Sentence examples for abstract proposition from inspiring English sources

As an abstract proposition, that is logical.

This is unobjectionable as an abstract proposition and a starting principle.

Again, he seeks to demonstrate how the abstract proposition collapses on contact with lived reality.

There was some support from the bench for the abstract proposition that deadlines ought not be too rigid.

"It is one thing for proponents and opponents to talk about capital punishment as an abstract proposition," Judge Pressler wrote.

In a dissenting opinion, Justice Souter objected that the Court had announced "an essentially abstract proposition" that "may ultimately turn out to have no significance" in resolving the ultimate constitutional question.

Spirituality is a result of lived experience, not abstract propositions.

Both are large, emptyish countries founded on abstract propositions.

The Fourteenth Amendment enjoins 'the equal protection of the laws', and laws are not abstract propositions.

The Ionian School of natural philosophy introduced the scientific method of dealing with natural phenomena and the rigorous proofs for abstract propositions.

Barack Obama, who represents a similar meritocratic type and temperament, projects an American propensity to break down abstract propositions into specific cases and parts.