AA generally avoids discussing the medical nature of alcoholism ; nonetheless AA is regarded as a proponent and popularizer of the disease theory of alcoholism.

She consoles Boethius by discussing the transitory nature of fame and wealth (" no man can ever truly be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune "), and the ultimate superiority of things of the mind, which she calls the " one true good ".

The DOB spread to Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, and The Ladder was mailed to hundreds — eventually thousands — of DOB members discussing the nature of homosexuality, sometimes challenging the idea that it was a sickness, with readers offering their own reasons why they were lesbians, and suggesting ways to cope with the condition or society's response to it.

In 1899, Steiner published an article, “ Goethe's Secret Revelation ”, discussing the esoteric nature of Goethe's fairy tale The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily.

In the last interview before his death, Tolkien, after discussing the nature of Elves, briefly says of his Dwarves: " The dwarves of course are quite obviously, wouldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews?

Reginald Tasker hints and suggests at the idea of nature taking effect when he quotes that " some people are just born evil ", when discussing Bessie Denker with Christine.

* Acts 17: 16-34 A Biblical account of St. Paul discussing with the Areopagus the nature of the Christian God.

In the scene, Socrates and Euthyphro are discussing the nature of piety when Socrates presents the dilemma, which can be presented as the question ' Is X good because God commands it, or does God command X because it is good?

The first Chancellor of the new university was Prince Arthur of Connaught and the first Principal ( a position that would be merged with that of Vice-Chancellor in 1948 ) was Professor Jan Hofmeyr Hofmeyr set the tone of the University's subsequent opposition to apartheid when, during his inaugural address as Principal he declared, while discussing the nature of a university and its desired function in a democracy, that universities " should know no distinctions of class, wealth, race or creed ".

Giardini Ravino is also the location of Meristema Fair, an exhibition dedicated to both professional and quality amateur gardeners, enriched with seminars and hands on experiences handling and discussing for various reasons about biodiversity in nature.

In the movie Watchmen, the group is satirized discussing the nature of Dr. Manhattan.

Edward Blyth wrote three articles on variation, discussing the effects of artificial selection and describing the process in nature ( later called natural selection ) as restoring organisms in the wild to their archetype ( rather than forming new species ).

In an article discussing the careers of Indian women in various fields, the magazine Verve mentioned Kapoor's outspoken views and assertive nature as making major contributions to her career ; they " add to her superstar aura.

The prologue to The Satanic Bible begins by discussing the concept of gods, good and evil, and human nature.

* A teacher in Lev Grossman's The Magicians relays the Russell version of the story while discussing the nature of magic.

" Henry Bunbury's Great War with France is perhaps the most valuable record ... which any soldier has bequeathed to us of the long struggle that began in 1793 and ended in 1815. and it derives its value from the fact that the author was not only a good soldier, well skilled in his profession, but that he was, as a staff officer, thrown with the best British commanders ... of his day ; that he had opportunities of discussing with them every point of military policy and the details of many important campaigns ; and that further he was a highly educated gentleman, with a seeing eye, a kindly nature, a keen sense of the ridiculous, and a very real literary gift.

Despite being somewhat unambitious, with a tendency to put his foot in his mouth when discussing non-technical subjects, his own father believes Gil has potential to be an even greater Spark than he ; he bases his hopes for lasting peace on his son's generally unaggressive nature, and his friendships built with heirs of other countries in and outside of direct Wulfenbach influence.

* Communication with third parties: revealing or discussing the nature of debts with third parties ( other than the consumer's spouse or attorney ) ( Collection agencies are allowed to contact neighbors or co-workers but only to obtain location information ; disreputable agencies often harass debtors with a " block party " or " office party " where they contact multiple neighbors or co-workers telling them they need to reach the debtor on an urgent matter.

The basic contents of qin literature is mainly essays discussing and describing the nature of qin music, the theory behind the notes and tones, the method of correct play, the history of qin music, lists of mentions in literature, etc.

The lisping of both names helped reinforce the supposedly effeminate nature of those two names, a fact which George Carlin would later sometimes reference when discussing gay issues.

Due to the broad nature of the course, students find themselves learning about and discussing religion, political theory, social criticism, and literature.

However, I have also overheard many people discussing candidly with my mother what they had earlier avoided — a reaction that I think had less to do with her inquiring nature or sensitively posed questions than with their gradual acceptance of her as a trustworthy individual in whom they could confide.

Later, the Germans were pushed back to the Ruhr and, after the war Blumentritt disagreed with the Allies ′ strategy in the west, discussing the precarious nature of the German position with its meager one armoured division against the Allies ′ 12, and he stated that had Sir Bernard Montgomery been unleashed earlier for a concentrated armoured assault ( as he wished ) rather than fighting on a broad front, " Such a breakthrough ... would have torn the weak German front to pieces and ended the war in the winter of 1944.

1320 – 82 ), who went on to become a Roman Catholic bishop, admonished that, in discussing various marvels of nature, " there is no reason to take recourse to the heavens, the last refuge of the weak, or demons, or to our glorious God as if He would produce these effects directly, more so than those effects whose causes we believe are well known to us.

When discussing Christabel, Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, an anonymous reviewer in the October 1893 The Church Quarterly Review claimed, " In these poems Coleridge achieves a mastery of language and rhythm which is nowhere else conspicuously evident in him.

For this reason Ganda linguists use the orthogonal numbering system when discussing Ganda grammar ( other than in the context of Bantu comparative linguistics ), giving the 10 traditional noun classes of that language.

* Finally, programmers may simply differ in their tastes: they may be accustomed to discussing problems and expressing them in a particular language.

In discussing whether sins committed subsequent to baptism may be forgiven, Tertullian calls baptism and penance " two planks " on which the sinner may be saved from shipwreck — language which he gave to the Church ( De penitentia, xii ).

A discussion of Belgian culture requires discussing both those aspects of cultural life shared by the Belgians, regardless of what language they speak, and the differences between the main cultural communities: the Flemish people from Flanders and the French-speakers from Brussels and Wallonia — although the grouping of Brussels and Wallonia as one cultural community is sometimes rejected, for instance by the Manifesto for Walloon culture as well as certain regionalists from Brussels.

* Italian language website discussing the history of Rose Island and its postage stamps.

Bodin invoked Pythagoras in discussing justice and in Book IV used ideas related to the Utopia of Thomas More The use of language derived from or replacing Niccolò Machiavelli's città ( Latin civitas ) as political unit ( French cité or ville ) is thoughtful ; Bodin introduced republic ( French république, Latin respublica ) as a term for matters of public law ( the contemporary English rendering was commonweal ( th )).

They published pamphlets and newspapers discussing education and language, a need for basic liberal reforms was assumed.

Register describes the choices made by the user, choices which depend on three variables: field (" what the participants ... are actually engaged in doing ", for instance, discussing a specific subject or topic ), tenor ( who is taking part in the exchange ) and mode ( the use to which the language is being put ).

This is a societally awkward topic, as we have a tendency today to use inclusive and supportive language in discussing body form.

Janja Lalich, a sociologist who studies cults, attributes their recruitment success to their eclectic mix of beliefs and the way that they deviated from typical New Age teachings: discussing literal spaceships while retaining familiar language.

In logic usually the object language that the metalanguage is discussing is a formal language, and very often the metalanguage as well.

The symbols A and B are not symbols of the object language, they are metavariables in the metalanguage ( in this case, English ) that is discussing the object language.

Linguistically, Andalusian Arabic and Siculo-Arabic — and therefore its descendant Maltese — are considered Maghrebi Arabic, but when discussing modern language the word is often given a geographic definition and limited to North Africa.

During a college lecture where Dr. Walsh is discussing the difference between language and communication, Buffy has a dream in which Riley kisses her.

Brahmoism, as a means of discussing the dowry system, was a central theme of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's noted 1914 Bengali language novella, Parineeta.

Renaissance Latin gradually developed into the New Latin of the 16th-19th centuries, used as the language of choice for authors discussing subjects considered sufficiently important to merit an international ( i. e., pan-European ) audience.

This is the customary use of the word in English when discussing language.

In discussing definitions of language, Dell Hymes wrote that " sometimes two communities are said to have the same, or different, languages on the grounds of mutual intelligibility, or lack thereof ", but alone, this definition is often insufficient.

On 24 January 1895, James Crichton-Browne delivered a notable lecture ( in Dumfries, Scotland ) On Emotional Expression, discussing some reservations concerning Darwin's formulations, emphasising the role of the brain and hands in emotional expression, touching on the issues of gender and expressive asymmetry, and on the relationship of physical expressions to language.

To avoid confusion when discussing this case, it is helpful to employ some sort of convention to distinguish whether you are referring to, e. g., " transcendent " common law versus " locally implemented " common law ( even though the case does not use this language ).

In fact, the language is often simple and direct except in those instances of moralizing, whether discussing God or Fortune, when the vocabulary becomes weightier.