An explanation of wet dreams leads to a lengthy reflection on sex in general: as a good Epicurean, Lucretius puts forward the idea that no sex is best, but, if you need so much that its absence is making you unhappy, no-strings flings are better than committed relationships, which inevitably lead to emotional distress.
It requires only that one can become aware of the knowledge basis, either by easy and quick reflection in some cases, or by more difficult and lengthy reflection in others.
And, because the novel's bulk includes lengthy reflections on politics, philosophy and theology, it also serves as a standard of intellectual ambition.
Knowing that such declarations were usually preludes to lengthier reflection, I assumed a ruminative posture and waited for him to continue.
The work is divided into three sections: the first has some of Dodsley's fables prefaced by a short prose moral; the second has "Fables with Reflections", in which each story is followed by a prose and a verse moral and then a lengthy prose reflection; the third, "Fables in Verse", includes fables from other sources in poems by several unnamed authors.
This they have now remade for the English-speaking market, titling it, after a lengthy period of reflection, "Bangkok Dangerous".
Still, Thursday's full Moon marks the end of a lengthy period of self-reflection, after which news arrives and an old relationship completes a possibly painful readjustment.
Figuring his political career was over, Kucinich launched into a lengthy period of self-reflection and emerged as a committed pacifist.
Hypertrophy of the ribs and/or increased extrapleural fat was present in all patients and is likely a reflection of the lengthy evolution and chronic disease (Fig. 4).
He released a statement on his website claiming that the comments he made during "an unplanned hallway interview with CNN" were "irresponsible and a poor reflection on my lengthy record of dedication to the rule of law".
While there is in Sellars' paper a lengthy and illuminating series of reflections on the relation between events, facts, and substances, there is no guidance offered on the relation between a moment's being present with respect to a given perspective and a moment's simply being present, a concept which is ill-defined from a relativistic point of view.
