Because of this view of truth, the Orthodox have traditionally been reluctant to involve church authority in defining matters of faith with too much precision and detail.
Nevertheless, I would argue that it's unfair to look at history solely from the perspective of one's own ancestors because doing so implies that what a historical figure does or believes regarding one's own ancestors (broadly defined) matters more than what that person has done or thought regarding all human beings.
A techne is supposed to have a well defined subject matter, but the techne that is wisdom would oversee all subject matter and therefore would seem to have no subject matter proper to itself.
He said the new program would probably have two hosts and feature more live guests, more defined subject matter (that is, less rambling) and more calls from listeners.
While studying art in Düsseldorf, Mr. Walther, like many young postwar artists, came under the influence of Art Informel, a European counterpart to Abstract Expressionism that emphasized the expressive instincts of the artist over defined subject matter.
Our ideas of what constitutes responsible parenting are strongly culturally determined, and members of other cultures have the prerogative to define such matters for themselves.
The legal community and researchers often define divorce matters in technical terms: custodial parent, custody, access, primary residence, amongst others.
Is this how we want our children to grow up? "When we choose hope, we define what matters most to us," Shane told me.
The purpose of this study was to define what matters most for EOL care from the perspective of a diverse range of palliative care providers in the community who have daily encounters with death and dying.
The subject matter of philosophical analysis is thus the fundamental concepts and principles which govern different forms of investigation and define the subject matters of the first-order sciences.
