He is seen at his happiest in such essays as "On Running After One's Hat" (1908) and "A Defence of Nonsense" (1901), in which he says that nonsense and faith are "the two supreme symbolic assertions of truth" and "to draw out the soul of things with a syllogism is as impossible as to draw out Leviathan with a hook".
If that commitment is weak to begin with, as is clearly the case with Trump, any assertion of supreme authority can be justified.
The release of the IAEA's latest report card on Iran came as the country's supreme leader repeated his assertion that nuclear weapons are contrary to Islamic teaching.
Both agree that a successful life of ruthless self-assertion is supreme happiness, and that that is what nature prompts us to seek; both, then, accept the normative authority of nature over nomos.
The MBA's legal team later agreed to that assertion for the supreme court hearing, but argued Nitschke's actions still demonstrated he was not a fit and proper person to practise medicine.
Many Iranians now say they agree with assertions by the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that the United States can't be trusted.
North Korea's state media has described the statement from an unidentified supreme court spokesman as a response to US government and media assertions that the legal case against Bae was unreasonable.
"The South Carolina Supreme Court, like many state supreme courts, has held that the mere presence of an assertion of a trust (existing) in a denominational constitution is insufficient to create a valid legal trust.
Back during the late unlamented era after the Supremes installed W in the White House, it was common to hear assertions from the Beltway types to the effect that the effectiveness of the Bush political campaign demonstrated that the Bush team had the competence needed to run the country.
Obama cited a religious decree issued by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, against the development of nuclear weapons and Rouhani's assertion that Iran will never develop such weapons.
The assertion of such a status reflects the intricate dialogue between the supreme court in London and the European court of human rights in Strasbourg over who should have final authority in certain categories of cases.
