Sentence examples for defining philosophy from inspiring English sources

The actors in Bresson's Mouchette or Dumont's La Vie de Jésus are but one component of those films' defining philosophy and meaning; removed from that context, their performances have no meaning.

Ramus' followers often substituted the word doctrina for cognitio, which made it even clearer that the perspective was more pedagogical than ontological (Cf. Ramus, Dialectica, p. 11, where he uses another variant, defining philosophy as a comprehensio praeceptorum, a collection of precepts).

Quality in general practice and primary care can be conceptualised in a variety of ways, but a defining philosophy has been a holistic approach to care, and the centrality of the consultation and the doctor-patient relationship to this [ 1, 2].

Put the right culture in place, goes Lancaster's defining philosophy, and the rest will follow.

The Next Wave is a marketing tool rather than a festival with a defined philosophy.

The dictionary defines "philosophy" as "the study of the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge and existence".

It would be difficult if not impossible to find two philosophers who would define philosophy in exactly the same way.

In his Principles, Descartes defined philosophy as "the study of wisdom" or "the perfect knowledge of all one can know".

It was easy to argue that at the initiative's core, in place of any clearly defined philosophy or strategy, was only a puff of enthusiasm.

These restrictions, they argued, marginalized pluralist philosophers and, more important, excluded the great perennial questions that had defined philosophy from Plato to Hegel.

Above all the collection reveals that Blau's mind was encyclopedic, that he defined philosophy and religion broadly and then sought to become an expert on both.