Oppositions Sentence Examples

Just as nature exhibits to us the series of dynamical stages of processes by which spirit struggles towards consciousness of itself, so the world of intelligence and practice, the world of mind, exhibits the series of stages through which self-consciousness with its inevitable oppositions and reconciliations develops in its ideal form.

He was "a journalist before the days of journalism, a traveller before that of travelling, a critic of authorities before that of political oppositions."

We progress by making explicit the oppositions contained in the fundamental synthesis, by uniting these opposites, analysing the new synthesis, and so on, until we reach an ultimate pair.

At this juncture Philip of Cologne andPhiiip united the German and the Italian oppositions.

Since that period discord had gained more sway; and the actual world was full of contrasts and oppositions, due to the combined action of both principles.

The volition of primitive man was one with that of God but it becomes broken up into separate volitions which oppose themselves to the divine will, and through the oppositions and trials of this world work onward to a second and completer harmony.

In the Ephemerides published year by year, the times of new moon were given, together with the calculated intervals to the first visibility of the crescent, from which the beginning of each month was reckoned; the dates and circumstances of solar and lunar eclipses were predicted; and due information was supplied as to the forthcoming heliacal risings and settings, conjunctions and oppositions of the planets.

He long adhered to the traditional belief that all celestial revolutions must be performed equably in circles; but a laborious computation of seven recorded oppositions of Mars at last persuaded him that the planet travelled in an ellipse, one focus of which was occupied by the sun.

And yet these oppositions do not seem to be purely analytical constructions.

The usually fractious oppositions have to be united behind a single candidate if there is to be any chance of unseating the regime.

Formed when two planets sit 180 degrees apart from each other, oppositions are all about awareness, objectivity and forced growth.

Squares represent a conflict of interest, but unlike oppositions, the conflict is expressed subjectively and internally.

Oppositions occur in a chart when the planets are 180 degrees apart.

However, they are "better" than the oppositions in some respect because they cause friction and tension that, in turn, spur you to make necessary changes.