Avicenna's concept of mayl is almost the opposite of the Aristotelian conception of violent motion and is reminiscent of Newton's first law of motion.
It is the exact opposite of Barack Obama's conception of our national identity, one that emphasizes national unity as well as inclusion, and seeks to strengthen ties among Americans across lines of race, culture, and religion.
The idea that these books deal with opposite sides, or different conceptions, of human nature is known as "Das Adam Smith Problem" and characterizes the understanding of many, including Frans De Waal.
As with chemistry of any sort, the opposites attract at the moment of conception of the new.
It's a typical Nielsen texture of musical ideas that don't blend or coalesce into a serene whole (his conception of the orchestra is the diametric opposite of Sibelius's meltingly atmospheric orchestration, his fellow Scandinavian symphonist with whom Nielsen is often – wrongly - compared).
But the juxtaposition of Silk, Berlin and Mr. Hopkins, who is white, invites the opposite reading: that in the entertainment industry, conceptions of race and passing have proved as unchangeable as Silk's past.
The two conceptions seem to pull in opposite directions, the Aristotelian toward a concern with the particular, the Kantian toward a concern with universality and impartiality.
There are two main threads in the common-sense conception of pain that pull in opposite directions.
This God-given ability to arouse interest in the opposite sex was imprinted in the female DNA at conception and it shows up in every species on the planet.
The Four Quartets abandons time, as per Dante's conception of the Empyrean, and allows for opposites to co-exist together.
