In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume uses Epicurus as a character for explaining the impossibility of our knowing God to be any greater or better than his creation proves him to be.

In David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the character Cleanthes argues that no being could ever be proven to exist through an a priori demonstration:

* Hume, David, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, in which " Cleanthes " is a character

Concerning this point, Aristotle asserts that even though people with a bad character may be ignorant and even seem unable to choose the right things, this condition stems from decisions which were originally voluntary, the same as poor health can develop from past choices ; and " while no one blames those who are ill-formed by nature, people do censure those who are that way through lack of exercise and neglect ".

Concerning his fine character, the Kennebec Journal said: " Commodore Bridge was a man of sterling principles and rugged honesty, with a strong mind and a warm heart ; a gentleman of the old school in all that means, of broad culture and with a genial polished manner ".

* Philo, a character who appears in David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

" Concerning the decision of Zambia, Greenpeace has stated that, " it was obvious to us that if no non-GM aid was being offered then they should absolutely accept GM food aid.

Concerning potential risks to public health, examples of cases in which the precautionary principle has been advocated ( but not always accepted ) are: the commercialization of genetically modified foods, the use of growth hormones in cattle raising, measures to prevent the " mad cow " disease, health claims linked to phthalates in PVC toys, among many others.

Concerning The Powerpuff Girls success, Craig McCracken has stated, " I thought it would get on Cartoon Network and college kids would watch it and there would be a few random T-shirts out there in the rave scene or in record shops.

Concerning the role of clave in salsa music, Charley Gerard states: “ The clave feeling is in the music whether or not the claves are actually being played .” Every ostinato part which spans a cycle of four main beats, has a specific alignment with clave, and expresses the rhythmic qualities of clave either explicitly or implicitly.

Concerning the patent on colour computer graphics, Lans has sued several companies, including Compaq, Gateway and Hewlett Packard for not paying royalties, and allegedly infringing on his patent.

His brief Inquiry Concerning Human Liberty ( 1715 ) has not been excelled, at all events in its main outlines, as a statement of the determinist standpoint.

* Shortly before his death, David Hume completes the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, on which he has been working since 1750.

An edition published in Philadelphia in 1901 by David McKay ( later a publisher of comic books ) contains what is listed as a preface to the second edition of the work stating, " Concerning any genuineness of any portion of the work, the Editor has not offered an opinion, nor is it necessary that he should.

Concerning the diversity of output, this is limited by a series of factors: the average low level of professional education among Czech journalists is compensated by " informal professionalization ", leading to a degree of conformity in approaches ; political parties hold strong ties in Czech media, especially print, where more than 50 % of Czech journalists identify with the Right, while only 16 % express sympathy for the Left ; the process of commercialization and " tabloidization " has increased, lowering differentiation of contents in Czech print media.

The NDL also has eight major specialized collections: Modern Political and Constitutional History ; Materials Concerning the Postwar Occupation of Japan ; Laws and Preliminary Records ; Science and Technology ; Maps ; Music ; Foreign Books About Japan ; and Rare Books.

Concerning the song, Yorn has said " I wrote American Blues Vol.

John Locke's chapter XXVII " On Identity and Diversity " in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( 1689 ) has been said to be one of the first modern conceptualizations of consciousness as the repeated self-identification of oneself, through which moral responsibility could be attributed to the subject — and therefore punishment and guiltiness justified, as critics such as Nietzsche would point out, affirming "... the psychology of conscience is not ' the voice of God in man '; it is the instinct of cruelty ... expressed, for the first time, as one of the oldest and most indispensable elements in the foundation of culture.

" Concerning baptism we confess that all penitent believers, who, through faith, regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, are made one with God, and are written in heaven, must, upon such Scriptural confession of faith, and renewing of life, be baptized with water, in the most worthy name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, according to the command of Christ, and the teaching, example, and practice of the apostles, to the burying of their sins, and thus be incorporated into the communion of the saints ; henceforth to learn to observe all things which the Son of God has taught, left, and commanded His disciples.

Concerning the side of aggregate demand, this concept has been linked to the concept of " military Keynesianism ", in which the government's military budget stabilizes business cycles and fluctuations and / or is used to fight recessions.

Concerning the group, popular activist Jim Hightower has stated " The BBB's pies are the Boston Tea Party of our modern day, sending a serious message softly to the corporate oligarchy.

In 1990, the causes of amaurosis fugax were better refined by the Amaurosis Fugax Study Group, which has defined five distinct classes of transient monocular blindness based on their supposed cause: embolic, hemodynamic, ocular, neurologic, and idiopathic ( or " no cause identified ") Concerning the pathology underlying these causes ( except idiopathic ), " some of the more frequent causes include atheromatous disease of the internal carotid or ophthalmic artery, vasospasm, optic neuropathies, giant cell arteritis, angle-closure glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, orbital compressive disease, a steal phenomenon, and blood hyperviscosity or hypercoagulability.

The historian of science Edward Grant has described Book 9 as being the " lengthiest, most penetrating, and authoritative " analysis of this question made by " any author of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ", apparently superseding even Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems — Ptolemaic and Copernican in his opinion, and indeed one writer has recently described Book 9 as " the book Galileo was supposed to write ".

Concerning dentistry, Rawsthorne is on record as having said " I gave that up, thank God, before getting near anyone's mouth ", while his friend, Constant Lambert, quipped " Mr Rawsthorne assures me that he has given up the practice of dentistry, even as a hobby " ( Anon 2006 ).

Concerning the former, which involved his protest in 2000 – 2001 of a case ( Boy Scouts of America v. Dale ) in which " the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America could exclude a gay scoutmaster because of his sexual orientation "; it was reported that " For many Jewish groups that work with the Boy Scouts – mainly Reform temples and Jewish community centers – the ensuing year has been marked by soul-searching, as they grappled with whether they should end their ties to the organization because of the organization's stance on gays ," and that " Within the Jewish community, Orthodox groups supported the ruling, saying civic organizations should be empowered to determine their own message – but most Jewish organizations condemned it as endorsing discrimination.

Concerning the baths as a whole, it has been described as evoking the Imperial style, or a " Classical " image, which is the style of " manipulation of space ".

Concerning future projects, Jeremy Enigk has stated on the official message board that he imagines " The Fire Theft will be back in full swing.

Concerning 70s fashion, Leee Childers has said ( quoted in Please Kill Me ):

Concerning his conversion to Roman Catholicism, he has said, " I was raised by my grandmother and parents as a Catholic.

Concerning the liberal use of the death penalty in the Draconic code, Plutarch states: " It is said that Drakon himself, when asked why he had fixed the punishment of death for most offences, answered that he considered these lesser crimes to deserve it, and he had no greater punishment for more important ones.

In his Essay Upon Several Subjects Concerning British Antiquities, written just after the Jacobite rising of 1745 he described how the politics of Scotland were not based on loyalty to Kings or Queens as Jacobites had said but on royal land grants given in return for loyalty.

As early as the fifth century BC, Protagoras, who is reputed to have been exiled from Athens because of his agnosticism about the existence of the gods, said that " Concerning the gods I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, or what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.

Concerning the late 8th century Helanshan Buddhism, little can be said: the doctrines of the lu （ 律 ） school and the teaching of Sichuan Chan of Rev.

Concerning the 2004 changes, Gunther Schuller said, " This is a long overdue sea change in the whole attitude as to what can be considered for the prize.

" Concerning the author, the critic said, " If ever on earth there lived a man who kept the law of Christ, and could give proof of it, and be absolutely unconscious that he was giving it to them, it is this man whom the Mongols called ' our Gilmour.

Concerning the debate on how the song should be released, Martin later said:

Concerning the rebellious nobles, the king is reported to have said, " I'm the lord of lords, not the server of servants ".

" Concerning the campaign, Griffin said, " It is active, it is positive, it is about making tomorrow better than today, a discussion about politics and the actions and passions of our time.

Concerning areas that the explorers had not observed directly, they gave fantastic reports about races of human monsters and areas said to be rich in gold, silver, and pearls.

Concerning the band's name, Matthew said, " it's actually referring to something much more existential, it's just surfing on nothing.

Thus, early knowledge of lenses and the availability of lenses for spectacles from the 13th century onwards through the 16th century means that it was possible for many individuals to discover the principles of a telescope using a combination of concave or concave and convex lenses ; in the 13th century, Robert Grosseteste wrote several scientific treatises between 1230 and 1235, including De Iride ( Concerning the Rainbow ), in which he said:

Concerning this creed, Campenhausen wrote, " This account meets all the demands of historical reliability that could possibly be made of such a text ," whilst A. M. Hunter said, " The passage therefore preserves uniquely early and verifiable testimony.

Concerning Chivington's pastoral abilities, historian James Haynes said: " Mr. Chivington was not as steady in his demeanor as becomes a man called of God to the work of the ministry, giving his ministerial friends regret and even trouble in their efforts to sustain his reputation.

Concerning its ideology, it can be said that although the SDSM is a successor of a communist party and claims to be social-democratic, but the influential business lobby in SDSM is moving the party in a neoliberal direction.

In his 1690 tract An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke compares one who would say that properties inhere in " substance " to the Indian who said the world was on an elephant which was on a tortoise " but being again pressed to know what gave support to the broad-backed tortoise, replied — something, he knew not what.

Concerning the dissemination of the screws and wrenches, Hallowell said that " the transition from a square head set screw refers here to the then-ubiquitous external-wrenching square drive to a hexagon socket head hollow set screw for which had to be developed special keys or wrenches for tightening or loosening the screw, was the cause of more profanity among the mechanics and machine manufacturers than any other single event that happened.

Concerning his career at the time, Welch said that " I feel like I was created to do what I'm doing right now.