Besides Zarathushtra's Gathas, Plato gives the earliest surviving account of a " natural theology ", around 360 BC, in his dialogue " Timaeus " he states " Now the whole Heaven, or Cosmos, ... we must first investigate concerning it that primary question which has to be investigated at the outset in every case ,— namely, whether it has existed always, having no beginning of generation, or whether it has come into existence, having begun from some beginning ".

Besides the relevant legal records in the Codex Theodosianus, the major primary source for the events of Stilicho's reign, or at least events prior to 404, are the panegyrics addressed to him by the poet Claudian.

Besides being the primary composer in The Beach Boys, he also functioned as the band's main producer and arranger.

Besides reducing felt recoil, one of the primary advantages of a muzzle brake is the reduction of muzzle rise.

Besides Lake Winnipeg, its primary tributaries include the Grass River, which drains a long area north of Lake Winnipeg, and the Burntwood River, which passes through Thompson, Manitoba.

Besides the primary tumor a lot of lesions can be seen.

Besides primary, secondary and vocational education, Peniche is home of a state-run polytechnic school of the Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, which through its Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar de Peniche, awards academic degrees in marine technologies and tourism.

Besides ' orkes Melayu ', the primary musical influence on dangdut was Indian Bollywood music.

Besides the primary aim of raising funds, Fun-O-Rama helps bond the classes as they embark on their fund-raising projects.

Besides the primary Japanese interface, it is also available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Polish, Korean and German.

Besides the material in the four-volume Collected Writings, his primary published works are a commentary on the Epistle to the Romans ( previously included in the New International Commentary on the New Testament series but now superseded by Douglas J. Moo's commentary ), Redemption Accomplished and Applied, Principles of Conduct, The Imputation of Adam's Sin, Baptism, and Divorce.

( Besides mining, other primary activities ( or extractive industries ) are considered material oriented: timber mills, furniture manufacture, most agricultural activities, etc .. Often located in rural areas, these businesses may employ most of the local population.

Besides the hydroelectric power produced by the dam, the lake's primary use is recreation, including fishing and rowing.

Besides the primary function, all of the weapons in the game have one or two additional function modes that generally grant the player with special abilities, such as the X-ray function of the Shockwave Rifle or the cloak mode of the Plasma Rifle, which renders the playable character completely invisible to enemies at cost of its ammunition.

Besides countless side quests along the way, the game offers three primary quests: killing the demon Grah-Hoth, discovering a route back to the surface, and assassinating Emperor Hawthorne of the surface world.

Besides three kindergarten institutions or kindergartens ( among which two municipal daycare centres ), there is the “ Am Gautor ” primary school.

Besides receiving input from the ear and lower centers of the brain, the primary auditory cortex also transmits signals back to these areas.

Besides its primary use as a toy for the young, it is also used for sports and utility purposes.

Besides its reinsurance business, the Munich Re Group also transacts primary insurance business through the ERGO Group, and, since 1999, asset management through MEAG ( MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement GmbH ).

Besides the kernel, iPodLinux features as a primary component podzilla and podzilla2, applications which provide:

Besides structural support and elevator management, the primary purpose of mechanical floors is heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, and other services.

Besides archival purposes, primary goals of the project is to facilitate journal searches and interoperatibility between different publishers.

Besides the primary mode, players may play together, each one playing a different instrument in the song.

Besides primary research articles, it publishes " Essay Reviews " and " Forum " articles.

Besides the well-known hydrogen line at 21 cm wavelength, the spectra of extraterrestrial radio sources may contain sharp lines characteristic of other atoms, ions, and small molecules.

Besides bringing a distinctive high quality " look " to MGM films and recreating often known stories or plays, Thalberg's actors themselves took on a characteristic quality.

Besides the gender and race of the confraternity ’ s members, their status as former slaves and descendants of slaves is an important social characteristic without which it would be difficult to understand many aspects of the confraternity ’ s religious commitments.

Besides the most characteristic feature of the sibilants, there are indiscriminate shortening or lengthening of vowels, loss of reph and reduplication of the following consonant ; avoidance or irregularity of sandhis etc.

Besides, isolated nickel and cobalt atoms incorporate into diamond lattice, as demonstrated through characteristic hyperfine structure in electron paramagnetic resonance, optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra, and the concentration of isolated nickel can reach 0. 01 %.

Besides the passenger terminal and RAF enclave, other former RAF buildings still exist in the ' North Camp ' to the west of the main runway, including the Sergeant's Mess of 1932, the Airmen's Institute of circa 1926, the former Station Headquarters building of 1931 and several barrack blocks.

Besides passenger service, freight service also originated and stopped at this location, in both directions north and south.

Besides cargo ( principally, Russian oil exported to China ), this crossing sees a direct weekly passenger train, Moscow – Beijing, as well as some local passenger trains.

Besides its freight service, the company continued passenger service using their gas-electric motorcars from Minneapolis to Antlers Park and Northfield until the 1940s.

Besides the passenger business, there were also plenty of farms and creameries ( most of them in Delaware County ) as well as businesses shipping coal, stone, ice and various wood products.

Besides Church and Sunday School I went to out-of-door meetings on the sidewalk at the church door.

Besides the bundle centers where contributions may be made there will be facilities at Philmont Country Club for those who would like to bring the bundles on the night of the party.

Besides Dick Tracy, Capp parodied many other comic strips in Li ' l Abner — including Steve Canyon, Superman ( at least twice ; first as " Jack Jawbreaker " in 1947, and again in 1966 as " Chickensouperman "), Mary Worth, Peanuts, Rex Morgan, M. D., Little Annie Rooney and Little Orphan Annie ( in which Punjab became " Punjbag ," an oleaginous slob ).

Besides his use of the comic strip to voice his opinions and display his humor, Capp was a popular guest speaker at universities, and on radio and television.

Besides which, he was the half brother of Valeria Messalina, and at this time those wounds were still fresh.

Besides being the changing rooms, the Cottage ( also called The Clubhouse ) was traditionally used by the players ' families and friends who sit on the balcony to watch the game, but the club now sell those seats at a premium game-by-game rate.

Besides hearing and vision, at least one species, the tucuxi or Guiana dolphin, is able to use electroreception to sense prey.

Besides the main island, there are three small islets at the mouth of the lagoon: West Island ( 3. 4 ha / 8. 4 acres ); Middle Island ( 6 ha / 14. 8 acres ); and East Island ( 11. 75 ha / 29 acres ).

Besides those six camps, there existed the little-known Maly Trostenets extermination camp, at Minsk, Belarus, in the anti-Communist Lokot Republic ( July 1942 – August 1943 ) established in the Nazi-occupied USSR ; similar camps existed at Warsaw and Janowska.

Besides the French space center at Kourou, fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities.

Besides the short stories included in Dance Band on the Titanic, Chalker wrote at least one other short story:

Besides its two sea entrances, the Kiel Canal is linked, at Oldenbüttel, to the navigable River Eider by the short Gieselau Canal.

Besides Arne, the other dominating force in English opera at this time was George Frideric Handel, whose opera serias filled the London operatic stages for decades, and influenced most home-grown composers, like John Frederick Lampe, who wrote using Italian models.

Besides product homogeneity and absence of collusion, the notion more generally associated with perfect competition is the negligibility of the size of agents, which makes them believe that they can sell as much of the good as they wish at the equilibrium price but nothing at a higher price ( in particular, firms are described as each one of them facing a horizontal demand curve ).

Besides turning over to them some deserted Benedictine monasteries, he presented them with the monastery of St. Paul at Albano, which he himself had founded and richly endowed when he was still cardinal.

Besides making decision as which interface a packet is forwarded to, which is handled primarily via the routing table, a router also has to manage congestion, when packets arrive at a rate higher than the router can process.

Besides the Panoramaterras, Schiphol has other spotting sites, especially along the newest Polderbaan runway and at the McDonald's restaurant at the north side of the airport.

Besides the cost of ameliorating damaged areas and the loss of at least part of the initial investment in them, salinization and chemicalization of land have reduced agricultural productivity in Central Asia by an estimated 20 to 25 %.

Besides Stewart, Jones, and Jagger, the first rehearsal of the as-yet-unnamed band also included Richards attending at Jagger's behest.

Besides its main campus at University Park, USC also operates the Health Sciences Campus about northeast of downtown.