Sentence examples for priority of being from inspiring English sources

Against his master, he argued with the Aristotelians for the priority of being (existence) over essence (form), which he called an abstraction; and, with Ibn al-ʿArabī, he argued for the "unity of being" within which beings differ only according to "priority and posteriority," "perfection and imperfection," and "strength and weakness".

For now, it is the willingness to commit oneself to caring for parents' well-being, not necessarily the observable filial actions, that has been regarded by both generations as the priority of being filial.

The following proposition shows that by allowing RT user to adapt their utility properties via adjusting his parameter, they gain the enhanced flexibility of controlling the priority of being selected in accessing system resources among the others, towards optimizing their service performance.

Constant contact with the office can be "a distraction from the priority of being in treatment," Bigsby said, adding that work interaction among people in recovery should be "monitored and really honed down to what's critical".

That modest step, making people wait until a shelter has room to care for the pet they want to give up, respects the shelter's top priority of being there for the lost and injured.

Third, the research questionnaire was developed with the priority of being brief and easy to complete, which resulted in insufficient data inclusion on related confounding factors.

The Heisman is a symbol of a dirty relationship, of bad decisions, poor judgment, misguided priorities — of being bought.

Interactions between proteins sharing a poor neighbor have priorities of being explained by DDIs.

The common 1st priority of legislators is to get elected; their 2nd is to get reelected.

The immediate priority, of course, is to get help to where it is so desperately needed.

"The first priority of Justin Trudeau is Justin Trudeau".