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 Olympia, rather than face trial, subsequently fled France for Brussels in January 1680, leaving Eugene in the care of his father's mother, Marie de Bourbon, and her daughter, Hereditary Princess of Baden, mother of Prince Louis of Baden.

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 the merits of Hartmann's theory about the Santa Clara County case, in numerous cases since the Court has reiterated that corporations are protected in many activities by the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Whatever view of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge is correct, it is a fact that in the history of science there have been many instances of new theories ( e. g., germ theory of disease, finitude of the speed of light, radioactivity ) being ridiculed and shunned by the greater scientific community when first proposed or discovered, only later to be adopted as more probably accurate.

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 that " something " may be does not appear to be explained by the basic theory.

Whatever theory, however, be accepted, the belief in miracles and revelation is not affected.

Whatever the reason, despite Zweig's contributions to a theory central to modern physics, he has not yet been awarded a Nobel prize.

Whatever the theory and rationalization, the practical objective is the constant improvement of the state's own relative power position.

Whatever the reasons, not in 30 years has a single season produced such thunderous assaults upon the bureau of baseball records, home-run division.

Whatever my mistakes or failings, I could not imagine that I should find myself at the center of such a political campaign as has been worked up round my name in the West.

# Whatever begins to exist has a cause.

" The contention is that this is a syllogistic inference, for it appears to require the extra premise: " Whatever has the property of thinking, exists ", a premise Descartes did not justify.

To argue that the cogito is not a syllogism, one may call it self-evident that " Whatever has the property of thinking, exists ".

" Whatever General Eisenhower knows about economics he has learned at the study group meetings ," one Aid to Europe member claimed.

An agent in the New York office sent an e-mail to FBI headquarters saying, " Whatever has happened to this, someday someone will die, and the public will not understand why we were not more effective and throwing every resource we had at certain ' problems.

Whatever the fortunes of the rites in the meantime, in the last decade of the 5th century they prompted Pope Gelasius I's taunt to the senators who were intent on preserving them: " If you assert that this rite has salutary force, celebrate it yourselves in the ancestral fashion ; run nude yourselves that you may properly carry out the mockery.

Whatever his intentions, which are still debated today, he has become associated with any proposal where " the end justifies the means ".

Whatever level of assumption is made, correctly calibrated inference in general requires these assumptions to be correct ; i. e., that the data-generating mechanisms really has been correctly specified.

Critic W. S. Di Piero noted " Whatever the occasion, childhood, farm life, politics and culture in Northern Ireland, other poets past and present, Heaney strikes time and again at the taproot of language, examining its genetic structures, trying to discover how it has served, in all its changes, as a culture bearer, a world to contain imaginations, at once a rhetorical weapon and nutriment of spirit.

Whatever information has been most recently presented by the media is likely to be more accessible in an individual ’ s mind.

Jack Warner testified, and was asked, " Whatever part you choose to call upon her to play, if she thinks she can play it, whether it is distasteful and cheap, she has to play it?

Whatever he narrates about the early days of the Goodnough family Roscoe learned from his father, who has been dead for almost 30 years.

Whatever the case, the mention of Snorri in the manuscripts has been influential in the acceptance of Snorri as the author of the Prose Edda.

Due to their obstinate personality traits Cherry-Garrard held the birds in great regard, “ Whatever Adélie penguin does has individuality, and he lays bare his whole life for all to see.

The idea that there was a ‘ Celtic Church ’ in something of a post-Reformation sense is still maddeningly ineradicable from the minds of students .” Whatever might be the facts, to supporters, the symbology of a Celtic Church has importance post-Reformation.

Whatever the explanation, the sad fact remains that never, in all probability, has so great an orchestra made so lamentable an exhibition of itself.

Whatever doubts may exist about the authorship of the " Prologue ," its most famous line has become an iconic part of Australian culture.

Before her own marriage, Stone felt that women should be allowed to divorce drunken husbands, to formally end a " loveless marriage " so that " a true love may grow up in the soul of the injured one from the full enjoyment of which no legal bond had a right to keep her ... Whatever is pure and holy, not only has a right to be, but it has a right also to be recognized, and further, I think it has no right not to be recognized.

" Whatever in the nature of Jones had a tendency to vice, has been corrected by continual conversation with this good man, and by his union with the lovely and virtuous Sophia.