So attempts to dismiss the appeal to near- death experiences on what we might call philosophical grounds-- this would be the bad notion of philosophy-- on philosophical grounds, I think that's got to be misguided.

因此想要在哲学基础上,驳回这种诉诸濒死体验,这可不是一个好的哲学观,从哲学基础上来看,我想那是不明智的

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And we cannot say we love the rule of law but dismiss arguments that appeal to the rule of law as legalisms or legal hairsplitting.

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United are arguing that the penalty imposed by the League was unlawful, that the decision by the other clubs to dismiss Leeds' subsequent appeal against the sanction was also unlawful, that the 15-point penalty was a disproportionate sanction and that the League have punished the club for the conduct of its administrators, KPMG.

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But Roberts nevertheless agreed with his colleagues to dismiss the government's appeal, in light of the FCC's newly clarified policy allowing for no exceptions to fleeting expletives or images.

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