Christian philosophy, on the contrary, so quickens the human mind that without difficulty it pierces the heavens, and, illumined with divine light, contemplates first, the eternal source of light, and in its radiance all created things: so that we experience with the utmost pleasure of mind that we have been called, as the Prince of the Apostles says, out of darkness into his admirable light, and believing we rejoice with joy unspeakable.

In his philosophy of science, which has much in common with that of his good friend Karl Popper, Hayek was highly critical of what he termed scientism: a false understanding of the methods of science that has been mistakenly forced upon the social sciences, but that is contrary to the practices of genuine science.

It aimed both at debunking scientific racist theories, by popularizing modern knowledge concerning " the race question ," and morally condemned racism as contrary to the philosophy of the Enlightenment and its assumption of equal rights for all.

Rule 4: In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, not withstanding any contrary hypothesis that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions.

This more permissive approach is not however the standard when considering formal power series, as it would lead to convergence considerations that are as subtle as they are in analysis, while the philosophy of formal power series is on the contrary to make convergence questions as trivial as they can possibly be.

On the contrary, when one concept of Homo economicus claims to grasp the eternal essence of what is human, at the same time putting aside all other aspects of human nature ( such as Homo faber, Homo loquens, Homo ludens, Homo reciprocans, and so on ), then the concept leaves the field of good philosophy, not to speak of social science, and is ready to enter a political doctrine as the most dangerous of its ideological ingredients.

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin-yang (), which is often referred to in the West as " yin and yang ", literally meaning " shadow and light ", is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn in relation to each other.

Feminist economists, argue on the contrary that a mathematical conception of economics limited to scarce resources is a holdover from the early years of science and Cartesian philosophy, and limits economic analysis.

Strauss, on the contrary, believed that philosophy and political conditions were fundamentally opposed and that philosophers should not and must not have a role in politics, noting the disastrous results of Plato's attempt to educate and " guide " the tyrant Dion of Syracuse.

In the course of conversation at the dinner Cosimo Boscaglia, a professor of philosophy, argued that the motion of the Earth could not be true, being contrary to the Bible.

This was not a giddy aspect in her texts: on the contrary, according to what Trotula women ’ s beauty has to do with philosophy of the nature, her medical art was inspired to: beauty is the sign of a healthy body and harmony with the universe.

For instance, in condemning proposition 14, " Philosophy is to be treated without taking any account of supernatural revelation ", the Syllabus asserts the truth of the contrary proposition — that philosophy should take account of supernatural revelation.

It is the macroeconomic philosophy that dominated United States national policies from the time of the American Civil War until the mid-twentieth century ( closely related to mercantilism and prior to Keynesian economics, it can be seen as contrary to classical economics ).

The autonomous chapters reject the assertions of central control by the Minneapolis group as contrary both to indigenous political traditions and to the original philosophy of AIM.

Owen ’ s philosophy was contrary to contemporary thinking, but he was able to demonstrate that it was not necessary for an industrial enterprise to treat its workers badly to be profitable.

There is no real reason for supposing that a particle has at every moment a definite, but unknown, position which may be revealed by a measurement of the right kind ... On the contrary, we get into a maze of contradiction as soon as we inject into quantum mechanics such concepts as carried over from the language and philosophy of our ancestors ...

In 2010, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, the surviving members of Peter, Paul and Mary, requested that the National Organization for Marriage stop using their recording of " This Land is Your Land " at their rallies, stating in a letter that the organization's philosophy was " directly contrary to the advocacy position " held by the group.

" Having said that, Keynes did not think Hayek's philosophy was of practical use ; this was explained later in the same letter, through the following comment: " What we need therefore, in my opinion, is not a change in our economic programmes, which would only lead in practice to disillusion with the results of your philosophy ; but perhaps even the contrary, namely, an enlargement of them.

One of the founders of Empiricism, Locke develops a philosophy that is contrary to the one expressed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan, primarily because it supports toleration for various Christian denominations.

Today the Bonapartist philosophy would fit into the space occupied by the Parti Socialiste, the Mouvement Démocrate, the Nouveau Centre and the left wing of the conservative Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, as these parties occupy the ideological space between parties advocating class struggle and race-based politics, both of which are anathema to Bonapartists, as contrary to the ideal of national unity and religious and ethnic tolerance.

However, he has also expressed caution as to whether the theory of evolution is actually true, ' its only a hypothesis ... its only a guess ... so as science, in terms of philosophy of science ... evolution is by no means proven and as a guess it is very strange and contrary to all analogies ...' He also said, ' the biblical narratives of creation ... don't obviously say anything that bears one way or another on the question of whether the evolutionary hypothesis might be true or not ...'

See also, who writes " One thing that historians delighted in showing is that, contrary to the usually held tale of science and religion being always opposed < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > ... religion and theologically inclined philosophy have frequently been very significant factors in the forward movement of science.

Some church members have argued that this aim is contrary to Bellevue's historical philosophy of being " pastor-led, deacon-served, committee-operated and congregation-approved.

But that one should superimpose all these charts, run a pin through the common point, and then scale each planetary deferent larger and smaller ( to keep the epicycles from ' bumping ' ), this is contrary to any intention Ptolemy ever expresses.

On the contrary it is my duty to make my own decision as between the two ''.

On the contrary, the frenzy and furor of combat is only the sombre foil against which the sudden illuminations of the human flash forth with the piercing radiance of a Caravaggio.

Recent statements by the President and Defense Department spokesmen have, to the contrary, assured us that our lead is very great.

On the contrary, if this be an apocalyptic era as is commonly said, we see it as an era of opportunity.

But in such an important question, we would be satisfied if the judgment were that the principal objection to the identity of forces which produce electricity and magnetism were only a difficulty, and not a thing which is contrary to it.

It is not binding upon another Superior Court, which could rule to the contrary.

Again, contrary to popular belief, there is nothing crazy or frantic about Parker either musically or emotionally.

There is always an open market for this sort of delicacy, in spite of low calorie diets, cottage cheese and hands-off-all-sweets to the contrary.

But contrary to what was implied during the campaign, prestige is surely not important for its own sake.

On the contrary, even in the heart of `` the Bible belt '' itself, as can be attested by any one who is called to work there, the industrial and technological revolutions have long been under way, together with the corresponding changes in man's picture of himself and his world.

No political order or economic system is so clearly contrary to nature.

Now Teng on the contrary possesses granaries and treasuries, so the ruler is supporting himself by oppressing the people ’.

Those who continue to have faith in astrology have been characterized as doing so " in spite of the fact that there is no verified scientific basis for their beliefs, and indeed that there is strong evidence to the contrary.

" This behavior is considered unusual for Laurents, which runs contrary to his current reputation.

DNA with high GC-content is more stable than DNA with low GC-content, but, contrary to popular belief, the hydrogen bonds do not stabilize the DNA significantly, and stabilization is mainly due to stacking interactions.

( NA Broderick and others., 2006 ) This is contrary to the common misconception that Bt toxin kills the larvae by starvation.

In other words, it is not the relative motion of the pail and water that causes concavity of the water, contrary to the idea that motions can only be relative, and that there is no absolute motion.

By far the most visible and obvious power of many modern central banks is to influence market interest rates ; contrary to popular belief, they rarely " set " rates to a fixed number.

It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.

While all Catholics must therefore hold that " the infliction of capital punishment is not contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the power of the State to visit upon culprits the penalty of death derives much authority from revelation and from the writings of theologians ", the matter of " the advisability of exercising that power is, of course, an affair to be determined upon other and various considerations.