Thus, while altruistic persons may under some circumstances be outcompeted by less altruistic persons at the individual level, according to group selection theory the opposite may occur at the group level where groups consisting of the more altruistic persons may outcompete groups consisting of the less altruistic persons.

Thus, according to the character Pausanias in Plato's Symposium, Aphrodite is two goddesses, one older while the other younger.

Thus, according to the Bank of England's Boxall and Gallagher ( 1997 ), "... there was virtually no difference between banks and building society ' listed ' interest rates for home finance mortgage lending between 1984 and 1997.

They write: " Thus, according to that alternate rendering, the new birth originates ' from above '— that is, ' from heaven ,' or ' from the Father.

Thus, the molecular formula of ethanol may be written in a paper in conformational, three-dimensional, full two-dimensional ( indicating every bond with no three-dimensional directions ), compressed two-dimensional ( CH < sub > 3 </ sub >– CH < sub > 2 </ sub >– OH ), separating the functional group from another part of the molecule ( C < sub > 2 </ sub > H < sub > 5 </ sub > OH ), or by its atomic constituents ( C < sub > 2 </ sub > H < sub > 6 </ sub > O ), according to what is discussed.

Thus, according to Aquinas, there must have been a time when nothing existed.

Thus perceptions must already come parcelled into distinct " bundles " before they can be associated according to the relations of similarity and causality: in other words, the mind must already possess a unity that cannot be generated, or constituted, by these relations alone.

Thus, according to Lutz, doublespeak is a form of language that defeats the purpose of inventing language because doublespeak does not communicate the truth but seeks to do the opposite and the doublespeak committee is tasked with correcting this problem that doublespeak has created in the world of language.

Thus, though knowledge requires justification, truth, and belief, the word " knowledge " can't be, according to Williamson's theory, accurately regarded as simply shorthand for " justified true belief.

Thus, according to Hegel, a great man does not create historical reality himself but only uncovers the inevitable future.

Thus, according to Étienne Boileau's Book of Handicrafts, by the mid-13th century there were no less than 100 guilds in Paris, a figure which by the 14th century had risen to 350.

Isaac Newton wrote of the earth, "“ Thus this Earth resembles a great animall or rather inanimate vegetable, draws in æthereall breath for its dayly refreshment & vitall ferment & transpires again with gross exhalations, And according to the condition of all other things living ought to have its times of beginning youth old age & perishing .”

Thus, according to Josephus, the traditional Jew was, should be, and can be, a loyal and peace-loving citizen.

Thus a leader or important man will be characterised as generous, according to one common convention, and called an " enemy of gold ", " attacker of treasure ", " destroyer of arm-rings ", etc.

Thus, according to Keynesian theory, some individually-rational microeconomic-level actions such as not investing savings in the goods and services produced by the economy, if taken collectively by a large proportion of individuals and firms, can lead to outcomes, wherein the economy operates below its potential output and growth rate.

Thus Legendre's contribution lay in introducing a convenient notation that recorded quadratic residuosity of a mod p. For the sake of comparison, Gauss used the notation, according to whether a is a residue or a non-residue modulo p.

Thus, both the statement " Murder is bad " and the statement " Murder is good " are false, according to an error theory.

Thus, according to Murray, reports of Satan actually represented pagan gatherings with their priest wearing a horned helmet to represent their Horned God.

Thus, according to Wittgenstein, mental states are intimately connected to a subject's environment, especially their linguistic environment, and conceivability or imaginability arguments that claim otherwise are misguided.

Thus, according to the law of non-contradiction, p must be false.

Thus, according to the law of non-contradiction, " not p " must be false, and so, according to the law of the excluded middle, p is true.

Thus, according to the Quran, Muhammad first received revelations in the lunar month of Ramadan.

Thus, according to Milgram, the subject shifts responsibility to another person and does not blame himself for what happens.

Thus the idea of an intellectual or scientific revolution following the Renaissance is — according to the continuity thesis — a myth.

Thus the Codex found its way to the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg.

Thus late medieval Guilds of St Luke in the cities of Flanders, or the " Accademia di San Luca " ( Academy of St. Luke ) in Rome — imitated in many other European cities during the 16th century — gathered together and protected painters.

Thus, nowadays, the relics of St. Luke are so divided:

Thus, writing to St. Jerome, St. Augustine said, " If that opinion of the creation of new souls is not opposed to this established article of faith let it be also mine ; if it is, let it not be thine.

Thus, Georg Reutter was the Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, where his young choristers included both Joseph and Michael Haydn.

" Thus there was now St. William of York ( whose name is perhaps more often associated with the adjacent St. William's College ).

Thus they ordered the collection of the spices which were used to anoint Christ's body, and they were mixed with oil, forming, according to Coptic tradition, the first chrism, or " myron ", which, according to tradition, was brough to Egypt by St Mark.

Thus people used the waterways, especially the St. Lawrence River, as the main form of transportation, by canoes.

Thus it seems possible that the iron point of the Lombardic royal lance might have been recast in the 7th century in order to enshrine one of the 1st century Roman nails that St. Helena was reputed to have found at Calvary and brought to Milan, thus giving a new Christian sacred aura to the old pagan royal lance.

Thus, the " Arab plan ", with court and hypostyle prayer hall, truly became a functional type with the construction of the Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Damascus ( completed in 715 by caliph Al-Walid I ) on top of the ancient temple of Jupiter and in place of the basilica of St. John the Baptist, the most sacred site in the city.

Thus the original St Peter's Basilica in Rome, Milan Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral, Antwerp Cathedral and Notre Dame de Paris are all described as having five aisles, meaning they have two side aisles either side of the central nave.

Thus, in sharp contrast to the chapel dedicated to St. Gregory and St. Augustine which contains vibrant mosaics, the chapel of the Holy Souls employs a more subdued, almost funereal style, decoration with late Victorian on a background of silver.

Thus, it would appear that the name of St. Clements was selected by the rhymer simply for its consonance with the word ‘ lemons ’, and it now seems more likely that the melody called ‘ Oranges and Limons ’ predates the rhyme itself.

Thus Dapitan came to be under the jurisdiction of the courageous men of St. Ignatius and it was Father Pascual de Acuña S. J.

Thus " Baptism of the Spirit " is one experience among many within Christianity ( as are the extraordinary manifestations of the Spirit in the lives of the saints, notably St. Francis of Assisi and St. Teresa of Avila, who levitated ), and thus less dogmatically held by Catholic charismatics ( than by Pentecostals ).

Thus, the Germans decided to pull out of the St. Mihiel Salient and consolidate their forces near the Hindenburg Line.

Thus, his doctrines are derived from the assertions of his contemporaries and opponents, notably Albert the Great and St. Thomas as mentioned above.

Thus, he was not drafted until the 13th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball ( MLB ) Draft, when the St. Louis Cardinals selected him with the 402nd overall pick.

Thus the Latin of a theologian like St Thomas Aquinas or of an erudite clerical historian such as William of Tyre tends to avoid most of the characteristics described above, showing its period in vocabulary and spelling alone ; the features listed are much more prominent in the language of lawyers ( e. g. the 11th century English Domesday Book ), physicians, technical writers and secular chroniclers.