Harrington elegantly ties together the popular appeal of mind-body explanations with their formal development in scientific communities.
The appeal of the mind-cures then corresponds with their appeal now.
Fashionable new courses in philosophy of religion and ethics appeal to minds eager to argue over issues of life and death and the ultimate meaning in our existence.
Douglas Hurd's new biography of Robert Peel and Gordon Brown's Courage: Eight Portraits show the appeal of the ethically minded biography to the political mind.
Right now I find that I am making work with the concept of mass appeal in mind.
Thousands of followers, a large percentage of them African American, flocked to him; central to Jones's appeal were his displays of mind reading and faith healing.
The king, with great presence of mind, appealed to the rebels as their sovereign and, after promising reforms, persuaded them to disperse.
If the NSA cannot show real, measurable evidence of its effectiveness, evidence that doesn't collapse as soon as it is examined and isn't a vague appeal to amorphous, measurement-free "peace of mind", its bulk collection program has to go.
Though these decisions were overturned on appeal, they demonstrated the independence of mind required of the judiciary.
All movements, however different in doctrine and aspiration, draw their early adherents from the same types of humanity; they all appeal to the same types of mind.
Returning home, Mr. Allen parked the Willys in the driveway and reviewed his ideas for automotive design and the appeal of simplicity — in his mind, "undoing all the stuff that we've added on over the past few years".
