单词 PRECEPT的词源
From Latin praeceptum maxim, injunction, from praecipere to admonish, from prae before + capere to take.
«PRECEPT»的英语 引用
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precept的知名引用和例句
Example is the best precept.
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
A precept or command is a general teaching of God, obligating every man under pain of mortal sin - namely, in cases in which he has fallen away from the command. Hence, the saints who for a period of their life lived hypocritically sinned mortally for that period. So also the damned, by persistent false living, sin persistently in Hell.
A good example is far better than a good precept.
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.
The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
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Buddhist
Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the ...
First published in 1971, this is an empirical study of religion - particularly religious change.
Richard Francis Gombrich,
1995
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The Book of Ruth,
Precept Upon
Precept
Within this beloved story, there are keys to understanding God's will--precepts that lead believers to a closer relationship and fellowship with God. (Practical Life)
3
Obtaining Grace: Locating the Origins of a Tamil Saiva
Precept
From Saiva bhakti literature, I focus on Man&dotbelow;ikkavacakar's Tiruvacakam . In reading from these texts, I trace the semantic continuity and interruption between the classical secular poetry and the medieval devotional poetry.
Anthony Gardner Harris (Jr),
2008
4
Buddhist
Precept & Practice
First published in 1971, this is an empirical study of religion - particularly religious change.
5
Uposatha sīla: the eight-
precept observance
Buddhist precept for laymen; question and answer format.
Phra Phutthakhōsāčhān (Čharœ̄n) (Somdet),
1993
6
The Unicity
Precept and the Socio-Scientific Order
Contents: Introduction; The Concept of Human Resource Development in Islam: An Example of Application of the Unicity Precept; The Unicity Precept in the Socio-Scientific Order: Special Reference to Islamic Political Economy; Theories of ...
Masudul Alam Choudhury,
1993
7
Shades of Freedom : Racial Politics and Presumptions of the ...
slavery and the precept of black inferiority. It was the stage during which the
abolitionists launched a crusade against slavery and when the Supreme Court,
with the disastrous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford,32 contributed to the
outbreak of ...
Third Circuit A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Justice with the United States Court of Appeals,
1996
8
Morality : Its Nature and Justification: Its Nature and ...
With the precept “Promote pleasure” the question “With regard to whom should a
person obey the rule?” is not so easily answered, even when talking only about
those protected by moral rules. There can be genuine disagreement about with ...
Bernard Gert Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy,
1998
J. Bradley Burt. In hact, Kingman had been more than twenty minutes late leaving
school. He stayed after his final class to talk to two young women who
approached him about the senior Physics project they were working on together.
He took ...
10
Example better than
Precept. A Life Agent's tale
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Apocalypse Later
Based on a confusion between the sensible precept “be careful” and the nonsensical proposition that you can't be too careful, it insists on ... «Wall Street Journal, 七月 15»
Your Tastebuds Can Identify Fat: Oleogustus, the Sixth Taste
... its own biological receptors; 2) ecological importance; 3) unique molecular structures; and 4) a distinct precept or quality unlike other tastes. «Inverse, 七月 15»
Bridgeport Elks win second place in national ritual competition
... Elks Lodge 714 as a member, he or she is escorted to various stations where each officer represents a precept of Elks philosophy — Charity, ... «Main Line, 七月 15»
Still time to object to town council proposal
I predict at least 50 per cent of the initial rate precept will be gobbled up by the overheads. Leaving precious little left to actually do anything ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 七月 15»
Origin and development of Indian languages
A precept was called sutra because of its brevity. The most famous example of this is Panini's grammar, Ashtadhyayi, which illustrates the rules ... «The Hans India, 七月 15»
'Don't let the axe fall on Leeds's civilian beat bobbies'
Leeds is among the five West Yorkshire councils who contribute to an £85m precept pot for West Yorkshire Police. But the force now has to find ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, 七月 15»
Yorkshire leaders' 27-point 'asks' over mayor devolution deal
This “10-year infrastructure precept” would be exempt from council tax capping and would be used “to deliver major new investments such as a ... «Yorkshire Post, 七月 15»
The real Atticus Finch
... you taught me so much, by precept and example, about the dignity and opportunity to which each is entitled regardless of color, birthplace, ... «Baltimore Sun, 七月 15»
'Government “social programs” are a redistribution of wealth and a …
... declare in the most explicit language that the rich are bound by a very grave precept to practice almsgiving, beneficence, and munificence. «Wizbang, 七月 15»
Traffic lights plan for busy junction unveiled
There was also discussion about raising the parish precept, which would likely have to go to a referendum. Coun Davies asked Coun Wells to ... «Peterborough Telegraph, 七月 15»