Sentence examples for natures from inspiring English sources

Antiphon's text and meaning are unclear at some crucial points, but the idea seems to be that the laws of society require us to act against our own interests, by constraining our animal natures and limiting our natural desires and pleasures; and that it is foolish to obey these laws when we can get away with following nature instead.

Second, he claims that natural scientists do not appeal to constitutive natures, so that one need not develop a theory of mental content that invokes them.

If matter is atomic, then it is already a collection of determinate objects in its own right, and it becomes natural to regard the properties of macroscopic substances as mere summations of the natures of the atoms.

In the early years of the great depression Adams's book sparked a great national debate about the promise of America as a place that fosters "the genuine worth of each man or woman", whose efforts should be restricted by "no barriers beyond their own natures".

But by the end Crouchback realises he has become the modern age's henchman.In this section Friends across the divide Through death to life Moderate lament A flawed hero The many natures of love Fighting against the future Five-finger exercise ReprintsThat is Mr Lebedoff's main point.

Last month Israel's chief rabbinate proposed legislation denying all converts to Judaism the privilege, which they (along with born Jews) now enjoy, of claiming automatic Israeli citizenship under the "law of return".This seemingly self-defeating move after all, Israel always wants more Jews to immigrate stems from long-standing tension between Israel's religious and secular natures.

Among those who had played "Medal of Honour", both sexes improved their performances.That is not surprising, given the different natures of the games.

As children both were neglected: Max despatched far too young to a horrible boarding school and Tine by parents whose once caring natures were overwhelmed by matrimonial misery and distrust.

Happiness, he argued, lay in self-deception, the truth about our corrupt, mortal natures being too horrible to contemplate.Pascal meant this as a caution against too much high-mindedness.

The first is an overblown fear not limited to religious believers that biomedicine and brain science are about to transform our natures, wiping out our ability to tell right from wrong.

Like Barack Obama, whose speeches often echo "communitarian" sentiments, Mr Sandel knows how to appeal to his readers' better natures.