He spoke of no particular mode of religious creed or worship, nor of any philosophical doctrines.
Humans, after all, have a particular mode of introspective access to their conscious states, as Mr McGinn himself emphasises.
"As artists, we have to adapt ourselves to their behaviour, rather than try to hold the line on a particular mode of listening to music.
The theory envisions that a string undergoing a particular mode of vibration corresponds to a particle with definite properties such as mass and charge.
Those principles are an indivisibility of interests among participants, a commitment to diffuse reciprocity, and a system of dispute settlement intended to enforce a particular mode of behaviour.
"Music fans are increasingly streaming their music and, as artists, we have to adapt ourselves to their behaviour, rather than try to hold the line on a particular mode of listening to music," wrote Bragg in 2013.
"I have a very particular mode of collecting," said Ms. Hayes, who was not even aware she was "collecting" until she came across what she considers a high point in the A-for-effort school of artistic production.
They functioned chiefly as vehicles for the delivery of pictures of young women, many of whom did not consent to either the taking of the photograph or this particular mode of dissemination.
At the time of emergence from the egg, the new individual is relatively small, and the organization that enables the adult to lead a particular mode of life may not be suitable for a miniature copy of the adult.
Moreover, according to Cuvier, the functions and habits of an animal determine its anatomical form, in contrast to Geoffroy, who held the reverse theory that anatomical structure preceded and made necessary a particular mode of life.
The mind, then, like any other idea, is simply one particular mode of God's attribute, Thought.
