Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.
Seeing it makes a magnificent abstract concept real, and reality tends to taint even the most wonderful ideas [...] - Caradoc
Property is not the natural and obvious and inevitable concept that most people think it is.
Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another.
Having people wait outside of my house sort of gives me a panic attack. I'm a believer in the concept that people should not be followed and photographed everywhere.
Christmas used to be a good "idea" 'til somebody came up with the concept of giving wrapped up presents to each other... :-)
It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.
One needs a comprehensive concept that decides just how much debt states like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy can sustainably bear.
They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.
To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.
Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles.
What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.
I'm not one of those academics that don't do shit but reads about it. The difference is, I do shit. I have a proof of concept and it works.
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.
Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can make something true that is not true.
There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.
What are your chief vices? And virtues? I have no vices. The concept doesn't exist in my vocabulary. My chief virtue is gratitude
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
