self-direction
61By one's self — By By (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[=i], big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b[=i], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. amfi . E. prefix be is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref. {Be }.] …
62Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League — The Taiwan Democratic Self Government League (zh stp |s=台湾民主自治同盟|t=台灣民主自治同盟|p=Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng) is one of the eight legally recognised political parties in the People s Republic of China that follow the direction of the Communist… …
63Advanced combat direction system — The Advanced Combat Direction System is a centralized, automated command and control system, collecting and correlating combat information. It upgrades the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) for aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships. A …
64Macroscopic Quantum Self Trapping — While the tunneling of a particle through classically forbidden barriers can be described by the particle s wave function, the wave function is merely a probability of tunneling. Although various factors can increase the or decrease the… …
65Illusions of self-motion — occur when one moves or feels one has moved without feeling that one has made the movement. Motions can include movements of the whole body or movements of single limbs. Illusions include vestibular illusions, vection, sea legs, the ideomotor… …
66To brace one's self — Brace Brace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bracing}.] 1. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to… …
67right to self-determination — right to choose one s own personal direction; right of a nation s citizens to choose their own government …
68Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …
69The Examined Life — is a collection of philosophical meditations written by Robert Nozick and published in 1989.Having pursued philosophy in an argumentative mode in Anarchy, State, and Utopia , and in an explanatory mode in Philosophical Explanations , his mode in… …
70Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) and Burke — Jean Jacques Rousseau and Burke Ian Harris Those who thought about the social and political order directed their attention to a new centre of interest towards the end of the seventeenth century. It was not that speculation about political… …
