Sentence examples for conceived apart from inspiring English sources

For Descartes, one thing is really distinct from another just in case it can be conceived apart from that other.

If a mind did not have this status, then Descartes's argument for its immortality, that it can be conceived apart from all else except God, and a fortiori from the body, would collapse.

The brain cannot be conceived of apart from the body, which provides its first and continuing "values".

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," an animated action-comedy-drama conceived entirely apart from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a terrifically entertaining surprise.

These two characters, conceived 70 years apart, seem to imply that, in the American Century, the true power of the country stemmed less from its army, its constitution, and its technology than from the siren-song allure of its dream world on the screen.

LYDIA DAVIS: They were conceived years and years apart.

The "in itself/in something else" aspect of these two definitions captures Descartes's conception of causal independence, while the "conceived through itself/through something else" aspect refers to Descartes's conceivability-apart criterion for ontological independence.

It is impossible to conceive today – joking apart – of a "Johnson declaration" that could have even a fraction of the impact of the one made by Balfour.

This lifeless zone is the modernist, concrete expression of the transcendent ideals which continue to hyper-separate human and nature and conceive death as apart from and opposed to life.

Descartes argues, via that claim, from his ability to clearly and distinctly conceive of mind apart from body and vice versa, to the conclusion that mind and body are really distinct (i.e., are two substances, not one).

"This current nightmare is a repeat," he added, with "projects conceived in heavy boom years falling apart as we head toward economic recession".