They referred to him as the "Second Sage," second in importance only to Confucius himself, and often appealed to his vocabulary, arguments, and examples.[4] In particular, Neo Confucians adopted Mencius's view that human nature is good, and that wrongdoing is the result of humans ignoring the promptings of their innate virtues.
These worries are legitimate as far as they go, and given that well-run argumentation is a good thing, we would be remiss not to consider whether our vocabulary inhibits argument's proper functioning.
Fath noted that the vocabulary and arguments used in the media were intentionally slanted and the repetition of those developed by the CCMM, and that the disproportionate media coverage of the church did not facilitate an objective investigation.
Intricate legal argument, arcane vocabulary and historical precedents have not proved to be riveting viewing.
The four-day hearing on the divisive constitutional issue will be broadcast live, testing the public's appetite for intricate legal argument, arcane vocabulary and historical precedents.
Syntax and organizational patters (connectors, structuring and cohesive devices) for various types of texts and arguments, contrastive vocabulary practice, and reading strategies.
Soon enough, Cater was putting this argument in the vocabulary of "cultural Marxism", a conspiracy theory which itself originated and still flourishes on the far right.
But having started off as an economist in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Mr Salmond has all the vocabulary (if not the watertight argument) he needs to put up a spirited rebuttal.
Yang believed that the original purpose of fu was to "indirectly admonish" (fèng ), but that the extended rhetorical arguments and complex vocabulary used in grand fu caused their hearers and readers to marvel at their aesthetic beauty while missing their moral messages.
In what follows, we shall apply these general considerations to the exemplar arguments introduced in section 2. (1) Definitional arguments: These are arguments in which ontologically committing vocabulary is introduced solely via a definition.
