Sentence examples for principal doctrines from inspiring English sources

Section II applies the model to the principal doctrines of copyright law.

After Montesquieu, the concept of separation of powers became one of the principal doctrines of modern constitutionalism.

Diogenes Laërtius described Epicurus as a most prolific writer and preserved three of his letters and the Kyriai doxiai ("Principal Doctrines").

An example of what he might mean is found in Principal Doctrines, where Epicurus holds that justice is a contract among humans to avoid suffering harm from one another.

Diogenes also quotes a collection of brief sayings, called the "Principal Beliefs" or "Principal Doctrines" (Kuriai Doxai), excerpted from the writings of Epicurus or, in some cases, of his close associates; another such collection, partially overlapping with the first, survives in an independent manuscript and is conventionally called the Vatican Sayings.

A helpful scholiast (cf. Principal Doctrines XXIX) gives us some examples; necessary desires are ones that bring relief from unavoidable pain, such as drinking when thirsty — if we don't drink when we need replenishment, we will just get thirstier and thirstier, a painful experience.

The Druids' principal doctrine was that the soul was immortal and passed at death from one person into another.

In his undergraduate honors thesis, he found some fault with Keynesian logic, though he generally gave enthusiastic support to its principal doctrine.

However, Principal Doctrine XXV suggests the latter position; and when in the Letter to Menoeceus he says that "we" do everything in order not to be in pain or in fear, he might mean to be referring to "we" Epicureans.

Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described.

For copyright law to promote economic efficiency, its principal legal doctrines must, at least approximately, maximize the benefits from creating additional works minus both the losses from limiting access and the costs of administering copyright protection.