And, of course, to draw attention to the sources of Thomas's philosophy is not to say that everything he holds philosophically can be parsed back into historical antecedents, or that he never disagrees with his sources, Aristotle in particular.
Olympic historians could point to the fact that victory in his Games debut at the tender age of 19 would have set Ainslie on course to draw level with British rowing great Sir Steve Redgrave with five gold medals - but would it?
And of course to draw his opinions about a certain non-reading president.
While St Andrews can still rely on the Kate and William factor - as well as excellent courses - to draw in Americans, and Nottingham university's links with China makes it a favoured destination, there has been a steep decline in applicants from India and Pakistan to the UK.
The problem is, of course, where to draw the line between willpower and obsession.
Jack thinks this is a game, but his mother is, of course, hoping to draw the attention of a passing Charles Ramsey.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Jack thinks this is a game, but his mother is, of course, hoping to draw the attention of a passing Charles Ramsey.
George Monbiot is of course correct to draw attention to many of the problems in trying to put a financial value on nature (The true value of nature is not a number with a pound sign in front, 7 June).
IT is, of course, hard to draw any sweeping conclusions about the future, or even the state of mind of Iraqis in general, from the comments of a few Iraqi citizens who are this courageous, or desperate.
The temptation, of course, was to draw recognizable shapes -- a face, a house, a map of Uruguay -- but lines, curves and other conventional strokes provided greater control over the final results.
In terms of our theoretical discussion, it is of course dangerous to draw conclusions about micro-level behaviour on the basis of aggregate data.
