Yet, four seasons into The Walking Dead, we watch as those still living kill the zombified deceased and accept the skewering of skulls as a matter-of-fact activity akin to the brushing of teeth.
The right way of interpreting Augustine's remark is that Plato felt philosophy was more a matter of an activity than of absorbing a static body of doctrine.
Alternatively, if it is thought that fictions are timeless Platonic abstract entities (sets of propositions, perhaps), we should say that which fictions we consider and express is a matter of human activity: and the 'authors' of those eternal Platonic fictions actually expressed have a good deal of control over which of a variety of such fictions they express.
The evidence that MMPs and TIMPs might be involved in the regulation of apoptosis provides further cause to look more closely into the matter of MMP activity, because disturbances in the clearance of apoptotic material is thought to be among the central elements in the development of lupus [ 74, 75].
Stop duration is the first attribute that comes to mind, because no matter what kind of activity takes place, a certain period of time is the basic requirement.
Smith, a philosopher who forged the new discipline of economics, is, by contrast, depicted in contemporary attire, showing his concern for the practical matters of economic activity, a gown draped over his shoulder retains the connection to philosophy and academia.
In South Africa, as elsewhere, the matters of sexual activity and childbearing amongst those infected with HIV attract powerful moralising and social prescriptions [ 25- 27], often shared by health professionals and communities [ 28, 29].
Laurie Anderson has a disarming way of making intense levels of activity seem matter-of-fact, even laid-back.
They suggested that the reduced NO3− leaching could be due to a positive effect of organic matter on the activity of the denitrifying microbial communities.
The fact that NO3− leaching was found in the mineral fertilizer treatment, but not in sand receiving digestates or manure suggests also a positive effect of organic matter on the activity of denitrifying microbial communities (Kramer et al. 2006).
As suggested the relationship between TV viewing and childhood obesity appears not merely a matter of excessive sedentary activity.
