Sentence examples similar to a distinct preface from inspiring English sources

In later work such as Ethics he therefore held that ought is a distinct moral property from good, and in an uncompleted Preface to a planned second edition of Principia Ethica allowed that it would not affect the essence of his non-naturalism if good were defined in moral terms, say, as what one ought to desire.

Although all knowledge contributes to moral perfection and is therefore practical in a broad sense of the term, ethics nevertheless is a distinct branch of science, capable of the same level of demonstrative rigor as arithmetic and geometry (NE, Preface, p. 50; PW, "Meditation on the Common Concept of Justice," pp. 49 50).

A distinct plodder.

A distinct resistance to potential.

A distinct possibility, no doubt.

Death is a distinct possibility".

Each has a distinct personality.

He has a distinct audience.

Each is a distinct type.

He has a distinct nose.

It's a distinct disadvantage".