A substance is characterized by its properties, but, according to those who believe in substances, it is more than the collection of the properties it possesses, it is the thing which possesses them.
Boyle believed in incorporeal substance but objected to the attempt to prove its existence by relying on a "precarious Principle" such as the Spirit of Nature (Boyle 1999, 184).
Most independent schools pay more than lip service to outreach and his mode of delivery will only put the backs up of heads like myself who believe in the substance of what he says.
Listen, after this Kermit Gosnell trial and some of the horrific acts that were going on, the vast majority of the American people believe in the substance of this bill and so do I".
Descartes believed in only two kinds of substance: material body, which is defined by extension, and mental substance, which is defined by thought, which, in this context, is more or less equivalent to consciousness.
You were not the woman of principle and substance they had believed in.
The findings suggest that while criminals as a whole have negative opinions of the law and legal authority, these offenders are more likely to comply with the law when they believe in (a) the substance of the law, and (b) the legitimacy of legal actors, especially the police.
Because of the foul smell, witnesses told the police that they believed the substance in the bottles Mr. Arellano was found with might have been a mixture of urine and feces.
At one time scientists had good reason to believe in phlogiston and caloric, substances we now have good reason to believe don't exist.
Bonds testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003 that he believed a substance he received from his trainer, Greg Anderson, was flaxseed oil.
