The memorable differences between the two main parties are over big, philosophical-yet-practical questions about the nature of the state.
But, more interestingly, leading Democrats attempted a political and philosophical counter-attack, directly tackling arguments unveiled by Republicans at their own convention the week before in Florida.
When the GOP returns to that philosophical creed -- which it will do in the face of the Obama administration's vast expansion of government power -- its fortunes will brighten again.
It asks all the big philosophical questions - about life and death and the uncertain purpose of what goes on in between - but in a way that isn't limited to a particular place or era.
For example, an illiterate Egyptian or Libyan, unschooled in the details of Islamic jurisprudence would understand this the way an American citizen would be familiar with the First Amendment but not necessarily with the historical and philosophical puzzle-pieces required to justify it.
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The charter of the Plymouth Colony reflected the most up-to-date economic, philosophical and religious thinking of the early 17th century.
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"Let Us Talk of Many Things" is proof, if it were needed, that for the last 50 years Buckley has been a presence -- witty, scathing, philosophical, generous, often surprisingly tender -- in the middle of the American conversation.
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In the audience at Howard's lecture was Alexander Tilloch, the publisher of the up-and-coming popular science monthly Philosophical Magazine.
Halsall, another 20-year-old, was similarly philosophical about the years ahead of her as teenage prodigy Kukla beat her to 50m freestyle gold, with England's Amy Smith back in seventh.
Bridgette Alexander, a Chicago-based expert in 19th-century French art history and philosophical culture, used to hide her TV habit from her scholarly friends like "a rendezvous with a secret lover, " she says.
They preach about marketing, team building, management, strategic planning, and the philosophical underpinnings of long-term success.
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Rand's adherents blame this state of affairs on the faulty philosophical principles of society--especially on issues of morality.
The philosophical divide among task-force members persisted for nearly a year.
The ideological-normative usage of multiculturalism is that which generates the greatest level of debate since it constitutes a slogan and model for political action based on sociological theorising and ethical-philosophical consideration about the place of those with culturally distinct identities in contemporary society.
And but, you know, in the broader philosophical approach, basically - and I didn't believe this when I started in the news business in the early 80s, but I believe that the news media plays a crucial role in our US national security and international affairs.
Not every gadget is right for every person, which is why we here at Engadget try not to take the one-size-fits-all approach to this stuff, and why we're going to skip most of the pseudo-philosophical arguments about whether there really is any demand for a "video iPod".
Right-wingers have learned to bury their philosophical differences for the sake of the collective good: free-marketeers support social conservatives over abortion in return for their support over tax cuts.
Friendship was a term that was crucially important at the time because from, really, classic antiquity - from Cicero, Plato, Aristotle forward through the 19th Century - friendship was a central philosophical, political, intellectual concept.
In it, he explores the centuries-old, and still raging, philosophical arguments over the limitations of utilitarianism and its economic descendant, cost-benefit analysis.
In America and in Britain, this is seen clearly because the philosophical divide is most clear-cut.
Helping to seamlessly blend the film's philosophical concerns with its dead-on plot is its excellent acting.
It bears all the marks of the analytical tradition in philosophical thinking of the English-speaking world.
The Sky Crawlers, meanwhile, sees Oshii Mamoru, creator of celebrated anime Ghost in the Shell, bring his philosophical outlook to a science-fiction romance about young fighter pilots.
At the other end of the philosophical spectrum, a re-release of Confronting Collapse by Michael Rupert, presents a 25-point program for action to address the imminent energy crisis.
Whatever Apple's secret philosophical attitude about a 7-inch tablet, it must bring a product to its catalog that is bigger than a phone and less expensive than a flagship iPad.
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For the Liberal Democrats, Eluned Parrot said she had no philosophical objection to a publically-owned airport, but she had seen no evidence it would mean more flights for passengers, represent good value for money for taxpayers or benefit the economy.
In this case from collegiate sports, a collection of schools with like-minded philosophical and academic missions have opted to leave money on the table and receive less media money initially in order to protect the long-term legacy of their brand value of their conference name.
On his hippy quest in the mid 1970s, Jobs backpacked around India with a college friend -- and, later, the first Apple employee -- engineer Daniel Kottke, in search of philosophical enlightenment.
"The opening manifesto was laughable... when they start getting into a philosophical discussion about respect and self-respect - this is not a sound place on which to build a school, " she said.
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