Sentence examples for immutable ideas from inspiring English sources

(Easton, 2009) Echoing Descartes in part VI of the Discourse on Method, Le Grand held that God implanted certain simple, true, and immutable ideas in our minds so that we could have a science of nature; yet, He also created a nature whose power is so ample and vast that only observation can close the gap between the two.

The almost casual dismissal of her claim as completely bogus was disorienting, particularly since the transgression she's accused of is rooted in supposedly immutable ideas of trust and honor.

According to Bernard, reality is composed of three invisible, immutable principles: God, Ideas, and matter.

Through a series of works in the late 1950s and early 60s, including the Sequenzas for solo instruments (from 1958 onwards), Tempi Concertati for ensemble (1958-59) and Epifanie for voice and orchestra (1959-61, with later revisions), he elaborated ingenious techniques for injecting into the stiff, immutable serial principle the idea of evolving process.

The idea of a self as an immutable essential nucleus derives from the idea of an immaterial soul.

The idea of an immutable database that stores transactions securely and transparently, and which is controlled by no single entity, is an interesting concept that can be applied to several different domains.

Since Malebranche identified these ideas with necessary and immutable essences, and since he held that these ideas derive their necessity and immutability from the divine intellect, he concluded that Arnauld's position can only result in a radical subjectivism that renders impossible any sort of a priori knowledge of the material world.

The idea of atoms as immutable, indivisible objects had become untenable.

For the idea that "greatness" is immutable was essential to the whole enterprise.

Mr. Kennedy's organization took out full-page newspaper advertisements two years ago that challenged the idea that homosexuality is immutable and that gays merit protection under anti-discrimination laws.

Against traditional theism, Cobb has also denied the idea that God is immutable (unchanging) and impassible (unfeeling).