A critic is a prophet who envisions the trajectory of movies, who discerns the principle of aesthetic vitality in a work, and who recognizes the vistas opening from it.
And when we do act, it is often difficult to discern the governing principles of action.
To rebut a prima facie case, the Court requires a "neutral explanation" for the challenge, but is at pains to "emphasize" that the "explanation need not rise to the level justifying exercise of a challenge for cause". I am at a loss to discern the governing principles here.
His belief in the power of human reason to discern the rational principles of an ordered life cannot overcome his desire to preserve the unlimited power of God, on whose will all moral principles depends and are subject to change.
One of the great self-taught connoisseurs of Japanese art in general and ukiyo-e (colored woodblock prints) in particular, Frank Lloyd Wright used his discerning eye both to apply the principles of Japanese design to his own work as well as to supplement his often erratic income.
The effort to do right and to create a just society is a never-ending project, just as the endeavor of discerning, fathoming, interpreting, and enacting the principles we inherit and transmit, in each and every age and generation, is never-ending.
As far as I've been able to discern, Johnson is the only Republican who openly rejected the principles espoused by the pledge, while his opponents are debating semantics more than content.
Despite of the astounding complexity of biological systems, the history of biology is marked by attempts to discern generalizable principles.
In United States v. Curtis, the Court of Military Appeals discerned a principle limiting the President's discretion to define aggravating factors for capital crimes in Article 36: namely, the directive that regulations the President prescribes must "apply the principles of law..
