What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it.
Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization.
I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.
A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.
If I don't get eight hours, I can't function, so I'm a great believer in power naps.
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.
When he was on the streets, I was consumed with Nic. I was obsessed with him to the point that I could barely function.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.
The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.
GDP is a function of capital, labour and how productively you use both.
I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.
Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.
We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.
State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.
I'm like a three-and-a-half, four-hour-a-night sleeper. It's not enough to function.
Amazon is a marvelous conglomeration and delivery system for products of every imaginable function. But the book 'business' is really not the same as the sale of lawn rakes or adapters for telephones.