By attaining mastery over one's passions, reason, will and desire can harmoniously work together to do what is good.

There is thus an ironic contrast between Paul's own temporal imprisonment and Philemon's temporal freedom ( and mastery over Onesimus ), balanced by the inversion of that relationship in what Paul sees as his own spiritual authority over Philemon and Philemon's spiritual subservience to Paul, who is claiming that Onesimus – temporally, a slave – is, spiritually speaking, not simply equal to his master but a brother of his.

Anderson has commented that Plautus “ is using and abusing Greek comedy to imply the superiority of Rome, in all its crude vitality, over the Greek world, which was now the political dependent of Rome, whose effete comic plots helped explain why the Greeks proved inadequate in the real world of the third and second centuries, in which the Romans exercised mastery ".

Once Egypt had established political and military mastery over Kush, officials, priests merchants and artisans settled in the region.

It is the country's ruling party, and promotes the " mastery of the people over the country ".

Henry's volte-face was probably motivated by a desire to retain dominance over Normandy, which was now threatened by William's growing mastery of his duchy.

Human knowledge and mastery over nature advances when James Watt builds a successful prototype of a steam engine, and a scientific expedition continues as Captain James Cook claims the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean for Britain.

While classical in scope, the opening section of the setting demonstrates Pergolesi's mastery of the Italian baroque durezze e ligature style, characterized by numerous suspensions over a faster, conjunct bassline.

What nature displayed in that moment he reproduced thoroughly in a delicate scale of color, and with mastery over every form of expression.

His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

As a small child, Braille was blinded in an accident ; as a boy he developed a mastery over that blindness ; and as a young man – still a student at school – he created a revolutionary form of communication that transcended blindness and transformed the lives of millions.

Bette Davis: Her instinct, her mastery over the machine, was pure witchcraft.

He has mastery over the element of Air.

She has mastery over the element of Light.

He has mastery over the elements of Earth and Fire.

She has mastery over the element of Life.

She has mastery over the untouchable.

Critic and artist Roger Fry did something to restore it in the 1930s, when he described Lawrence as having a " consummate mastery over the means of artistic expression " with an " unerring hand and eye ".

Jeeves frequently displays mastery over a vast range of subjects from philosophy ( his favourite philosopher is Spinoza ) to an encyclopedic knowledge of poetry, science, history, psychology, geography, politics and literature.

In the essay, Nietzsche describes how such a paradoxical action as asceticism might serve the interests of life: through asceticism one can overcome their desire to perish from pain and despair and attain mastery over oneself.

He also showed mastery over fire by starting and extinguishing another at his will.

As an adult Lug gained entry to Nuada's court through his mastery of every art, and was given command over the army.

The play opened to good reviews and Harold Hobson called the second play in the double-bill, " one of Rattigan's masterpieces, in which he shows in superlative degree his pathos, his humour and his astounding mastery over the English language ...".

Others who have used these experiences to transcend physical limitations report a feeling of mastery over their physical circumstance, along with a widened perspective.

Writing for the Norwegen newspaper Folkets Avis, the critic Erik Bøgh admired Ibsen's originality and technical mastery: " Not a single declamatory phrase, no high dramatics, no drop of blood, not even a tear.

He Walked by Night ( 1948 ), shot by Alton and, though credited solely to Alfred Werker, directed in large part by Mann, demonstrates their technical mastery and exemplifies the late 1940s trend of " police procedural " crime dramas.

The major technical differences among these many organizations revolve around the patterns, called hyeong 형, poomsae 품새, or teul 틀, sets of prescribed formal sequences of movements that demonstrate mastery of posture, positioning, and technique, sparring rules for competition, and philosophy.

The image is a technical presentation of Turner's strong grasp of the elements of perspective with several buildings at sharp angles to each other, demonstrating Turner's thorough mastery of Thomas Malton's topographical style.

While the trombone was featured prominently in dixieland and swing music, it fell out of favor among bebop and later jazz fusion musicians, largely because instruments with valves and keys ( trumpet, saxophone ) were believed to be more suited to bebop's often rapid tempos and demand for technical mastery.

Some of Baltzar's surviving compositions, including a work in C major that may be the earliest suite for three violins, require virtuosity and technical mastery.

" The book sold poorly, and received a mixed review from the Times Literary Supplement, which while accepting Spare's " technical mastery ", was more critical of much of the content.

As a work of art, the statue displays high technical mastery.

Although he based his compositions on Russian popular music, Glazunov's technical mastery allowed him to write in a sophisticated, cultured idiom.

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira ( born June 2, 1976 ) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The result is mastery of branch-specific technical and tactical skills, staff processes in battalions and brigades, direct leadership and command competencies, and initial broadening opportunities.

Their technical mastery, and stylistic indebtedness to Willaert and his circle, make an early connection with Venice a reasonable supposition.

Although no singular style characterizes the High Renaissance, the art of those most closely associated with this Period — Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian — exhibits an astounding mastery, both technical and aesthetic.

Despite the poor technical quality of the old recordings, they often serve as the model of high mastery of the performance of Georgian traditional songs for contemporary ensembles.

This reinforces the Master Gunnery Sergeant's role as a provider of military leadership, technical acumen, and mastery of their MOS.

In his review for the Chicago Reader, J. R. Jones wrote, " This debut feature by Kerry Conran is a triumph not only for its technical mastery but for its good taste ".

His works show little imagination, but they display a thorough mastery of the technical necessities of the stage, and a remarkable power of devising effective situations.

Tactics in VIs remain closely guarded secrets, though it has already been observed that the mammoth 2005 victory margin for OTH was created by simple use of the parallel man, allied to de Haes's technical mastery of defence.

Their technical execution reveals a rapid hand, bright coloring, and a mastery of anatomy not always evident in Netherlandish art of the time.

It implies a technical mastery of the sword, but transcends technical limitations.

During the ceremony the University ’ s Public Orator noted that she " adds to technical mastery, charm and imagination, in such a way that she seems to reveal the grace of her personality as well as the grace of movement … Moreover, she wants those who are perhaps put off by the grand portals of the Royal Opera House to enjoy the pleasures that ballet affords.

Despite his personal distaste for Wagner, both as a man and a musician, Strauss's strict professionalism drove him to devote all his technical mastery to the important horn solos in Wagner's operas.

However, it received praise from other quarters: the Daily Telegraph said the book was " distinguished by a remarkable intellectual energy: a narrative verve, technical mastery of the possibilities of the novel form and vivid sense of the tragic contingency of human life.

It displays in embryo many of the characteristics that define Fenton's later work: technical mastery combined with a fascination with issues that arise from the Western interaction with other cultures.