I start from the simple axiom that I own myself, that my life belongs to me and not to someone else. |
Like all absolutist dogmas, this combination of axiom and corollaries appeals in its simplicity and directness. |
Newton's axiom on slicing the pie to satisfy musical harmonies is reminiscent of Kepler's Pythagorean speculations. |
Note that each line in a proof is either an axiom, or follows from previous lines by one of the simple rules. |
One axiom of modern warfare is that airpower cannot conquer, control or hold ground. |
Many blogs feature in their heading a maxim, aphorism, saying, adage, axiom, saw, proverb, epigram or precept. |