The degree of Quimby's influence on her has been controversial, but, as his own son affirmed, her intensely religious preoccupations remained distinct from the essentially secular cast of Quimby's thought.
Today, people in the West tend to think of the impulses that led to World War II and the Holocaust as quite distinct from the character and preoccupations of people in the rest of the world.
Their voices are distinct, yet they share a preoccupation with autumnal reflection and coming to terms with maturity.
The doctrines of Aristotle, which had been assiduously cultivated by the Muslims, were especially influential for their emphasis on the role of reason in human affairs and on the importance of the study of humankind in the present, as distinct from the earlier Christian preoccupation with the cultivation of faith as essential for the future life.
This is not a reductive summary — each novel is a distinct treasure — but an effort to highlight a preoccupation: Gaiman is especially accomplished in navigating the cruel, uncertain dreamscape of childhood.
This transition moves through four distinct stages: (1) experimental use, (2) regular use, (3) daily preoccupation, and finally, (4) dependence.
Just as in his previous movies The Pornographer and Tiresias, there is a preoccupation with sex, violence and cruelty-porn, and a distinct, beady-eyed enthusiasm for seeing women brutalised.
The second preoccupation relates to the fact that those institutions have three quite distinct legislative procedures for the enactment of Community law, namely the parliamentary consultation, parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary co-decision procedures.
The preoccupation with appearance extends across the life span with each stage creating distinct psychological reactions to the body (Goin and Goin 1981).
These twin preoccupations intensified my old misanthropy.
