Sentence examples for mere inclination from inspiring English sources

Also, for an incident angle with which a charged particle passes plane (j), we denote an angle from + y-axis in the y-z plane by θ j (− 90° ≦θ j  ≦ 90°) and a mere inclination from + y-axis by |θ| j (0° ≦ |θ| j  ≦ 90°).

Kant's response is that a "need of practical reason" is not a matter of inclination or mere psychological bent.

We must let the senses operate according to their own inclinations as mere witnesses.

One justification Rawls offers for this stipulation is that what principles of justice are chosen should not be affected by individual inclinations, which are mere accidents.

These days, few people south of the border have much hope that a mere change in leadership will restore Washington's inclination or ability to take a lead on regional affairs; one recent poll found that almost two-thirds of Latin Americans knew next to nothing about the race for the White House, and had no preference whatsoever between the two candidates.

In arguing that it is possible for the will to be determined by the mere form of the moral law, independently of any sensible inclination, Kant had identified the will with pure practical reason.

Many owners will have an inclination to modify it in some way, whether for mere decoration or hard-core protection.

For a substance with only three atoms, and two of them tiny little hydrogens, Dr. Richmond said, you'd expect water to vaporize into a gas at something like minus 90 degrees Fahrenheit, to freeze a mere 40 degrees below its boiling point, and to show scant inclination to linger in a liquid phase.

To say this is not to say that our natural inclinations to what contributes to our flourishing are mere accident or happenstance.

I admire your inclination to help this student circumvent what you regard as a mere bureaucratic formality, but you may not sign a false declaration.

I refer to his inclination to fall over at the hint of bodily contact or mere glimpse of the 18-yard line.