Proponents of this view sometimes point to examples of life's actions in the past that have resulted in dramatic change rather than stable equilibrium, such as the conversion of the Earth's atmosphere from a reducing environment to an oxygen-rich one.

Proponents of this view sometimes point to examples of life's actions in the past that have resulted in dramatic change rather than stable equilibrium, such as the conversion of the Earth's atmosphere from a reducing environment to an oxygen-rich one.

Approaching the issue from a structuralist and narratological point of view, he has defined irrealism as a " peculiar mode of postmodern allegory " that has resulted from modernity ’ s fragmentation and dismantling of the well-ordered and coherent medieval system of symbol and allegory.

A secularization of God and the medicalization of good resulted in the post-Enlightenment version of this view: once people agree that they have identified the one true reason, it brings about that they have to guard against the temptation to worship unreason — that is, madness.

Emilie's continuing bouts of absence and often depressed mood influenced her son's attitude towards women — one of " innate unreliability ," a view that he later called the " handicap I started off with " and that resulted in his sometimes patriarchal views of women.

This argument — reasonable in view of the data available at the time — resulted in a geocentric world view.

A secularization of God and the medicalization of good resulted in the post-Enlightenment version of this view: once people agree that they have identified the one true reason, it brings about that they have to guard against the temptation to worship unreason – that is, madness.

Her affair with composer Isidore de Lara resulted in Prince Albert slapping her in view of an audience at the Salle Garnier.

City planners often commented the downtown district would be better served by a more modern, two-lane structure, a common progressive view that has resulted in the demise of thousands of historic structures nationwide.

Father Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin, a Catholic priest, who was a former Russian prince, visited the Wilmore household with a view to reconciling the differences of religion within the family and it was said that they had many earnest, controversial conversations, which eventually resulted in Godfrey's conversion to Catholicism.

Randall J. Dicks, Governor of the Constantian Society of Ohio, USA, had a bitter view of Papadopoulos ' credibility, " To no one's surprise, the mock plebiscite resulted in a 78. 4 per cent vote in favour of a republic.

Mengistu has claimed that the takeover of his country resulted from the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev, who in his view allowed the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the termination of its aid to Ethiopia.

The following elections resulted in a majority favourable to the new ministry, which passed a series of laws of a reactionary tendency with a view to strengthening the government.

The show finished with the three presenters inviting everyone on stage to sing a rendition of the English version of " Hallelujah ", the Israeli winner from the 1979 Contest, as a tribute to the victims of the Balkan War, who were unable to view the contest after the bombing resulted in their transmitters being blown up.

Opponents of this view sometimes reference examples of events that resulted in dramatic change rather than stable equilibrium, such as the conversion of the Earth's atmosphere from a reducing environment to an oxygen-rich one.

The biggest disadvantage of the Polavision system was the low film speed ( ASA 40 ), which resulted in having to use very bright lights when taking the movie, as well as requiring a special player to view the developed movie.

The ability of the grenade launcher to loft payloads in a high arc has resulted in many " specialty " grenades such as less-lethal sponge grenades, flares, and even a video camera that surveys the battlefield from a bird's eye view.

Therefore, humans ' first view of the far side of the Moon resulted from lunar exploration in the 1960s.

The origion of the Romanians, that is the formation of the Romanian people and the venue thereof, has been for centuries subject to scholarly debate, since its different approaches ( sometimes driven by political bias ) have not resulted in a consensual view.

During this period, the Castro culture of fortified urban structures resulted in walled settlements, situated in elevated areas with a panoramic view, for defense.

Local patriotism and class differences sometimes resulted in fights and pitch invasions, making the Swedish press view IFK and Örgryte fans as the scum of Swedish football.

Four columns were built through the existing Main Stand to support the Club Deck, which resulted in approximately 1, 000 seats having a restricted view.

From the Polish point of view, while the German defeat constitutes a Polish tactical victory, the ensuing destruction of the Polish units by the Soviets resulted in a strategic defeat, especially considering the goals of Operation Tempest.

Although the PNCC has entered into tentative negotiations with Orthodox Churches in North America, no union has resulted due to the PNCC's substantial adherence to the Catholic view of the sacraments and other issues.

Bloody Sunday remains among the most significant events in the Troubles of Northern Ireland, chiefly because those who died were shot by the British army rather than paramilitaries, in full view of the public and the press.

The ancient historical writers, chiefly Suetonius and Tacitus, write from the point of view of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, and portray the Emperors in generally negative terms, whether from preference for the Roman Republic or love of a good scandalous story.

With the clearance of most of the remaining bomb-damaged buildings on both sides ( on the eastern side, this was done chiefly to give border guards a clear view of would-be escapees and an uninterrupted line of fire ), little was left in an area of dozens of hectares.

His moral vigour and the service he provided as an ingenious and intrepid defender of the Christian religion were, for him, down to his view of Christianity as first and chiefly an experience of the heart.

Daubigny is chiefly preferred for his riverside pictures, of which he painted a great number, but although there are two large landscapes by Daubigny in the Louvre, neither is a river view.

A eugenicist who applied his social Darwinism to entire nations, Pearson saw " war " against " inferior races " as a logical implication of his scientific work on human measurement: " My view – and I think it may be called the scientific view of a nation ," he wrote, " is that of an organized whole, kept up to a high pitch of internal efficiency by insuring that its numbers are substantially recruited from the better stocks, and kept up to a high pitch of external efficiency by contest, chiefly by way of war with inferior races.

From this point of view he edited the Theogony of Hesiod ( 1868 ), with a commentary, chiefly mythological, and Cicero's De natura deorum ( 1850, 4th ed.

Acheson did not regard the Soviet " threat " as chiefly political, and he saw the Berlin blockade starting in June 1948, the first Soviet test of a nuclear weapon in August 1949, the Communist revolution in China a month later, and the beginning of the Korean War in June 1950 as evidence of his view.

The coal seams of the Rowanburn field have been chiefly wrought, and in view of their exhaustion bores have been sunk to prove the coals beneath the red sandstone of upper Carboniferous age.

Gulliver gets a new view of historians and heroes, claiming ' I was chiefly disgusted with modern History '.

They were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purpose of poetic pleasure.

Leuchter chiefly cited the absence of Prussian blue in the homicidal gas chambers in support of his view that they could not have functioned that way.

The controversy had a permanent effect on Ruysbroeck: his later writings bear constant reference, direct and indirect, to the ' heretical ' views expressed in these times, and he always wrote in the country's native language, chiefly with a view to counteracting these writings which he viewed as heretical.

In 1860 he again went to South America, chiefly with a view to inspecting the German colonies there and reporting on the possibility of diverting the stream of German emigration in this direction.

In 1826 he went to London, chiefly with a view to studying the Elgin Marbles and other remains of antiquity in the British Museum, and became acquainted with the principal archaeologists of England.

White argued, " Since, until recent centuries, technology was chiefly the concern of groups which wrote little, the role which technological development plays in human affairs has been neglected ," and declared, " If historians are to attempt to write the history of mankind, and not simply the history of mankind as it was viewed by the small and specialized segments of our race which have had the habit of scribbling, they must take a fresh view of the records, ask new questions of them, and use all the resources of archaeology, iconography, and etymology to find answers when no answers can be discovered in contemporary writings.

We live in a society which thinks of change chiefly as change for the worse, dreads it and prefers the " horizontal " view which calls only for minor adjustments ".

He painted chiefly broad, sunny landscapes, full of space, light and atmosphere ; they are seen from a high perspective, allowing a prominent view of the sky.

45 – 54 ) by him in the collection, which are chiefly interesting from an antiquarian point of view.

Petau's claim to fame chiefly rests on his vast, but unfinished, De theologicis dogmatibus, the first systematic attempt ever made to treat the development of Christian doctrine from the historical point of view.