“The name of happiness is but a wider termfor the unalloy'd conditions of the Pleasur of Life,attendant on all function, and not to be deny'dto th' soul, unless forsooth in our thought of naturespiritual is by definition unnatural.” SoulNamesConditionsFunctionDefinitionsDenyOur ThoughtsUnnatural Author:Robert Bridges
“Chilvalry's essential function, Maurice Keen has written, is always to hold up an idealised image of armed conflict in defiance of the harsh realities of actual warfare. By definition, chivalry also reaffirms the paramount importance of custom, hierarchy and inherited rank.” RealityWrittenConflictEssentialsFunctionImportanceDefinitionsCustomsWarfareHarshHierarchyDefianceChivalryParamountBritish HistoryHarsh RealityArmed Conflict Author:Linda Colley
“Sometimes HR transformations have been definitions. Just because someone does an e-HR system or puts in a new talent system or changes the HR function does not mean an HR transformation has occurred. We identified four phases of HR transformation. Missing any of the four phases would be an incomplete effort.” MeanDoeHas BeensSometimesWould BeEffortFourTalentMissingFunctionTransformationDefinitionsPhasesIncompleteNew Talent Author:Dave Ulrich
“It is scripture alone, not conservative Evangelical tradition or any other human authority, that must function as the normative authority for the definition of what we should believe. The authority of the scripture means that all the words in scripture are God's words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.” WayShouldBelieveHumansMeanAuthorityTraditionFunctionDefinitionsConservativeScriptureEvangelical Author:Wayne Grudem
“David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like "Dictionary" and "Failed Revolution." "Dictionary," in particular, functions against narrative in many ways - each of the definitions are their own mini-story or prose poem, and the collection of them adds up to create a different effect than the traditional Freytagian Pyramid story.” WayDifferentStoriesAbilityEffectsParticularRevolutionFunctionAddDefinitionsBrilliantAdmireTraditionalNarrativeProseCollectionsDictionaryPyramids Author:Alexander Weinstein