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And yet, positively: The ability to consider experience so abstractly allowed me to shape into desire what would otherwise have remained indefinite, meaningless longing in the British Museum. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aristotle was wrong in his partitioning of male and female contributions into “material” and “message,” but abstractly, he had captured one of the essential truths about the nature of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
The hem of her dress fluttered abstractly in the breeze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
Years of schooling must pass before the boy will be able to sketch the cultural differences in his day as abstractly as this. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
When we know something well, we don’t realize how abstractly we think about it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
By that time he was already painting abstractly on a large scale. Doug Ohlson, Painter of Vivid Abstracts, Dies at 73 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z
That change, made for the 2019 competition, paved the way for contemporary artists to revisit history and to think more imaginatively, even abstractly, about portraiture, she said. How a Smithsonian Museum Stopped Being About the ‘Wealthy, Pale and Male’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z
A crucial and often overlooked element of documentary filmmaking is standpoint: not the filmmaker’s abstractly intellectual point of view but her physical and visual one—her personal, experiential relationship to her subject. “The Other Side of Everything,” Reviewed: A Daughter Documents Yugoslavia’s Nationalistic Nightmare 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
To be able to work abstractly and figuratively throughout his career is an interesting model for me. How Glenn Ligon Is Using Black and Blue to Begin a Dialogue 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z
When Ezra Thomson limps in to join him, you suddenly sense that "Kammermusik" is as much about life's erosions as it is about movement springing abstractly from music. A night of 4 world premieres, including 1 by Mark Morris, at PNB 2012-11-04T15:35:35Z
In one he pretends to be harmlessly dozing in an art gallery; in another he appears, abstractly reshaped into a black lump, in a reflecting globe set up in an amusement park. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z
There isn’t much originality in the repetitive movement vocabulary, but Mr. Dundervill seems to be more intent on exploring choreographic structures and transferring the texture of his designs, abstractly yet not opaquely, into space. Dance Review: Geometry in Motion, With Costumes 2011-02-17T23:16:24Z
It’s one thing to think abstractly about a problem as big as climate change, but it’s another to see it up close and hear how it’s affecting real places. Midway Through His Year, Our 52 Places Traveler Answers Readers’ Questions 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z
Even those who painted abstractly had it, in the form of humor or outside references. Painting From the 1980s, When Brash Met Flash 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z
I don’t mean this abstractly: to see him play is to find yourself in a crowd of people being actively consoled—being moved, reassured, validated, made to feel like part of a dynamic aural friendship. Liner Notes for Jeff Tweedy’s “WARM” 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z
His huntsman, like the dwarfs, is a gruff human presence in a world that might otherwise have been too airily and abstractly fantastical. Movie Review: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ With Kristen Stewart 2012-05-31T17:47:53Z
Everyone I interviewed had a personal relationship with at least one of our characters; I felt that was important, that they weren’t just talking abstractly about something. The Carpetbagger: The Backup Singers Can Be Divas, Too 2014-02-12T16:56:15Z
She told me that the gift made her feel “cared about by this person who has been abstractly a wonderful spirit guide to me.” How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z
With its Biblical references, Minty’s song can “pass” in white society as abstractly beautiful and politically neutral, but for those who share her experience it’s a personal declaration, a collective affirmation, an act of revolt. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z
Less abstractly, if we keep returning to that period, it’s partly because it can justifiably claim to be the foundation stone of our modern world. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z
Together, they collaborated on “Blue Room,” seen at New York Live Arts on Friday, in which they explored — abstractly, mind you — their cultures, behaviors and languages. Dance Review: Elena Demyanenko and Dai Jian Collaborate 2014-02-16T21:32:46Z
But unraveled, the hose begins to abstractly resemble that International Style landmark. Inside Art: Schütte in Central Park, Arrechea on Park Avenue 2013-01-24T21:08:48Z
But any behavioral economist will tell you that people don’t decide how to spend their money logically and abstractly. Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z
Laughter is an entirely appropriate response to something so abstractly awful as an unstoppable meteor speeding toward earth. Movie Review: Steve Carell in ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ 2012-06-21T23:12:06Z
Here, the political is personal and the personal political to such a degree that even when the conversation turns abstractly ideological, it’s the psychological textures of the voices that reveal the most important truths. London calling: 'Angels in America' as fresh as ever at the National Theatre 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z
All this music addresses, however abstractly, Mr. Riley’s longstanding interest in fostering peace. Music Review | Kronos Quartet: At Carnegie Hall, an All-Riley Evening of Peace and Hope 2010-03-12T23:00:00Z
It can also be viewed formally or abstractly as dance. Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z
The costumes riff abstractly on the Baroque portraits by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck. Review: Bayreuth’s First American Director Arrives With ‘Lohengrin’ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z
Things can start out almost abstractly — like a word game — and go strange. Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z
He’s holding you at bay, sometimes abstractly, sometimes concretely. Critics? Choice: New Cds: The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap 2011-05-02T19:51:31Z
“Slow Blues” uses a walking tempo and features Coltrane playing abstractly in slow motion. ‘Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album’ Review: Sitting in the Studio With Coltrane 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z
This is only made more certain by polling that Sides cites that shows that young women are more excited by the idea of a female President when asked to consider the possibility abstractly. Wanted: Young, feminist men. That’s who Hillary Clinton (and the rest of us) are desperate for 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z
Now he has ventured into still newer territory with abstractly shaped aluminum-panel sculptures — embedded with video screens depicting mouths and eyes — that riff on facial-recognition technology. Tony Oursler Maps the Interior Life of the Face 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z
Described as wall reliefs, they are quizzical, irregular, vaguely ritual, and seem on the verge of motion — a kinetic charge that conveys, if abstractly, the Jamaican-born artist’s dance background and interest in the body. Two Critics, 13 Favorite Booths at The Armory Show 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z
But, based on interviews with veterans of five wars, it speaks to conflict more generally and abstractly. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in January 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z
But it handles its subject more abstractly, closely attuned to a dramatic commissioned score by Jessie Montgomery, played live by a chamber ensemble. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z
I knew abstractly that Sascha and his younger sister were feeling my absence. A Father-Son Bonding Mission in the French Alps 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z
Some of these relate more or less directly to the appearances of the rain forest: tree trunks, roots, rocks, cascades and rapids — all “abstractly embodied,” as the artists put it. Euphoric work at Suyama Space ‘Drawn from the Olympics’ 2013-12-05T20:44:26Z
One of the show’s most abstractly evocative works is a Minimalist video loop called “Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera,” by Sondra K. Perry. ‘Disguise: Masks and Global African Art,’ Where Tradition Meets Avant-Garde 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z
These songs seem to address the listener in a strange and contradictory way, directly and abstractly. FKA twigs Tries a Different Tack on ‘LP1’ 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z
He worked figuratively and abstractly in wood, ceramic and bronze but mostly in welded steel or iron, using found, altered or made elements that were either painted or left bare. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z
In “ink,” the concept is presented more abstractly. A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z
They are literally the next generation, but more abstractly they also represent the potential for correcting mistakes of the past.  'Mad Men' recap: The vision thing 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z
Those paradoxes are a theme of “Pas de Detour,” which is abstractly about obstacles and finding paths around them. Review: In ‘Pas de Detour,’ Cornfield Dance Plays With Obstacles 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z
I admire women abstractly but occasionally one slips through my defences and destroys me; I’ll find her incredibly attractive, want her desperately, but have no outlet for the powerful feelings that surge up within me. My life in sex: ‘Since both balls were removed, the anguish never stops’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z
Much like "Ararat," "1915" addresses the horrific event abstractly as modern characters trudge under the weight of history. '1915' a creative take on Armenian genocide 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z
Few can parry like Bacon — and he was at his cagiest about his work, speaking abstractly of the importance of “chance” and “accident.” New ‘Revelations’ in the Life of Francis Bacon, a Master of Darkness and Distortion 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z
The baby is born, but soon the mother is speared, though this is presented somewhat abstractly, through intrusions of harsh white. Facts About the Natural World Astound and Delight in These Picture Books 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
"I look at things more abstractly," he said. Director, visual artist Robert Wilson creates installation for Hermes that mixes housewares with live performance 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
Is that because its violence, which was rendered realistically in the theater, is more powerful when handled abstractly? In Virtual Readings, Less (a Lot Less) Is Sometimes More 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z
Several works here repeat variations of inky near-black blue or purple vinyl featuring a bisecting line on white, creating abstractly floral constructions. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z
Gucci Mane’s influence hovers over both these artists, though more abstractly than directly. Lil Yachty and 21 Savage: Atlanta Shows a Range of Hip-Hop 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z
“Scrying” is about forms, George Balanchine’s style of classical ballet and, more abstractly, about a style of spiritual communication that involves looking into a mirror to connect with a spirit. 2010-01-11T08:09:00Z
The show makes sense if local is defined more abstractly as signifying a new kind of highly focused, ground-level attention to the art object and all its visible details, however minute. ‘Local History: Castellani, Judd, Stella,’ at Dominique Lévy 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z
Those two are more abstractly inspired by Dante. Review: Thomas Adès Charts a Journey Through Hell and Heaven 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z
We all think about death too, though perhaps abstractly, until it nudges us from a single degree of separation. My aging parents smuggle medical marijuana 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z
In my own work, I’ve noticed that even when I work abstractly, it contains a story. Jenny Kroik’s “Arthur Avenue” 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z
“If you couldn’t see me” was an abstractly autobiographical solo, danced by Ms. Brown with her back almost entirely to the audience. | Trisha Brown Dance Company: Trisha Brown Dance at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-04-10T00:31:00Z
In the paintings that compose the bulk of the show, Cortina abstractly yet carefully contrasts colors and forms. Review | In the galleries: Exploring the tension between physical and digital art 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
Researchers in the intelligence field define it as a general capability to reason, understand complex ideas, think abstractly, and solve problems. Are humans getting smarter? 2013-06-03T20:25:00Z
“But the way they shock goes beyond the horrific images and gets into a broader way of implicating us abstractly in a much larger system of violence.” Shock Me if You Can 2012-09-14T22:36:46Z
The idea of home as cosmos can be expressed abstractly, as a geometrical order underlying all things, or physically and explicitly. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z
We need all people, everyone, to think for themselves, to think critically, to think abstractly, to develop their powers of empathy. This government has set its face against reading 2010-12-24T12:23:59Z
Fugain, now erroneously tied to two dead bodies, sweats to keep the evidence hidden while his flashbacks and the present meld more and more abstractly together until the entire concept of reality is questioned. ‘Keep an Eye Out’ Review: A Crime Procedural That Goes Off the Rails 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z
The comments are always worse from the ones who think I’m white, I noted abstractly. 2015: The year of writing racially 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z
The choices these characters make live on and on, viscerally as well as abstractly. Review: In ‘The Damned,’ Ivo van Hove Finds the Mortal Chill in a Nazi Fire 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z
Albert Murray, the great 20th-century philosopher of the blues, put the matter more abstractly. ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: All the Blues That’s Fit to Sing 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z
It all reflects her aesthetic: very simplified, elegant forms that relate to one another, either abstractly or realistically. New exhibit peels back layers of O'Keeffe 2010-09-19T22:46:00Z
In my hot office I was starting to look at it abstractly, as a hot thing blowing exhaust. Still Life: Butler Library at Columbia Is a Haven for Body and Mind 2012-06-26T16:03:23Z
Nazism itself is depicted a bit abstractly, a matter of symbols and attitudes and stock images rather than specifically mobilized hatreds. ‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Refusing Hitler, Embracing Beauty 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z
Recalling all of them from memory gave me the option of working on the mountains, for example, more abstractly. Wayne Thiebaud’s “Stuffed” 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z
So does a construction site — or, more abstractly, a very complicated collision between innumerable horizontals and diagonals. A nicely orchestrated 'exaggeration of data' 2012-01-05T21:47:04Z
Bright reds and blues and sharply defined forms contrast earth tones and abstractly patterned areas. In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z
In "September 1st 1939" Auden's thoughts about impending war would have less force if expressed in isolation or abstractly. Why do writers drink? 2013-07-20T07:00:14Z
Most were born around 1900, and worked abstractly in the United States. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z
That is why the husband's downfall comes not because, abstractly, he has violated social standards, but because, concretely, he has betrayed his wife, something she demonstrates with blood-curdling clarity at the end. The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 2010-04-26T21:00:00Z
I think of Lulu as someone who loves abundantly but abstractly. Te-Ping Chen on the Nihilism of the Internet 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z
A 73-inch-tall specimen made in West Papua in the early 20th century is covered by a lively filigree standing out in relief against the chiseled background that abstractly pictures flying foxes and herons. Art In Review: ‘ANIMATED BY SPIRITS’: ‘Shields of New Guinea’ 2012-06-21T22:12:07Z
The ongoing accumulation also speaks, albeit fairly abstractly, to the sheer power of numbers. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z
Or rather a consuming, intense love and ferocity to protect not just my child, but abstractly, all children, which is kinda cool. I don’t want “mom friends”: As a new parent, I need my old friends now more than ever 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z
"It showed us literally, and not just abstractly, that queer alternatives are possible in our country." LGBTQ+: When 15 rain-soaked marchers made history in India 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z
Then, he transfers the pigment of the photocopy onto an abstractly painted canvas — carefully using a toothbrush to remove the paper — and then paints on architectural line drawings. Pride art shows and more to see in Seattle this June and July 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z
“Our argument is that when you want to represent something abstractly, you will choose very specific features that really characterize what you want to represent,” she says. 42,000-year-old Mongolian pendant may be earliest known phallic art 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z
“When we think about things abstractly — like ‘Oh, I have to clean’— they belong to tomorrow. Don’t jump into spring cleaning. Take it slow 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z
She encourages them to paint abstractly instead of literally. Your resolutions shouldn’t make you feel worse: These New Year’s goals support mental health 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z
Even if you could make the case abstractly for an abortion exception, it doesn't matter if there's no provider willing to take the risk. The 3 biggest lies Republicans use to avoid admitting they plan to ban abortion 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z
Or, even more abstractly, they're angry that the presumption of male supremacy is under threat. Why the GOP's victim complex is in full effect over FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z
The Thailand-born D.C. artist’s show at Gallery Y, “What Was & What Will,” abstractly recounts a particular interval in recent history. Review | In the galleries: Hammocks focus on history, culture and some rest 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z
They hung down in the middle abstractly, poking out underneath the jacket. Stars turn out for Dior’s 19,000 blooms at Paris show 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z
If you look at it very abstractly, it is sort of in reaction to, “The fandom has organized on Tumblr, and now they are going to do something on Twitter.” How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z
In the spirit of protecting individual freedom, we cannot detain young men simply because they have troubling thoughts and abstractly fit a profile of a potentially violent offender. Opinion | Sorry, but mental health professionals are not clairvoyant 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z
Though he is now 68 years old, he “remains childlike and gullible” and has “enormous difficulty acquiring and processing new information, navigating social interactions, and reasoning abstractly,” they wrote. Lawyers: Georgia man’s death sentence is unconstitutional 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z
What I am saying is that I can abstractly identify one problem it solved, which is that artists have something to sell in a way that they cannot sell songs or movies anymore. The videos that don’t work on YouTube and the future of the creator business with Nebula CEO Dave Wiskus 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z
It’s one thing to know abstractly that criminals have your cash. An ex-cop fell for Alice. Then he fell for her $66 million crypto scam. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z
Less abstractly, the congress also claimed that Americans did not have enough hard currency to pay for the stamps and that commercial restrictions like the Sugar Act would impair their purchases of British manufactures. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
The influence of her work continues to shine as a beacon of intuition for those who grapple with understanding physical reality more abstractly. 3 Revolutionary Women of Mathematics 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z
In abstractly pondering cost-benefit tradeoffs, it's too easy to ignore our moral compass and lose track of who is harmed. It’s time we stop listening to economists on climate change 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z
Our minds think abstractly and forge new connections, and it will take robots some serious time to catch up, if they ever do. Ask Help Desk: How can I protect my privacy when I’ve lived my whole life online? 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z
A trompe l’oeil gown had pale blue fabric “floating” abstractly on its front. Paris Fashion Week channels humor, animated film for spring 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z
Here are a few stories I’m especially proud of, which I hope provide some concrete examples of what I’m talking about somewhat abstractly in this first newsletter. Welcome to Hot Pod from The Verge 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z
Their brains are also remodeling, and with that comes a greater ability to solve problems, think abstractly and form their identity. Scientists are racing to unravel the pandemic’s toll on kids’ brains 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z
“His overall vocabulary, his judgment and reasoning and his ability to think abstractly are impaired compared to the general population,” the psychologist noted. The ‘Herald Square Bomber’ Who Wasn’t 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z
And again, this just further removed further possibilities of sort of abstractly thinking about human beings, being disconnected from the humanity of folks who are on those platforms. How Black communities shaped the internet 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z
But he did speak, more abstractly, about democracies, and said one of its principles is that “different opinions do not threaten the power and security of states.” Pope Francis says the world is ‘seriously ill’ from the consequences of the pandemic 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z
It cannot leap, except abstractly, with great effort, to distant people in need, or to strange, threatened animals. The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z
The extremes are connected only abstractly, by their rejection of the status quo. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z
“When we construct an image of the other party at a distance, abstractly, we tend to construct someone who’s different on every dimension,” he said. How the Trump Era Has Strained, and Strengthened, Politically Mixed Marriages 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z
Their tensions may be rooted, abstractly, in the materialist greed and prescribed gender roles of their particular decade, but they are also borne of differences in class and culture. Review: In 'The Nest,' Jude Law and Carrie Coon give us an unnerving anatomy of a marriage 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z
That meant commissioning illustrations from 18 artists, each of whom was asked to respond emotionally and abstractly to the stories without giving away any plot details. An All-Fiction Magazine Issue, Inspired by 14th-Century Stories 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z
But blithely tolerating a yearly moment of silence to think abstractly about dead soldiers — and assume that their deaths are part of an unfortunate but necessary exchange to preserve American-style "freedom" — is not enough. Celebrated to death: Memorial Day is killing us 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z
I think there’s very little, especially in today’s Centralized Online World, that isn’t at least partially motivated by the abstractly vague idea of people liking, respecting, or envying me more. Why can’t I stop using Carrie Underwood’s fitness app? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z
Elsewhere, a long ribbed strap plunged down to the model’s knee from an abstractly shaped dark gray top, and a bone-colored knitted dress hung heavily and limp with wavy ribbing. Ecology and kinetic styles grace Paris Fashion Week shows 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z
Many who abstractly endorse the need for climate measures, especially politicians, will recoil when it comes to seriously raising the price of gas. The climate crisis must reunite America — and yes, that could happen 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z
In a rather abstractly worded set of show notes describing the collection, they wrote that “The Proenza Schouler woman steps into a new unpredictable decade … blanketed in a protective layer of strength and confidence.” Celebrating the off-kilter at Proenza Schouler 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z
"We're not talking just abstractly about these important issues," he says. Has Airbnb grown a conscience? 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z
But when I first saw the two faces, I didn’t think abstractly about the fragile barrier between inside and outside the human body, the container of the self, but about individual bodies. Chastity belts, torture tools and ... a bit of skin? Three authors on their spooky inspirations 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z
In the game, you control Wilmot, a square person who is in charge of a warehouse full of similarly sized squares with pictures on them that abstractly represent what they contain. Wilmot’s Warehouse is a clever puzzler about staying organized 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z
“It’s not really a mediation process but a facilitation process, so that people can learn to abstractly represent then harmonize their mission.” 18th Street Arts Center debuts Santa Monica Airport space with sleep machines. Here's why 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z
Horse-drawn stagecoaches passed by, their mostly senior passengers gazing abstractly out the window toward an invisible but vivid past. The Wild West Meets the Southern Border 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z
When exploring the deep sea from the comfort of our offices, she told me, we might experience it more abstractly. How Telepresence Is Changing Exploration 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z
Intellectually, abstractly, both came to abhor the idea of slavery. Extra-mural studies: why students should not look away from uncomfortable art 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z
These concepts are embedded in the work’s DNA, presented abstractly rather than outlined concretely. Cooperative, gentle, generous: The radical society of Meredith Monk in ‘Cellular Songs’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z
Though it is in an area of natural beauty, according to the doctor, designer Julia Welch’s scenic backdrop evokes only an abstractly grim, fenced-in landscape. ‘Fire Season’ at Seattle Public Theater takes a sprawling look at collateral damage of opioid addiction 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z
Mud and rats, sandbags and trenches, sniper fire and mortar attacks—all of these things that we’re accustomed to experiencing abstractly through a distancing veil of archaisms and antiquity are suddenly real before us. A Few Thoughts on the Authenticity of Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z
Anderson, by contrast, sought to work empirically, using information gathered from the world, identifying problems to be solved not abstractly but through the experienced problems of real people. The Philosopher Redefining Equality 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z
Both, in their ways, try to rouse Atticus from his accommodationism, and to remind him that the truths he expounds abstractly have played out, concretely, in their lives. Black and White in “Slave Play” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z
Rallies seem to fill the President’s primal need to be liked—not just abstractly but publicly, loudly, and all the time. Why One Trumphead Follows the President from State to State 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
The dining room is unusually beautiful and abstractly transportive, framed by a ridged wooden canopy and punctuated with sleek round mirrors that reflect golden light from hanging hand-blown bulbs. Curing Homesickness with Noodles at Hunan Slurp 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z
Intelligence is a very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. IQ and Society 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z
A California native who grew up in Berkeley, Corse was already working abstractly in the seventh grade and admiring the art of mid-century greats Hans Hofmann and Josef Albers. With Three New Shows, Artist Mary Corse is Finally Having Her Moment 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z
The LA-based Australian composer, whose resume includes Rush and Girl Rising, interpreted the footage more abstractly. How to Create a Music Score for Our Planet 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z
Either way, the rallies are likely to continue, because they seem to fill the President’s primal need to be liked—not just abstractly but publicly, loudly, and all the time. Why One Trumphead Follows the President from State to State 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
The show’s decor got guests into the homely mood — orange neon light sticks were abstractly piled up, resembling a fire underground in Paris’ Palais de Tokyo. Balmain goes disco as Issey Miyake wraps up at Paris shows 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z
But Garland uses the women’s backstories more abstractly, to illustrate what might push people to venture deeper and deeper into eerie, dangerous territory, against all common sense. Annihilation is the most thoughtful science fiction movie since Arrival 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z
Known as Levallois, this technique is associated with significant advances in human cognition, because such tools can’t be crafted without the ability to think abstractly and plan ahead. Very old, very sophisticated tools found in India. The question is: Who made them? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
More abstractly, it’s a box for the biggest, boldest, and maybe even potentially heretical ideas to escape the minds in both Cambridge and Sant’Agata Bolognese over the next few years. The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept is a lightning strike from the future 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z
“I abstractly understood this and even tried to combat it. But the toll wasn’t evident to me until now.” Opinion | A #MeToo for clueless men 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z
But she didn’t say that the case she’s abstractly referring to is one in a thousand – or that at the end of it, the professor in question was cleared. Does Betsy DeVos care more about those accused of rape than its victims? | Lucia Graves 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z
This may explain why Franklin isn't fretting over the way Spaces' avatars only look abstractly like the people they represent. Inside Facebook’s Plan To Take Virtual Reality Mainstream 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z
It seemed absurd when he got the invitation, but seen so abstractly, and at such a remote distance in time and space, he accepted it as part of his getaway plan. “It’s a Summer Day”  2017-06-12T04:00:00Z
By contrast, Labour’s campaign slogan is abstractly arithmetical. 'Strong and stable leadership!' Could Theresa May's rhetorical carpet-bombing backfire? 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z
“Her reporting from the Syrian revolution and war is clear-eyed and engaged in the best sense – engaged in the human realm rather than the abstractly political,” said Yasin-Kassab. Best new paperbacks: Rose Tremain, Don DeLillo, Janine di Giovanni 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z
For David Dorfman Dance, on the other hand, whole sections can be simply abstractly appealing because it’s under the auspices of an evening of dance theater. Connecticut College dance head choreographing Broadway show 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z
Barack Obama sees things more abstractly: Portions of the middle class may have experienced some dislocations, but progress is never easy. The Kaine Impunity 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z
Lyrics are presented as short poems or laid out abstractly across the page.  Solange unveiled the release of new album 'A Seat at the Table' in the most surprising, intimate of ways 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z
The real issue is wealth inequality not transient income changes on a scale that amounts to chump change, or more abstractly an estimated increase in income that is well within the error of measurement. How the Middle Class May Have Gotten a Raise 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z
But those cases have tended to play out abstractly, via details of long-ago incidents and the distancing words of Op-Ed columns. How Rooney Mara's incendiary 'Una' will advance the sexual-assault conversation at Telluride, Toronto and into Oscar season 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z
It was inspiring, abstractly, but to me, that night, its realization was terrifying. A Physicist’s Nightmare of the Void 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z
Her dress, abstractly patterned in black and white, swirls around her. The Superhero Photographs of the Black Lives Matter Movement 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z
The building is, in essence, about exactly what you see: load-bearing walls, gravity and concrete, organized abstractly to resemble Jenga blocks. Alejandro Aravena, the Architect Rebuilding a Country 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z
“I look at things more abstractly,” he said. Acclaimed director Robert Wilson creates Hermes installation 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
We think abstractly about an event that is far away and focus on the reality as it approaches. The Secrets of Backing Out on Plans With Grace 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z
You could use the words “women” and “safe” in the question, rather than abstractly asking about abortion legality, and the number of people supporting abortion rights will jump by 9 percentage points.  Why it's so hard to measure public opinion on abortion 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z
Instead of just abstractly saying you want to get more organized, the calendar can become a practical way of implementing those "if/then" plans. How to follow through on your New Year's resolutions 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z
The consensus seemed to be that it was OK to invoke the statute a little abstractly, if doing so helped to illuminate broader questions of authenticity, authorship and influence. Does architecture need to be original? 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z
“Before modern TV, it must have felt more abstractly gladiatorial,” Richard Linklater, the filmmaker, who was himself a Texas high school quarterback, says. The Comprehensive Illusion of Football 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z
I’ve talked somewhat abstractly about the importance of remaining open, not occasionally but all the time, as a route to self-awareness. “If you think, you stink”: From “Toy Story” to “Inside Out,” how the creative geniuses at Pixar bring new things into being 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z
Here, he became interested in the problems of “isometric embedding”, which ask whether it is possible to embed abstractly defined geometries into real-world geometries in such a way that distances are maintained. John Nash's unique approach produced quantum leaps in economics and maths 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z
According to Cuddy, power posing also increases people’s tolerance for risk and pain, and their ability to think abstractly. The Power Poses You Should Start Using at Work Today 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
Every piece was created onsite and is meant to speak abstractly to what FB does—many of the pieces are a nod to connections, community, networks and systems. Instagrammers provide the first look inside Facebook's new HQ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
I may abstractly fault myself for emitting way more than the global per-capita average. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z
Seen abstractly as a matter of pure politics, his moves were brilliant. The high cost of Netanyahu’s comeback 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z
The farther things are in the future, the more abstractly we view them. 8 Ways That Money Can Buy Happiness 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
These tasks test the ability to reason quickly and think abstractly, improvising off previously learned material in order to solve a new problem. The Science of Improving Your Performance at Almost Anything 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z
Unlike Primer, which places an emphasis on maintaining continuity, Project Almanac uses the concept of time travel more abstractly, as a chance to explore unintended consequences à la The Butterfly Effect. From Back to the Future to Project Almanac, a short history of suburban sci-fi 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z
First, don’t even bother to talk about investing until kids are old enough to think abstractly and understand math concepts, such as percentages, interest and compounding. How to Introduce Your Children to Investing 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z
Yet Harvey is less interested in the dramatic formula of betrayal than in making use of the novel’s essayistic form to range widely, sometimes concretely, sometimes abstractly. A Risky Novel of Seduction and Betrayal 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z
Sloan, in the Organization Study, wrote, ‘The profit resulting from any business considered abstractly, is no real measure of the merits of that particular business.’ Is Google Doing Anything New? 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z
A little more abstractly, smart contracts with digital money allow you to write a set of rules that tell you in what circumstances different people get paid. Susan Athey On How Digital Currency Could Transform Our Lives 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z
Sloan, in the “Organization Study,” wrote, “The profit resulting from any business considered abstractly, is no real measure of the merits of that particular business.” When G.M. Was Google 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z
In some respects, almost more free, bizarrely and perversely, to think abstractly because he's free. 'The Theory of Everything' director on filming a movie with Stephen Hawking on set 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z
The bar jacket - made famous following the Second World War - came in a trapeze shape and waists were strapped abstractly high. Paris shows evoke Audrey Hepburn, Pre-Raphaelites 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z
It’s actually an indispensable part of the process of achieving something as abstractly noble as Halberstam’s “true wisdom,” which Timberg lays bare in the pages of “Blue-Eyed Boy.” Book review: ‘Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir,’ by Robert Timberg
Here’s how the study authors explain the difference: When we think more abstractly about our life, like where we see ourselves in five years, we also tend to start getting philosophical and contemplative. Want to Meet Your Long-Term Money Goals Faster? Focus On The Short Term 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z
It’s known as construal level theory, and its core premise is that there’s a link between how far things are from people and how abstractly they construe them. Music Changes the Way You Think 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z
To design these, engineers are trained to model systems as black boxes, abstractly linking inputs and outputs. Synthetic biology: How best to build a cell 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z
It means that you’re not only thinking abstractly but offering proof that things the other person does provoke positive reactions. 17 Things Extremely Happy People Say Every Day 2014-04-19T12:44:09Z
So, too, may the more abstractly mathematical ‘integrated information theory’ of consciousness preferred by the Allen Institute’s chief scientific officer Christof Koch. Brain waves 2014-04-02T17:20:06.414Z
The command-line interface forced the user to think abstractly and memorize commands and operators. Only 2 Kinds Of Innovation Matter 2014-02-26T17:19:00Z
Ponderous, resonant, unfamiliar tonalities—the proverbial “auditory forest”—cause people to construe things abstractly. Music Changes the Way You Think 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z
The autism spectrum is employed abstractly to recognize the wide range of possible symptoms. Towson Coach Pat Skerry spreading the word about autism awareness 2014-01-30T22:11:47Z
“Part of my mission as an artist is to get people to look at things abstractly,” she said before the show. Dance Production Brings 'Anonymous' To The Stage 2013-11-18T22:41:00Z
Mr. Obama said he wanted someone who would not just work abstractly to keep inflation in check and ensure stability in the markets. Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric 2013-07-27T20:04:18Z
Dozens of glistening cords that crisscross in different directions above the characters in the spare, fluent setting, abstractly designed by Mimi Lien, suggest the various connections that the people in this play will make. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Electric Baby,’ at Two River Theater Company 2013-04-27T01:35:41Z
When you group a shopping list into only a few categories, it suggests that you are considering the list abstractly, clustering items according to a common core. Music Changes the Way You Think 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z
In a survey, students are asked to answer questions that identify whether they are seeing things more abstractly or concretely. Narrowing the Achievement Gap with a Psychological Intervention 2013-04-15T18:45:03.620Z
Instead they argue that cultural knowledge, such as the use of sticks to fish for honey, might be thought of more abstractly as ideas, rather than more concretely as specific behaviors. Is Orangutan Culture Made of Ideas? 2012-12-20T16:15:08.253Z
Democratic aides say Republicans who had spoken abstractly about the need for more revenues are balking at the specifics. ‘Gang of Eight’ Says Deficit Solution Should Come From the Top 2012-11-16T03:11:09Z
Think Fuzzy, Think Moderate In another study, participants who were induced to think more abstractly about political issues became more moderate than they were originally. How Negativity and Fuzzy Thinking Influence Political Positions 2012-11-05T18:08:02Z
I've defined myself, privately and abstractly, by my brief, intense years as an athlete, a swimmer. A life aquatic: every swimsuit tells a story 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z
I worry about the consequences of our increasingly urban lives and not just abstractly. The Future is the Place where the Rivers all Sound Like Washing Machines 2012-07-09T16:15:06.187Z
By Newton's principle of the equality of pressure and counterpressure, whose truth all before him had felt, but which no predecessor had abstractly formulated, mechanics was placed by a single stroke on a higher level. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z
Still, divine inspiration remains an inscrutable mystery as to what it is abstractly considered; and, also, with respect to the manner in which it is communicated. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z
It is well at times to let pupils do everything that they can with relations abstractly conceived, testing their results by objective counting, measuring, adding, and the like. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z
In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
Everything which is said to be outside mind is only outside a localised and limited mind—outside a mind which is imperfectly and abstractly realised—not outside mind absolutely. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
“No, sir; Phonography, abstractly considered, has no political complexion; it may be used to promote either side of any question, sacred or profane, mental, moral, physical, or political.” The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z
I shall, therefore, in this chapter, consider what is to be understood by divine inspiration, abstractly considered, and also with reference to prophecy and miracles. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z
It might be asked by some, “What is there so peculiarly important in abstractly discussing the meaning of money?” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z
Run out these qualities and faculties abstractly, and see what they produce. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z
But as it is still conceived thus abstractly, the soul is only the sleep of mind—the passive νοῦς of Aristotle, which is potentially all things. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
We can only explain and interpret action, i.e., express abstractly what really takes place in it. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z
Two simply isomorphic groups considered abstractly—that is to say, in regard only to the way in which their operations combine among themselves, and apart from any concrete representation of the operations—are clearly indistinguishable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z
They are, therefore, in fact, but abstractly defined aspects of the very system of eternal truth whose expression is the universe. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
And although they have not existence abstract from an agent possessing understanding, conscience, and will, still they may have an existence abstractly from the power of being or doing otherwise at the time. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z
An abstractly universal art and religion is a delusion—until all diversities of geography and climate, of language and temperament, have been made to disappear. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Anticipating security threats is not merely a matter of reasoning abstractly about how new technology might raise new risks; it requires an understanding of human nature. Essay: Stefan Savage: Girding for Digital Threats We Haven?t Imagined Yet 2011-12-05T22:52:59Z
He took it, to use a current phrase, abstractly—that is to say, as a mere fact, a fact standing by itself and true in any reference. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z
Criticism shows that these categories when abstractly and impersonally taken cancel themselves. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z
But when our opponents set the example of raising an objection to what we think the true system, by passing judgment on a part, viewed abstractly, we must meet them. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z
It is—abstractly taken—a mere form of unity which has no value except in uniting: it is—taken concretely—the matter, we may say, in complete unity. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
And we have no unit of abstract value which we can apply abstractly in a measurement. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z
In addition to this claim by the south of State sovereignty as abstractly right, his conscience told him that some of her practical demands were just. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z
Plainly he ascribed little value to mere personality, viewed abstractly and apart from its spiritual development. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z
Meditation, abstractly considered, is neither a virtue nor a vice. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z
But the thing is an abstractly external thing, and the I in it is abstractly external. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
This feeling is due, I believe, to a failure to realise imaginatively, as well as abstractly, the nature of continuous series as they appear in mathematics. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z
The laws are the general rules which establish beforehand and fix after deliberation, and abstractly, the rights of each; force is the physical restraint the public power is armed with to have the laws executed. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
Put more abstractly, Google’s focus on the fat end of the funnel means that the narrow end—the user experience—suffers. Why Google is Winning the Smartphone Wars 2011-08-01T20:41:16Z
A condition of poverty, abstractly considered, is a matter of neither praise nor censure. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z
The failure of spirit subjective similarly consists in this, that it is, as against the universal, abstractly self-determinant in its inward individuality. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Any quality, therefore, by which our actual world is distinguished from other abstractly possible worlds, must be ignored by mathematics and philosophy alike. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z
The forces of the great movement of mind in Shakespeare’s day we may formulate as ‘ideas,’ but they were not the abstractly conceived ideas of Wordsworth’s day. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z
For these sciences reflect in themselves the fragmentary multiplicity of things which have been abstractly cut off from the centre of the spirit, to which however they too refer. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
They base it to a slight extent upon quasi-philosophical reasoning, and to a large extent on vaguely religious faith, to a large extent also on sentiment, ideally, abstractly poetical. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z
Abstract right has to exhibit itself to the court—to the individualised right—as proven:—a process in which there may be a difference between what is abstractly right and what is provably right. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Specifically, they improved their performance on tests of so-called fluid intelligence, the ability to solve new problems and reason abstractly. How Brain Training Can Boost Intelligence 2011-06-16T15:55:00Z
Now, to consider human beings as first and chiefly separate from one another and having a separate self-interest which rules their action, is certainly to reason abstractly. Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 2011-06-09T02:00:21.460Z
In order to see whether education really limits the free activity of the pupil, we must not consider abstractly any school, which may not be after all a school. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
Starting from the totality of the real world, or from what is abstractly called matter, it logically arrives at the real idealization—that is, at the humanization, at the full and complete emancipation—of society. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z
No doubt this factor is incomplete, because it is only one factor; but still more incomplete is the other when no less abstractly taken,—viz. mere circumstantial evidence. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z
Never talk with my darlings briefly or abstractly, but in the concrete, and make your narratives as explicit and circumstantial as Voss does his Idyls. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z
There has been so little experiment made in female education, that we must reason somewhat abstractly; yet we are not left, even in this early stage, without witnesses. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z
As a matter of fact, the distinction thrusts itself to the fore only when the problem of discipline is erroneously formulated by treating it abstractly. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
The people of Mars have acquired the knowledge which enables them to produce out of the soil, abstractly considered, all the essential qualities of the vegetable without waiting for the tedious process of growth. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z
Unfortunately for David Cameron, and perhaps for the rest of us, happiness appears to be somewhat more complex than simply something we might abstractly desire. Happiness has been consumed by capitalism 2011-04-12T16:00:01Z
Men's characters and laws had reaffirmed their old allegiance to Christianity, and the Renaissance survived only abstractly, in scholarship or the fine arts, to which it continued to lend a certain classic or pseudo-classic elegance. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z
Nor is such a concurrence even abstractly possible. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z
For what are things but the spirit as it is looked at abstractly in the multiplicity of its manifestations? The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
At the beginning of his career, Mr. Avery painted too abstractly for critics’ tastes; in the later years, not abstractly enough. | Long Island: Approaching Abstraction, but Not Quite Getting There 2011-02-19T01:39:05Z
Some men either by the adequacy of their means or the smallness of their needs, are lifted entirely above economic conditions, so that they can reason abstractly without regard to economic conditions. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z
She’d never heard her father talk this way, and she appreciated it, but only abstractly, because it didn’t sound like him. Jonathan Franzen: “Agreeable.” 2010-05-24T04:00:00Z
More abstractly, union leaders are framing their fight against Wall Street as a symbolic one, underscoring America’s large disparities in wealth and wages. Unions Make Strides as They Sharpen Attacks on Banks 2010-03-25T01:53:00Z
People are thinking abstractly that things would go back to normal if only the governor’s issues were resolved. Paterson Faces Big Question: Can He Lead? 2010-02-27T21:00:00Z
Like this principle, too, mathematics—so much more truly than any other discipline—is superior to anything that is either merely individual or abstractly social. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker
A tepid bath could, abstractly considered, do no harm. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician
Quality and quantity are only different aspects of the world which the status of our practical life leads us to take separately or abstractly. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Of course, when the principle of the warfare with evil is thus abstractly stated, it does not tell us what we are to regard as an evil. The Sources Of Religious Insight
No repetition of the lesson will ever teach him to consider what is abstractly right—what ought to be without reference to what is. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses
Life is a game throughout; its vital character, its very integrity is its experimental character; it is not a settled, abstractly perfect thing. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker
His theological conception of God, at any rate, was not abstractly pantheistic, in spite of the abstractness of his language about “being,” but frankly theistic and trinitarian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
He ate with little relish, abstractly thinking of the foolish little cog in the governmental machine he had talked with that afternoon. Tape Jockey
Only he does not usually think of it abstractly. The Sources Of Religious Insight
Many of them already declare these ideas to be abstractly just. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865
But in application to humanity, as it is and is bound to be by its weakness and waywardness, it seems abstractly ideal. Rural Health and Welfare
Finally, I will state abstractly the conditions from which result the artistic, not the physical necessity that the novelist confine himself in each book to a single story-idea. The Technique of Fiction Writing
Take character abstractly enough and apart from its human and organic setting, and the dream of continuous perfecting may have meaning; but so would the dream of continuous intellectual advance. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance
The problem, as just abstractly stated, is this. The Sources Of Religious Insight
However abstractly they speculate and subtilize, there is always an undigested bone of man-god, god-man, and vicarious atonement in the theological stomach. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
Germany would not interfere in the former matter, but would abstractly but not concretely mediate between Russia and Austria in the latter. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia
But it is entirely impossible to state abstractly the principles of writing with finish and power, or to learn to write so from any mere discussion of the matter. The Technique of Fiction Writing
Moreover, we can trace the changes these na�ve stories underwent as man's experience broadened and he was able to think more abstractly. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance
This, I say, is, when abstractly stated, the dilemma in which religion seems to be placed. The Sources Of Religious Insight
Every novelist of genuine importance seeks not merely to divert but also to instruct—to instruct, not abstractly, like the essayist, but concretely, by presenting to the reader characters and actions which are true. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews
She knew only abstractly by the way of her arithmetic that such vast sums of money existed. Clark's Field
It is entirely possible to state abstractly the principles of construction, to grasp their reasons and implications from abstract statement, and to apply them by a mere act of the intelligence in writing any story. The Technique of Fiction Writing
The unity of the abstractly natural and abstractly spiritual determinateness is the concrete unity of the spirit with nature, in which it recognizes nature as its necessary organ, and itself as in its nature divine. Pedagogics as a System
He must give all, not abstractly, but concretely, synthetically. Whitman A Study
They are abstractly representative of a class; but they are not concretely distinguishable from other representatives or members of the class. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews
Brand nodded abstractly, and concentrated on the control board. The Red Hell of Jupiter
Every novelist of genuine importance seeks not merely to divert but also to instruct––to instruct, not abstractly, like the essayist, but concretely, by presenting to the reader characters and actions which are true. A Manual of the Art of Fiction
As to punishment, as with all other work in education, it can never be abstractly determined beforehand, but it must be regulated with a view to the individual pupil and his peculiar circumstances. Pedagogics as a System
And have not the last few years given us all light enough to see that abstractly, as statesmen, the Federal leaders were right? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865
The actually occurring, the Real, has always been confounded with the abstractly true, but they are very different things. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863
To the Lingayets, the member typifies abstractly the idea of life. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion
They are abstractly representative of a class; but they are not 81 concretely distinguishable from other representatives or members of the class. A Manual of the Art of Fiction
It was the only kind of air for a man to breathe, the Captain mused abstractly. Decision
On the other hand, each may be taken so abstractly as to threaten human values. The Ethics of Coöperation
I write not to Many, nor seek for any Well-wishers, but among the Few that can think abstractly, and have their Minds elevated above the Vulgar. A Letter to Dion
Thus the serpent is the emblem of Esculapius, or, abstractly, of the art of healing; but in its use as a symbol in Christian art it stands for the Evil One, a supernatural being. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion
They cannot be determined abstractly, or in advance of the wants of business, but must be adjusted from hour to hour to conform to its fluctuations. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
"Something made me think so,"—said Faith rather abstractly. Say and Seal, Volume I
Society viewed abstractly is an organization of individuals; considered concretely it is a complex of organized habits, sentiments, and social attitudes—in short, consensus. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
It is to the ability to think abstractly and to form words with an abstract significance that human language owes much of its high development. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution
In what a religion shares of the abstractly true it is beneficent; in what it partakes of the untrue it is deleterious. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion
It therefore came about that the active side in opposition to materialism was developed from idealism, but only abstractly; this was natural, since idealism does not recognize real tangible facts as such. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy
I dispute the availability, and thus the value of that reason which is cultivated in any especial form other than the abstractly logical. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories
Historical crises are invariably created by processes which, looked at abstractly, are very much like milling in a herd. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
But though simple color and simple sound have each the power to please the senses, yet in actual experience neither color nor sound is perceived abstractly, apart from its embodiment in form. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life
That is to say, a Christian young woman in the abstract ought to be abstractly willing to discard a rich lover in the abstract. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York
The thesis thus abstractly expressed will, I trust, soon become quite clear. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
In this way logic provides an inventory of possibilities, a repertory of abstractly tenable hypotheses. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
David Ricardo, in his Principles of Political Economy, defined the process of competition more abstractly and states its consequences with more ruthless precision and consistency. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
These two principles complete the cycle; abstractly and very briefly they are the whole story of art. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life
If he desires to do this without notes, he must memorise the order of those Nine Laws; they are abstractly stated and difficult to correlate, but it can be done. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget
But it is even then not abstractly right that we should respect them. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
It was Frederick Brent who looked on sin abstractly, but its presence in the concrete was seen through the eyes of Mrs. Hester Hodges. The Uncalled A Novel
On this account the rationalistic and hedonistic motives are no longer abstractly sundered, as in the days of the Stoics and Epicureans, but tend to be absorbed in broader philosophical tendencies. The Approach to Philosophy
We must distinguish between the abstractly typical and the universal. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life
From the specific concrete ideas of the many situations she moves through dilemma to resolution which is nursing expressed abstractly in units or as a whole, as one. Humanistic Nursing
It is not yet regarded abstractly, but intimately bound up with the real, as in a beautiful work of art; the sensible bears the stamp and expression of the spiritual. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics
I emphasize them here, hoping that the teacher will make sure that the children see them, and possibly that they state them abstractly. Viking Tales
Its conclusions, therefore, though true so far as they go, and they may be abstractly true of everything, are completely true of nothing. The Approach to Philosophy
But the bad conscience, real as it is, may be too abstractly interpreted. The Atonement and the Modern Mind
Both of them were grateful—not abstractly grateful, but grateful to God for his mercy in saving them from torture and death at the hands of the savages. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People
The book which shall meet this want must have theory; yet the theory must not be made obtrusive, nor stated too abstractly. Practical Ethics
In all cases that which, abstractly taken, is the definition of the kind, will, when applied absolutely, or in its fullest sense, be the definition of the highest degree of that kind. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life.
Such problems can be only abstractly sundered, and the distinctive character of any metaphysical system will usually consist in some theory determining their relation. The Approach to Philosophy
I suppose no human eye sees anything abstractly, but only in relation to other things known and observed. Greener Than You Think
Some things which are ideally and abstractly true, can only be fully realized in the future, and it is not well to prematurely use them before the conditions are fully ripened. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891
They would be two outcasts, however much their deed might be respected abstractly, however much official expressions of gratitude were employed to gloss over the fact. This World Must Die!
I have not said that reason, abstractly speaking, was on his side, but that starting from his premises his course was reasonable—his premises being those to which most Christians hold. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891
There is, save abstractly, no such thing as a standard human being. Human Traits and their Social Significance
All this I know abstractly, but it is just one of the bits of information tucked away in memory's storehouse. Five Lectures on Blindness
In prudence thus strictly and abstractly regarded, there is no preference, no subordination of motives. The Moral Economy
It may not improve what we abstractly term the "race," but it immensely improves the individuals of which the race is made up. The Task of Social Hygiene
Surely there can be nothing in mere size, abstractly considered—there can be nothing in mere bulk, so far as a volume is concerned which has so continuously elicited admiration from these saturnine pamphlets! Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
Bernard Clark and Ethel were seated side by side on a costly sofa gazing abstractly at the parting guest. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan
It is best to follow very closely the formula here given, otherwise there is danger of stating the directions so abstractly that the subject could not comprehend them. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale
Personally and concretely I abhorred the whole miserable farce, but abstractly, and as a means to an end which I greatly desired, I found it interesting. The Master-Knot of Human Fate
They will say it was wrong—abstractly, if you please. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
You might as well talk abstractly about the goodness or badness of this universe which contains happiness, pain, exhilaration and indifference in a thousand varying grades and quantities. A Preface to Politics
When we live alone or live in isolation and try to deal with things abstractly or theoretically we make mistakes. Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defense
Deity abstractly expressed is but a symbol of an object unknown, 513-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
In this instance the phenomenon of dissolving unconsciousness which falls on mortals, abstractly generalized in the mind, is then concretely symbolized. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Before we discuss this point abstractly, let us notice the conduct of men. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions
They come from an effort to state abstractly in intellectual terms qualities that can be known only by direct experience. A Preface to Politics
Moreover such things as these were not then and never can be held abstractly. Modern Religious Cults and Movements
"I was I was speaking of man I was speaking abstractly," said Fleda's right-hand neighbour. Queechy, Volume I
Gambling in cards is not right abstractly, but it is the same in principle as gambling in stocks, in breadstuffs, in merchandise, in land, or in any thing else. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States.
Let us grant, however, since the thing is not abstractly inconceivable, that eggs really have no structure. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion
"Is General Laurance pleading abstractly for forgiveness for his vain and presumptuous sex?" Infelice
Only he states it so abstractly that to people familiar with Browning's concrete and humanised dialectic it seems cold and artificial. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years
From my observations, it was because everything was dealt with abstractly, through dangerous philosophies and brilliantly sinister propaganda. The Mantooth
This force of heredity, however, abstractly considered, is blind. Anthropology
And if it is not true specifically, it is true abstractly. The Young Man and the World
"Do you know—has he—did he send—" "I don't know, indeed," said the young man, abstractly. May Brooke
Each man marries, even in favourable circumstances, not the abstractly best adapted woman in the world to supplement or counteract his individual peculiarities, but the best woman then and there obtainable for him. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
The correspondence of the will and understanding with the heart and lungs cannot be abstractly proved, that is, by mere reasonings, but it may be proved by effects. Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom
Regarded abstractly, however, they may conveniently be treated as purely passive and limiting conditions. Anthropology
Mary was by nature of the class who never reason abstractly, whose intellections all begin in the heart, which sends them colored with its warm life-tint to the brain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859
To depict the cruelness of war, do not assert the fact abstractly—"War is cruel." The Art of Public Speaking
This is the abstract statement; and, abstractly, nothing can be easier to understand. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
Ideas and facts are perceived by them not abstractly nor practically, but in their typical or symbolic, hence their pictorial and transmissible, aspects. Preaching and Paganism
For the rest, it does not follow that the mind fails to appreciate numerical relations, because the tongue halts in the matter of symbolizing them abstractly. Anthropology
"No!" muttered George abstractly in the same key. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
The basis for this idea is that, abstractly, morality presupposes time. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy
Now, taken nakedly, abstractly, and immediately, you see that mere ideals are the cheapest things in life. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
We were looked upon, not so much as individual men, but abstractly as colonial statesmen, to be impressed and hobbled. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics
It is no longer absorbed merely in states of consciousness taken separately and analyzed abstractly. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy
It is in the nature of liberties and rights, abstractly considered, to be insubordinate and to conflict both one with another and, perhaps, with the common weal. The Promise of American Life
It is a claim abstractly defensible, and the just assertion of it is the basis of all rights over others. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
The highest form of character, however, abstractly considered, must be full of scruples and inhibitions. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
The moral situation described in The Scarlet Letter did not present itself to Hawthorne abstractly, but as a series of pictures. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance
The truth of the proposition, abstractly considered, has been long acknowledged and nowadays requires no argument. Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework Business principles applied to housework
Abstract nouns are names of qualities, conditions, or actions, considered abstractly, or apart from their natural connection. An English Grammar
We soon realize here, as at every point in the practical application of sexual psychology, that it is not sufficient to determine the abstractly right course along biological lines. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society
On the doctrines of magistracy and toleration, abstractly considered, they have manifested commendable fidelity. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive
The moving flags on each side of the actor suggest the actual color and progress of the chariot, and abstractly suggest its magnificence. The Art of the Moving Picture
That is about the extent of my altruism, though I concede an omnipresent consciousness of what is abstractly right and what is wrong. The "Goldfish"
As a Realm is the systematic union of rational beings by means of common laws, so the ends determined by the laws may, abstractly viewed, be taken to form a systematic whole. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
My concern is not to be asking abstractly, theoretically, about the Church, but about so much of it as I am. Quiet Talks with World Winners
Naturally he thinks abstractly, but is compelled to construct concrete methods of presenting his ideas. Short-Stories
The sculpture of the Egyptians and the Greeks reveals the fact that they studied the body abstractly, in its exterior presentment. The Beautiful Necessity Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture
Stated simply and abstractly, this mediation involves the activity of personal existences in whom Reason is present as their absolute, substantial being, but a basis, in the first instance, still obscure and unknown to them. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
In that sense we may regard it abstractly and historically, as we regard the most recent ice age or the long and painful record of large-scale chattel slavery. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History
All that is truly human is interesting, however abstractly stated; but it requires the mordant of specific circumstance, involving some historical period, to make it stain permanently. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858
For what it compels life to yield; abstractly, not. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California
Naturally, we find no new legislation confirming the right of property abstractly, or restating that that institution is part of our civilization. Popular Law-making
Reflection of self—the freedom above described—is abstractly defined as the formal element of the activity of the absolute Idea. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
They have been too abstractly doctrinaire, have argued too absolutely for the merits of free trade to be applied instantly regardless of the existing distribution of investments and of occupations. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II
But what we thus immediately experience or concretely divine is very limited in duration, whereas abstractly we are able to conceive eternities. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
But of the smallness or littleness, considered abstractly, these, like all others, are degrees of increase, and not of diminution. The Grammar of English Grammars
Indeed, broken as was their speech and limited as was their knowledge, they reasoned abstractly on their rights as well as white men. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861
A connection is immediately established between the deed itself, taken abstractly, and a train of circumstances not directly included in it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Nevertheless virtue is not based upon an inflexible, despotic, abstractly, formal law, but upon an instinct, which, however, does not aim at happiness. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
It is the best of all the worlds that are possible, therefore, but by no means the most abstractly desirable world. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
Dozen, or hundred, or thousand, when taken abstractly, is unquestionably a noun; for we often speak of dozens, hundreds, and thousands. The Grammar of English Grammars
Solemnity is a hard thing to define abstractly, but certain of its marks are patent enough. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
The fundamental, but abstractly and therefore imperfectly, entertained conception of freedom, has resulted in the republic being very generally regarded—in theory—as the only just and true political constitution. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Thus in Spinoza the being which is without presuppositions is brought into the most intimate relation with the fullness of multiform existence, not coldly and abstractly exalted above it, as by the ancient Eleatics. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
I shall ask later whether the abstractly monistic turn which Fechner's speculations took was necessitated by logic. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
In the nature of things, however, all being, action, or passion, not contemplated abstractly as a thing, belongs to something that is, or acts, or is acted upon. The Grammar of English Grammars
In order that conduct should be abstractly perfect, all three terms, intention, execution, and reception, should be suited to one another. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Was her father discussing the matter abstractly, impersonally, as he seemed? The Conflict
Knowing and loving, thought and volition, knowledge and faith, philosophy and dogma are as little to be abstractly divided as thing and self, being and thought, object and subject. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time
For taken abstractly and without qualification the words 'distinct' and 'independent' suggest only disconnection. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy
Every relation of course implies more objects, and more terms, than one; for any one thing, considered merely in itself, is taken independently, abstractly, irrelatively, as if it had no relation or dependence. The Grammar of English Grammars
Expressing myself thus abstractly and briefly, I may seem to despair of the very notion of truth. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
It was not to be expected that a system of inductions abstractly gathered together, and still more abstractly expressed, would be understood with equal accuracy in its ensemble and in each of its parts. What is Property?
He had left his native land because he was an ardent republican and was abstractly convinced that man, generically and individually, lives more happily in a republic than in a monarchy. Tales from Two Hemispheres
Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. The Haunted Bookshop
Wit, to know, and wot, knew, are also obsolete, except in the phrase to wit; which, being taken abstractly, is equivalent to the adverb namely, or to the phrase, that is to say. The Grammar of English Grammars
The saint is therefore abstractly a higher type of man than the "strong man," because he is adapted to the highest society conceivable, whether that society ever be concretely possible or not. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Tools and capital, land and labor, considered individually and abstractly, are not, literally speaking, productive. What is Property?
What he does, his manners are not to be complained of, though abstractly offensive, for it is what man does, and in him the race is exhibited. Excursions
But at last the great man looked up, and somewhat abstractly asked, "Well, my boy, what can I do for you?" Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon
Wanhope interposed abstractly, or as abstractly as he could: "The important thing would always be to find which of the lovers the confession, tacit or explicit, began with." Quaint Courtships
If a man should attempt to build a beaver's dam, he would abstractly consider all these elements of fitness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860
For a long time, speech has been abstractly distinguished from science and reason. What is Property?
In other words, the thought considered abstractly and logically will be the same; but aesthetically we are dealing with two different intuition-expressions, into both of which enter different psychological elements. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
"I was—I was speaking of man—I was speaking abstractly," said Fleda's right hand neighbour. Queechy
Nevertheless many distinguished men whose opinions were abstractly entitled to weight, were strongly in favour of our retention of Candahar. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
People who abstractly revere the truth have never been able to tell anything but falsehoods. Manners and Social Usages
One finds but a single champion of the married state considered abstractly. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years
The concept, the universal, is in itself, abstractly considered, inexpressible. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
The secret of a republic seems abstractly to be very simple, for it is merely that all good men shall act together and elect good officers. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01
Not abstractly eternal as hitherto considered, time and space are relative and finite factors, deriving their measurement validity only in reference to the yardstick of light-velocity. Autobiography of a Yogi
But I must not begin to quote Emerson's poetry; only it is worth noting that he, whose verse is uniformly so abstractly and intellectually beautiful, kindles to passion whenever his theme is of America. Confessions and Criticisms
But beauty, unlike wisdom and goodness, is not to be apprehended abstractly; ideal beauty is super-sensual, to be sure, but the way to vision of it is through the senses. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years
Gloriana, the Fairy Queen, is abstractly Glory, but humanly she is Queen Elizabeth; and from other points of view Elizabeth is identified with several of the lesser heroines. A History of English Literature
The complements good and great are adjectives used abstractly, having no noun to relate to. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition
It no longer claims truth because abstractly and absolutely it 'corresponds with Nature,' but because it yields a convenient means of mastering the flux of events. Pragmatism
And what Mr. Fisher, in this passage, puts in a concrete fashion, Lord Acton has expressed with equal emphasis, if more abstractly. The War and Democracy
And as those watchwords--abstractly true--roused the dormant energies of the French to a terrible conflict against feudalism and royalty, so those theses of Luther kindled Germany into a living flame. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation
Such, abstractly stated, is the way to look up a word in the dictionary. The Century Vocabulary Builder
But he became interested—abstractly—in some copper-mines in Spain, which, as he clearly demonstrated, could be bought for a song, and would pay a thousand per cent, from the start. Hawthorne and His Circle
On the contrary, while all science aims abstractly at the truth, all science is practical also in a deeper sense. Sociology and Modern Social Problems
To a man of mature mind there can be little interest in hitting a small ball with a stick, abstractly considered. A Handbook of Ethical Theory
It is noted abstractly, and that abstraction is then animated by the immediate experience of the reader and reporter. Public Opinion
If we say "Honesty is the best policy," we speak abstractly. The Century Vocabulary Builder
Moreover, in any drawing, the character of each line is partly determined through the context of other lines; you cannot take it abstractly with entire truth. The Principles of Aesthetics
We may view a person abstractly, fixing attention on his single centre of consciousness; or we may view him conjunctly, attending to his multifarious ties. The Nature of Goodness
Which means that the moralists, in all ages, have meant by "good" something more than pleasure, taken abstractly, and that Bentham's assumption may be regarded as an aberration. A Handbook of Ethical Theory
I also look at the question abstractly from the side of the empirical ego, and correctly deduce a corresponding conclusion. Philistia
The following example will serve to explain, to start with, what we mean by saying that mathematics has hitherto been used abstractly. Man or Matter
Later, of course, when the gods retreated into the background of human life, retributive justice was conceived more abstractly. The Principles of Aesthetics
Dante, Angelo, Shakespeare, Byron, Goethe, saw mainly man, and him not abstractly but concretely. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
I fear that most of my recalcitrant readers fail to recognize that what is ambulatory in the concrete may be taken so abstractly as to appear saltatory. Meaning of Truth
If philosophers can treat the life of the universe abstractly, they must not complain of an abstract treatment of the life of philosophy itself. Pragmatism
The term 'kinematic' is used when motion is considered abstractly without reference to force or mass. Man or Matter
It was impossible for life to reason abstractly until speech was developed.  Revolution, and Other Essays
"Indeed—abstractly speaking—I think you have," murmured Mrs. Wade, with a glance towards the door. Denzil Quarrier
The full facts of cognition, whatever be the way in which we talk about them, even when we talk most abstractly, stand inalterably given in the actualities and possibilities of the experience-continuum. Meaning of Truth
Taken thus abstractly as it first comes to one, the monistic insight is so vague as hardly to seem worth defending intellectually. Pragmatism
But what's the use of insisting on a theory, no matter how abstractly sound, if it is disproved in practice every day? The Window-Gazer
We are all abstractly or mathematically equal, if you like. Women in Love
Long had she known how cheap life was held in the West, but she had only known it abstractly, and she had never let the fact remain before her consciousness. The Man of the Forest
Refuse to use the word 'opinion' abstractly, keep it in its real environment, and the withers of pragmatism remain unwrung. Meaning of Truth
The world's oneness has generally been affirmed abstractly only, and as if anyone who questioned it must be an idiot. Pragmatism
"Yes; that's terrible," sighed Mrs. Pasmer, with the abstractly severe yet personally pitying perception of one whose every word and act was sincere and direct. April Hopes
Of either case, then, abstractly considered, religion cannot speak with favor. Irish Race in the Past and the Present
She had taken for granted all that was abstractly right. That Fortune
What is more, he was always interested in them, not abstractly and in the mass, but concretely and in the individual. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times
By taking it abstractly I mean placing it behind our finite life as we place the word 'winter' behind to-night's cold weather. Pragmatism
In what was abstractly so disagreeable there was the comfort that they could joke about his happiness; they had not felt free to make light of his misery when he was at home before. April Hopes
"Wot do you say," said Johnson, slowly, without looking at his companion, but abstractly addressing himself to the landscape beyond,—"wot do you say to two straight games fur one thousand dollars?" Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories
Put thus broadly and abstractly, the answer must be negative. The Analysis of Mind
I want you to size up the catastrophe—abstractly—you understand? Whirligigs
Truth with a big T, and in the singular, claims abstractly to be recognized, of course; but concrete truths in the plural need be recognized only when their recognition is expedient. Pragmatism
And as those watchwords—abstractly true— roused the dormant energies of the French to a terrible conflict against feudalism and royalty, so those theses of Luther kindled Germany into a living flame. Beacon Lights of History
Its lessons are conveyed concretely and not abstractly; and its characters are not mere lay figures, but living poetical conceptions. The Unseen World and Other Essays
As a general principle, abstractly, Dolly approved of Anna's action; but to see the man for whose sake her action had been taken was disagreeable to her. Anna Karenina
What seems to political philosophers abstractly the best possible government may be utterly inapplicable in certain concrete cases. Russia
“I never thought about it so abstractly,” he confessed.  Adventure
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