In contrasting Marcel's idea of being with other traditional conceptions, it is worth noting that while (1) he does speak of being in terms of on "Absolute Thou" (i.e., God), at times he also (2) is at pains to avoid a substantialist conception of being.
In standard first-order logic predicates come with a fixed degree and in line with this relations are usually taken to have a fixed degree themselves (on abundant conceptions of properties, there are relations of every finite number of argument places, but on sparse conceptions it is an empirical question whether there are relations of any particular degree).
A unique aspect of the MARTINI instrument is that, from its conception, it was designed to be capable of image sharpening at visible wavelengths.
Amis's and Greene's vision of a great novelist was different from the present conception: it was of a working man with a pen.
"In conception, it was brilliant," said Robert Willens, a longtime tax analyst who now runs his own firm, Robert Willens L.L.C. "It would have been probably the greatest tax avoidance structure ever devised, had they earned income".
Since its very conception, it's been designed to operate optimally at high millimeter frequencies or short millimeter wavelengths.
Here's something we all understand about conception: it's a private thing.
On the show, the hardest part isn't conception, it's telling Victoria, who is the fiercer of the sisters.
On either conception, it is difficult to see how laws could explain the natural order, as they seem to depend for their own existence upon that natural order.
