| 单词 | terminus ad quem |
| 例句 | Condemned though they be by some thinkers, these sensations are the mother-earth, the anchorage, the stable rock, the first and last limits, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of the mind. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z In creation there is no real and positive terminus a quo; in annihilation there is no real and positive terminus ad quem; these therefore are not changes in the proper sense of the term. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z The style and title of the terminus ad quem were usurped by the terminus à quo. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z There are two passages which give us the latter year as the terminus ad quem, viz. c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" Every tendency or movement presupposes a terminus a quo, from which it starts, and a terminus ad quem, to which it tends. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Sensations are the stable rock, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of thought. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z Perhaps less obviously, by extending Dryden's account to the present, Harte makes The Dunciad not only a chronological terminus ad quem but, far more important, the fruit of centuries of slowly accumulating mastery and wisdom. An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad Its terminus ad quem is at present indeterminable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The strength of his system lies in the principles, the origin, the terminus a quo of his thought; for us the strength is in the outcome, the upshot, the terminus ad quem. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy A terminus ad quem is essential to the perfection of exercise, bodily or mental. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Contemned though they may be by some thinkers, these sensations are the mother-earth, the anchorage, the stable rock, the first and last limits, the terminus a quo and the terminus ad quem of the mind. Personality in Literature Progress does not shut out finality; it only makes each new finality a point of departure for a new adventure, not a terminus ad quem for a conclusive stop. Christianity and Progress This is the only terminus ad quem, so far as I am aware, which is absolutely decisive; and it would allow of a ministry of eight years. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" And it was a vital question for them to determine at what point of time, between this terminus a quo and that terminus ad quem miracles came to an end. Lectures and Essays The two termini of the importation, here spoken of, are a foreign country and the American Union—the first the terminus a quo, the second the terminus ad quem. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) There was a very severe earthquake in this district also in 1170, and the fact that Benjamin does not refer to it furnishes us with another terminus ad quem. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela The terminus ad quem is less certain—-iron does not begin to be used for weapons in the Aegean till after Period III. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 We must thus take the terminus ad quem for the quotation not later than 180 A.D. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' Secondly, we think that the adversaries acknowledge that the remission of sins is either a part, or the end, or, to speak in their manner, the terminus ad quem of repentance. Apology of the Augsburg Confession Thus the subject is the 'terminus a quo,' and the predicate is the 'terminus ad quem.' Deductive Logic Cognition, whenever we take it concretely, means determinate 'ambulation,' through intermediaries, from a terminus a quo to, or towards, a terminus ad quem. Meaning of Truth He fails in short to distinguish between taking the world's perfection as a necessary principle, and taking it only as a possible terminus ad quem. Pragmatism Arguing then entirely from authority, we may put the terminus ad quem at about 130 A.D. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' The main object of our trip down the River of Barks—the terminus ad quem of the expedition, so to speak—was a bear. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature |
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