precepts

The reason why the church exists with those who live according to his precepts, is, because there is conjunction with none else; for he says, "_He that hath my precepts, and doeth them, he it is that loveth me; and I will love him, and will make my abode with him: but he that doth not love me, doth not keep my precepts_," John XIV.

The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

And legitimacy is far more than the artifact of an observed tendency of people to obey institutional precepts; even the term precepts is conceptually slightly different from commands or orders.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Paternalistic versus Therapeutic? 2010

QUOTATION: Among what he called his precepts were such as these: Do not stir the fire with a sword.

Quotations Diogenes La 1919

Among what he called his precepts were such as these: Do not stir the fire with a sword.

Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862

To apply critical criteria derived from careful and extensive study of literary history and aesthetic precepts is not to belittle the reader's own standards but to encourage the reader to engage with that history and those precepts and apply them as well -- an activity that will always have a "subjective" character to it.

Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

Considering that the perfection of the Torah is one of the 2 main precepts of Judaism, I won't hold my breath.

Can you love God and feminism? - Feministing 2008

The functional aspect to moral precepts is not an indicator of their moral plausibility and you cannot get that out of the statements to which you refer in your comment.

Carry-Over Thread 2007

If people learn that they are not bound to live by cvertain precepts or expect to receive an eternal reward or punishment, their attitude becomes L.F.N. (live for now).

Intelligent Design? 2005

These debilitating decisions must be made one at a time, with the organizer instilling certain precepts in the client as they work.

Leaving It to the Professionals 2002

These debilitating decisions must be made one at a time, with the organizer instilling certain precepts in the client as they work.

Leaving It to the Professionals 2002