Sentence examples for on the same precepts from inspiring English sources
So he relied on the same precepts that Van Gundy clung to: defense and consistency.
The site's founders, Christian Leone and Leah Park, both Gilt Groupe veterans, aim to put a haute spin and a higher-than-usual price on their wares by applying to consignment shopping roughly the same precepts that govern the sale of art and antiques: in short, calling out an item's provenance to close the deal.
But the hardest case for opponents is the symmetrical one, where the same precept generates the conflicting requirements.
Efforts to bring Habre to justice are laudable, and it's particularly heartening that the case is being heard by a tribunal established by African nations operating under the concept of "universal jurisdiction," the same precept under which Belgium indicted him in 2005 on charges of crimes against humanity.
Even if it were plausible to arrange moral precepts hierarchically, situations can arise in which the same precept gives rise to conflicting obligations.
I constantly think of the first five of the grave precepts, the same as lay precepts in world Buddhism.
