Simon Parkin on the endless, addictive, and sometimes surreal, quest for virtual achievement points.
The urgent quest for scientific achievement was essentially a colonial endeavor, an attempt to stake out new territory — however symbolic — and dominate by means of innovation, always staying one step ahead of the opponent.
To study in detail the interplay between definition, causal demonstration and division in the biology is to see Aristotle working through just those problems which form the central question of Posterior Analytics II—how precisely are definition, causal demonstration and division related to one another in the quest for, and achievement of, scientific understanding?
For the young artist in quest of achievement, the limited time available, in the face of day jobs, is a classic obstacle, real or perceived.
They complain that an event in which the quest for Everest-like achievement went along with a disciplined, healthier lifestyle has been watered down to little more than a hike in the park.
And I fear that what we have in America is a familial case of mission creep -- one in which our well-intended quest for ever-higher achievement has bred a nation of helicopter parents and a generation of children with plenty of love and precious few limits.
The quest for reliable and reproducible achievement of the intraoperative alignment goal has been the primary motivator for the introduction, development, and refinement of CAS navigation.
Yet Spinoza introduced a conception of philosophizing that was new to the Renaissance; philosophy became a personal and moral quest for wisdom and the achievement of human perfection.
But the star piece will undoubtedly be "The Quest for the Holy Grail: The Achievement" (pictured), a 25-foot (7.7-metre) tapestry based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
