Thus Plato and Gottfried Leibniz affirm an objective and knowable reality transcending our subjective awareness — a rejection of epistemological idealism — but propose that this reality is grounded in ideal entities, a form of metaphysical idealism.

Within the space of these tendencies there has developed a coherent critique of " orthodox Marxism " that includes not only a rejection of the concept of " the transition " but a reconceptualization of the process of transcending capitalism that has remarkable similarities to ( Peter ) Kropotkin's thinking on this subject ... Thus one of the earliest political tendencies within which this approach appeared after the Russian revolution of 1917 was that of " Council Communism " which saw the " workers councils " in Germany ( see Bavarian Soviet Republic ), or the soviets in Russia, as new organizational forms constructed by the people.

Thus, for Rand, the fact that consciousness must itself possess identity implies the rejection of both universal skepticism based on the " limits " of consciousness and any claim to revelation, emotion or faith based belief.

Thus, Matthew " invented " this verse to address the fate of Jerusalem as just punishment for its rejection of Jesus.

Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of hatred directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts.

Despite his rejection of the Macchiaioli approach, Modigliani nonetheless found favour with his teacher, who referred to him as " Superman ", a pet name reflecting the fact that Modigliani was not only quite adept at his art, but also that he regularly quoted from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

Thus Kripke's argument that names are not equivalent to descriptions was widely construed as the view that names do not have senses ; or as a rejection of the sense-reference distinction.

Thus, at this point, Hirsch's romantic liberalism and the values of the 1848 struggle for civil rights were less relevant – and the rejection of many elements of Weimar German culture was prevalent.

" Thus, adopting a ' rejection for rejection's sake ' attitude, he entered tunnels of utter pessimism without any light at the end of them, with pictures of outrage, dirt and amorality working to convince the reader: no other, better life here would be possible anyway, for man-a scoundrel by nature, worshipping only the needs of his own flesh-is always ready to betray all things sacred for his egotistic schemes and lowly instincts ," Skabichevsky wrote.

Thus, reswitching implies the rejection of a simple ( monotonic ) non-increasing relationship between capital intensity and either the rate of profit, sometimes confusingly referred to as the rate of interest.

Thus, despite conflict, criticism, and even rejection, those with greater capacity to " self differentiate " can stay calm and rationally " clear-headed " enough to distinguish thinking rooted in a careful assessment of the facts from thinking clouded by emotion.

Thus, Confucius could not achieve the idealistic reform that he wanted and restore the legitimate rule of the duke, returning to the period of the Duke of Zhou.

Thus, we should prioritize social reform over attempts to account for consequences, individual virtue or duty ( although these may be worthwhile attempts, provided social reform is provided for ).

Thus the etymological clarification and reform of American English promised to improve citizens ' manners and thereby preserve republican purity and social stability.

Thus, we should prioritize social reform over concern with consequences, individual virtue or duty ( although these may be worthwhile concerns, provided social reform is also addressed ).

Thus practical reform to the government is necessarily slow.

Thus, reform created powerful political opposition.

Thus, Brutus ’ s army could not reform, which made the triumvirs ’ victory complete.

Thus, the WCTU was very interested in a number of social reform issues, including labor, prostitution, public health, sanitation, and international peace.

Thus he praises Robert Grosseteste, while denouncing Grosseteste's scheme of monastic reform.

Thus, while land reform may be radical in nature, such as through large-scale transfers of land from one group to another, it can also be less dramatic, such as regulatory reforms aimed at improving land administration.

Thus, many of those opposed to land reform are nervous as to the underlying motivations of those initiating the reform.

Thus, education is the method by which to reform society, and there are few limits to the drastic social improvements that could be brought about by the appropriate distribution of education.

Thus, in January 2005, the Social Democrats announced that they accepted the principle of a tax stop until at least one right-wing party was willing to participate in a tax reform.

Thus he was able to propose to Pius II reform of the church, beginning with the pope himself.

Thus, most modern Hindu reform movements advocate a return to supposed ancient, egalitarian forms of Hinduism, and view aspects of modern Hinduism, such as discrimination and the caste system, as being corrupt results from colonialism and foreign influence.

Thus, it is impossible to introduce a spelling reform " overnight ".

Thus, as of 1 August 2005, the traditional spelling system is to be considered incorrect in the schools, except that two of the German states, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, had both officially rejected the reform.

Thus the White Revolution in Iran represented a new attempt to introduce reform from above and preserve traditional power patterns.

Thus, though the July Monarchy seemed to move toward reform, this movement was largely illusory.

Thus two manifestations, one individual, and the other collective, amongst Southern nation-states, existed in their attempts to generate reform.

Thus it can be seen that the Star began not as a Chartist organ but as an expression of working class protest against the Poor Law and demands for factory reform.

Thus we are compelled to face the urbanization of the South -- an urbanization which, despite its dramatic and overwhelming effects upon the Southern culture, has been utterly ignored by the bulk of Southern writers.

Thus, as a development program is being launched, commitments and obligations must be entered into in a given year which may exceed by twofold or threefold the expenditures to be made in that year.

Thus, 1745 corresponded to the invention of the `` Leiden '' jar by Kleist, 1764 that of the electrophorus by Wilcke, 1782 produced the condenser of Volta, and 1801 the voltaic pile.

Thus, direct comparisons can be drawn with free burning arcs which have been studied in detail during the past years and decades by numerous investigators ( Ref. 3 ).

Thus, his estimate lies between Oliver's suggestion of at least 37 feet and the 50-foot `` monstrous freaks '' intimated by Heuvelmans.

Thus cortico-fugal discharges induced by topical application of strychnine to a minute area in the neocortex summate with spikes present in the hypothalamus and cause increased convulsive discharges.

Thus Af is divisible by the minimal polynomial P of T, i.e., Af divides Af.

Thus we obtain g{t} by introducing an oblique g{t}-axis in the Aj.

Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.

Thus he may be referring to some concrete thing, or incident, in his immediate environment by some symbolic-sounding, hyperbolic reference to transcendental events on the global scene.

Thus, the public-limit price is raised further by a given wage increase the longer it has been since the previous price increase.

Thus, for non-negative changes in the basic wage rate, the industry becomes the active wage-setter, since any increase in the basic wage rate can occur only by reason of industry acquiescence.

Thus, the efficiency **yt couplers is given by -- Af or approximately 50 percent each.

Thus, the combined efficiency of the elements replaced by the two fiber plates ( with a combined efficiency of 0.25 ) is 0.043 or about six times less than that of the two fiber plates.

Thus Af where the maximization is over all admissible policies Af, and Af is related to Af by ( 5 ).

Thus, when Dartmouth's Winter Carnival -- widely recognized as the greatest, wildest, roaringest college weekend anywhere, any time -- was broadcast over a national television hookup, Prexy John Sloan Dickey appeared on the screen in rugged winter garb, topped off by a tam-o'-shanter which he confessed had been acquired from a Smith girl.

Thus, while it remains possible that the Babylonians and/or the Pythagoreans may perhaps have had the magic square of three before the Chinese did, more definite evidence will have to turn up from the Middle East or the Classical World before China can lose her claim to the earliest known magic square by more than a thousand years.

Thus `` America '', the most widely sung of the patriotic songs, was written by a New England Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith ( 1808-1895 ), while a student in Andover Theological Seminary.

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, an algorithm can be considered to be any sequence of operations that can be simulated by a Turing-complete system.

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

Thus a colonial bishop and colonial diocese was by nature quite a different thing from their counterparts back home.

Thus, by the end of 1992, Azerbaijan received arms and military hardware sufficient for approximately four motor rifle divisions with prescribed army units.

Thus, at pH between 2. 2 and 9. 4, the predominant form adopted by α-amino acids contains a negative carboxylate and a positive α-ammonium group, as shown in structure ( 2 ) on the right, so has net zero charge.