The axioms, theorems, proofs, and illustrations that fill Euclid's "Elements" express the conviction "that there is a form of unity beneath the diversity of experience".
And yet we say that, strictly speaking, it should not be defined as one or many, and should not even be called "it," for the use of the word "it" would imply a form of unity.
"I think it's a form of unity for our city to have people come out and walk the trails.
In politics, West wavered on many issues, moving in and out of active politics, but he never shifted from implacable opposition to any accommodation that seemed designed to bring about any form of Irish unity.
He opposed any form of transitional or unity government -- which the opposition and many in the markets favor -- and said polls were not likely until February, leaving a three-month policy vacuum in which markets could create havoc.
A dancer works for decades to bring the body and mind into some form of unity.
But it has crumbled under a ferociously negative advertising campaign, and the launch of a similarly aimed competitor from the Kremlin in the form of Unity.
But Turkey could squeeze the Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, into a deal with the Greek-Cypriots to restore some form of unity to the divided island.
Fact is, every team at this World Cup has been an all-star squad — well, except for North Korea, which observes its own form of unity, or else — drawn together for a few weeks here or there.
