Whatever the psychological truth in the Oedipus myth, an Oedipus who is drawn to his fate by irresistible external forces can carry the symbol of humanity and its archaic crime, and the incest that is unknowing renews the mystery of the eternal dream of childhood and absorbs us in the secret.

Whatever the truth behind this, the young king was forced to depend heavily on his Ptolemaic support and even struck portraits with the characteristic features of king Ptolemy I.

Whatever the truth of the matter, Jaques certainly played an important role in popularising the game, producing editions of the rules in 1857, 1860, and 1864.

Whatever the truth of the rumours, James required a royal match to preserve the Stuart line.

Whatever the truth of the story — and it is not accepted by all authorities — Joan left Vaucouleurs on February 23 for Chinon.

Whatever the truth of its claim, the pub is certainly diminutive, there being very little room for more than ten or fifteen customers to drink at any one time.

Whatever the truth of the matter this subject has been widely studied and the most current theory is probably that of Pedro Martínez Cavero, another important Orosius scholar.

Whatever the truth of the matter, years later when she was acting as Regent for William in England, she used her authority to confiscate Brihtric's lands and throw him into prison, where he died.

Whatever the truth of this suggestion, Cassander stood out amongst the diadochi in his hostility to Alexander's memory.

Whatever the truth of the first forty years of his life, he had certainly been a close and accurate observer, and had made himself acquainted with many curious and little-known phenomena, which he had stored up in a most tenacious memory.

Whatever the truth of the matter, whether Henry had found Catherine to be a virgin on their wedding night has never been recorded.

This was not the only occasion on which Akiba was made to feel the truth of his favorite maxim (" Whatever God doeth He doeth for the best ").

Whatever the truth may be, the Valaam monastery was a northern outpost of Eastern Orthodoxy against the heathens and, later, a western outpost against Catholic Christianity from Tavastia, Savonia and ( Swedish ) Karelia.

Whatever proportion of truth or of tradition there may be in the tale, the steep dividing " pinnacle " was known to the people in the area as " Matrimony Hill.

Whatever the truth of Jane's involvement in the fall of the Boleyns, or her feelings towards it, the immediate aftermath was very hard for her, both socially and financially.

Whatever the truth of Roberts ' gender, he could not possibly have been Anne Bonny in disguise, as some supporters of the thesis have claimed.

Whatever the truth of the account, Connecticut records show that its government formally surrendered its seals and ceased operation that day.

Whatever the truth, Tango voluntarily replaced the " slapping " advert with an almost-identical new version where the orange-clad person kisses the man instead of hitting him.

Whatever the truth, the Helmasperger document of November 6, 1455, shows that Fust advanced money to Gutenberg ( apparently 800 guilders in 1450, and another 800 in 1452 ) to carry on his work, and that Fust, in 1455, brought a suit against Gutenberg to recover the money he had lent, claiming 2026 guilders for principal and interest.

Whatever the truth of the paternity, and despite their mutual misgivings, Heseltine and Puma were married at Chelsea Registry Office on 22 December 1916.

Whatever the truth of this story, Hatton's loyalty to his sovereign appears to have been unquestioned, and on one memorable occasion in December 1584 he led 400 kneeling members of the House of Commons in a prayer for the Queen's safety.

Whatever the truth of this story, it is known however that Henry VIII did hunt in the area around Hitchin and practised archery on Butts Close.

Whatever may be the limitations which trammel inquiry elsewhere we believe the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.

Whatever truth the pagan authors contain he regards as borrowed from Moses and the prophets, who alone declare God's revelation to man.

Whatever language distinctions may once have existed, these have been decreasing rather than increasing: "... in the main, Moldovan in its standard form was more Romanian by the 1980s than at any point in its history ".

Whatever the wisdom of his substantive positions, Chen consistently appeared to act on principle rather than for personal advantage: perhaps another reason he could keep his influence even while excluded from the inner circles of decision-making.

Whatever the biblical account of creation is, it's not a theory alongside theories ... My worry is creationism can end up reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it.

" Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts.

Whatever pleasure there was in seeing a Scottish king succeeding to the crown of England, rather than the danger for centuries past of an English king seizing the crown of Scotland, there were early signs that many saw the risk of the ' lesser being drawn by the greater ', as Henry VII once predicted.

I answer, from the day when, finding the door of their session-house surrounded by soldiers, they went and assembled where they could, and swore to perish rather than betray or abandon the rights of the nation ... Whatever powers we may have exercised, our efforts and labours have rendered them legitimate ..."

Whatever the actual cause of this expedition, it is difficult to believe that, even if we take all the achievements narrated in Rajendra ’ s inscriptions are accepted as literally true, the campaign led to any permanent territories rather than a vague acceptance of the Chola suzerainty by Srivijaya.

Whatever danger there may be to the permanence of China's triumph lies rather from Russia than from the conquered peoples of Tian Shan Nan Lu ; nor is there much danger that the Chinese laurels will become faded even before a European foe.

Whatever the actual cause of this expedition, it is difficult to believe that, even if we take all the achievements narrated in Rajendra ’ s inscriptions are accepted as literally true, the campaign led to any permanent territories rather than a vague acceptance of the Chola suzerainty by Srivijaya.

Whatever view one takes, it is clear depreciation raises complex issues, because depreciation write-offs often do not reflect the " real " loss of value of a fixed asset, but rather the maximum value permitted by governments and auditors to be written off for tax purposes

) Whatever philosophy is conceived to be, its rationalist, logistic attitude to evidence should make it clear that it is something other than science.

Whatever conversation transpired between Page and the police, it is generally accepted that they determined what happened between the two teenagers was something less than an assault.

Whatever his reasons, the retention of Winchester made Stigand a pluralist, or the holder of more than one benefice at the same time.

Whatever the reason, the marriage made it clear … that he was unwilling to leave the woman with whom he had already lived for more than twenty years .”

Sod's law is similar to, but broader than, Murphy's law (" Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong ").

Whatever exists other than mental phenomena, or ideas that appear to the mind, is a thing-in-itself and cannot be directly and immediately known.

“ Whatever is less dense than water will float, because whatever is less dense than water will float ” sounds stupid, but “ Whatever is less dense than water will float, because such objects won't sink in water ” might pass.

He's getting one hundred percent oxygen, he's being continuously monitored, and best of all, he's in zero g. Whatever strain his heart is under, well, we can't do better than zero g ."

Whatever the circumstances, few people believed that the Astor-Marshall union was anything more than a financial transaction.

Whatever the analysis, though, the standard view ( both pre-Gettier and post-Gettier ) pushes for narrower analyses of knowledge than mere true belief.

Whatever its origin, the term quickly caught on as a way to describe a hit, and has subsequently been applied to productions other than plays and films, including novels and multi-million selling computer / console game titles.

Whatever the writer uses as a pointer, he / she selects a letter from ones displayed on a screen, whereupon the system uses a probabilistic predictive model to anticipate the likely character combinations for the next piece of text, and accord these higher priority by displaying them more prominently than less likely letter combinations.

Whatever emotional upheavals it may cause, all elves agree that children conceived in Recognition have greater physical, mental and magical gifts than those who are not.

... Whatever they eventually find out, it is dramatically less dangerous than smoking.