Sentence examples for on material principles from inspiring English sources
Philolaus thus accepts the earlier Presocratic reliance on material principles but introduces two radical changes.
Third, insofar as I act only on material principles or hypothetical imperatives, I do not act freely, but rather I act only to satisfy some desire(s) that I have, and what I desire is not ultimately within my control.
Nevertheless, our actions are not free in the sense of being autonomous if we choose to act only on material principles, because in that case we do not give the law to ourselves, but instead we choose to allow nature in us (our desires) to determine the law for our actions.
Corresponding to material principles, on Kant's view, are what he calls hypothetical imperatives.
To act in order to satisfy some desire, as when I act on the maxim to go for coffee at a cafe, is to act on a material principle (5:21ff).
We didn't spend tens of billions of dollars on material projects to inculcate democratic principles.
Though a shrewd business sense and a sharp eye for antiques allowed her to amass a fortune, she based her style not on material goods but on her own principles of taste: a vision of refined yet comfortable living that she insisted was attainable by all.
Educative curriculum materials (principle 11).
Under the direction of Waugh, Steuben's wares emulated the simplicity of Orrefors and took on new principles of balance, proportion and truth to materials.
Second, according to general relativity and the principle of equivalence, G does not depend on material properties but is in a sense a geometric factor.
