Ms. Sparks, now a worldly 19, has her principles, including a stake in overblown emotion.
Islam is pragmatic in worldly application, with higher principles that are divinely inspired.
Abdication of worldly goods is another fundamental principle.
Although never a Zen practitioner, the worldly Japanese-American sculptor Noguchi admired its principles: spareness and simplicity, meticulous craftsmanship and insistence on asymmetry to turn the mind away from excess rationalism.
It is surprising that many educated and worldly members of Arab society believe strongly in this principle of conspiracy, which puts more limits on progress and improvement.Amin Kawar Amman, Jordan* SIR - I recognised your cover photo of Salim bin Kabina, which was taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his travels in the Rub al Khali (the Empty Quarter) in Saudi Arabia in the 1940s and early 1950s.
More than 90 years later, along comes Isis, whose Wahhabi principles enjoin it to destroy the shrines of worldly rulers.
Smart, worldly, high-art jazzers such as Miles Davis stood on their principles as commercially viable artists and embraced the coming of rock as a part of jazz's necessary modernisation process.
This requires us to return to economic first principles and to look to the founding fathers of worldly philosophy.
My income from roommates and Airbnb has totally offset my housing expenses". He is the first to admit that his situation is fairly unique (he doesn't have children or, seemingly, any worldly possessions), but he's adamant that anyone can follow the underlying principles.
The key is to unravel valued meanings from Hermetic principles, demonstrating concrete applications to our inner lives, and to our worldly lives.
