The principal aim of the writer appears to be to present moral and religious truth.

The theory was popularized in the 1840s by Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle, and in 1860 Herbert Spencer formulated a counter-argument that has remained influential throughout the 20th century to the present ; Spencer said that such great men are the products of their societies, and that their actions would be impossible without the social conditions built before their lifetimes.

Jahez, a historian and writer, writes in one of his books on ancient Iran: " henever the owner of the present is in trouble or wants to construct a building, set up a feast, have his children married, etc.

" He praised Dick's accomplishment, saying " the whole creation resonates to the touch of the only present science-fiction writer who could possibly have done it " and characterizes the result as " a witty, sometimes lighthearted, and always fascinating piece of fiction.

According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, " a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.

“ If, as the writer believes Schiller, various private cases of action were available in satisfying commercial needs, the state was acting in exactly the same fashion as it does at the present day .”

Series script writer Dennis Spooner said that the series would frequently feature Steed visiting busy public places such as the main airport in London, without anyone else present in the scene.

These include the present judges in addition to a famous and generally elderly writer given a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The present writer finds this unacceptable.

Today the composer ( past or present ) of the musical score to an opera or operetta is usually given top billing for the completed work, and the writer of the lyrics relegated to second place or a mere footnote, a notable exception being Gertrude Stein, who received top billing for Four Saints in Three Acts.

" Other Jewish writers have come to different conclusions, such as 13th-century scholar Bahya ben Asher, 16th-century scholar Moses Almosnino, and the 18th-century Hasidic teacher Nahman of Bratslav, who expressed a view-similar to that expressed by the Christian Neo-Platonic writer Boethius-that God " lives in the eternal present " and transcends or is above all time.

In the present, a writer and an academic converge on the house: Hannah Jarvis, the writer, is investigating a hermit who once lived on the grounds ; Bernard Nightingale, a professor of literature, is investigating a mysterious chapter in the life of Byron.

With more rounded characters, such as those typically found in Shakespeare's plays, the moral may be more nuanced but no less present, and the writer may point it up in other ways ( see, for example, the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet ).

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

Timothy Hampton writes that " to a degree unequaled by the case of any other writer from the European Renaissance, the reception of Rabelais's work has involved dispute, critical disagreement, and ... scholarly wrangling ..." But at present, " whatever controversy still surrounds Rabelais studies can be found above all in the application of feminist theories to Rabelais criticism ".

In a 1984 interview with Sports Illustrated writer Paul " Dr. Z " Zimmerman, when asked what position he would play if he were coming up in the present day, he said, " I would probably be a linebacker today.

Wimbledon House, a separate residence close to the village at the south end of Parkside ( near present day Peek Crescent ), was home in the 1790s to the exiled French statesman Vicomte de Calonne, and later to the mother of writer Frederick Marryat.

Italian Massimo Bontempelli, for instance, considered the first magic realist creative writer, sought to present the "... mysterious and fantastic quality of reality.

* The English writer Auberon Waugh, writing in The Spectator in the 1970s in response to an article Pilger had written alleging Thai complicity in child trafficking ( whose research was challenged ), coined the verb " to pilger ", defined as: to present information in a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion.

While the liner notes of the compilation does not present any information regarding commercial performances of the songs featured, writer Keith Caulfield of Billboard magazine suggested that the name could only be " a marketing angle ".

It is true that he had the authority of Kendall's poem " On a Street ", but years afterwards George Gordon McCrae told the present writer that Kendall " made the worst of everything including himself ".

The famous German writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was present at the battle with the Prussian army, later wrote that he was approached by some of his Prussian comrades.

* Prof. Kim Kierans-Vice president ( 2010 – present ), former director of the King's School of Journalism, and writer / editor for CBC Radio One

There are certainly large areas of understanding in the human sciences which in themselves and even without political invention can help to dispel our present fears.

The outlook for entertainment electronics in 1961 is certainly far from clear at present, but recent surveys have shown a desire on the part of consumers to step up their buying plans for durable goods.

You may have misgivings about certain aspects of our military establishment -- I certainly do -- but you know any comparison of over-all American strength with over-all Soviet strength finds the United States not only superior, but so superior both in present weapons and in the development of new ones that our advantage promises to be a permanent feature of U.S.-Soviet relations for the foreseeable future.

The killer, if in our present group, would certainly be interested in knowing that much, and even though with the fingerprint evidence what it was I could see no way he could use this bit of information to improve on his situation, there might always be some way.

Miss Pons is certainly not 70 -- no singer ever is -- and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in paying tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments.

The theological complex present in Diana looks very elaborated and certainly Hellenic, while an analogous Latin concept of Diana Trivia seems uncertain, as Latin sources reflect a Hellenised character of the goddess.

The majority of scholars tend to understand Plotinus ' opponents as being a Gnostic sect — certainly ( specifically Sethian ), several such groups were present in Alexandria and elsewhere about the Mediterranean during Plotinus ' lifetime.

The Chinese hanghui probably existed already during the Han Dynasty ( 206 BC-AD 220 ), but certainly they were present in the Sui Dynasty ( 589-618 AD ).

Scholars who have examined these claims tend to believe that while the slave songs may certainly have expressed hope for deliverance from the sorrows of this world, these songs did not present literal help for runaway slaves.

Old Norse influenced the verb to be ; the replacement of sindon by are is almost certainly Scandinavian in origin, as is the third-person-singular ending-s in the present tense of verbs.

It seems he was not present for the first uprising on 23 – 24 Oct, but he was certainly in Shanghai by December 1926.

He says that the story in its present form is certainly a later, exegetical fabrication despite the fact that there could be some historical basis for the story.

Although there could be some historical basis for the story, in its present form it is certainly a later, exegetical fabrication.

Indeed, in the early history of the Earth ( about four billion years ago ) bolide impacts were almost certainly common since the solar system contained far more discrete bodies than at present.

Genipa vaginata from New Caledonia is of unclear affiliation, but almost certainly does not actually belong in the present genus.

In an Interview with The Brooklyn Rail he said, " We certainly should not be initiating a war, as it ’ s not a clear and present danger to the United States, or in fact, to anyone around it.

How much Akhenaten understood, we cannot say, but he certainly bounded forward in his views and symbolism to a position which we cannot logically improve upon at the present day.

There was probably a church on the site of the present St John the Baptist church during Roman times and almost certainly a Saxon building.

The influences of jazz and other contemporary styles are certainly present in Rhapsody in Blue.

Dialectal variation between west and east in Old Norse however was certainly present during the Middle Ages and three dialects had emerged: Old West Norse, Old East Norse and Old Gutnish.

Custine had prophesised that the command of an army would be “ an evil present ” to him, " Custine certainly could judge men, and he was right in this case, for all who knew the worthy old Houchard considered him as lost when given a charge so much beyond his powers ”.

Female entertainers were certainly present at some otherwise all-male gatherings.

The Lense – Thirring effect certainly satisfies the very basic and broad notion that " matter there influences inertia here " The plane of the pendulum would not be dragged around if the shell of matter were not present, or if it were not spinning.

Thus, anencephaly, in which there is no higher brain present, is generally not considered brain death, though it is certainly an irreversible condition in which it may be appropriate to withdraw life support.