Evil is always more compelling than virtue.
His is spare, Orwellian prose, compelling by virtue of his position and his narrative "grip" – a favourite Campbell word.
Neither Eklund nor Sorensen conclude from this that nothing satisfies the predicates in question rather they conclude that some propositions that we find compelling merely in virtue of possessing the concepts from which they are constituted are false.
While acknowledging that the power of giants can bring abuses, they make a compelling case about the virtues of size and scale for innovation and national enrichment.
The most compelling testament to the virtues of simplicity comes in the form of a counterexample: the much-heralded return of Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra, the standard-bearers for nineteen-seventies symphonic rock.
For one thing, a lot of Bergman is short, all the more potent for its brevity, and nobody has made a more compelling case for the virtues of the ninety-minute flick.
To see Sean Richards charge out of the bullpen Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium to celebrate Chatsworth High's 2-1 victoveroveRooseveltlt in the City Championship game offers a compelling lesson on the virtue of sacrifice and patience.
People are hungry for virtue, for compelling models of it to emulate, and these are becoming rare in our culture, in which, West laments, "honesty becomes a liability and decency becomes subversive".
The resulting slim volume, produced without the aid of a co-writer, is clear, analytical and compelling: it has all the virtues of a book written by a very clever, very cross man.It does, however, have shortcomings.
The story of how Ms. McGrath became an avatar for that wave is a narrative that combined a compelling biography, risk-taking, the virtues of the digital age and the willingness to compete even when party elders in Washington were trying to stop her.
