They grounded him ( over his protests -- not including his true reason for wanting to fly ) and put him in the Command offices.

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage ( OBP ; sometimes referred to as on-base average / OBA, as the statistic is rarely presented as a true percentage ) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base for any reason other than a fielding error, fielder's choice, dropped / uncaught third strike, fielder's obstruction, or catcher's interference ( the latter two are ignored as either times-on-base ( TOB ) or plate appearances in calculating OBP ).

The reason for this was to stay true to the genre's underground roots and to make the music sound more " raw " and " cold ".

Hence I can see no reason to doubt that natural selection might be most effective in giving the proper colour to each kind of grouse, and in keeping that colour, when once acquired, true and constant.

" There can be found no fact that is true or existent, or any true proposition ," he wrote, " without there being a sufficient reason for its being so and not otherwise, although we cannot know these reasons in most cases.

To Clement, scripture is an innately true primitive philosophy which is complemented by human reason through the Logos.

According to the theory that knowledge is justified true belief, in order to know that a given proposition is true, one must not only believe the relevant true proposition, but one must also have a good reason for doing so.

For this reason, he considered it a work of art, not science, but insisted that it was still true and considered it to be his career masterpiece.

He further demonstrated the reason for the inclusion of the Greek text when defending his work: " But one thing the facts cry out, and it can be clear, as they say, even to a blind man, that often through the translator ’ s clumsiness or inattention the Greek has been wrongly rendered ; often the true and genuine reading has been corrupted by ignorant scribes, which we see happen every day, or altered by scribes who are half-taught and half-asleep.

But, although faith is above reason, nevertheless, between faith and reason no true dissension can ever exist, since the same God, who reveals mysteries and infuses faith, has bestowed on the human soul the light of reason ; moreover, God cannot deny Himself, nor ever contradict truth with truth.

On one extreme is logical positivism, which denies the validity of any beliefs held by faith ; on the other extreme is fideism, which holds that true belief can only arise from faith, because reason and physical evidence cannot lead to truth.

To serve the purpose of a defense in law, the disorder must therefore amount to an absolute alienation of reason, ut continua mentis alienatione, omni intellectu careat-such a disease as deprives the patient of the knowledge of the true aspect and position of things about him-hinders him from distinguishing friend from foe-and gives him up to the impulse of his own distempered fancy.

Hegel certainly intends to preserve what he takes to be true of German idealism, in particular Kant's insistence that ethical reason can and does go beyond finite inclinations.

His assertion in the Social Contract that true followers of Jesus would not make good citizens may have been another reason for Rousseau's condemnation in Geneva.

To Anatoli all men are, in truth, formed in the image of God, though the Jews stand under a particular obligation to further the true cognition of God simply by reason of their election —" the Greeks had chosen wisdom as their pursuit ; the Romans, power ; and the Jews, religiousness " ( l. c.

He demanded strict dialectical training as the means of distinguishing the true from the false, and asserted that logic ( or the syllogism ) furthered the knowledge of catholic verities ; ignorance of logic was the reason why men misunderstood Scripture, since men overlooked the connection – the distinction between idea and appearance.

This philosophy, poorly understood at first, stated that in order for a mathematical statement to be true to a mathematician, that person must be able to intuit the statement, to not only believe its truth but understand the reason for its truth.

A paradox is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which ( if true ) defies logic or reason, similar to circular reasoning.

The only reason given for the centuries old tradition that he was a vintner, being not true is that the soil in all of Troyes, is not optimal for wine growing grapes, claimed by the research of Rabbi Haym Solevetchik.

This was particularly true in the world arena, which was an anarchical battleground characterized by strife and avaricious competition for colonial empires.

Most avant-garde creators, true to their interest in the self-sufficiency of pure movement, have tended to dress their dancers in simple lines and solid colors ( often black ) and to give them a bare cyclorama for a setting.

The more Adoniram looked at the Greek word for baptism, the more unhappy he became over its true meaning.

Every First Family seems to have one couple upon whom it relies for true friendship.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

It is even true that some among them use the sheer fact of conformity -- `` everyone does it '' -- as a criterion for conduct.

What was true for archaeology was also true of place-name studies.

A credulousness, a distaste for documentation, an uncritical reliance on contemporary accounts, and a proneness to assume a theory as true before adequate proof was provided were all evidences of his failure to comprehend the use of the scientific method or to evaluate the responsibilities of the historian to his reading public.

And thus torn between his desire to be known as the composer of a successful opera and the necessity of remaining true to his proclaimed desire for anonymity, Rousseau suffered through several painful weeks.

but with the growth of state and federal fiscal aid, the emphasis on equalization, and the state-local sharing of responsibility for certain important functions, this is no longer true.

and we think them largely futile because, for true excellence of accomplishment, every scholar and every artist must cross boundaries of knowledge and boundaries of points of view.

A true university, like most successful marriages, is a unity of diversities Without forcing all components into a single pattern, the preparation of a master plan is an opportunity to consider interrelation of knowledge at its highest level, which a university -- in contrast to a multiversity -- should stand for.

It may be true that pool lighting dramatizes an evening scene, but lights also attract all the insect life for miles around.

The same is true of areas which at first look good because of a few existing recreation features but may actually be poor areas to develop for general public use.

This behavior is more `` veridical '' -- or true -- than other testing behavior for some types of evaluation, and so can give quick and accurate estimates of complex functioning.

However, in the actual assessment of the cutting force by instrumental methods for any thickness of coating a number of spurious effects occur which must be taken into account and which make the measured value larger than the true cutting force indicated by eqn. ( 1 ).

This is especially true for knitted fabrics.

Use of the characteristics of the platform components for an indication of true heading.

Although this technique is simple and satisfactory, one practical difficulty does exist: the direction of true north must be known for each launch point.

Every dream, and this is true of a mental image of any type even though it may be readily interpreted into its equivalent of wakeful thought, is a psychic phenomenon for which no explanation is available.

This is true for two reasons: because Communism is both doctrinally, and in practice, antithetical to these conditions ; ;

the other, for the most part, true.