Sentence examples for relates itself from inspiring English sources

Rather than being an item among others, Kierkegaard proposes to understand the self in relational terms: "The self is a relation that relates itself to itself…" (Kierkegaard 1980 [1849]:13).

Therefore, in order to maintain itself as a relation which relates itself to itself, the self must constantly renew its faith in "the power which posited it".

One's very selfhood depends upon this repetition, for according to Anti-Climacus, the self "is a relation which relates itself to itself" (The Sickness Unto Death).

This repetition of faith is the way the self relates itself to itself and to the power which constituted it, i.e. the repetition of faith is the self.

Every element in the installation relates itself in someway to the Gold Dust Laurel (or Aucuba Japonica 'Variegata'), a small houseplant known for the abstract, gold markings that occur on its leaves.

For him and his fans, the relating itself is still its own best reason.

Obese patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 suffer from primary absolute insulin deficiency, related itself to lower omentin-1 levels.

Minimal art related itself to new forms of public space — corporate lobbies and plazas, airports, malls, and freeways, synopsized in white-box galleries — which seemed to render obsolete the contemplation of discrete pictures and sculptures.

Functionalist modern furniture consciously related itself to progressive architecture, which aided its steady growth in the third, fourth, and fifth decades of the 20th century; at the same time it was also encouraged by friendly periodicals, shops, and museums.

The body is now "an impregnated and negative unity, which by relating itself to itself, has become essentially self-centred and subjective" (PN: §337).

Things skip over a generation, every other generation relates to itself".