This essay specifically explores the commitment of both Leavis and Wittgenstein to the idea of "the life of language": to the idea of language as deeply involved in the constitution of "human worlds," rather than a mere system of notation for the recording of natural regularities.
A generalist didn't do mere systems integration.
So fish, beef and chicken through the nutritionists' lens become mere delivery systems for varying quantities of fats and proteins and whatever other nutrients are on their scope.
Last night's episode of "Girls" was, instantly noticeably, not directed by Lena Dunham; the result was, for the most part, a mere delivery system for Dunham's screenplay.
The resources it has devoted to Seoul make the rest of South Korea seem almost like a mere support system for that 24-hour high-rise megalopolis of 25 million people, built over the rubble of the modest Japanese colonial city it had been before the second world war.
This spread like wildfire and led Netscape's founders to speculate (hubristically) that the browser would eventually become the only piece of software that computer users really needed – thereby relegating the operating system to a mere life-support system for the browser.
Recent findings indicate that the CSF circulatory system is not a mere passive drainage system for the brain, but is involved in neuroimmune regulation [ 1- 3], cerebral detoxification [ 4], and cerebral delivery of various endogenous or exogenous molecules [ 5- 7].
Paradoxically, considering their vocal might, house and disco divas were often ciphers, mere tits-and-ass content delivery systems for the male production community.
I've run my systems for a weekend and seen a mere $1.50 – enough for a coke – but other users may have improved hardware and methods to succeed.
Beijing Blue was installing systems for China's telecoms but finding it difficult to grow as a mere reseller of IT hardware.
We had never heard of Akamai". Beijing Blue was installing systems for China's telecoms but finding it difficult to grow as a mere reseller of IT hardware.
