Sentence examples for abstract principle from inspiring English sources

Flawed human appetite, we're told, is better than abstract principle.

However, once this rather abstract principle is established, the question still remains unanswered.

"The court needs a mix of pragmatists and of those moved by abstract principle.

He has never been one to put abstract principle before the national interest.

Although all bodhisattvas act compassionately, Avalokiteshvara is considered the embodiment of the abstract principle of compassion.

Arguments rooted in abstract principle are increasingly trumped by fuzzier appeals to empathy and fairness.

Scientists are accustomed to analyzing some systems by discovering abstract principles that can describe their behavior.

Tomorrow's UN meeting will focus more on abstract principles of commitment than concrete practice.

Unlike parties of the left, they are hard to categorise according to abstract principles.

Movements are born in the moments when abstract principles become concrete concerns.

Science is comprehended not through abstract principles but through concrete experience.