He petitions Theodosius I to re-open the pagan temples, but is opposed by Ambrose.

He taught polytheism as opposed to monotheism, and some of his students prayed to statues of the pagan deities.

But Philo, who was a pious Jew, could not accept the un-Jewish, pagan conception of the world and the irreligious attitude which would have been the logical result of his own system ; and so he accepted the Stoic doctrine of the immanence of God, which led him to statements opposed to those he had previously made.

During his episcopacy, Alexander engaged in debate with pagan philosophers and opposed heresies.

The concept of mutual exclusivity of different religions itself ( as opposed to religious pluralism ) is primarily associated with Abrahamic faiths ; pagan religions, historically the most common forms of worship, were typically polytheistic and compatible with each other.

However, the pagan Franks under their king Clovis converted to Catholicism, and thus received the considerable support of the network of Christian bishops, rapidly becoming the only effective institution of power that was more than local in extent, which strongly opposed the Arianism of the Visigothic aristocrats.

It is also opposed by many pastors of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod because of pre-First World War Lutheran opposition to the theater and to the pagan elements of Wagner's operas.

From various references ( to its destruction by Christians ) there would seem to have been a tradition of Anglo-Saxon pagan monumental sculpture, probably in wood, of which no examples remain ( as opposed to later Anglo-Scandinavian pagan imagery ), and with which the crosses initially competed.

Amongst those who followed these ideas were the English poets and painters that constituted the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who, from about 1850, opposed the dominant trend of industrial Victorian England, because of their " opposition to technical skill without inspiration " They were influenced by the writings of the art critic John Ruskin ( 1819 – 1900 ), who had strong feelings about the role of art in helping to improve the lives of the urban working classes, in the rapidly expanding industrial cities of Britain.

While claims of racial bias in the writings of Rudolf Steiner and Alice Bailey were made, Bailey was firmly opposed to the Axis powers ; she believed that Adolf Hitler was possessed by the Dark Forces, and Steiner emphasized racial equality as a principle central to anthroposophical thought and humanity's progress.

He criticized Western philosophy as privileging the concept of presence and logos, as opposed to absence and markings or writings.

He moreover opposed his teacher Ya ' qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, regarding his writings, in which he discredited alchemists.

Hirsch had a great love for the Land of Israel, which is apparent from his writings, but was opposed to the proto-Zionist activities of Zvi Hirsch Kalischer.

The early criticism of Spanish behaviour in the New World, contained in the writings of Bartolomé de las Casas, particularly his " Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias ", was later eagerly reproduced by groups and nations who opposed the Spanish Empire such as the Protestant Walloons, the French Huguenots, and specially the rising powers of England and the Netherlands.

He opposed innovation in such matters as the accepted authorship of canonical writings, verbal inspiration, and the treatment of persons and events in the Old Testament as types of the New.

Over the next 70 years, Drucker ’ s writings would be marked by a focus on relationships among human beings, as opposed to the crunching of numbers.

The writing of Whig history of science is especially found in the writings of scientists and general historians, while this whiggish tendency is commonly opposed by professional historians of science.

He also believed that it was important to practical affairs that one should engage in both academic and philosophical pursuits, although his writings are concentrated more on issues of theoretical ( as opposed to practical ) significance.

In addition to using his writing to critique society, Wu also took pride in the worldly nature of his work, as opposed to the more fantastic writings of some contemporaries ; in the preface to Yuding Animals he wrote, " My book does not just deal with the supernatural ; it deals with the foibles of men too.

Nazrul's writings explore themes such as love, freedom, and revolution ; he opposed all bigotry, including religious and gender.

Most of these writings depict a Christianized form of paganism as opposed to a Christianized form of Judaism.

Among the Nestorians of Persia the writings of Theodore were regarded as the standard both of doctrine and of interpretation, and the Persian church returned the censures of the orthodox by pronouncing an anathema on all who opposed or rejected them ( cf.

In early critical writings, the politiques ( largely jurists and intellectuals ) were sometimes confused with another group, the " malcontents " ( nobles who opposed the political influence of the Guise family ).

In 1875, Hostos went to the Dominican Republic, where he founded, in Santo Domingo, the first Normal School ( Teachers College ) and introduced advanced teaching methods, although these had been openly opposed by the local Catholic Church ; nonetheless, his response to these criticism was calm and constructive, as many of his writings reveal.

In early psychoanalytic writings, instincts from the Eros were opposed by forces from the ego.

During the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers such as John Locke advocated the principle in their writings, whereas others, such as Thomas Hobbes, strongly opposed it.

Under the new anti-Semitic government, however, Josef Ganz was a target for his enemies from the automotive industry that opposed his writings in Motor-Kritik.

" Swedenborg clarified that he was at first enamored by Dippel's emotionally-charged writings and agreed with his attempts to dissolve traditional churches for a more personal faith and rejection of the Bible as the literal Word of God ; however, he eventually criticized Dippel as " bound to no principles, but was in general opposed to all, whoever they may be, of whatever principle or faith ... becoming angry with any one for contradicting him.

He cited the writings of James Madison and pointed to the changing versions of the First Amendment that the First Congress considered as opposed to the version it eventually adopted.

Most of the Clique opposed the Pre-Raphaelites, but O ' Neil was the most virulent in his condemnation of the movement, attacking them in both paintings and writings.

He was opposed by sections of the Shia community for writings in the book “ Shaheed-E-Insaniyat ” which proclaimed the Presence of Water in the Tents of Hazrat Imam Hussain ( as ) during the Battle of Karbala in 61AH, and also throws doubt the Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali Asghar ( as ) by the Arrow of Hurmula.

Shelley's understanding of Beauty as an ideal and universal aspect, as opposed to the common understanding of the word as an aesthetic judgment of an object, was influenced by his knowledge of Plato's writings.

Twenty-seven assessors stated that they were in favor of improved means for assessing movable personal property, and only five were opposed.

As a result, ever since 1851 when the Senate restaurant opened in the new wing of the Capitol Building, the senators have never ceased to grumble about the food -- even while they opposed every move that might improve it.

As far as they were aware, the Connecticut Association of Real Estate Boards had not officially opposed the bill's passage or lobbied in its support.

His report of life there covers a wide range of topics, such as marriage in heaven ( where all angels are married ), children in heaven ( where they are raised by angel parents ), time and space in heaven ( there are none ), the after-death awakening process in the World of Spirits ( a place halfway between Heaven and Hell and where people first wake up after death ), the allowance of a free will choice between Heaven or Hell ( as opposed to being sent to either one by God ), the eternity of Hell ( one could leave but would never want to ), and that all angels or devils were once people on earth.

Although Romanticism and Neoclassicism were philosophically opposed, they were the dominant European styles for generations, and many artists were affected to a greater or lesser degree by both.

The first group mainly opposed the Nicene terminology and preferred the term homoiousios ( alike in substance ) to the Nicene homoousios, while they rejected Arius and his teaching and accepted the equality and coeternality of the persons of the Trinity.

Amalric was pious and attended mass every day, although he also " is said to have absconded himself without restraint to the sins of the flesh and to have seduced married women …" Despite his piety he taxed the clergy, which they naturally opposed.

The activists are especially opposed to the various abuses which they think are perpetuated by globalization and the international institutions that, they say, promote neoliberalism without regard to ethical standards.

While the term " anti-globalization " arose from the movement's opposition to free-trade agreements ( which have often been considered part of something called " globalization "), various participants contend they are opposed to only certain aspects of globalization and instead describe themselves, at least in French-speaking organisations, as " anti-capitalist ", " anti-plutocracy ," or " anti-corporate.

More generally, one curve is a curvilinear asymptote of another ( as opposed to a linear asymptote ) if the distance between the two curves tends to zero as they tend to infinity, although usually the term asymptote by itself is reserved for linear asymptotes.

Watterson opposed the structure publishers imposed on Sunday newspaper cartoons: the standard cartoon starts with a large, wide rectangle featuring the cartoon's logo or a throwaway panel tangential to the main area so that newspapers pressed for space can remove the top third of the cartoon if they wish ; the rest of the strip is presented in a series of rectangles of different widths.

The French commanders were, however, divided as to how to utilise the Nebel: Tallard's tactic – opposed by Marsin and the Elector who felt it better to close their infantry right up to the stream itself – was to lure the allies across before unleashing their cavalry upon them, causing panic and confusion ; whilst the enemy was struggling in the marshes, they would be caught in crossfire from Blenheim and Oberglauheim.

This was opposed by the discoverers who were adamant that they had the right to name the element.

However, they remained sitting on the government benches supporting it in Parliament, though in the country local Liberal activists bitterly opposed the government.

This group opposed what they saw as a leftward shift in Labour policy, the increasing prominence within the party of Tony Benn, and the involvement of trade unions in choosing the leader of the Labour Party.

Further, they opposed the creation of an electoral college to elect the leader of the Party, who had previously been elected by members of the Parliamentary Labour Party – in particular, the arrangement of block voting by constituency parties and trade unions, with the total votes of a constituency party or trade union being given to a candidate based on a first-past-the-post within that CLP or union, or changed at the discretion of delegates ( similar to primary elections in the United States ).

Democrats were rarely invited to speak at the university, in part because they took political and social positions ( especially support for abortion rights ) opposed by the Religious Right.

Although conservatives opposed attempts to allow greater representation of the middle class in parliament, in 1834 they conceded that electoral reform could not be reversed and promised to support further reforms so long as they did not erode the institutions of church and state.

They opposed any income or wealth redistribution, which they believed would be dissipated by the lowest orders.

Writers such as John Bright and Richard Cobden opposed both aristocratic privilege and property, which they saw as an impediment to the development of a class of yeoman farmers.

In this context, Philo wrote that Caligula " regarded the Jews with most especial suspicion, as if they were the only persons who cherished wishes opposed to his ".

The older and more-stable forms of cannon were muzzle-loading as opposed to breech-loading — in order to be used they had to have their ordnance packed down the bore through the muzzle rather than inserted through the breech.

The main sects ( see also English Dissenters ) were Baptists, who advocated adult rebaptism ; Ranters, who claimed that sin did not exist for the " chosen ones "; and Fifth Monarchy Men, who opposed all " earthly " governments, believing they must prepare for God's kingdom on earth by establishing a " government of saints ".