Sentence examples for the most universal terms from inspiring English sources

They decided that its purpose should be defined in the most universal terms possible—"the alleviation of human misery".

They decided that its purpose should be defined in the most universal terms possible — "the alleviation of human misery".

The Maximes (1665; Maxims and Moral Reflections), his principal achievement, is a collection of 500 epigrammatic reflections on human behaviour, expressed in the most universal terms: the general tone is bitingly cynical, self-interest being seen as the source of all actions.

Yamato and Nippon were terms used to refer to the imperial realm that came to be known, in the West, as Japan, but when ancient Japanese spoke in the most universal terms, referring not just to their own socio-political realm but to the larger world, they often did so by use of the expression tenka (Chinese: tianxia), or "all-below-heaven".

"First philosophy" in the Western tradition is ontology, which asks the question of "being qua being," and tends to answer this question either in terms of the most universal "being-ness" or in terms of the "highest being".

The most universal factors affecting improvement both in short-term and long-term survivals could be cytoreductive surgery and absence of venous wall invasion.

However, the most universal factors affecting improvement of both in short-term and long-term survivals in RCC with venous thrombus could be feasible aggressive cytoreductive operation and absence of venous wall invasion even in a case of metastatic disease.

In a scathing front-page editorial in Haaretz, a columnist, Tom Segev, wrote: "Benedict chose to phrase even the most universal lessons of the Holocaust in abstract terms.

He begins by defining the most universal concept of the science, sound, and explains it in terms of other concepts such as impact, before going on to distinguish between audible and inaudible sounds and sounds of high and low pitch.

The love triangle is perhaps the most universal plot device.

It may represent the most universal mode of comedy.