I don't think thought is simply discursive – the idea that it is is a way of diminishing thought.
Among a sample of 3,369 men aged 40 to 79, researchers at eight European medical centers found that "limited physical vigor" and three sexual symptoms — diminished sexual thoughts and morning erections and erectile dysfunction — were most closely linked to low levels of testosterone.
I want to help reduce their stress, lift their spirits, diminish their depressive thoughts… and research shows that my smiling face could, in fact, do all of these things.
Our ability as human beings to diminish the worth, feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others lives astounds me.
As the weather gets warmer, and the cold overnight temperatures diminish, there are more thoughts about what I might plant for a garden.
Newspeak, "designed to diminish the range of thought," was the language preferred by Big Brother's pervasive enforcers.
So much so that as the England manager considered a squad that is diminished by injuries, his thoughts were already turning to the two important prestige fixtures next month against France and Spain.
First of all, it diminishes the serious thought that so many people who make this choice put into their decision.
It was also a departure from the style of his predecessor, François Hollande, who called himself a "normal" president — a description many French thought diminished the office.
These thoughts do not diminish the value gained from solitude in nature, as anyone who has spent extended periods alone in places affording the solitude of nature can attest.
