of this field, for the sake of defining the kind of truth which attaches to the laws which are being gradually formulated.
Both agree in regarding life seriously, in defining reason or philosophy as the highest human activity, and in emphasizing the identity of the individual's good with the good of the universe.
This will enable us to search for the portion of philosophy that is in some poetry, without finally defining their respective boundaries.
From childhood we see this image defining itself on the fabric of his dreams; and but for express historical testimony, we might fancy that this was but his ideal lady, embodied and beheld at last.
This is irrational and regrettable, but necessary for practical purposes, if {239} we are to continue the plan of defining the various families of Mammalia.
The lobate kidneys have already been mentioned in definingthis family (see p.
By making a statute and by defining blasphemy, the church sought to prevent discussion--sought to prevent argument, sought to prevent a man from giving his honest opinion.
They have the power of defining how and when and in what shape and under what supervision it shall start into existence and begin to act as a trading corporation.
That, indeed, is one folly; but this is defining folly by a species, not by its whole genus.
And altogether all these things which are considered to be qualities conferred by nature on men's minds or bodies, must be taken into consideration when defining nature.
Surely, this increased gauntness was but the result of long hours at the paddle, the hollow cheeks but betokened hard fare and the defining winds of the outdoor air.
Pardon this robe, but half concealing," said her drooping eye and her half uplifted hands which caught the defining folds yet closer to her bosom.
Let us endeavor to prove this, by clearly defining the object of the natural sciences.
In taking the monkey therefore as our point of departure for the definition of man, we are definingwhat is clear by what is obscure.
A third element one may suggest is essential, and its indescribable nature causes all the difficulty there is in defining beauty.
Hence the demand usually made on such occasions for an Act of Parliament once for all defining fully and clearly the Chancellor's responsibilities.
Accepting it as as good an explanation of charm as we can get, we may conclude by defining beauty as, in its highest form, a combination of simplicity and harmony, resulting in charm.
The investigation had to be made from the beginning, by defining the phenomena of life, in a specific way, which would not permit of any blunders in dimensions.
What is thedefining or characteristic mark of humanity?
All those things are time-binding phenomena produced by the time-binding capacity of man; but man has not known that this capacity was his defining mark.
But, before doing so, I will close the present chapter by clearly defining the exact meanings of certain terms as they will afterwards be used by me.
There is as great diversity among authors in the modes which they have adopted of defining logic, as in their treatment of the details of it.
In defining a name, however, it is not usual to specify its entire connotation, but so much only as is sufficient to mark out the objects usually denoted by it from all other known objects.
John Taylor of Caroline had just finished his task of defining the principles of constitutional construction which were requisite to convert the Union into a league of States and had laid his work at the feet of Calhoun.
France was governed, not by this instrument, but by a series of defining enactments, which created extraordinary powers, and suppressed opposition.
He hurried to headquarters, where the effect of his defining words upon the scared authorities was such that he was at once appointed second in command.
From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that the English student will have no difficulty in the use of the article, if he be careful to use it with wordsdefining a class or the totality of persons or things.
Prior to a law of 1899 defining jurisdiction in electoral matters, Hungarian elections were tempestuous, and not infrequently scandalous.
Outfitting at Tucson early in October, the party moved southward, visiting the known Papago rancherias and seeking others, and thus defining the eastern limits of the Papago country.
In definingconjugate imaginary points on a line, Von Staudt made use of an involution of points having no double points.
This definition suggests the possibility of defining a projective correspondence between the elements of a pencil of rays of the second order and the elements of any form heretofore discussed.
While the line at infinity might be considered as conjugate to all the other diameters, it is not possible to assign to it any particular direction, and so it cannot be used for the purpose of defining an axis of a parabola.
In the meantime, supposing ourselves ever so incapable of defining law, or discerning its interruption, we need not therefore lose our conception of the one, nor our faith in the other.
In defining the Arachnida I shall only mention those particulars in which they differ from Insectae in their external anatomy.
The margin of the prothorax is a ridge, either definingits sides or whole circumference.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defining" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
