In spite of the harshness, and in some ways the bluntness of Plato's critique of poetry, he not only put his finger on deep issues of ongoing interest, but also leavened his polemic in a number of intriguing and subtle ways most obviously, by writing philosophy in a way that can, with proper qualifications, itself be called poetic.
The amount of time already spent in the country is not sufficient qualification in itself.
The Scottish baccalaureate, like the Welsh one but unlike England's, is a qualification in itself, and has been available since 2009.
This is not a new qualification in itself, but a way of measuring how many pupils in a school pass GCSEs in a science, language and history or geography, as well as English and maths.
It is not completely clear what "the principle [principium]" at stake is, but given its qualification as "known through itself and in itself," it may refer to God and indicate Spinoza's understanding of Descartes' rather nuanced view according to which God does not need a cause in order to exist, but there is a reason why God does not need a cause (AT VII: 164 65. Cf. Carraud (2002), Ch. 2).
In other words, Scottishness is not in itself a qualification for sovereignty.
The tech bacc – technical baccalaureate – will exist in name only, with the Department for Education stressing it is not itself a qualification but "a performance measure marking achievement by young people aged 16 to 19".
This isn't to be confused with the French Baccalaureate - it's not a qualification in and of itself, rather a school performance metric that's linked to GCSEs.
I was within seconds of giving my views on defensive systems to the radio audience – and possibly even talking myself into the job – before confessing that my proximity to the Arsenal legend in the TalkSport contacts book was probably not in itself sufficient qualification.
Therefore, it is essential that the qualification of the PFE itself is investigated in the following.
