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 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the Epistle to the Romans ( previously included in the New International Commentary on the New Testament series but now superseded by Douglas J. Moo's commentary ), Redemption Accomplished and Applied, Principles of Conduct, The Imputation of Adam's Sin, Baptism, and Divorce.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 horsepower, the primary characteristic of a passenger locomotive at the time was the ability to provide steam to the passenger cars, for heating, cooking, and sometimes cooling.

Besides the above-mentioned ethnic groups, there are also non-European Caucasians mostly of Levantine origine and East Asians, mostly Chinese and Japanese.

" Besides European languages, such as Russian, Swedish, English, and Spanish, ISV lexical items also function in Japanese, Malay, Philippine languages, and other Asian languages.

" Besides the usual Sino-Japanese pronunciation reiki, these kanji 霊気 have an alternate Japanese reading, namely ryōge, meaning " demon ; ghost " ( especially in spirit possession ).

Besides expanding its control over German holdings, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, Japan also sought joint ownership of a major mining and metallurgical complex in central China, prohibitions on China's ceding or leasing any coastal areas to a third power, and miscellaneous other political, economic and military controls, which, if achieved, would have reduced China to a Japanese protectorate.

Besides reinforcing the concept of the emperor as a deity, the Jinnōshōtōki provided a Shinto view of history, which stressed the divine nature of all Japanese and the country's spiritual supremacy over China and India.

Besides the Japanese superiority in training and experience, command problems beset the Burma campaign.

Besides Nosaka's regimen of psychological indoctrination, there were several reasons that Japanese POWs chose to join the Chinese communists.

Besides Japanese religious architecture, Ando also designs Christian Churches, such as the Church of Light ( 1989 ) and the Church in Tarumi ( 1993 ).

Besides the obvious Americanization of the original Japanese characters ' names, some changes include a change in a character's backstory, new characters and other information that was never seen in both the anime and the manga.

Besides being the acronym for artificial intelligence, it is also the Japanese word for and the Japanese transcription of the English word.

Besides Chinese and overseas Chinese, some of the supporters and participants of the Xinhai Revolution were foreigners ; among them, the Japanese were the most active group.

Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians comparable to Western glam.

Besides the Dike Bridge, tourists come to the isolated island to visit the MyToi Gardens, a small Japanese garden created amidst the native brush.

Besides Shakespeare, he also translated a number of other works from English into Japanese, including Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor and Bulwer-Lytton's novel Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes.

Besides the language and the subtext omissions discussed above, there were some drastic changes between the Japanese and other versions.

Besides using it for pickling, Japanese people also add it to the water when boiling bamboo shoots, and use it for dish washing.

Besides Japanese history, this book contains a description of the political, social and physical state of the country in the 17th century.

Besides teaching about Zen practice and the history of Zen Buddhism, Suzuki was an expert scholar on the related philosophy called, in Japanese, Kegon, which he thought of as the intellectual explication of Zen experience.

Besides being an area famous for its strong Japanese presence, a significant number of Taiwanese immigrants settled in Liberdade, and many Chinese immigrants have come to Liberdade following the Communist revolution in 1949.

Besides being eaten seared ( katsuo tataki ) and raw in sushi and sashimi, it is also smoked and dried to make katsuobushi, an important ingredient in dashi ( a type of common Japanese fish stock ).

Besides being used as a cooking oil in South India, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and to a lesser extent Southeast Asian cuisine.

Besides these characteristics, there are many traditional Japanese ideas that are used in the Katsura Imperial Villa, like the decorative alcove ( tokonoma ), built-in desk ( tsukeshoin ) and square posts.