More broadly, scholars in the field define aesthetics as " critical reflection on art, culture and nature.

It also directly implies, by the wave nature of light, that parallel light arriving along the lines Q < sub > n </ sub >-P < sub > n </ sub > will be reflected to converge at F. A linear wavefront along L is concentrated, after reflection, to the one point where all parts of it have travelled equal distances and are in phase, namely F. No consideration of angles is required.

: An emblem of brightness, splendour and the supreme principle of the nature of energy, it symbolises the promise of rebirth, the active faculties of reflection, knowledge, good judgement and willpower.

This " reflection on the destructive aspect of progress " proceeded through chapter which treated rationality as both the liberation from and further domination of nature, interpretations of both Homer ’ s Odyssey and the Marquis de Sade, as well as analyses of the culture industry and anti-semitism.

Beginning in 1670 and progressing over three decades, Isaac Newton developed and championed his corpuscular hypothesis, arguing that the perfectly straight lines of reflection demonstrated light's particle nature ; only particles could travel in such straight lines.

This letter is in itself a reflection of the very nature of Jardine as a businessman and itself an explanation why the man was considered as the most powerful trader in the South China coast.

The presence of this activity in vector saliva is a reflection of the inherent overlapping and interconnected nature of the host hemostatic and inflammatory / immunological responses and the intrinsic need to prevent these host defenses from disrupting successful feeding.

He resolves to check her into a clinic and is sent into deep reflection about the nature of their relationship.

Introspective reflection with a sense of deep, sometimes painful insight into oneself or the nature of humanity and the universe is common ; often the experience seems somehow more real or more essential than everyday life.

It was a reflection of his view that Army officers should not interfere in politics, and should support the government of the day, whatever its nature: a view he was to hold firmly to throughout his career.

But reflecting the magnetic field through that plane naively appears to change its sign if it is viewed as a vector field — this contradiction is resolved by realizing that the mirror reflection of the field induces an extra sign flip because of its pseudovector nature, so the mirror flip in the end leaves the magnetic field unchanged as expected.

In external nature there are expansion and contraction which correspond to spontaneity and reflection.

External nature again in contrast with humanity expresses spontaneity ; humanity expresses reflection.

Kelly's characters are a sardonic reflection of human nature — venal, greedy, confrontational, selfish and stupid — but portrayed good-naturedly and rendered harmless by their own bumbling ineptitude and overall innocence.

That book seeks by reflection on the nature of practical reasoning to uncover the formal principles that underlie reason in practice and the related general beliefs about the self that are necessary for those principles to be truly applicable to us.

In the last novel, it is implied that the gunslinger's mostly cold, ruthless nature is alleviated slightly every time he reaches the Dark Tower and begins his journey again — Whilst his memories are erased, his personality changes in reflection of the experiences of each quest.

In discussing the nature of language and value, Leavis implicitly treats the sceptical questioning that philosophical reflection starts from as an irrelevance from his standpoint as a literary critic-a position set out in his famous early exchange with Rene Wellek.

As a result, the overall nature of the reflection varies according to the texture and structure of the surface.

In the wake of these somewhat academic explorations, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, entered the arena in 1987 with an album of plunderphony which, while still serving as a critical reflection on the nature of pop music and the power and potential of the sampler, upped the ante by being ( almost ) music one could dance to as well as think about.

As a reflection of the officious nature of league officials and umpires ( who always had it in for the lads ) the scoring system was deeply arcane and complex, with final scores such as 124. 863 to 92 being recorded.

In this way, it turns out that mirror reflection symmetry can exist as an exact symmetry of nature, provided that a " mirror " particle exists for every ordinary particle.

The parable is always blunt and devoid of subtlety, and requires no interpretation ; the apologue by nature necessitates at least some degree of reflection and thought to achieve understanding, and in this sense it demands more of the listener than the parable does.

Wis 7: 26 says that “ she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness .” The author of Hebrews says of Christ: “ He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power .”

The objective side, its Being, is the Notion as it is in itself sich, its reflection in nature being found in anything inorganic such as water or a rock.

I have chosen to use the word `` mimesis '' in its Christian rather than its classic implications and to discover in the concrete forms of both art and myth powers of theological expression which, as in the Christian mind, are the direct consequence of involvement in historical experience, which are not reserved, as in the Greek mind, only to moments of theoretical reflection.

We may thus trace the notion of individual autonomy from its manifestation in religious practice and theological reflection through practical politics and political theory into literature and the arts.

`` Tact '', by its very derivation, implies that its possessor keeps in touch with other people, but the author of Clericis Laicos and Unam Sanctam, the wielder of the two swords, the papal sun of which the imperial moon was but a dim reflection, the peer of Caesar and vice-regent of Christ, was so high above other human beings that he had forgotten what they were like.

One could shave in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and its axles were greased like those of roulette wheels.

National identification was reflected jurisprudentially in law theories which incorporated this Hegelian abstraction and saw law, domestic and international, simply as its formal reflection.

That meant that something between the light and its reflection on the wall was moving closer to the source of the light -- in this case, the window.

If ( x, y ) are the Cartesian coordinates of a point, then (− x, y ) are the coordinates of its reflection across the second coordinate axis ( the Y axis ), as if that line were a mirror.

Likewise, ( x, − y ) are the coordinates of its reflection across the first coordinate axis ( the X axis ).

The second principle is organization in its reflection of the nonsentient force or dynamis, also called the one or the Monad.

However, should a solution be equivalent to its own 90 degree rotation ( as happens to one solution with five queens on a 5x5 board ) that fundamental solution will have only two variants ( itself and its reflection ).

Should a solution be equivalent to its own 180 degree rotation ( but not to its 90 degree rotation ) it will have four variants ( itself, its reflection, its 180 degree rotation and the reflection of that ).

It is not possible for a solution to be equivalent to its own reflection ( except at n = 1 ) because that would require two queens to be facing each other.

It is distinguished from zodiacal light by its high angle of reflection of the incident sunlight on the dust particles.

* Pope John Paul II's Angelus Message, August 11, 1996 ( The same in Italian ) This is a brief modern reflection by a Pope that refers directly to Hesychasm, indicating that its defense was in conflict with certain aspects of Roman Catholic teaching

Thus Anaxagoras distrusted the senses, and gave the preference to the conclusions of reflection.

Eight of these guns were mounted in double-story casemates at the bow and stern, a reflection of the US prewar preference for heavy end-on fire.

" " This is only initial preference because further reflection may reveal that at some points the church in earlier times was more able and willing to be guided by the Spirit than the contemporary church.